Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 17 July 2018, 1:47 am
Diablo is a famous "hack and slash" role-playing game created by Blizzard and released at the end of 1996 for Windows. Two years later, it was released to Macintosh.
It is not only one of the most popular RPGs ever created; it's the title that redefined the concept of "action RPG" and "hack & slash." It is so influential that today we still see clones or games inspired by it. When it was released, Diablo was elected Game of the Year, but 30 years later, you can always find its name in many lists of the Greatest Games of All Time.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 15 July 2018, 12:44 pm
Black Lamp is a fantasy platformer published by Firebird for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1988. Later, it was ported in 1989 to Atari 8-bit.
It's a game with a dark atmosphere, set in a dungeon of different rooms connected by stairs. The goal is to collect nine lamps, the last one guarded by an evil dragon that must be defeated. The graphics were very well made, especially on the 8-bit versions, featuring large sprites accurately drawn pixel by pixel. The game features more colors on the Amiga and Atari ST, but the visuals are almost the same.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 11 July 2018, 8:09 am
Fire & Ice: The daring adventures of Cool Coyote is a platformer created by Graftgold and published by Renegade Software in 1992. Initially released for the Amiga and Atari ST, later it was ported to MS-DOS, Acorn, and SEGA Master System.
Programmed and designed by Andrew Braybrook (Paradroid, Uridium) and Phil Williams, thanks to its cute graphics, great level design, and polished gameplay, it is recognized as one of the best platformers ever released for the Amiga. Like many jump-and-run games of the 90s, it is pretty unforgiving: difficulty level is challenging, but once you master it, it gives a lot of fun.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 9 July 2018, 8:33 am
Bad Blood is a post-apocalyptic action/role-playing game played from a top-down view. It was created for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS by ORIGIN Systems and released in 1990. The game designer was Chris Roberts, famous for the Wing Commander saga.
The world is a barren wasteland following nuclear warfare in this Mad Max-like future. Normal humans have chosen to shun the mutants and decide to wipe them out. With war looming on the horizon, your task is finding a more desirable solution to prevent it from happening. You begin your journey by choosing between 3 characters: a human, a green mutant, and a human-looking mutant. You can openly wander the wasteland exploring, discovering, collecting, and talking to NPCs. Combat is in real time, with multiple weapons to choose from. Also, the game cycles through day and night, affecting enemies and NPCs alike. Enemies come in a wide range of options, including the standard irradiated giant bugs, snake people, and fire-breathing fliers, among other things.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 6 July 2018, 2:19 am
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a computer RPG set in the AD&D universe, created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1993 for DOS only.
Being based on the AD&D campaign known as Dark Sun, it is set in the desert world of Athas. In this hot and desolate land, not much is flourishing. You and your companions are stuck in the life of gladiators, so of course, you need to get out of there. You start by creating your party of 4 either manually or have the computer generate a team randomly. There are multiple classes to choose from, including classics ones like Thief and Fighter and interesting ones like Psionicist and Preserver, among others. You can even pick Gladiator if you’re feeling ironic. There are also several exotic races to try out. The game itself plays pretty openly, and you can explore the world in any order after completing the introductory sections.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 30 June 2018, 12:00 pm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy game created by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. It was later ported to PlayStation.
Red Alert is the second game in the Command & Conquer series but it's not exactly a sequel. Set in an alternate universe where Hitler has been killed and Stalin, with the USSR, has started invading the world, the game is based on the war between the Soviets and the Allies. It was designed as a prequel to the original Command & Conquer game, but it ended up being a spin-off, with two more Red Alert games coming in the following years.
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