Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Adam - Published: 7 June 2024, 10:51 am
SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation is a management simulation of the U.S. Healthcare system released by Maxis in 1994 for DOS only.
SimHealth, developed by Thinking Tools, is a management simulation game that simulates the United States healthcare system. It was released during the congressional debates on the Clinton healthcare plan and is known for its complexity and difficulty. The game lacks the tongue-in-cheek humor that Maxis' other games are known for, instead opting for a more serious tone with a SimCity 2000-inspired user interface.
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Author: Adam - Published: 6 June 2024, 12:04 pm
Traps 'n' Treasures is a platform action-adventure game developed by Nightingale for the Amiga and published by Starbyte and Krisalis in 1993-94.
TNT takes players on an exciting pirate adventure with Captain Jeremy Flynn. The game is set on the dangerous Devil's Island, where Flynn must save his crew and recover his stolen treasure. Despite its apparent brevity (the game is structured in four levels), this adventure offers hours of engaging gameplay and, for the most part, is also very fun.
The initial level, Threadneedle-Lagoon, introduces players to the first simple objectives, all based on exploration. However, as you progress, you encounter increasingly complex levels to be solved non-linearly, facing maps full of puzzles, keys, and treacherous traps. The difficulty definitely increases as you go on.
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Author: Adam - Published: 28 May 2024, 11:45 am
Die Kathedrale (The Cathedral) is a German-only text adventure with graphics created by Weltenschmiede and published by Software 2000 in 1991. The game was released for PC and Amiga. Unfortunately, there is no English version.
Die Kathedrale is part of a trilogy of games all about time travel. It's preceded by Das Stundenglas, released in 1990, followed by Hexuma, released one year later. Die Kathedrale is considered by many one of the best German language adventures ever created. Despite being mostly a normal text adventure with still pictures, there is a sort of point-and-click interface: you can click on an object, and the name will appear in the parser: very useful!
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Author: Adam - Published: 13 May 2024, 4:50 pm
Shantae is a platformer for the Game Boy Color developed by WayForward and published in 2002 by Capcom. It was later re-released by WayForward itself.
The game unfolds in the enchanting realm of Sequin Land, where players embark on the daring escapades of the titular young genie. Tasked with safeguarding her village, Shantae faces her first challenge when marauding pirates threaten its peace. Initially armed with just her hair-whipping prowess, Shantae gradually unlocks transformative dances, morphing into various animals with unique abilities and arming herself with diverse weaponry.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 10 May 2024, 8:08 pm
Larrie and the Robbery of the Ardies is an arcade game created by Capital Software for the Amiga. It was published in 1988 by Kingsoft.
The game, also known as Larrie & The Ardies, designed and programmed by Steve Vanderhorst, is a variant of the coin-op Mappy. For those unfamiliar, Mappy is an old Namco arcade game (Namco is the company that created Pac-Man). Mappy, released in 1983, is a horizontal scrolling platformer, a characteristic uncommon at the time. The protagonist was a police mouse who had to recover stolen artwork and other objects, all while avoiding cats and using trampolines to jump and climb on various platforms. During the jump on the trampoline, the mouse could not be caught by the cats even if touched, unlike when he is on the platforms—simple but fun mechanics.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 23 April 2024, 9:26 pm
Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism is a graphic adventure created by Tomahawk and published by Coktel Vision in 1989 for Amiga, MS-DOS, and Atari ST.
The game, categorized as an adult title, is based on the book written in 1959 and published in 1967, which described the "amorous" adventures of the uninhibited protagonist Emmanuelle, the bored wife of a French diplomat. The autobiographical book (originally titled The Joys of a Woman) was very successful. In 1974, a film starring actress Sylvia Kristel was produced based on the book. The film marked the beginning of a very popular series of highly successful erotic films, one of the greatest successes of French cinema.
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