Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Tasha - Published: 21 February 2017, 1:24 am
Stronghold is a real-time strategy game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1993. This game is set in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy universe and uses a bare bones version of the rules of the original tabletop role playing game.
Starting out you only have command of a small village that you must turn into a stronghold (hence the name). You build your village up and add and upgrade different buildings and ‘neighborhoods’. You can also recruit and train units comprised of different classes of fantasy folk. You can then send your units out into the world to fight monsters or gather resources. There are a few different ways to play and ultimately ‘win’ this game, it just depends on your play style. If you want to pursue the ‘Lawful’ path you can focus on building up your city and advance to the rank of Emperor. Should you choose the ‘Chaotic’ path your ultimate goal is to destroy all of your enemies. There is also door number 3 where you can choose to be ‘Neutral’ and do both. How you play and manage your game is up to you, right down to the ability to micromanage to your heart’s content. Though if you would rather not, the computer can take care of it for you. No matter which road you choose, it will be a challenging one.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 18 February 2017, 5:53 pm
Written and designed by Roberta Williams, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is the fourth game in the King's Quest series. It was released in 1998 for PC. The Amiga and Atari ST versions were published in 1990.
It's the first game of the series with a female protagonist (Rosella), and it was also the first to use the new "SCI" engine created by Sierra-On-Line for their graphics adventures. The new engine made much better graphics possible compared to King's Quest III: To Heir is Human and all the older chapters. One significant difference was the screen resolution of 320x200 pixels instead of 160x200.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 15 February 2017, 5:18 pm
Pirates! Gold is the remake of Sid Meier's award-winning Pirates! and was developed by MPS Labs and published by MicroProse in 1993. After the initial release for PC and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, the game was also ported to Amiga CD32 and Macintosh.
As the first remake of the original Sid Meier's Pirates!, it included some minor enhancements to sound, the graphics, and a few other features. For those unfamiliar with Pirates! The gameplay incorporates three different genres, strategy, action, and adventure. Playing in a large, open world gives you almost ultimate freedom with no linear storyline to adhere to.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 15 February 2017, 5:14 pm
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon is the third game, and one of the most appreciated, in the Space Quest series. It was developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1989 for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS.
This was the first game in the series where you could not choose your character’s name, it is just set to the default “Roger Wilco.” This was also the first installment to utilize digitized speech, though only for one sentence during the intro. The game uses the mouse for movement and interaction with the inventory, but the majority of actions are done through text commands.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 12 February 2017, 8:42 pm
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy roleplaying game and one of the most important video games of all time.
The fourth game in the series was created by the legendary Richard Garriot, who considers Ultima IV his favorite chapter of the Ultima series.
The game was created for the Apple II in 1985, then ported to Commodore 64, MS-DOS (1987), Amiga (1988), and many other platforms, including MSX, Atari ST, NES, and many more.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 12 February 2017, 8:34 pm
Pitfall: the Mayan Adventure is a side-scrolling action platformer. It's the forth game in the Pitfall series. It was developed by Activision in partnership with Redline games and published by Activision in 1994. It was released for the Sega CD, Sega Genesis and SNES. One year later for Windows and Jaguar.
You play as Pitfall Harry jr, the son of the character from the original Pitfall! game. Through 13 levels, you must use your bungee jump and boomerang your way through jungles, waterfalls, and mines to find safety.
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