Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: Gustavo - Published: 27 April 2020, 8:42 pm
Martian Memorandum is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Access Software in 1991 for MS-DOS.
The North American company, founded in Utah, was famous for several sports games, such as the extensive Links series or even the Top Spin tennis game saga. In turn, Martian Memorandum was not the first incursion they had in the mystery genre, this entry is a direct sequel of Mean Streets and the second part of the Tex Murphy saga, consisting of seven installations.
This adventure is located initially in San Francisco during the year 2030. It is immersed in a dystopic future where the planet is still recovering from world war III. A part of the population is formed by mutants, victims of the radiation of the war, and the sun. The investigator Tex Murphy is hired by a multimillionaire businessman to find his missing daughter. Soon, the character finds several dark secrets that revolve around the disappearance of the young woman, which leads him to question all the people involved. After collecting several clues, he undertakes a journey to Mars, where the mystery continues.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 26 April 2020, 1:17 pm
Burntime is a strategy-RPG game developed and published by Max Design for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1993 for Europe and 1994 in North America.
Max Design was founded in Austria by the brothers Albert and Martin Lasser and Wilfried Reiter. It was dissolved in 2001, not before having made cult games like 1869 or the mighty Anno series (see Anno 1602: Creation of a New World).
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the earth we know, where much of humanity is extinct and monsters created by the toxic waste that are now scattered around the planet, attempting to kill the survivors. After choosing a character class, the player must conquer what is left of the world and try to survive in the process.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 24 April 2020, 2:59 pm
Heretic is a first-person shooter developed by Raven Software and published by id Software in 1994 for the PC and Mac.
The game was published by the prestigious American company id Software, responsible for several masterpieces such as Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), and Quake (1996). Moreover, this is the first installment of a saga that would receive three other sequels: Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Hexen II, and Heretic II.
The plot of the adventure, which is very forgotten in this type of title, is located in an apocalyptic world where three brothers, known as the snake riders, possessed the 7 kings in force and corrupted their armies. The Elves, on the other hand, are resistant to magic and opposed the rule of dictators and were labeled as heretics. So an elf named Corvus - the main character of the game - embarks on a quest of revenge against the snake riders and their army.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 23 April 2020, 11:24 am
Championship Manager 97/98 is a football-management game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive in October 1997 for PC.
The series was created by the Collyer brothers, that founded Sports Interactive in 1994.
The Championship manager saga puts the user to manage the different football clubs in which, far from the formula of playing the matches, they are in charge of handling the administrative affairs of the club. Among all the doors that this opens, there is one of analyzing the market and negotiating for real players, of course, always taking into account the money that the club has. The title even has several details that give it more realism and immersion, such as being able to see how comfortable each character feels about the club he plays for.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 22 April 2020, 8:16 pm
Streets of Rage is a beat 'em up game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The game is also known in Japanese as Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken.
The game quickly became a best seller and is part of a trilogy that continued in Streets of Rage 2 (1992) and Streets of Rage 3 (1994).
The story focuses on the three main characters, cops who witnessed how the city got out of control due to the mafias. As a result, the three young men proposed an initiative to restore peace to the town. However, their boss stopped them. Seeing that both he and most of his colleagues are bought by the criminals, they decide to abandon the force and begin a suicide mission in which, with their fists and feet alone, they try to stop Mr. X, the leader of the thugs.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 22 April 2020, 11:32 am
Starglider is a 3D space shooter created by the young programmer Jez San and published by Rainbird in 1986. It was released for the Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, and other computers. The Amiga version was released in 1987.
Jeremy San initially created the game for 16-bit computers, most probably Atari ST, but despite this, he opted for wireframe vector graphics, like his favorite arcade, Star Wars. The sequel, Starglider II, would be much more advanced regarding gfx.
Starglider was a huge success, especially in the UK, where it was also featured in TV shows. The sales made Argonaut Software, the company founded by Jez San, very popular. Thanks to this, Nintendo decided to create a chip called Super FX to provide 3D graphics on its consoles. Argonaut developed the game Star Fox to use this chip.
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