Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Gustavo - Published: 8 May 2020, 4:38 pm
Flimbo's Quest is a 2D platform developed by Euphoria and released by System 3 in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and Amstrad CPC.
System 3, the British company founded in 1982 by Mark Cale, is responsible for several titles, including the saga of The Last Ninja. The title was designed by Laurens van der Donk, who was part of Demoscene, a computer art subculture focused on developing demos.
The game's protagonist is Flimbo, a young boy who must save his girlfriend Pearly from the hands of a mad scientist named Fransz Dandruff. For his part, the villain uses in his victim a machine he created to steal her life energy and extend his life indefinitely.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 7 May 2020, 6:28 pm
Dune is a strategy adventure developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Games in 1992 for Amiga and PC. Based on the famous Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, the game was also ported to CD and released for the Sega CD console.
Strangely enough, Dune is not connected to Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis, which was developed by another software house, and it's an entirely different game.
In Dune, the player takes control of Paul Atreides. The emperor of the universe sent Paul's family to planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Their goal is to mine the Melange, the most valuable spice in the universe. Quickly the involved ones realize that it is a challenging mission because on that same planet inhabits the Harkonnen, mortal enemies of the family.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 7 May 2020, 1:21 am
Super Tetris is a puzzle game developed by Sphere and published by MicroProse in 1992 for the Amiga. It was later released for MS-DOS and Mac OS.
The company founded by Sid Meier wanted to make its version of the game designed in 1984 by Aleksei Pázhitnov in the Soviet Union. Among all the variants of the original Tetris, this is the seventeenth.
Super Tetris contains characteristics that differentiate it from the rest.
First of all, several types of resources were added to the players. An example is lightning bolts, which can remove a whole row. Then, bombs were added. They appear in some blocks, and when placed in a filled line, they explode and break several blocks. A kind of Candy Crush! This installment also has essential additions to the multiplayer mode: now, users can play for the first time in cooperative mode, in addition to the competitive one.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 5 May 2020, 7:56 pm
Alcatraz is an action game developed by 221B and published by Infogrames in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. It's the sequel to another Infogrames title called Hostages, even though the two games are different.
Alcatraz can be defined as a multi-type game since it doesn't fit precisely in one of the usual categories. Normally this is a characteristic reserved for videogames derived from movies, such as Batman: The Movie or RoboCop.
The game is divided into three phases, each one with different gameplay. The first one is a horizontal scrolling action game/shooter with stealth elements. You will have to try to hide as much as possible and shoot the bad guys when necessary. You can collect their weapons and use them until they are depleted. What is really fun is the need to control 2 characters, each on his portion of the screen. If you play alone, you will have to switch between them, while if you play with a friend, you can play simultaneously.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 4 May 2020, 7:13 pm
Thunder Force III is a space shooter developed by Technosoft for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive and published by SEGA in 1990. The title was adapted for the arcade in 1991 under Thunder Force AC and for SNES as Thunder Spirits.
The Japanese company responsible for the game, called Sasebo Microcomputer Center initially, is located in Nagasaki. Although it has other successes, such as Plazma Line or Herzog, the Thunder Force series counted with five entries and was the most important installment of the corporation. After its acquisition by Twenty-One Company, the rights to sell its video games were left in the hands of Sega.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 4 May 2020, 7:09 pm
Personal Nightmare is a horror game developed and published by Horror soft in 1989. The title was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
The game is the direct forerunner of two Elvira-based installments: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus.
Despite not having a specific plot, the game has a clear focus. At the very beginning, the player is given the premise that the devil attacked his neighborhood and began to possess its inhabitants. The objective is to eliminate all of them and confront the devil. On the other hand, the protagonist only has four days to achieve this feat.
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