Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 10 July 2016, 8:48 pm
One on One is a basketball simulation developed by Eric Hammond and published by Electronic Arts in 1983 for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit. One year later, it was ported to Commodore 64, where it became a huge success: the best-selling game of Electronic Arts and the second best-selling game for the Commodore computer.
The game is also known as Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One.
The incredibly realistic animations of the basketball players, which could perform several moves in defense or attack, were entirely new for the time. The scene where Larry, or Dr. J, smashes the glass on the backboard and the janitor cleans up the mess is still in the memories of many gamers.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 9 July 2016, 1:11 pm
Ruff 'n' Tumble is a platformer shoot 'em up developed by Wunderkind and published by Renegade Software in 1994, exclusively for the Amiga. The hero is Ruff Rogers, a guy that has to save an alien planet from the mad Dr. Destiny, fighting against an army of robots and collecting all his marbles.
There are four worlds in the game, which feature excellent graphics and animations, an original metal-style soundtrack, and fantastic gameplay. Ruff 'n' Tumble was well received by the critics, with many reviews above 90%. It was voted Best Action Game in 1994 by Amiga Joker.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 15 January 2016, 2:07 am
The Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm’s Revenge is the third entry into the Legend of Kyrandia series. It was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1994 for MS-DOS.
Picking up the storyline from the first game, technically, the evil jester Malcolm has been freed from his stone prison by a rogue lightning strike. Upon awakening, he vows to exact revenge on those who imprisoned him (hence the name). Like the previous two, Malcolm’s Revenge is an adventure game with a point-and-click interface and an intelligent cursor. The game is heavily puzzle-based and involves collecting and using items in certain places. However, Malcolm’s Revenge flips the script on the traditional adventure game where you fill the shoes of a ‘hero”. This time, you get to take on the role of the alleged villain, Malcolm himself, and see the story from his perspective. The game uses an interesting little feature where you can choose to be honest or lie to NPCs that you speak to. These choices color your interactions with these characters as you go along in the game. The game also offers multiple solutions to many of the puzzles, so they can be approached in different ways.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 28 November 2015, 12:59 am
Sensible World of Soccer is the enhanced version of the original Sensible Soccer, the soccer sim designed and developed by Sensible Software. "SWOS" was released in 1994 for the Amiga. In 1995 a version 1.1, with several bug fixes, was released (together with the DOS version). This is the version offered by GamesNostalgia.
The game was not only a great soccer sim, with the typical 2D view and special moves that were activated depending on the context, but also a managerial sim. All teams included had real players (names, strengths etc) and it was possible to buy and sell them.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 13 November 2015, 1:49 am
Little Computer People is an incredibly advanced life simulation game created in 1985 by David Crane. It was released by Activision for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Apple II. An Amiga version was released in 1987. It is considered the precursor of life simulations like The Sims.
When you start the game, a new character will be generated, and he will occupy the tiny house. Then he will start following his routine; for example, you will see him watching TV, reading newspapers, or cooking. You will be able to interact with him using the keyboard: a combination of TAB+letter will generate an event (for example, TAB+C will make the phone ring, and TAB+F will make the food arrive). Or you try typing complete sentences like "please play the piano".
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Author: GN Team - Published: 3 November 2015, 2:00 am
Golden Axe is a side-scrolling hack and slash fantasy game created by Sega and released for arcade machines in 1989. The game was ported the same year to the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis and in 1990 to the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS platforms. There are also versions for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
The player chooses one of the three characters (a barbarian known as Ax Battler, a dwarf named Gilius Thunderhead or the amazon Tyris Flare) and will try to defeat the evil Death-Adder, who has imprisoned the King and his daughter and stolen the legendary Golden Axe.
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