Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Adam - Published: 29 March 2020, 12:49 am
Hi-Octane is a racing/vehicular combat game developed by Bullfrog and released in 1995 for the PC, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn. The game is based on Bullfrog's Magic Carpet engine.
Bullfrog Productions was not a newcomer to the gaming industry as they were the same team that built the legendary Populous series that is highly spoken of. But this time, they tried a different genre. Hi-Octane was a director contender to the Psygnosis' huge success WipEout.
Hi-Octane allows its players to live a universal childhood fantasy, to drive a car that can shoot. Players can literally drive a car with miniguns and missiles loaded up on the front, ready to blow up anyone they want. The vehicles also can hover and are boarded up with armor to protect you from the rest of the competing racers. You can choose from a collection of seven hovercars that range from what looks like a 90's sports car to a huge truck. Your opposing players have only one goal, that is to knock you off the road with everything they have, and trust me, they are hell-bent on doing that!
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 28 March 2020, 3:19 pm
Sweet Home is a survival horror roleplaying game produced and published by Capcom for Famicom in 1989. Although it was released exclusively for Japan, it received an excellent translation for English-speaking players.
There was a time when horror as a genre was unpopular and almost non-existent. The developers were exclusively dedicated to making adventure releases with a terror theme or based on some known movie to capitalize on its success. It was in that context that Capcom decided to experiment with Sweet Home. This title would set the basis for the Resident Evil saga, arguably one of the most important horror games of all time.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 27 March 2020, 7:39 pm
Ugh! is an arcade flight game developed by Egosoft in 1992, initially for the Amiga. The game was published by Play Byte, and it was also released on MS-DOS and Commodore 64.
It's considered a clone of the famous Space Taxi, released in 1984 by Muse Software for the Commodore 64.
The game is pretty simple; you have a woman set to be your beloved future mate. The caveman is on a mission to collect some diamonds earned by transporting passengers on his stone-age, muscle-powered helicopter. The game hilariously has 69 levels, which the player must endure through. Each one follows a pretty basic format; the player must carry a passenger by peddling along in his helicopter. To stop his romantic ventures are various obstacles and enemies such as prehistoric animals and natural barriers. You are armed with stones, which you can use to destroy the annoying pests that get in your way while snacking on a fruit that you knocked off a tree. Users can save progress by using level codes that are made up of some pretty amusing phrases ("thecatsatonthemat").
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Author: Adam - Published: 27 March 2020, 3:34 pm
Trolls is a cute platformer developed by Flair Software and released by Capstone Software in 1992 for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS.
The game was based on the famous toy creatures that were around the time, the cute blue-haired trolls are present in the game for the player to use. The game features these trolls as they run around trying to save as many of the baby trolls as they can.
The game is super colorful - like, insanely colorful! If you haven't seen this game before, it will definitely come off as a surprise! The seven worlds the game is based upon looks like a rainbow, the background, the interface, and even the enemies are so shockingly vivid in colors that it is will often enough to distract you. Maybe the concept is not very innovative: it's a classic platformer where you have to jump on certain enemies to eliminate them till you get a Yo-Yo. The Yo-Yo is pretty neat; it allows you to kill enemies, smash aside blocks to open up new paths, and with the right amount of practice, you can even use it to swing across gaps. If it wasn't for the Yo-Yo, I would feel as if it was a more colorful clone of the Super Mario series.
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Author: Adam - Published: 26 March 2020, 10:20 pm
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess is a strategy game that was developed by Interplay and published by Electronic Arts in 1990 for the Amiga and MS-DOS.
The beginning of chess can be traced back to the seventh century in India, where it was initially called Chaturanga. The game then spread to the nearby regions of Persia and China, thanks to the European traders that visited these lands the historic game soon made its way onto the western world where it went through certain adaptations to become what it is today. While these changes came through through European influences, Chess went down a whole different lane in China, where it became vastly different when compared to the dominant form of modern Chess that we see today.
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Author: Adam - Published: 26 March 2020, 5:58 pm
Deluxe Galaga is a shareware remake of the famous arcade Galaga for the Amiga. It was created in 1993 by Edgar M. Vigdal (also the author of Deluxe PacMan).
The game is an enhanced remake of the classic Namco's arcade Galaga, and it features the same top-down shooter based gameplay. In reality, it feels much more like a combination of games rather than it being a single one as it has elements of the Vic-20 game 'StarBattle' along with the original arcade versions of Galaga and Galaxians mixed into it. Plus, of course, Space Invaders.
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