Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Adam - Published: 10 February 2021, 6:30 pm
The Adventures of Willy Beamish is a graphic adventure developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991.
The game is regarded as one of the best Sierra adventures, and with good reason. This golden oldie allows the player to go back into their glory days of being a nine-year-old mischievous boy. It uses hand-drawn cartoon themes and characters.
The game is set in the school years of Willy Beamish, who is taking on the role of a classic ''brat'' from an upper-middle-class American family. Willy is a typical kid, obsessed with science fiction, hanging out with friends in the treehouse, and the usual stuff. The plot is simple: the Town of Frumpton is under threat from a range of baddies, and it is up to Willy to save the day and become the hero. The game follows through with many twists and turns that are quite common with Sierra On-Line games. There are many hidden secrets for the player to enjoy.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 10 February 2021, 4:04 pm
Ghostbusters II is an adaptation of the famous movie by Ivan Reitman, the sequel to the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The game was developed by Foursfield for several home computers, including ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and Amiga, and published by Activision UK.
Unfortunately, the choice to develop the games for multiple platforms, including 8-bit computers, limited the developers in terms of features they could add to the game. The title includes only three scenes taken from the movie: inside the sewers, the Statue of Liberty walk to the Museum of Art, and finally, the battle against Vigo inside the museum. Great graphics on the Amiga version but not-so-good gameplay. But if you are a movie fan, you cannot miss it.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 9 February 2021, 5:44 pm
Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle is the second part of the home computer version of the famous laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. The popular series was created by Don Bluth Studios.
The original arcade was too big to fit into the memory of the computers available at that time, not to mention the floppy disks. So the story was split into two parts. The Dragon's Lair game, released in 1989, ends when Dirk defeats the dragon. In this second part, released several months later, Dirk has to save the princess from the castle.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 7 February 2021, 3:26 pm
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a survival horror developed by Horrorsoft and released by Accolade in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS computers.
It is well known that the world of video games does not get along with movies. Every time I see that a game is based on a movie or vice versa, several flashbacks run through my head, and I can only think, "here we go again." On the other hand, this clashed with my memories of the Elvira: Mistress of the Dark game since I played it when I was a kid, and I liked it. The big question is, when I enter this world again, who will have won? My melancholy or the trashy essence of a game adapted from a movie? You are about to find out.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 6 February 2021, 2:21 pm
Skunny Kart is a nice racing game clearly inspired by Super Mario Kart. It was developed by Copysoft and released in 1993 for MS-DOS.
The hero of the game is Skunny, a squirrel, that we met in a series of shareware games made by the same studio, including the platformer Skunny: Save Our Pizzas! and a Moon Patrol clone called Skunny: Lost in Space.
The game engine is the same as another Mario Kart clone called Wacky Wheels, which appears quite similar. They say the authors of Wacky Wheels, Andy Edwardson and Shaun Gadalla, sent a demo of their game, including the source code, to Copysoft. But apparently, Copysoft was not interested, and Wacky Wheels ended up being released by Apogee. However, just before Edwardson and Shaun's game was published, Copysoft released Skunny Kart. Well, I guess the name "copy soft" was not a coincidence.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 31 January 2021, 9:22 pm
Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold is a game based on the Disney animated series Duck Tales. Developed by Incredible Technologies, it was released in 1990 for Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
The game's goal is to help Scrooge win a competition against Flintheart Glomgold, who wants to beat Scrooge and become the richest duck in the world. Huey, Dewey and Louie, and other family members will perform several missions around the world, exploring jungles, caverns, mountains and finding hidden treasures.
Great graphics, difficulty level a bit too difficult if we consider that this was a game for kids, but still a great title if you are a fan of the famous series.
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