Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 25 November 2019, 1:16 am
Solid Gold is a jump-and-run platform game created in 2013 for the Amiga by Frank Wille e Gerrit Wille (Night Own Design).
Inspired by classic platformers like Rick Dangerous and The Great Giana Sisters, the game features 10 levels and 4 worlds, each one with different graphics and enemies, but also nice sprites and great animations, thanks to the programming entirely in 68k assembler. There is no shooting: enemies must be eliminated by jumping on their heads. In fact, the joystick button is not used (but the second controller button can be configured for jumping).
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Author: GN Team - Published: 17 November 2019, 9:15 pm
Fate: Gates of Dawn is a first-person RPG created by reLINE for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991.
In terms of gameplay, Fate is similar to Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder: this means exploration of the world happens in pseudo-3D, with fixed directions. You can build your party with different characters, but only four of them can be active at any point. You will manage them with the portraits you can see on the screen.
But Fate is not just another dungeon-crawler: it's a game with a complex storyline and puzzles that must be solved talking with the many NPCs that inhabit the world. Plenty of different races, classes, spells, weapons, cities to explore makes the experience very deep. Consider that inventory management plays a vital role because every object has a weight. Night/day cycles, various weather conditions, and graphics that probably are not exactly state-of-the-art (but still can be considered very good) make Fate one of the best computer role-playing experience you can have on an Amiga.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 16 November 2019, 3:17 pm
Fade to Black is a 3D action-adventure created by Delphine Software and published in 1995 by Electronic Arts for PC and Playstation. It's the sequel to the popular 1992 cinematic platformer Flashback.
The game was designed by the author of Flashback: The Quest for Identity, game designer Paul Cuisset, also the creator of Future Wars: Time Travellers and Cruise for a Corpse. Fade to Black continues the plot of Flashback, with Conrad, the hero of the previous game, imprisoned by the evil Morphs, the aliens that he defeated 50 years ago.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 13 November 2019, 2:40 am
The Addams Family is a licensed platformer created by Ocean for the SNES, Amiga, Atari ST in 1992. It was ported to Sega Genesis in 1993. Ocean also made similar versions of the game for 8-bit platforms, like Commodore 64, Game Boy, ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System.
In the game, inspired by the movie of the same name released in 1991, you are Gomez, and you have to save the rest of the family: Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Granny, and Uncle Fester. There is no shooting; this is a pure platformer, with a mechanic, in part, inspired by Super Mario. In fact, you have to kill enemies with a jump on their heads. But the gameplay is nonlinear and could also be defined as "Metroidvania." Gomez can explore the house freely without needing to follow a specific order. There are also plenty of secret passages and side levels. A door that was leading to the room may lead to another place the next time you open it, which makes the task of visiting this vast mansion very hard.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 10 November 2019, 4:18 pm
Fantasy World Dizzy is the sequel to Treasure Island Dizzy and the third game in the Dizzy series. Dizzy is an action-adventure platformer created by Codemasters initially for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
The series, whose hero is an egg, was designed and coded by two brothers known as the "Oliver Twins": Andrew Nicholas Oliver and Philip Edward Oliver. The series started in 1987 with Dizzy: The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure. It's not a simple platformer, because Dizzy needs to explore the world, collect items, talk with other characters, and solve puzzles.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 9 November 2019, 3:59 pm
Myst is a first-person graphic adventure created by Cyan and published by Brøderbund in 1993 for Macintosh and Windows 3x.
The game was incredibly successful, and it was ported later to 3DO, Amiga, CD-i, Playstation, SEGA Saturn, and many other platforms.
The player controls The Stranger, magically transported into the Myst island. He will have to explore the island and solve its many mysteries and puzzles. Somehow it reminds me of an interactive book rather than a video game. There are also several possible endings, depending on the player's choices.
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