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.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy roleplaying game and one of the most important video games of all time. The fourth game in the series was created by the legendary Richa...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Eye Of The Beholder II: The Legend Of Darkmoon is the sequel to the popular dungeon crawler RPG created by Westwood Associates. The game was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 2006 Genre: Role Playing
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Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep, also known as The Legend of Skullkeep, is the sequel to the famous fantasy dungeon crawler rpg Dungeon Master. Developed by FTL Games, the same creato...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software. I remember watching my father play Jag...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Perihelion: The Prophecy is a cyberpunk role-playing / dungeon-crawler developed by Morbid Visions and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga in 1993. The game was designed by Edvard...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle is a role-playing game created by ORIGIN, released in 1993 for MS-DOS. It is part of the Ultima series, and it's the sequel to Ultima VII Part One: The Black Gate.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Black Crypt is a fantasy single-player roleplaying game by Raven Software, published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 1992. It was initially conceived of as a pen and paper roleplaying game by Brian Raffel and Steve Raffel.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Zelda Classic is a fanmade faithful reproduction of The Legend of Zelda, the legendary videogame created by Nintendo. This remake, created by Armageddon Games, is an exact replica of the NES version released in 1986.
Year: 2000 Genre: Role Playing
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Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic RPG developed by Interplay and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Apple II, DOS, and Commodore 64. It was later followed by Wasteland 2 in 2014, with a few failed sequels in between.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Darkmere (or Darkmere: The Nightmare’s Begun) is a fantasy RPG-action-adventure game developed by Zero Hour Software. It was published by Core Design in 1994 for the Amiga. There...
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is the seventh chapter in the fantasy RPG series Wizardry. It was developed and published by Sir-Tech in 1992 for MS-DOS. In 1996, a remake...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima (later renamed Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness), is the first game in the series of role-playing games created by Richard Garriott. The original Ultima was created for t...
Year: 1983 Genre: Role Playing
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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.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is the fifth entry in the role-playing video game series Ultima. It was released initially in 1988 for DOS, Apple II, and Commodore 64, later followed by other platforms.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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