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Free & legal 1979 to 1995 games

  • 21-06-2009 10:22pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭


    found this site i found today...
    it is a free & legal site for downloading abandonwares.

    abandonwares are games that would no longer make a profit if they were sold, and the companys have let be published free.


    << LINK REMOVED >>
    as i said only found it today...
    but it has DOOM and wolfenstein !!!!!!!!
    starwars x wing is good as well...
    and people get sopwith 2... i can get to the second level YESS!!!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    There's a lot of these, one of the more famous being:

    http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/

    Then, if you have problems running old games, no harm in lurking here:

    VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems

    http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

    ---

    I must check your link, what is the definition of 'legal', by the site's standard, or an official declaration by the IP's owner?

    A lot of old games are reappraised and dusted off for the Mobile\iPod\iPhone\Retro market now, companies are less reluctant to let their assets go, sadly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    Amalgam wrote: »
    There's a lot of these, one of the more famous being:

    http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/

    Then, if you have problems running old games, no harm in lurking here:

    VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems

    http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

    ---

    I must check your link, what is the definition of 'legal', by the site's standard, or an official declaration by the IP's owner?

    A lot of old games are reappraised and dusted off for the Mobile\iPod\iPhone\Retro market now, companies are less reluctant to let their assets go, sadly.

    says legal under french law...blah blah..... ( i believe this. most games available in english and french if available no others)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,897 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    It's totally illegal. Doom and Wolfenstein are not abandonware and most of those games aren't abandonware. In fact abandonware is a word thats usually slapped on to warez sites to make them seem legit like removing roms after 24 hours.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    OP -- don't post that link again, thank you.


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