Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 24 April 2022, 9:02 pm
RoboCop 2 is an action game based on the popular science fiction film released in 1990, featuring the famous cybernetic cop. Like many other movies-to-game conversions of the '90s, it was published by Ocean Software, which took care of both the 8-bit versions (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64) and 16-bit versions, including Amiga and Atari ST.
Special FX developed the Amiga version of the game. The studio did a great job integrating the film elements with the game, even though the videogame needed to be released at the same time as the film, so only preliminary assets were available. Following the plot, our hero Robocop will need to destroy the nuke factory, then try to arrest the evil Cain, who will take the form of "RoboCop 2" at the end of the adventure. Several cutscenes with digitized images of the movie are shown in the beautiful HAM graphic mode of the Amiga. It's a kind of lesser-known - not so popular - technical feature, so we strongly appreciate this choice.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 30 March 2022, 8:58 pm
Softporn Adventure is a text adventure created by Chuck Benton for the Apple II in 1981. The game was programmed in AppleSoft BASIC.
Initially released by Benton with his own company Blue Sky Software, the game became famous when it was re-released by Sierra On-Line (known as On-Line Systems at the time).
It is one of the earliest examples of erotic video games. Many remember the famous "hot tub" game cover, with three topless women in a jacuzzi. Interestingly, one of them was Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line and the King's Quest series creator.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 28 February 2022, 2:15 pm
Conan: The Cimmerian is an action-adventure with RPG elements created by Synergistic Software for PC and Amiga and released in 1991 by Virgin Games.
The game is officially based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. At first sight, you might think that Synergistic made a sword and sorcery beat 'em-up, like Golden Axe or - even better - Sword of Sodan, but the truth is Conan is a much more complex game. There's a plot, first of all, not as trivial as you might think. The RPG aspects are well developed, with different ways to solve the quests. The graphics are fantastic, really hi quality pixel art. Maybe the perspective during city exploration is strange. Still, some screens are gorgeous, probably because this is a game where all the 5-bit / 32 colors of the Amiga have been used, unlike many Atari ST titles ported to Amiga, where colors were limited to 16.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 20 February 2022, 3:57 pm
Roadwar Europa is a futuristic turn-based strategy game designed by Jeff Johnson and developed for the Apple II and Commodore 64. It was released initially in 1986 and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. Westwood Associates ported the game to Amiga and Atari ST and released it in 1987.
The game was the sequel to Roadwar 2000, a post-apocalyptic strategy game inspired by the film Mad Max. As in the predecessor, you must assemble an army of warriors and vehicles, including cars, trucks, and motorcycles. You will have to fight other gangs, mutants, and terrorists. Finding food, medicines, weapons, and supplies will be fundamental. As you can imagine, Roadwar Europe is set in the old continent, and your task is to locate and disarm five nuclear bombs hidden by the terrorists.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 20 February 2022, 2:25 am
Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of Humanity is a violent action game/beat 'em up created by Suomi-Peli for the Commodore Amiga in 1996.
The game's goal is simple: explore the city and kill all the people you can find. You start with a baseball bat, but you can collect additional weapons as long as you advance. Some drugs will improve your character strength and skills.
Damage is a game for adults - blood and gore are high. There is no plot or predefined path. You can consider it a sort of sandbox game, like Grand Theft Auto, but with a 2D side view. Levels are made of fixed, carefully designed screens with small people and objects.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 7 February 2022, 2:48 pm
Steel Empire is an action-strategy game created by Silicon Knights for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS, released in 1992.
Denis Dyack and Rick Goertz designed this title. It's the precursor of the more famous Fantasy Empires, and it shows all the elements that made this series so loved by the players: you can manage your territories on the map (in a way similar to Risk), invade and occupy other lands, build fortifications, and grow your armies. But, when it's time to go to battle, you will be on the front line.
While Fantasy Empires was set in the fantasy universe of Dungeons & Dragons, with elves and dwarves, Steel Empire is set in a science-fiction world, and your army will be made of different types of droids. Before every battle, you will have to choose the right mix, choosing between small and fast robots or slow and powerful ones. Once the action starts, you will be on the planet, controlling your robot with the joystick or mouse, trying to make the difference.
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