PLATFORMS

Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game. Various races – humans, elves, dwarfs, drakes and undead – and various factions battle for the control of the land of Wesnoth in various eras. The strategic gameplay is similar to games such as Master of Monsters and Warsong. The players, represented in game as high-level … Continue reading “The Battle for Wesnoth”

Story Mutants have been found in the bombed out Polish city codenamed “Gorky 17” near Lubin, and a trio of soldiers (Sullivan, Owicz and Trantigne, each of different nationalities) enters the city to find out what happened and look for any member of the first squad previously sent there. You control the team and direct … Continue reading “Gorky 17 a.k.a. ōdi∙um”

The year is 2712, and four mercenaries have been sent to the planet Graveyard on a hostage rescue mission. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the call for help was just an excuse to lure them into proving grounds, where they will have to fight genetically engineered creatures. Hired Guns is an action RPG using … Continue reading “Hired Guns”

The six characters under your control in this visually exotic RPG have been genetically engineered so as to be resistant to a virus which has been spread by an evil being in the futuristic land of Perihelion. The character races include Bionecrons, Symbions and various cross-breeds. The gameplay is controlled from a set of initial … Continue reading “Perihelion”

Ambermoon is the second game in Thalion’s never-finished Amber trilogy that was started out by Amberstar. The sequel is set more than half a century after the first game, the world of Lyramion just starting to recover from the destruction caused by the collapse of the red moon. The original protagonist is an old, dying man as the game … Continue reading “Ambermoon”

A thousand years ago, a young Black Magician named Tar valiantly fought the demon lord Thornahuun, who was revealed to be his own father. However, Thornahuun managed to possess his son’s soul and corrupt it. Tar declared himself Lord Tarbos and brought terror to the land of Lyramion, before being locked away in a secure … Continue reading “Amberstar”

Viewed isometrically, this role-playing game saw you leading a party of four intrepid souls on a mission to restore peace to the land. Sixteen levels awaited them, all filled with traps and monsters. Spells could be collected as the game went on, and multiple ones cast in quick succession. The characters could be split, and … Continue reading “Shadowlands”

The land of Trazere is in a state of emergency as an ancient force of chaos begins to transform ordinary citizens into monsters. Seeking to save the kingdom, four heroic adventurers gather at the city of Treihadwyl. The game has a map view and a dungeon view and sports a fascinating magic system and isometric … Continue reading “The Four Crystals of Trazere”

After three games in the Bard’s Tale universe, Interplay gave fans the chance to create their own games based on the game engine. You can design your own Monsters (choosing their look from existing ones or by drawing it yourself), level layouts (from the pre-defined objects of Bard’s Tale III), spells and collectible objects. Your … Continue reading “The Bard’s Tale Construction Set”

Winwood was just an ordinary man, an owner of a small record shop – certainly not a very suitable profession for someone who would become a hero in a magical land. But fate had its own plans for our hero. One day, feeling particularly drowsy, Winwood closed his shop and fell asleep on the sofa. … Continue reading “Fate: Gates of Dawn”