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Ubik

Download ISO:	CD images (844 Mb), 4shared [CloneCD] [844 Mb]
Type:	Game, Sci-Fi Action Adventure
Developer:	Cryo Interactive Entertainment
Publisher:	Cryo Interactive Entertainment
Year:	1998
Available:	MAYBE
Copyright Status:	Although definitely abandonware, we have not yet determined whether we have legal grounds for providing links to this game.
Platform:	Windows
Thanks to:	Ermuli
Added:	Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Under a Killing Moon

"It's December, 2042. And you're the only P.I. that follows the old steps of Philip Marlow, Spade, and other classic detectives. This time, the world depends upon you. How? Why? It's not for me to tell. Take your gun, and see what'll be next. Well, you'll drop it via the window accidentally, but I guess that won't stop you from solving the case.

Under A Killing Moon, unlike the Tex Murphy adventures that came before it, takes place in a world whose locations are pure 3D in which you have full maneuverability. You can even look for clues underneath desks, chairs, etc. Other features include an online hint system (that decreases your final score the more you use it), extensive support for additional sound/music devices, and full-motion video technology."

"For those who enjoyed the role-playing games from SSI's AD&D Gold Box series, Unlimited Adventures allows players to create their own similar games. (It is also required to play games created with it.) It was designed to create fantasy games, especially those set in the Forgotten Realms world. "

'Art is an important aspect of any game. UA comes with a lot of art, depicting various monsters, characters, items etc. but it is possible to import your own art.

The designer can also edit the monsters. There are a lot of monsters (such as goblins, dragons or zombies) and humanoid enemies (brigands, bandits, evil mages etc.) and characters provided by default, but the designer can change their name, appearance and attributes." --Moby Games

Urban Runner

"You are Max, an American journalist in Paris. There seems to be a story at hand, about a big drug dealer who is covered by some influential person in politics. To get the dealer talking, you offer him a photography in exchange for some information. But when you get there, the druglord is dead and everyones on your back - mistaking you for the killer.

The game itself is a movie adventure on four CD-ROMs, dividing gameplay in Clue- and Action-turns. You can control the game completely via mouse."  --Moby Games

Utopia - The Creation of a Nation

Download ISO:	bin/cue (6.84 Mb)
Type:	Game, Sim Strategy
Developer:	Celestial Software
Publisher:	Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.
Year:	1991
Available:	MAYBE
Copyright Status:	Although definitely abandonware, we have not yet determined whether we have legal grounds for providing links to this game.
Platform:	DOS
Thanks to:	Ermuli
Added:	Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Wages of War

Warbreeds

"WarBreeds is a real-time strategy with most features found in others. It contains resource management, unit building, combat against AI or other players, but with many changes to the normal genre.

You control a clan of alien creatures, in which you can modify the DNA of, to create different custom units. There are four different clans in total, of a common ancestor." --Moby Games

Warcraft

"Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. By playing either the Humans or the Orcs in this saga, two separate story lines evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create new units. From swords to sorcery, all the elements of classic fantasy are here to explore: rich forests, dark dungeons and bubbling swamps await the stalwart troops amassed to fight for dominance. Command many unique armies and creatures including Knights, Archers, Clerics, Warlocks, Daemons, Elementals, and Necromancers who are able to raise the dead.

The multiplayer aspects of the game allow 2 players to challenge one another on over 20 custom maps and determine who is the supreme warlord. Head to head play is supported over modem, serial link, and IPX networks, and works cross-platform between the IBM-PC and Macintosh versions." --Moby Games

Warhammer Universe, The
Final Liberation, Chaos Gate, Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen

"In the nightmarish 41st millennium, violent wars rage at the hands of soulless specters and slavering monsters. These warmongers sit perched on airless moons, inside the labyrinths of hive worlds, and across the bleak voids between stars. Their goal: to extinguish alien life. This is where the Warhammer story begins. Where will it end? Follow the complete chronicles with The Warhammer Universe Strategy Game Collection and find out." --Product Description

War Wind

"War Wind is a classic real time strategy game in a medieval fantasy setting. The game copies both, graphics and interface, from its successful model, Warcraft 2.

