Games like Second Hand Computer

Heartworm is a single-player horror shooter where Sam, grieving her grandfather's death, explores a supernatural mountain house guided by a mysterious forum. Blending retro-inspired visuals, exploration, classic puzzles, and limited combat using a camera weapon, the game offers multiple endings and a haunting soundtrack in a narrative reminiscent of late 90s survival horror classics.

GameGuru Classic is a user-friendly game creation tool, designed to make game-making accessible for everyone. It offers a range of features such as a character creator, model importer, building maker, and a complete scripting language, along with over 6GB of free game assets. The focus is on providing a fun, intuitive experience, allowing users to create their own games quickly and easily, with no technical expertise required.

Quest for Glory 1-5 is a series of five classic fantasy adventure/RPG games. The player can choose to be a warrior, a mage, or a thief, and explore a richly detailed world while solving puzzles, fighting monsters, and interacting with NPCs. Throughout the series, the player's choices and actions shape their character and affect the game's story and outcome. These games offer a unique and immersive experience, combining challenging gameplay with humor, drama, and a compelling narrative.

"Zaccaria Pinball" is a pinball simulation game that lets you play high-detailed replicas of classic Zaccaria pinball tables. The game features VR support, online multiplayer, and customizable physics. The Time Machine table is free, while other tables can be played in trial mode with a score limit. Additional tables can be purchased as DLC. The game offers accurate physics, original sounds and rules, and different game modes to suit various playstyles.

From serious battles to extreme chaos, a great Mahjong battle is about to begin! A big Mahjong battle has begun, with more than 120 characters from over 20 titles of Touhou Project, with over 150 artists!

In Star Wars: Dark Forces, Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial Stormtrooper, joins the Rebel Alliance to infiltrate the Empire and sabotage their operations. With a focus on realism, the game features levels designed after Star Wars locations and offers mission briefings and objectives. Players engage in blaster combat and solve puzzles to advance the storyline, which unfolds between cutscenes.

Say hello to the Sprite32!, the premier microcomputer from First Rate Embedded Microsystems (FREM), designed for the 1985 home computer market. Play, learn, and experiment with programming in the Sprite32! microcomputer sandbox. Use the high-level FREMScript programming language to write programs, create dynamic pixel art, and experiment with audio generation. Take a trip back in time to the earl…

Celeste Classic is an iconic platform game, originally developed by Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry, for the Pico-8 fantasy console (link).  They later developed Celeste, a highly acclaimed game that any platformer lover should play (link). This is a remake for the Spectrum Next, made with the intention of being as faithful as possible to the original. It is NOT an official version. I asked Noel Ber…

A Greeblin’s Journey is a solo journaling game about a traveling creature called a Greeblin. They have become unsettled from their home and are now traveling for the first time in a world they have never explored. The road is strange and not nearly as kind as their bed, but they had to do something. They had to go somewhere. This project is a digital-only (for now) zine! The game uses 2 six-side…

ShaderGlass is an overlay that applies retro shader effects on the Windows desktop in real-time. It includes over 300 shaders from the RetroArch library, simulating CRT monitors, upscaling, TV/VHS effects, and various image processing techniques. The overlay works with most emulators and retro platforms, as well as applications like YouTube and Twitch, and features new options for image input, capture area locking, and free resizing.