Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 4 November 2020, 10:40 pm
The Misadventures of Flink (or simply Flink) is a jump-and-run game created by Psygnosis and published in 1994. It was released for the Amiga CD32, Sega Mega Drive, and SEGA CD.
The game, designed and illustrated by Henk Nieborg, inspired the follow-up/remake The Adventures of Lomax. If Lomax had the excellent addition of the Lemmings characters, Flink has other exciting features. First, the spells' mechanics: your character will collect scrolls and ingredients during the game; once he has enough, he can combine ingredients to create new spells. Anyway, since he is still an apprentice, the result is not assured! Of course, the successful ones will become part of his book, which he can use later during the game.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 November 2020, 6:51 pm
Batman: The Movie (or, more simply, Batman) is an action game based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton.
Developed by Ocean Software, it was released in 1989 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum.
Strictly following the movie's plot, Batman is made of 5 different games: 2 side-scrolling platformers, two driving games, and a puzzle game, each based on a different scenario taken from the film. The first level is a platformer on the chemical plant, while in the second, the player will have to drive the Batmobile. The third level is a puzzle game, with Batman running analysis in the Batcave. The fourth takes place during the Joker parade, and the player will have to drive the Bat-Jet. The final level is again a platformer, and it takes place in the Cathedral, where the epic last fight will happen.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 November 2020, 6:51 pm
Total Recall is the adaptation of the science-fiction movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The game was released in 1990, the same year of the film, and Ocean published it.
Active Minds developed two versions, one for 8-bit platforms and another for Atari ST and Amiga (the one you will find here). Unfortunately, like many other movie conversions, the quality of this title is not exceptional. It also seems that part of the team left during production, and Ocean had to complete the game with other developers. Not good.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 November 2020, 6:50 pm
Batman: The Caped Crusader is a videogame inspired by the DC Comics comic book. It was created by Special FX initially for ZX Spectrum and also ported to Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and other platforms. Ocean published it between 1988 and 1989.
In the game, the famous superhero Batman has to face his two main enemies, The Penguin and The Joker, in different adventures that can be done in any order. Both levels are pretty challenging, but The Penguin section can be very tricky.
The software house was founded in Liverpool by former Ocean programmers that had worked previously on the Red Heat adaptation (and later would create RoboCop 2). They decided to build a game that is a mix between a platformer, a beat-em-up, and an arcade adventure. This mix sometimes is a bit strange, but thanks to excellent visuals and a fantastic soundtrack, the game experience is memorable.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 1 November 2020, 3:27 pm
Outpost is a space colonization strategy game created by Sierra and released in 1994 for Windows 3x and Macintosh.
As in many other science fiction classics, Earth will be destroyed by an asteroid, and humanity decides to launch a space colonization mission. You are, of course, the leader of this mission.
The difference between Outpost and other titles is that Sierra decided to hire a real scientist, a NASA employee called Bruce J. Balfour, to design the game as realistic as possible. Unfortunately, realism does not always translate into great gameplay. For sure, it's not an easy game, but if you are the kind of gamer that likes to read a manual, this is a fascinating and engaging title.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 1 November 2020, 2:06 pm
Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software.
I remember watching my father play Jagged Alliance while I thought it was a scary game as a child. Several years later, I found out that it was an action game and decided to play it to understand why I was afraid of it. The answer was simple, let's say that seeing the realism in the dead eyes of the characters forcibly taught me the meaning of Uncanny Valley. Anyway, once I overcame my fears, I discovered that I was in front of a very complex game for its time, and this is why.
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