The ancient alien world of Yavaun teeters on the brink of anarchy. Four diverse races, the Tha'Roon, Obblinox, Eaggra and the Shama'Li are fighting for dominance on the planet.

Despite many objects taken directly from the model, War Wind also introduces many new elements to the genre like the carry-over of your units from scenario to scenario and advanced combat movements like stealth modes and bio enhancements.

You can either play one of the 28 pre-designed scenarios of the game's campaign, play a multiplayer game or create new scenarios with the included level editor."  --Moby Games

Warzone 2100

"Warzone 2100 is a fun and highly underrated real-time strategy game from small UK-based outfit Pumpkin Studios."--Underdogs

"In the vast void of quality real time offering since Starcraft was released, Warzone 2100 is a greatly welcome surprise. It's a darned good game and any fan of the real time strategy genre is going to enjoy it's many embellishments on the tried and true."--Inteligamer

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Wild Metal Country

"Wild Metal Country is a action game in which you control a little tank (there are five different tanks you can select). Tank-like machines have gone wild on the three different planets of the Tehric system and your job is to defeat them (for more about the story, see the advertising blurb).

The battles take place in desolate mountain environments. The big difference in altitude play an important role in the game. In the single player mode you complete levels by collecting 8 colored power cores, which are defended by the machines, and returning them to one of several hovering stores. The player has an infinite amount of lives. The weaponry consists of 8 types of missiles and 4 types of mines. You receive help from a pair of helicopters that drop ammo and can heal you.

It takes some time to get used to the control scheme. The two tracks of the tank are operated independently (you can for example make a quick spin by going forward with one track and backwards with the other). Moreover you can turn the turret in any direction. The camera always moves with your turret. So you might actually be driving towards the camera. You can also change the angle of your turret and the distance your rockets travel. You only use the keyboard to control your tank.

Noteworthy aspects of the game are: the physics modelling, the 3D engine and the amount of freedom the player has (no time constraints etc.)." --Moby Games

William Shatner's TekWar

"You're an ex-cop who was sentenced to cryo sleep. When you awake you are recruited by the Cosmos Detective Agency as a hitman. Why? Cause there's a dangerous new drug on the streets of New LA: Tek! Take out the seven Tek Lords and their minions in 7 missions, but spare those innocent civilians.

TekWar is a 1st person shooter based on the TekWar novels of William Shatner. TekWar is situated in the near future and uses the famous Build Engine." --Moby Games

Wizards & Warriors

"The designer of Wizardry VI and VII brings us this epic tale of classic fantasy roleplaying. The land of Gael Serran is plagued by the evil undead Pharoah. You must assemble a party of six and find the Mavin Blade, the only artifact capable of destroying this abomination once and for all...

The gameplay is standard Wizardry-type six-members-as-one control with the standard races and occupations." --Moby Games

Wizardy 8

"Wizardry 8 is an epic fantasy RPG that picks up where Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant left off. You may recall that all hell had broken loose at the end of Wizardry 7. The Dark Savant had taken flight with a device called the Astral Dominae, an incredibly powerful artifact containing the secret of life itself. Following him are two powerful races, the T'Rang and the Umpani, as well as your own brave party of adventurers. Everyone is headed to Dominus, a world on the cusp of the Cosmic Circle, birthplace of the Astral Dominae and home of the Cosmic Lords. Many paths will converge on Dominus, and many long-hidden secrets will be revealed.

