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As a child, you were never taught of your family’s dark secret – a whole history of ‘evil twins’ doing Satan’s work on Earth, and ‘good twins’ attempting to put this right. Your uncle informs you of this shortly before his death, and after travelling to his castle you find that you must travel through … Continue reading “Waxworks”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Puzzle elements
Wasteland 2 is the sequel to the 1988 title Wasteland. The game lets the player take control of a squad of rangers, in an attempt to explore the surrounding world, solve quests and defeat enemies. Just like the original game it is a post-apocalyptic turn and party based RPG with tactical combat. The action takes … Continue reading “Wasteland 2”
Year: 2014
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Warlords III: Darklords Rising is an improved or gold version of the 1997 release Warlords III: Reign of Heroes. It has the same graphics and interface with more campaigns, scenarios, units, spells, and heroes. The game also includes all the campaigns and scenarios from Reign of Heroes and has a map/scenario editor. Gameplay is all … Continue reading “Warlords III: Darklords Rising”
Year: 1998
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy
Warlords II is a 2D turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. The player is a commander from one of several races (like the people from the Kingdoms, the Dark Elves, Ussyrian Orcs, Sirians etc.). The player starts with one city, and must capture other cities (enemy or neutral) to produce new units. The … Continue reading “Warlords II”
Year: 1993
Platforms: DOS, Macintosh, Windows Mobile
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy
The first in the Warlords series. Basically, your mission is world domination. This may be played between up to 8 people all on the same machine. It is a medieval type strategy game that requires the player to control 80 cities in the realm of Illuria. In order to do so you must wipe out … Continue reading “Warlords”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy, Wargame
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is the third of SSI’s games set in the Warhammer 40,000 gaming universe from Games Workshop. The player takes control of the mighty Eldar to drive the humans from the Maiden World and reclaim the Eldar’s long lost artifacts. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a turn-based strategy game that … Continue reading “Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War”
Year: 1999
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy
WarCraft II: Battle Chest (commonly known as WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition) contains both Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal. It’s been updated, with re-sampled sounds, and is playable over Blizzard’s Battle.net. New features, such as improved fog of war and shared vision, have also been added. Some editions also … Continue reading “Warcraft II: Battle Chest”
Year: 2020
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Real-time strategy
The Kingdom of Azeroth was relatively peaceful and ruled by King Llane. That was until a powerful mage named Medivh commanded forces that opened up a portal in the Swamp of Sorrow, leading to another world. This ushered in the Age of Chaos, as Orcs were summoned to this world and attempted to establish an … Continue reading “Warcraft: Orcs & Humans”
Year: 1994
Platforms: DOS, Macintosh, PC-98, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Real-time strategy
Two men embark on a trip to the easternmost reaches of Eurasia, onboard the longest railway line in the world. For one of them, it’s a dream come true. For the other, it’s not much more than a hassle. See the Siberian odyssey through their eyes. Experience the longest journey through beautiful bespoke photography and … Continue reading “Wanderlust: Transsiberian”
Year: 2020
Platforms: Android, Linux, Macintosh, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
This is a horror adventure game for young gamers (ages 8-15 or so) in which players can choose to play as either a boy or girl, though the game is still the same either way. When the game starts, the protagonist is reading a boring story about Baron Saturday, an evil voodoo spirit captain that’s … Continue reading “Voodoo Kid”
Year: 1997
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Puzzle elements