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”
Year: 2005
Platforms: Amiga, Android, BeOS, Browser, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
NetHack is a roguelike role-playing game with both traditional ASCII graphics and a graphical tileset. The objective is to find the Amulet of Yendor and sacrifice it to your deity. In the beginning, you choose one of the classes – there are some traditional ones, like Priest or Knight, but also unusual ones like Tourist or … Continue reading “Nethack”
Year: 1999
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Android, Atari ST, Browser, DOS, GP32, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, PC-98, Windows, Windows Mobile, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Roguelike
SimCity 2000 is the successor to the city simulation game Sim City. You are once again the mayor, but this time you can fully customize the terrain before building your city. The graphics are isometric, whereas the original had graphics displayed in a top-down fashion. This title adds numerous features over the original such as the ability … Continue reading “SimCity 2000”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, Nintendo 64, OS/2, PC-98, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Windows, Windows 3.x, Windows Mobile
Genre: Simulation