Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 18 January 2023, 1:53 pm
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor is a text-based adventure game developed and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 128, and Macintosh.
The game is a spin-off of the famous Zork series and is set in the same fantasy universe. It was one of the last titles of this series before Infocom closed.
Players take on the role of a nameless adventurer. They must explore the game's open world, solving puzzles and interacting with characters to uncover the mystery of the Coconut of Quendor. The game features a variety of locations to visit, including forests, mountains, and underground caves. A significant difference compared to Zork: The Great Underground Empire - and the other Zork games - is the introduction of RPG elements. In fact, the player must create a character, selecting six different stats: endurance, strength, dexterity, intelligence, compassion, and luck.
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Author: Adam - Published: 13 January 2023, 2:02 pm
Ski or Die is a classic computer game created by Electronic Arts and released for Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and Amiga in 1990. The game features a variety of extreme winter sports and challenges players to compete against the clock and other opponents to earn medals and unlock new levels. The events include Downhill Blitz: a skiing event with jumps and stunts; Innertube Trash, a race inside a tube; Acro Aerials: acrobatic jumps on the ski; Snowball Blast: a snowball fight played in first person; and Snowboard Half-Pipe.
The graphics of the Amiga version seems to have been ported directly from the PC; they could have done better. Anyway, the game's pixel art is well-detailed and captures the spirit of winter sports nostalgically and engagingly. The game's soundtrack is also noteworthy, with catchy, upbeat tracks that add to the overall fun and excitement of the game.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 7 January 2023, 2:28 am
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is the second title in the series of Lucasfilm flight sims set during World War II.
The game is the sequel to Battlehawks 1942, and it's set during the Battle of Britain between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force in the summer of 1940.
You can play on both sides of the battle. As a British pilot, you will mostly have defense missions, while germans have attack objectives. The available planes include Spitfire and Hurricane on the British side, Bf 110, Bf 109, and several other bombers on the german side.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 3 January 2023, 1:33 am
Blastar is a space shoot-em-up developed by Core Design exclusively for the Amiga and released in 1993.
The game features impressive graphics, with more than 3MB of images and animated backgrounds. The scrolling is multi-directional so that you will see enemies arriving from all directions. You will need to use the scanner to detect them and destroy them. Your ships must rotate, accelerate, and brake, as in Asteroids.
Unfortunately, the high-quality graphics and fantastic techno soundtrack don't compensate for the inadequate controls, bugged collision detection, and high difficulty level. This is a title that, with some more playtesting and polishing, could have become a masterpiece.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 2 January 2023, 3:10 pm
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch is a point-and-click graphic adventure created by Tsunami Media for PC and released in 1992.
The game is set in the universe created by sci-fi author Larry Niven in his Ringworld novels (a copy of Ringworld was also included in some editions of this game).
You can expect the mechanics from a classic point-and-click adventure, with a list of actions you can select with a small icon-based console. The visuals are excellent, with hand-drawn backgrounds, characters, and high-quality animations.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 31 December 2022, 12:40 pm
Targhan is a fantasy action adventure created by Silmarils originally for the Atari ST in 1989 and then ported to Amiga and MS-DOS.
The settings and graphics could remind you of Barbarian by Psygnosis, but Targhan is different and superior in some aspects. It is based on single screens: more than 120 backgrounds were created by the artists, and most of them are stunning. The character and enemy sprites are big and well-drawn too. Targhan is visually impeccable, but unfortunately, we can't say the same about the animations and the combat mechanics; otherwise, we would talk about a masterpiece.
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