RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Shadowlands is a fantasy role-playing game developed by Teque London and published by Domark in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The player controls a party of 4 characters w...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II is the sequel to the 1987 RPG The Faery Tale Adventure created by MicroIllusions. The sequel was developed by The Dreamers Guild, a stu...
Year: 1997 Genre: Role Playing
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Beyond Oasis (also known as The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light) is a Japanese adventure RPG. It was developed by Ancient and published for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive between 1994 and 1995.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Power is a classic NES game released by Bandai in 1986 and developed by Tose. Originally based on the Japanese manga and anime series Dragon Ball, the game underwent signifi...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Phantasie is a role-playing game designed by Winston Douglas Wood and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released initially in 1985 for Apple II and other 8-bit platforms.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth is a computer RPG published by Gremlin Graphics in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. In Europe, it is known as Federation Quest 1: B.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Questron 2 is the sequel to Questron, a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit. Four years later, the sequel was ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragonflight is a fantasy RPG created by Thalion Software and released in 1990 for the Atari ST and Amiga, with a DOS conversion published in 1991. Erik Simon wrote the game concep...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in medieval Germany during the 15th century, featuring...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Times of Lore is an action RPG created by Chris Roberts - author of Wing Commander - and published by Origin Systems. It was released for Commodore 64, Apple II, and DOS. Later...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Star Command is a 1988 space role-playing game released by Strategic Simulations Inc initially for MS-DOS, then Amiga and Atari ST. One of the things I learned from the world of v...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Wars is a role-playing game created by Interplay for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1989. It was later released for MS-DOS, Amiga, and several other platforms starting in 1990.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Windwalker is an action RPG created by ORIGIN Systems and initially released for Commodore 64 and Apple II in 1989. In 1990, it saw releases on Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Macintosh.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Crystals of Arborea is a medieval fantasy role-playing game created by the French studio Silmarils. It was published in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It is the precursor t...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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