Abandonware DOS retro gaming spotlight
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Play Rick Dangerous in your browser
22nd June 2017play onlineRick Dangerous is a very nice platformer reminiscent of Indiana Jones. Actually, it's more than a parody. Compared to recent platform games, Rick Dangerous is fiendishly difficult. Take my advice: play it... one of the best parts comes right at the beginning. -
They made worlds: Space Rogue, by Origin
17th June 2017RPG, simulationSpace Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath (Ultima Underworld 1 and 2). Space Rogue combines a rough 3D space simulation experience with a top down view RPG gameplay when in stations or on planets. As a space pilot you can ... -
Death and rebirth of 3D Dungeon Crawlers
28th May 2017RPGDungeon crawling was the main purpose in the first CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Game) ever to came out on a computer. The first CRPGs were a sort of early roguelikes back then, and by "back then" I'm talking decades ago. Anyway... after a few years, thanks to the capabilities of the ... -
Keyword: god games (it's good to be god)
20th May 2017simulation, strategyIn the so called god games, the player takes the role of a divine entity (or something similar). Gameplay involves controlling people, units or even the environment on a large scale. God games usually show some artificial intelligence in the form of autonomous NPCs. -
Electronic Games Arcade Awards - 1992
21st April 2017top games and awardsWhat happened in 1992? Quite a lot! Bosnia Herzegovina declares independence, starting the war we all know about. The Maastricht treaty is signed and the European Union is officially born. Microsoft releases Windows 3.1: the DOS era is slowly coming to an end. 1992 also gave us some video game classics such as ... -
Ultima 6 map of Britannia
21st March 2017big box PC gamesUltima cloth maps were some of the finest feelies (i.e. items you could find in old video game boxes) ever produced for a videogame, back when digital gaming was literally non-existent. The one you see here is a scan of the Ultima 6 cloth map of Britannia. Can you read ... -
Torment: Tides of Numenera - The first hour
4th March 2017remakes and sequelsTides of Numenera is out! It took only 18 years from the release of the cult classic Planescape: Torment for us to finally be able to enjoy the sequel. I already took some steps into the game and wrote about my first hour in the world of Tides of Numenera. But ... -
Play Arkanoid 2 in your browser
21st February 2017play onlineYes, you can play (some) DOS games online on Abandonware DOS. Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh is one of them. Just don't let your boss catch you while breaking walls and shooting balls... -
Abandonware spotlight: Defender of the Crown
11th February 2017strategyLalallala, lalallala, la la la la la lallala. Well, that's how I remember the music of Defender of the Crown, one of the most peculiar games developed by Cinemaware (also their first one!). Set in medieval England, Defender of the Crown was a mix of strategy and action. You ... -
Play Ultima 1 in your browser
2nd February 2017play onlinePlay the classic RPG that started the popular Ultima series. Ultima I (later renamed The First Age of Darkness) is not as good as some of the sequels, but it's worth an hour or two, just to see what Lord British was doing in his garage many years ago. -
Retro spotlight: Blade Runner
21st December 2016adventureBlade Runner is one of those point & click adventure games that somewhat manages to fully capture the spirit of a cult movie without copying the original plot. Fans of the Blade Runner movie will enjoy this game, even without Harrison Ford. -
Electronic Games Arcade Awards - 1984
17th December 2016top games and awardsElectronic Games was a computer magazine focused entirely on early video games. Every year, the Electronic Games Arcade Awards crowned a few Games of the Year. This is a list of the best games published in 1984, the year that Ghostbusters came out. 1984Agent USA Electronic Educational Game of the YearApple ... -
RPG oldie: Ultima 7 Part 2 - The Serpent Isle
10th December 2016RPGI remember the moment I started playing Ultima 7 Part 2. I had The Black Gate still in my mind: I loved it, and I wanted something similar. After a few weeks (or months?) I finished Serpent Isle and I was a bit disappointed. Sure, it's a wonderful Ultima game, but it ... -
Space Hulk: a board game classic
30th November 2016strategySpace Hulk is a strategy game based on the board game of the same name designed by Games Workshop, the company behind the popular Warhammer 40000 franchise. Take your squad of Space Marines and go kill some alien scum! -
Abandonware spotlight: Hill Street Blues
23rd November 2016simulationHill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based ... -
New subgenre: Casino games
18th November 2016simulationSurprisingly there are quite a few strategy casino DOS games. A casino game is usually a collection of smaller games packed into one: roulette, jackpot, card games. -
What are Infocom Feelies?
27th October 2016big box PC gamesInfocom filled their game boxes with a lot of items and called them "feelies". Some of those feelies were used as a form of copy protection, others were there just to let the player "feel" the game outside the computer. -
Play Micro Machines in your browser
12th October 2016action, play online, racingMicro Machines was one of the most successful line of toys of the 80s and the 90s. Micro Machines are cute toy cars the size of a pencil sharpener. There's a TON of them, and children of the time loved to collect them all. Actually, cars weren't the only vehicle ... -
Retro underdog: Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol
5th September 2016RPGMordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix of first-person and top-down perspective dungeon crawler; ... -
Developer spotlight: Origin
24th August 2016RPG, simulationOrigin Systems was founded in 1983 by one of the most popular game designers of all time: Richard Garriott. The most notable games of Origin Systems are the RPGs belonging to the Ultima series: Ultima from I to IX, Ultima Online, Martian Dreams and Savage Empire. Let's not forget the entire ...