Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Gustavo - Published: 5 October 2020, 7:14 pm
Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego is the 5th game in the Carmen Sandiego mystery educational series. It was released in 1991 for Apple II and MS-DOS.
Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego? also known in my room as "If I had known this game, I wouldn't have had such a hard time passing history," is an educational game developed and published by Broderbund in 1991. The entry is the fifth part of the Carmen Sandiego saga, which started with Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
As in previous installments, the story is based on taking down V.I.L.E., a criminal organization dedicated to stealing famous works and catching its leader, Carmen Sandiego, and her henchmen. In this case, Carmen and the other criminals steal pieces scattered throughout the history of America at different times and locations, where she even steals the Statue of Liberty with a helicopter. Same old Carmen, amirite?
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 4 October 2020, 8:39 pm
Operation Wolf is a rail-shooter arcade released by Taito in 1987. It was ported to many home platforms, including Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST, Amiga, and more.
Roy Adams, a Special Forces Operative soldier, is entrusted with a critical mission: to rescue five hostages held in enemy territory. To do this, he must infiltrate, interrogate, and find the concentration camp where the innocents are being held. But let's be honest, none of this really matters to you, does it? You are only here to shoot bad guys. Welcome to Operation Wolf.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 October 2020, 2:15 pm
Knight Tyme is a graphic adventure published by Mastertronic in 1986 for 8-bit platforms, initially from the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Later it was ported to Commodore 64 and MSX.
The game was designed and programmed by David Jones, and it was the third title in the Magic Knight series, after Finder Keepers and Spellbound. Legendary musician Rob Hubbard composed the soundtrack for the MSX/Spectrum version.
If Spellbound was more of an action adventure, considering the enemies to avoid and other more dynamic mechanics, Knight Tyme would be a pure graphic adventure. Don't let the 2D platformer-like graphics fool you. The game is entirely based on exploration and puzzle-solving. The platforming mechanics are used only for movement because you will sometimes need to jump to reach a specific object.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 3 October 2020, 10:56 am
The Ninja Warriors is a coin-op for two players created by Taito in 1988. The game was ported to numerous home computer platforms by Virgin Games.
The Amiga port was programmed by Random Access (also known as The Sales Curve as publisher label), the same development team of S.W.I.V. and Silkworm.
The ninjas of the game are two fighting robots created by Earth's resistance to free the world from the evil dictator Bangler. The warriors can use their swords, shuriken, and of course, their fantastic agility to eliminate the tyrant's army. Besides the regular opponents armed with knives and guns, you will be attacked by all sorts of mini-bosses. Occasionally, you will also have to face a tank.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 29 September 2020, 4:43 pm
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Echoes from the Past is a graphic adventure based on the popular TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The game was developed by Spectrum Holobyte and was released in 1994 for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and SNES. The Nintendo version got another title, Future's Past.
Like in a TV episode, the game allows you to join Picard, Riker, Data, and the rest of the crew of the Enterprise in one of their missions. On the bridge, you will be able to talk with the famous characters of the series - helpful to get several hints - and access all the ship's systems, including comms, engineering, conference room, and more. You will have to interact with the ship's systems to proceed with the plot, for example, accessing comms to answer a distress call. On the bridge, you will also manage the ship's energy to move it from one system to another, especially during battles.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 29 September 2020, 12:23 pm
Mad TV is a television station management game developed and published by Rainbow Arts in 1991 for Amiga and MS-DOS.
If someone were to tell me that Mad TV has a video game, I would typically think, "will it be an action game? Comedy? something bizarre?" You can imagine my surprise when I played it and found out that the title is about a program director with questionable morals who must manage TV shows and buy gifts for a girl. Still, please do not close the tab; the other thing that surprised me is that this is very funny! Welcome to Mad TV (the game).
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