Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 6 June 2018, 5:54 pm
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain was developed by Silicon Knights and published by Crystal Dynamics. It was first released for the PlayStation in 1996. The Windows port was made by Semi Logic Entertainments and released by Crystal Dynamics in 1997.
Blood Omen is the first title out of six in the Legacy of Kain series that spawned between 1996 and 2003. It is a successful 2D action-adventure with RPG elements, featuring very high quality of voice acting, story, and visuals for its time; it sold more than 2 million copies.
In Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, you take control of the vampire Kain, a former nobleman who was brutally murdered by assassins. Kain travels the realm, seeking revenge by slaughtering and sucking blood from the corrupt oligarchy of sorcerers in the land of Nosgoth hoping to discover a cure for his vampirism.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 2 June 2018, 10:13 pm
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (or, simply, Railroad Tycoon) is a trains management and business sim created by MPS Labs. It was released by Microprose in 1990 for MS-DOS and Amiga. In 1991 it was ported to Atari ST and Macintosh.
Legendary designer Sid Meier conceived the game with Bruce Shelley. The duo would create, one year later, the famous turn-based strategy masterpiece: Sid Meier's Civilization.
In Railroad Tycoon, you are the boss of a new company during the Golden Age of Railroads to build an efficient and profitable trains network. You will have to construct stations, buy the locomotives, decide what kind of wagons attach to the trains (passengers, mail, or freight). You can also build industries to maximize profits and even invest in the stock market, a lovely touch to the game. When the technology advances, you need to update the engines and retire the old ones, keeping your network fast and efficient.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 1 June 2018, 5:57 pm
Duke Nukem 3D is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software for PC in 1996.
The game is the sequel of Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II, two shooters/platformers created by Apogee Software. 3D Realms was a new division of Apogee, dedicated to 3D games, and Duke 3D was their second title, after Terminal Velocity.
The game is considered a real classic and one of the games that made the genre of 3D first-person shooters so famous. Probably the only example more famous than Duke Nukem 3D is Doom, created three years before. 3D Realm's game took a lot of inspiration from id Software's masterpiece, but is superior in some aspects, including gameplay, puzzles, interaction and destructible environment. Duke 3D also has more story and gives players the ability to jump, crouch, and fly.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 1 June 2018, 12:24 am
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is the sequel to the original Might and Magic published by New World Computing in 1988. It was released for the Apple II and MS-DOS.
Due to its popularity, the game was ported to several other platforms in the following years, including Commodore 64, Macintosh, MSX, and Amiga, in 1990. There is also a SNES version released in 1993.
The Might and Magic series, created and designed by Jon and Michaela Van Caneghem, is one of the best-selling RPG series, selling more than 1 million copies by 1994.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 29 May 2018, 1:43 am
Kings of the Beach is a beach volley game created by Electronic Arts initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Commodore 64. Finally, it was released for the NES in 1990.
The designer, Michael Abbot, worked on other successful sports games like One-on-One and Ski or Die. For Kings of the Beach, he collaborated with Nana Wallace and two famous players: Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos. If you choose a tournament, you must compete in five beaches: San Diego, Chicago, Waikiki, Rio de Janeiro, and Australia.
The NES version of Kings of the Beach was the most successful one. Reviews from the magazines were highly positive. It's the perfect game for the summer!
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Author: GN Team - Published: 26 May 2018, 8:03 pm
TV Sports: Football is the first game of the TV Sports series created by Cinemaware initially for the Amiga. It was published in 1988, while the C64 and DOS versions followed later.
When the game was released, it was a real revolution. It was the first sports game where the matches were presented like tv shows. There are cutscenes, commentaries, half-time presentations, cheerleaders, and introductions of the events by the TV hosts. Cinemaware was able to re-create an amazingly immersive experience for the players, which was replicated with TV Sports: Basketball and TV Sports: Boxing.
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