Main Features:

• Create your own characters from 11 races and 15 character classes.
• Hear your characters come alive with the new Personality system.
• A new combat system. Fight over 100 types of monsters. Cast over 100 different animated spells. Defend against attacks from all sides at once.
• Import characters from Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Crusaders of the Dark Savant, or Wizardry Gold.
• Multiple beginnings and endings." --Moby Games
  

Wolf

WolfPack

"In this WW2 combat simulation one or two players can take command of one of three different sets of naval vessels. German U-boats, U.S. destroyers or Allied merchant ships are there, waiting for the right commands. They operate in small groups, just as the real things did in WW2. Full status screens tell you what state your boat is in at any time. It's possible to play one of the twelve built-in scenarios or an self-created scenario. The game has no career mode."  --Moby Games

World of Aden - Thunderscape

"The original Swords & Sorcery meets Steam Age Technology role-playing game (Pre-dating Arcanum by six years). The player controls a party of up to 6 players drawn from the standard fantasy races and classes on a quest to prevent the "Darkfall" from engulfing the world of Aden.

Adventuring takes place in a 3-D world with characters created using a standard set of attributes, skills, spells, and equipment that will be familiar to any RPG fan. Thunderscape's unique addition to the genre was the addition of industrial age technology including firearms, steam engines, zeppelins, and primitive robots (steam golems).

Thunderscape was the first World of Aden game released by SSI, the second (and final) being Entomorph." --Moby Games

WorldSpiral Liath

"In this 3rd person graphical adventure, you play a modern-day magician named Criss looking for his friend, Tiche, who disappeared hundreds of years ago in a world known as Azeretus. In the ageless battle of "Good versus Evil", the story revolves around magic spells, curses, and spirits.

This point-and-click adventure involves talking to people, solving puzzles and general exploring. Because it was co-developed by Russian and German developers, it is a bit different than others in the adventure genre." --Moby Games

Wukung - The Monkey King

[NO BOX SHOT FOUND] "A journey to the West can be dangerous - especially when you're accompanied by pig-devils and sea monsters. All love Mangas: The japanese comics with their dynamic drawings and action-loaded, fantastic stories developed a market and a huge fan comunity here. And even computer games have discovered Mangas: Several times this asiatic comic style has been adapted for adventure games already.

Wukung - The Monkey King is no exception. The mystic story of one who moves out, to find the "Book of Wisdom" is based on chinese mythology, which was wrapped in Manga-graphics for this game." --adventure-archiv.de

Wrath of the Demon

"The mighty wizard Anthrax, in an attempt to usurp authority over the kingdom, has summoned a horrifying Demon. The Demon makes good on his chartered task by summoning a horde of monsters to lay waste to the kingdom at large. Fortuitously, a random stranger is strolling nearby the kingdom and realizes that only he can beat back the foul creatures.

After some encouragement from the king, your adventurer begins the game by horseback, jumping over obstacles, beating flying creatures, and collecting potions on the ground. Afterward, the hero must proceed on foot and destroy creatures with his blade as well as additional potions and weapons he will find on his deadly quest." --Moby Games

Wrath of Earth

"One of the most unknown, underrated games ever made, Wrath of Earth is a fun futuristic FPS with quite a few innovations that are rarely seen in today's 3D-accelerated games.You play either a male or female commander who is sent to investigate the chaotic situation at the Aragon mining colony, where mining robots run rampant, most humans are dead, and an alien invasion is rumored.

Gameplay is best described as SSI's Cyclones, except a bit less detailed. You view the gameworld from your bio-suit, which gives you a plethora of status displays, including 6 separate gauges that show major statistics, ranging from your health, radiation level, and armor. Weapons you collect and be viewed in close-up screen, which gives you detailed statistics, including type of ammo required, damage power relative to other weapons, etc. Your bio-suit also has many interesting instruments, including an infrared headlight and sonar. On-screen crosshairs automatically identify objects and lock on targets similar to System Shock, except that in Wrath of Earth you cannot jump or look up or down as the engine is not true 3D. The game also features many NPCs similar to Strife, guided weapons, and many well-designed levels, both indoors and out.

