Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Tasha - Published: 11 April 2017, 6:45 pm
Duke Nukem II is the second game in the Duke Nukem franchise and was developed and published by Apogee Software for DOS in 1993. It has since been ported to multiple other platforms.
Duke Nukem II was much larger than the original game and was made using VGA 256-color graphics, though only 16 colors were seen at any given time. The game utilizes the same gameplay that made Duke Nukem so much fun but adds new elements into the mix.
After saving the world from a mad scientist, the titular Duke is in the middle of shamelessly promoting himself when aliens kidnap him. They plan to imprison him so they can conquer the Earth, but they just mess with the wrong tough guy. Using multiple weapons, commandeering enemy vehicles, and gathering power-ups, Duke can cause as much death and destruction as his heart desires. There are also several items to be collected or shot for points and health. Duke can jump on platforms, climb ladders, float on air, and all the usual stuff you would expect, all while kicking alien ass. In this famous Apogee design, Duke’s a little cuter than his later incarnations, but he’s no less a hero. Duke Nukem fans rejoice; he’s back!
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Author: GN Team - Published: 10 April 2017, 9:38 pm
Defender of the Crown II is the sequel to the original Defender of the Crown. It was developed by Sachs Enterprises and published by Commodore Electronics in 1993 for the Amiga CD32. The game was initially created for the CDTV, the first CD-ROM game machine based on Amiga hardware, but it was later released for the CD32.
The historical strategy game improves upon its wildly successful predecessor by enhancing sword fighting and jousting. It also adds different types of ammo for use during castle sieges.
Defender of the Crown II is somewhat more of a remake than a true sequel, but tweaks to the game and storyline keep it from feeling like the same thing over again. While your aim was conquest in the original, your ultimate goal in this sequel is to make money. Set in medieval times, you are tasked with collecting a ransom to save King Richard from his captors. With a two-year time limit, you must win contests, rescue maidens, take over territories, and lay siege to castles, all to turn a profit. However, your enemies will not make this easy for you, so strategy is key. Save the king, restore the kingdom, and become the stuff of legends.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 4 April 2017, 1:03 am
Special Operations 2 is the second expansion pack for Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi. The sequel to Wing Commander) was developed by and published by Origin Systems in 1992.
This expansion adds 20 missions and the heavy fighter ship Morningstar into the mix. Using the mission selection option, you can also transfer your character from the original game or Special Operations 1 to this expansion and replay any mission from the WCII and SO1.
In this new add-on, Bluehair (later changed to Blair in WCIII) is escorting the prison ship of traitor Zach Colson, who is headed to death. While in transit, they are intercepted by the Mandarins, who are there to save Colson from his fate. Acting in collusion with the Kilrathi, the Mandarins are operating on a directive to acquire one of the experimental Morningstar fighters flown by the Wild Eagle Squadron. With the aid of the Wild Eagles, led by familiar face Todd Marshall, satisfy your thirst for Kilrathi blood! Dogfight your way through this extended storyline told in classic Wing Commander style.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 2 April 2017, 5:02 pm
Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics game designed by Julian Gollop and his company Target Games. We are presenting here the 1989 Amiga version.
Originally the game was created for the ZX Spectrum and released in 1988. Other versions for 8bit computers such as Commodore 64 were released the same year.
The first 16bit versions of the game, for Amiga and Atari ST, appeared in 1989. The porting was made by Teque, which made an excellent job improving the graphics and animations, still remaining faithful to the style of the original game. As a plus, the Amiga/ST versions add 2 additional missions (The Cyber Hordes and Paradise Valley) to the original 3 ones (The Assassins, Moonbase Assault and Rescue from the Mines).
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Author: Tasha - Published: 25 March 2017, 2:34 am
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego is an educational puzzle game produced by Brøderbund Software (Prince of Persia) in 1993 for MS-DOS.
Where in Space is the 7th game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise following Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?, plus Europe, Time, North Dakota, and America’s Past. Space was created using an improved game engine, offering more clues, and a nicer interface than its predecessors.
This one takes me back, we actually played these in school along with the Oregon Trail on special ‘computer days’. You are an astronaut looking for the infamous Carmen Sandiego and her criminal minions. You fly your spaceship around the vast reaches of space and question the inhabitants on the criminals’ whereabouts. As rocket fuel is expensive and hard to come by in open space, you only have a certain amount to use to catch the bad guys. With the help of a computer database (VAL 9000) ask the right questions, follow the right clues, and you just might get your (wo)man.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 24 March 2017, 2:17 am
Chuck Rock is a prehistoric platformer created by Core Design for the Amiga and released in 1991. The same year it was released for the Atari ST.
The game is in no way meant to be true to the Stone Age, as dinosaurs and humans populate the Earth together in this silly side-scroller. Chuck is the crass and brutish lead vocalist of a local rock band and becomes the target of a jealous rival who abducts his babelicious girlfriend. To get her back, Chuck must use his rock-throwing skills and generous dinosaur steak gut to thwart his enemies. Chuck must travel across varied lands, solve a few puzzles, and defeat enemies on his journey to save his girl. He can also find a few friendly dinos to help him along the way. Bright, cartoonish graphics complement the playfully absurd antics of our caveman hero and add to the fun.
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