Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Tasha - Published: 2 February 2017, 1:12 am
Stonekeep is a role-playing dungeon crawler developed and published by Interplay for the PC in 1995. The designer Peter Oliphant planned to complete the game in just nine months, but he ended up spending almost 7 years in development (counting platform shifts and delays). Though taking a record amount of time to develop, it was well worth the wait.
Set in a fantasy world and taking place completely underground, Stonekeep is a literal dungeon crawler, like Eye of the Beholder or Dungeon Master. Play as Drake, the sole survivor of the destruction of Stonekeep at the hands of the mad god Khull-Khuum. Khull-Khuum has imprisoned the other gods inside magical orbs and hidden them away. During the destruction of Stonekeep, Drake is saved by a mysterious figure. Now an adult, Drake returns to the ruins of Stonekeep to avenge his past and free the benevolent gods of his realm. There is no character creation element to this game and Drake’s initial stats are pre-set, though you can still equip him with different weapons and armor. Seeing the world from a first-person perspective fight monsters in real-time combat, avoid traps, and find treasures. Drake can also have up to three people in his party, though controlled by computer AI.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 1 February 2017, 4:47 am
Bioforge is an action adventure game set in a dark sci-fi atmosphere. Published and developed by Origin Systems, under the direction of Ken Demarest, the game set itself apart from other similar games on the market. Utilizing newly developed technology to create and design three-dimensional characters with detailed realism, it feels more like a movie than a game. Bioforge was originally released for DOS in 1995.
Bioforge is set in the far future where fanatical extremists are bent on galactic conquest. You wake to find yourself imprisoned with no memory of who you are. The victim of monstrous experiments, you must fight your way through organic and robotic enemies to find answers. You can choose between guns or melee weapons to forge your own path. Play your way through both indoor and outdoor environments to uncover the truth. Collect items, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets of the complex, if you dare.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 1 February 2017, 3:48 am
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi is the sequel to the original Wing Commander, and is the second in the Wing Commander series.
The game is, like it's predecessor, a space combat simulator. It was produced and published by Origin systems, and designed by Chris Roberts. The game was released in 1991 for PC only.
Wing Commander II isn't that different from the original Wing Commander. Once again, you are a pilot fighting for the Terran Federation against the Kilrathi. At the beginning of the game, your ship from the last game, the Tiger's Claw, is destroyed, and you are blamed for it. Ten years later you save the confederation flagship, giving you the opportunity to prove yourself and clear your name. The game has new weapons as well as new ships, for both the Terran Federation and the Kilrathi. A greater emphasis is also put on storytelling, with animated cutscenes, and even voice acting in an expansion pack.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 31 January 2017, 6:31 pm
Flashback: The Quest For Identity is a sci-fi platformer/action-adventure published by U.S. Gold and developed by Delphine Software. The game is the brainchild of Paul Cuisset, creator of Future Wars: Time Travellers, who wrote, designed, and programmed parts of it.
The game was first released in 1992 for the Amiga, but has since been ported to MS-DOS, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, 3DO, Macintosh, FM Towns, and the Atari Jaguar. A remake was made for Xbox Live Arcade in 2013.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 31 January 2017, 6:27 pm
Street Fighter II is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter and was developed and published by Capcom in 1991.
Originally made for arcades, it was later released for other platforms, including that Amiga and PC. This installment improves upon many of the concepts introduced in the first game, including the use of command-based special moves.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 31 January 2017, 1:08 am
Raptor: Call of The Shadows is a vertical-scroller shoot-'em-up developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software in 1994.
It was initially published for DOS but has since been ported to Windows, iOS, Linux, and Mac OS. The game won Power Play's Best Shareware game of 1994. The Shareware version was released for free at Mountain King Studios (formerly Cygnus Studios) homepage.
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