Overall, Wrath of Earth is a solid FPS that is highly recommended to anyone who likes action games. It unfortunately got very little attention when first released, owing largely to lack of marketing and shareware status. Two thumbs up, way up!"  --Underdogs

Yellow Brick Road

"Yellow Brick Road is one of the most obscure adventure games, brilliantly adapted from L. Frank Baum's venerated children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1899 and published in 1900. The game is developed by Synergy, a Japanese company, which released many other obscure titles
including Gadget, Zeddas: Servant of Sheol and not to mention Alice: An Interactive Museum, using amazing Quicktime technologies. You play as young Dorothy Gale, who after wearing the enchanted ruby slippers is magically transported from her Kansas home to this magical world of Oz. Following the
Yellow Brick Road, you meet the Tin Man, who joins you in your quest to find your way back home. Next, you free the Cowardly Lion and together they travel to the Emerald City to find and rescue the Scarecrow from the captivity of the Evil Witch.

The movement in the game is displayed by nicely created 3D cut-scene. There are a few combat sequences in this game but they are not so hard as the game is basically developed with young kids in mind. The puzzles are quite logical and mostly inventory based. The game music is also adapted from the movie, The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939. All in all, Yellow Brick Road is a nice adventure for the whole family."

Xargon Trilogy

"You have discovered an ancient civilization deep in the jungles of Madagascar. Transported through time, you must explore the magical, mystical world of Xargon. You control the hero Malvineous on his expedition through a strange land populated by bizarre creatures!

Xargon is both an arcade game and an adventure game. You move through the four-way scrolling side-view world, shooting and avoiding dangerous creatures. Along the way, you'll have to solve puzzles and meet up with the giant eagle Silvertongue, who will guide you on your journey." --Moby Games

Zero Zone

"It's the year 2098 in Megatown, a sprawling city populated by Bios, and Cybers. The Bios use the Cybers as slaves, the males work in factories and the females serve. Your father has just been killed and you have inherited his fortune as well as his company. It is within his harsh and heart-pulsing context, amid a world of sumptuous settings, that the story unfolds. Your mission is to help agent ridley find out who killed your father and why. You'll journey through outer space in search of the computer chip that will allow the sensual union between the bios and the cybers." --Moby Games

Zone Raiders

"ZONE RAIDERS is a fast-paced, real time driving combat game that takes place in a futuristic, 3D graphics environment. In the game, the player is an independent Raider who must enter a zone and retrieve, destroy, or activate various items, and then escape successfully. In order to get at these items the player must battle enemy vehicles which, like the player's vehicle, resemble ancient automobiles from the mid to late 20th century, enhanced with hover plates and heavy artillery.

Features:

- 16 Different Tracks
- 8 Player IPX Network, 2 Player Modem or Serial Support
- 4 Selectable Hovercars + 1 Secret Hovercar
- 8 Usable Weapons
- 25 Different Enemies

(This description is taken from its web site and readme file)"

Zork - Grand Inquisitor

"The original Swords & Sorcery meets Steam Age Technology role-playing game (Pre-dating Arcanum by six years). The player controls a party of up to 6 players drawn from the standard fantasy races and classes on a quest to prevent the "Darkfall" from engulfing the world of Aden.

Adventuring takes place in a 3-D world with characters created using a standard set of attributes, skills, spells, and equipment that will be familiar to any RPG fan. Thunderscape's unique addition to the genre was the addition of industrial age technology including firearms, steam engines, zeppelins, and primitive robots (steam golems).

Thunderscape was the first World of Aden game released by SSI, the second (and final) being Entomorph." --Moby Games

Zorro

"Zorro is a side-scrolling platform game that takes thought and precision much in the vein of Prince of Persia. Swing, whip, and jump your way through the California wilderness as you race to stop the evil Don Cortez from discovering an ancient treasure."

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