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Rick Dangerous 2 is a clear example of a sequel done right. Developed by Core Design and released in 1990 on a plethora of platforms, Rick Dangerous 2 is a classic platform game with a (linear) story. The first levels can be played in any order: an ice cave, Hyde Park in London, a forest and the atomic mud mines. The fifth level ...

Electronic Games was a magazine (yes, on paper) published in the 1980s and then, after a hiatus, in the 1990s. Electronic Games was one of the first computer magazines entirely focused on video games. Every year, E.C. held a Game of the Year "Arcade Awards".This is a list of the best games published in 1980, according to Electronig Games.1980...

Hardball is a popular series of baseball video games published by Accolade from 1985 (Hardball! was the first game) to 1998 (Hardball 6). If you are a baseball fan and a video games enthusiast, you can't miss them!

It depends on the game. Some games can run without problems on modern Windows systems without problems, while other games need more attention.A lot of Windows games won't run on Windows 7, 8, or even Vista. What can you do? Well, if the game is available on GOG.com, you can buy it for a few bucks and be certain that ...

I'm sure many of you old fashioned gamers know what a roguelike is. Rogue, ADOM, Angband, NetHack are some of the classic roguelikes we love to play every now and then. There's even a bunch of them here on AbandonwareDOS.ADOM Recently, Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM released on Steam an updated version of one of the most popular roguelikes: ...

Albion is an old DOS science fiction top-down perspective RPG developed by Blue Byte Studio in 1995 from an original idea by Erik Simon. Albion features a science fiction setting that incorporates traditional fantasy elements.

Operation Wolf is a military themed, single player, first person, rail shooter. Aim your crossair to the soldiers on the screen and shoot.

Electronic Games was a magazine published in the 1980s and the 1990s, entirely focused on video games. Every year, the magazine held the Game of the Year "Arcade Awards".These are the best games of 1979 according to Electronig Games.1979Air-Sea Battle Best Target GameAtari VCSBally Best Audio and Visual EffectsArcade/BallyBasketball Most Innovative GameAtari VCSCosmic Conflict Best S.F. GameOdysseyFootball ...

Leather Goddesses of Phobos is a text adventure (interactive fiction) game developed by the well-known Infocom and designed by Steve Eric Meretzky. It was one of the best-selling adventures published by Infocom.

Another year has passed and Abandonware DOS is still here. So, what's new? I worked behind the curtains and fixed a lot of crappy code. I dropped a font used to write the site name and replaced it with a jpg; the result is an increase in speed load of every page.What else? I changed the main menu, worked ...

Lemmings was one of the most iconic puzzle games of all time. It was also one of the most inventive, the idea behind those tiny furred punk suicidal rodents is truly a stroke of genius. Not surprisingly, after the huge success of the first Lemmings, a lot of sequels followed. This is one of them.

In Satellite Reign you control a team of four agents and roam in the neon-lit alleys of a big cyberpunk city. Sounds familiar? That's because Satellite Reign was developed by the creator of Syindicate Wars (NOT the original Syndicate).The objectives can be completed in different ways and Satellite Reign promotes emergent gameplay. Brute force, hacking, propaganda are all viable ...

Star Wars is a coin-op conversion that, in all its vector graphics glory, made Star Wars fans dream of being Luke Skywalker. I remember using every drop of force I had left, in a local arcade, just to get past the AT-ATs.

Before Tomb Raider, not many games involved main female characters. Carmen Sandiego, Laura Bow, Elvira and Jill of the Jungle were exceptions to the "male" rule followed by early video games.

Ultima IV is one of the best Ultima games made by Richard Garriott. It took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the four virtues.

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Angband is a classic roguelike still under active developement that spawned a plethora of variants (more than sixty!). If you like dungeon crawling and you don't mind complex ASCII games, try it now!

The Elder Scrolls is a well known series of video games. It started with Arena, now released as freeware by Bethesda. Soon Arena was followed by Daggerfall, one of he most bug ridden games of the series. And then it was the turn of Morrowind. That's when, in my opinion, the series really took off. Morrowind was a very good ...

Pioneers is a unique game. It reminds me of Colonization and Oregon Trail, but it's something quite different. To quote the official website "Pioneers is a turn-based exploration/adventure RPG where you lead a party of travellers in search of treasure-rich temples, new tribes and ways to go down in history - ways to go beyond the horizon. To achieve ...

UnReal World is a roguelike rpg game released in 1992. It's currently freeware and runs on Windows. UnReal World can be described by the keywords: auto mapping, open world, procedural generation, turn based, fantasy.