Classic games from yesteryear are finding new life on the iPhone and iPad — devices that have more than enough horsepower to run those old titles. More retro games are being added all the time, but here are 30 of our favorites.
Another World
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $3.99
Originally released: 1991, for Amiga & Atari ST
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Beneath a Steel Sky
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $2.99
Originally released: 1985, for Amiga & DOS
Bounder
Made for: iPhone, Free
Originally released: 1985, for Commodore 64
Kickbase Bundesliga Manager
Made for: iPhone, Free
Originally released: 1989, for Amiga, Atari, Commodore 64, & PC
Death Rally Demolition
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1996, for DOS
Doom
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $4.99
Originally released: 1993, for DOS
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1996, for DOS
Final Fantasy
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $7.99
Originally released: 1987, for NES (first game)
The Manhole
Made for: iPhone, $1.99
Originally released: 1988, for Mac & PC
Myst & Riven
Made for: iPhone, $3.99 | iPad, $5.99
Originally released: 1991, for Mac (first game)
The Oregon Trail
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1978, for Apple II*
Prince of Persia: Escape
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1989, for Apple II
R-Type
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $1.99
Originally released: 1987, for Arcade
Rogue
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $1.99
Originally released: 1980, for Unix
Secret of Mana
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $7.99
Originally released: 1993, for SNES
Spectre
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $.99
Originally released: 1991, for Mac
The 7th Guest: Remastered
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $5.99
Originally released: 1993, for DOS
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Made for: iPad, $3.99
Originally released: 1987, for Commodore 64
SimCity BuildIt
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1989, for Amiga & Mac
Street Fighter
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $4.99
Originally released: 1991, for Arcade
Uridium
Made for: iPhone, Free
Originally released: 1986, for Commodore 64
Worms
Made for: iPhone ($.99)
Originally released: 1995, for Amiga (first game)
Ghosts’n Goblins
Made for: iPhone & iPad,$1.99
Originally released: 1985, for Arcade
Sonic The Hedgehog Classic
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1991, for Sega
Breakout
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1978, for Arcade
Missile Command
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1981, for Atari
PAC-MAN
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1980, for Namco
Chrono Trigger
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $9.99
Originally released: 1995, for Chrono
Double Dragon Trilogy
Made for: iPhone & iPad, $2.99
Originally released: 1987, for Nintendo
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Made for: iPhone & iPad, Free
Originally released: 1995, for Midway
Speedball 2 is also available, not to mention sid meyer’s civilization.
What about hardball from accolade that was Atari st
Duke Nukem II and Heartlight
I hope the might and magic series gets ported over
Ascendancy, Shadow warrior, Archon, Wolfenstein 3D, and orhers I don’t rember right now.
Cool list, but I was a little disappointed to find that the versions of Myst, Riven, and SimCity are not actually the original ones I played way back when, but instead “updated” versions. I was hoping for genuine nostalgia there. However, one thing that SHOULD be on this list is “The Labyrinth of Time,” because that was a particular awesome find and was one of the very first games of this kind. Plus, they haven’t altered anything. (And, in fact, it’s better than ever because my CD-Rom copy had a glitch that always froze it when I got to the ziggurat… I was finally able to complete the game!)
Simcity has been remade ,its called different though. I am looking for it myself but cant find the title anymore . The title is a year like 1374 or 1847 i cant recall. I did find it about a week ago when i didnt have the cash to buy it . It was 99 euro cent
Activision has two classic game packs. one has the old infocom games and another pack has the rest.
Zork out:
http://www.infocom-if.org/games/games.html
Carmageddon!
King’s Quest, or Space Quest?