Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The game is set in 2099 when the entire world is covered in snow and ice in a post-apocalyptic scenario, on the 160,000-square-mile (410,000 km2) isle of Midwinter. The game package includes an extensive manual narrating its backstory in a short novella. It describes a cataclysmic meteorite strike in Burma around 2040 which caused an impact winter. The ensuing diamond dust covering the Earth brought about global cooling and consequently major economical, political and military tumult. The northern population died of glaciation and famine whereas the more temperate zones became overcrowded due to migration. As the glaciers advanced, the sea level dropped, providing more habitable space.
Midwinter from Microprose was released in 1989 for both PC and Atari ST. It was very much ahead of its time and revolutionary in terms of its open world sandbox approach and the size of the world which was 400 miles by 400 miles. It’s time management allowed a single player to play multiple different characters during the same slice of time. It involved AI enemies that tried to take over the post-apocalyptic world of Midwinter.
link to video's
youtu.be/98NWZUdkSzo
youtu.be/8DdHp5-FefA
download: drevil105.itch.io/midwinter-fan-remaster
Social media links
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📸 instagram.com/newretroshow
Intro Created by
8-bit_D-Boy
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#midwinter #remake #atarist
The game is set in 2099 when the entire world is covered in snow and ice in a post-apocalyptic scenario, on the 160,000-square-mile (410,000 km2) isle of Midwinter. The game package includes an extensive manual narrating its backstory in a short novella. It describes a cataclysmic meteorite strike in Burma around 2040 which caused an impact winter. The ensuing diamond dust covering the Earth brought about global cooling and consequently major economical, political and military tumult. The northern population died of glaciation and famine whereas the more temperate zones became overcrowded due to migration. As the glaciers advanced, the sea level dropped, providing more habitable space.
Midwinter from Microprose was released in 1989 for both PC and Atari ST. It was very much ahead of its time and revolutionary in terms of its open world sandbox approach and the size of the world which was 400 miles by 400 miles. It’s time management allowed a single player to play multiple different characters during the same slice of time. It involved AI enemies that tried to take over the post-apocalyptic world of Midwinter.
link to video's
youtu.be/98NWZUdkSzo
youtu.be/8DdHp5-FefA
download: drevil105.itch.io/midwinter-fan-remaster
Social media links
🐦 https://x.com/Thenewretroshow
📸 instagram.com/newretroshow
Intro Created by
8-bit_D-Boy
patreon.com/8bit_DBoy
#midwinter #remake #atarist
