Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 13 January 2026, 8:10 pm
Piracy on the High Seas is an adventure and trading game developed by ArtGame and released in 1992 for the Amiga. The game combines Viking-themed exploration, naval combat, dungeon crawling, and economic management into an ambitious package that requires patience and strategic thinking to master.
The story revolves around the disappearance of the Golden Chalice of Balance, an artifact that once maintained peace and justice across the land. With its loss, chaos reigns—bandits terrorize the countryside, pirates control the seas, and mythical sea monsters threaten any sailor brave enough to venture into open waters. You control three heroes on a quest to recover the chalice and restore order: Norman the strong swordsman, Eirik the axe-wielding warrior, and Morden the magician. Each character plays a crucial role, with Morden being absolutely essential—if he dies, the game cannot be completed.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 11 January 2026, 3:16 pm
Realms is a fantasy strategy game developed by Graftgold and released in 1991 for the Amiga. The game was designed and developed by Steve Turner, known also for Virocop and for having worked on Uridium with Andrew Braybrook.
Set in a medieval fantasy world, Realms puts you in the role of a warlord who must conquer territories, manage cities, and command armies in tactical battles. The game occupies an interesting position between god game and real-time strategy, creating a hybrid that anticipates by nearly a decade mechanics that would become popular with the Total War series.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 7 January 2026, 6:33 pm
Dungeons of Avalon is a first-person dungeon crawler developed by Zeret and Hakan Akbiyik for the Amiga and released in 1991. It was distributed as a coverdisk game with Amiga Fun (Apr/May 1992) and Amiga Mania (no. 4, Jul 1992). What makes this RPG remarkable is that, despite appearing on magazine coverdisks, it delivered genuine depth and quality that rivaled many commercial releases of the era.
The setup is pure fantasy comfort food: you create a party of adventurers, establish your base in a town hub, and venture into sprawling underground labyrinths filled with monsters, traps, and treasure. There's no pretense of revolutionary storytelling here—the plot exists mainly to justify your descent into increasingly dangerous depths. But honestly? That stripped-down approach works beautifully. This is dungeon crawling in its purest form, focused squarely on exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving rather than elaborate narratives.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 5 January 2026, 8:06 pm
Championship Manager 5 is a football management simulation developed by Beautiful Game Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in 2005 for PC. The game was designed by the team at Beautiful Game Studios after the original Championship Manager creators, Sports Interactive, had moved to SEGA to develop the Football Manager series.
This fifth installment marked a significant departure from the Championship Manager series' traditional formula, representing both an ambitious reimagining and a controversial evolution of the beloved franchise. After Sports Interactive's split from Eidos following Championship Manager 4, Beautiful Game Studios took over development with the daunting task of continuing one of PC gaming's most respected series.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 30 December 2025, 9:21 pm
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood is an adventure game created by Sierra On-Line and released in 1991 for MS-DOS and Amiga. The game was designed by Christy Marx, who crafted an engaging retelling of the Robin Hood legend that goes beyond simple action and theft to explore the moral complexities of medieval England.
Set in Sherwood Forest during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart, you play as Robin Hood himself, leading your band of Merry Men against the tyrannical Sheriff of Nottingham. What sets Conquests of the Longbow apart from typical Sierra adventures is its ambitious scope and the meaningful choices it presents. The game features multiple endings based on your actions throughout the story - how you treat enemies, whether you show mercy or cruelty, and the methods you use to achieve your goals all impact the final outcome. This branching narrative was quite progressive for 1991 and adds significant replay value.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 29 December 2025, 2:56 pm
Mean Arenas is an arcade game developed by Nite Time Games and published by International Computer Entertainment Ltd in 1993 for Amiga and Amiga CD32. The game combines classic arcade elements with maze exploration mechanics, offering a distinctive experience in the early 1990s Amiga library.
Presented as a futuristic television game show, Mean Arenas puts you in the role of a contestant who must navigate through 22 different arenas, collecting all the gold coins to advance to the next level. The game is divided into four themed zones - Robo Zones, Dungeon Zones, Rainbow Zones, and Starship Zones - each with its own challenges, robotic guardians, traps, and puzzles that test both reflexes and planning abilities.
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