Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 6 August 2020, 1:05 pm
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
It's based on the pen-and-paper game BattleTech, a kind of D&D set in the thirty-first century in a science fiction universe where players control giant robots called BattleMech.
This futuristic militarized universe is also the setting of the MechWarrior videogames, but those games are 3D combat sims, while Battletech is a 2D top-down view RPG. More faithful to the original formula, if you want.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 5 August 2020, 4:14 pm
Hexen II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus is an expansion pack of Hexen II developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 for Windows.
Raven Software, the American company from Wisconsin, is responsible for developing great games such as Black Crypt, the Call of Duty saga, and even the Heretic saga, among others. This last one is composed of four titles, where you can find Heretic, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Hexen II, and Heretic II.
This expansion of Hexen 2 takes up the story of the original game. After the defeat of Eidolon, the last and most potent of the three Serpent Rider brothers who had enslaved the Thyrion world, a new threat appears. An evil wizard named Praevus was aware of the fall of the tyrants, and with this event, he tried to revive them to take their power and enslave them. Thus, the heroes who put an end to the threat of the serpent riders must take down this diabolical being.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 3 August 2020, 8:31 pm
On the Ball is a soccer management sim created by Ascon and published in 1993 for the Amiga, including AGA models, and PC MS-DOS.
The game, designed and programmed by Gerald Köhler, was initially released with the title Anstoss. The title is not just another clone of Championship Manager / Football Manager; On The Ball offers a different gaming experience. It's very realistic and full of details, but it's not based on pure statistics and numbers. You might say it's based on "emotions" rather than numbers. Psychology, in fact, plays an important role. For example, you will know that one of your players has a certain level of stamina or ability, but the game could also tell you that he has just got married, and this influenced his happiness. The attitude, composure, and self-confidence are also critical. The fact that the game doesn't have any official license means that all the names are invented, so you cannot spot the top players just because their name is Giggs, Zola, Cantona, or Van Basten. You will have to figure it out for yourself.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 1 August 2020, 12:38 pm
Fury Of The Furries is a puzzle-platformer created by Atreid Concept and published by Mindscape in 1993 for the Amiga, PC, and Macintosh.
The Gameboy and PC US versions were rebranded by Namco, replacing the furries with Pac Man. The game title was changed into Pac-in-Time. Anyway, this is the original Amiga version with the cute gremlins-like (but without ears) little hairy monsters. The player can control four different types of furries, switching between them when necessary. The yellow one can shoot fireballs, the red one can eat stones, the blue one can swim, and the green one can use a rope. You have to find the best way for them to collaborate to solve puzzles and advance with the levels. The concept is quite similar to The Lost Vikings, but in this case, the game is more dynamic: the furries jump and run like a real platformer, and the maps are langer. The puzzles are also more physics-based.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 27 July 2020, 7:52 pm
Turrican II: The Final Fight is a run-and-gun game developed by Factor 5 and published by Rainbow Arts in 1991. The first version, designed by Manfred Trenz and Andreas Escher, was initially developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts. Still, this release was published after the Amiga port made by Factor 5.
Factor5 curated all the other conversions, including CDTV, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum. Later on, the game was released again, but this time by Accolade and under the name of Universal Soldier, for DOS, Genesis, and Game Boy.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 26 July 2020, 1:29 pm
Rocket Ranger is a cinematic action game, with some strategy elements, created by Cinemaware originally for the Amiga and released in 1988. It was later ported to Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and other platforms.
Set during the World War 2, but in an alternate reality where the Nazis have a base on the moon, Rocket Ranger represents Cinemaware at its best: amazing graphics, fantastic cut scenes, digitized voices, sound effects, accurate animations, great "b-movie" plot, and atmosphere. The lucky players that had an Amiga at that time, and played Rocket Ranger, had the impression of watching a movie indeed.
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