Tag: strategy
3 games found.
Torenstad — A Teenage Coder's ZX Spectrum City Builder from 1986
Torenstad was a Dutch-language city building game for the ZX Spectrum, created by a 16-year-old in Groningen. Recently rediscovered on an original cassette tape found at a house clearance.
Veenrijk — The Amstrad CPC Peat Digging Simulation from Drenthe
Veenrijk (1988) was an Amstrad CPC strategy game about peat digging in 19th-century Drenthe. A solo developer from Emmen turned local history into a surprisingly engaging resource management game.
Windmolen — The MSX Tower Defense Game Before Tower Defense Existed
Windmolen (1989) was an MSX game where players defended Dutch polders using windmills to pump out water. Created by a water engineering student in Wageningen, it pioneered tower defense mechanics years before the genre had a name.