Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 13 May 2020, 4:49 pm
Colorado is an action-adventure and exploration game created by French company Silmarils in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
The game, designed by André and Louis‑Marie Rocques, takes you back to the year 1800, the times of exploration of the wild west, the times of gold mines, and the Cheyennes. The game primarily uses a side-view, with different scenarios beautifully rendered with the proper choice of colors. The main character can use the inventory shown at the bottom of the screen to change weapons or use other objects. On some levels, the perspective changes to behind-view, for example, when canoeing on the river.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 13 May 2020, 1:35 am
Comix Zone is a beat 'em up game developed and published by Sega in 1995 for the Genesis/Mega Drive.
The star of the entry is Sketch Turner, a cartoonist. The writer is working on a new project called "The Comix Zone." One night, Mortus, the main villain of comics, manages to escape to the real world and lock Sketch in his comic book. Trapped inside the cartoon, the protagonist must try to escape. In the meantime, the villain, in the outside world, draws enemies that will attack the hero.
The game works like any classic beat 'em up. The main character must advance through stages full of mutants. Once they are defeated, the hero leaves the scenario and advances to the next one, where more rivals are waiting for him. Each level consists of two pages, and to advance between them, Sketch must use his fists, jumps, and kicks to clear each horde of mutants. The main character has an inventory with three slots, where he keeps items that will help him continue his adventure. For example, he can use knives and bombs, which are necessary to clear obstacles. Besides, he can become Super Sketch, which, in one massive blow, damages everything in the cartoon.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 10 May 2020, 9:42 pm
Hostages is an action game developed and published by Infogrames in 1988 for the Amiga and Atari ST.
The title was also ported to other platforms, including DOS, Apple IIgs, NES, and Commodore 64. The game was called Hostage: Rescue Mission in the United States and Operation Jupiter in France. The NES version was named Rescue: The Embassy Mission.
Infogrames, a French company that later became known as ATARI SA, is known for a wide variety of titles, including Alone in the Dark, a precursor to the Survival Horror genre.
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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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