Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 20 March 2017, 2:22 am
Stardust is an Asteroids clone developed by the Finnish studio Blo¤dhouse for the Amiga and released in 1993. In 1994 and 1995, the game was ported to Atari ST and MS-DOS, but considering the quality of the Amiga version, the 2 ports were a failure.
Stardust was fully able to bring the gameplay of the classic arcade Asteroids into the '90s, with excellent graphics that make use of a technique called "ray-tracing" and a techno music soundtrack that made the game a real masterpiece. The word "clone" doesn't describe properly this shoot 'em up that features 6 different weapons, a lot of powerups, different enemies, bonus levels, and much more.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 18 March 2017, 10:24 pm
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny is the first chapter of the series of fantasy RPGs Realms of Arkania. It was based on the German pen & paper roleplaying rules "Das Schwarze Auge" (The Dark Eye).
Developed by attic Entertainment, the game was first released in German only in 1992. Thanks to its success, it was translated and released internationally for PC and Amiga by Sir-tech and US Gold in 1993.
Strangely enough, the title "The Dark Eye" was not used for this series, it was adopted only later (e.g. The Dark Eye: Drakensang, released in 2008).
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Author: Tasha - Published: 18 March 2017, 2:37 am
Superhero League of Hoboken is an adventure role-playing game created by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment in 1994 for DOS. This game is an amalgam of different play styles and genres, a match made in heaven.
In this nutty post-apocalyptic romp, you take the role of Crimson Tape on his quest to build a superhero guild and stop evil. CT starts with a merry band of quirky heroes, each with unique and often ridiculous powers. Following orders given to them by their ‘commissioner’, they go out into the world and save humanity. Once given a mission, CT and crew can traverse a top-down map, battle enemies that spawn randomly, and generally explore. This will also lead them to areas important to the mission. Once reaching a mission area, the gameplay switches to adventure mode, and the heroes can chat with the locals and use items to solve puzzles. Players can switch back and forth from adventure to RPG whenever they want to, rather than being forced to finish a certain section first. Sublimely written and superbly funny, this game has it all. Get out there, hero; Hoboken needs you!
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Author: Tasha - Published: 12 March 2017, 1:59 am
The Manager is a variant of Bundesliga Manager Professional published by Kron Simulation Software and by Software 2000 in 1991. It was released for Amiga and DOS.
This version of The Manager focuses on the English football (please know I mean Soccer) league rather than the German Bundesliga from Bundesliga Manager Professional. Other than the teams, nothing about the game has changed.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 12 March 2017, 1:55 am
Actua Soccer (a.k.a. VR Soccer ‘96) is a soccer game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Greenwood Entertainment Software in 1995 for DOS.
This was one of the first soccer games made with 3D graphics and the first of the Actua series. The game was made with the help of the Sheffield Wednesday football club, whose players provided the motion capture for development.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 12 March 2017, 1:53 am
Fantasy Empires is a fantasy role-playing strategy game developed by Silicon Knights and published by Strategic Simulations in 1993 for DOS.
The game is set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe and features commentary from a dungeon master that is computer-controlled.
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