Dear Abandonia visitors: We are a small team that runs one of the largest DOS Games websites in the world. We have only 3 members of staff, but serve 450,000 users and have outgoing costs like any other top site for example: our servers, power, rent, programs, and staff. Abandonia is something special. It is a library of old games for you to download. It is like an old gaming arcade with all the old games in their original format. Abandonia is a place where you can find great old games and have fun four hours and years. To protect our independence, we are dependent of our friends using the site. We run on donations averaging around 6 USD (5 Euro). If everyone reading this gave the price of a cup of coffee, our fundraiser would be made easier. If Abandonia is useful to you, take one minute to keep it online for another year. Please help us forget fundraising and get back to Abandonia.

When Abandonia was founded it was to collect and present all old games where the copyright protection had been abandoned, hence the term ’abandonware’ and the site name Abandonia.com. We are still doing our best to keep the site open and free and will appreciate your support to help it stay that way.

‐ Thank you from the Abandonia Team

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Gathering profile
 
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background details
 
Founded in January 1998, Gathering of Developers(aka GodGames) was a Texas based company founded by Mike Wilson and Harry Miller, created for the industry's need for publishers who understand and respect independent game developers.

Fueled by past publishing experiences and frustrations, several experienced, hit-making development companies bound together to form The Gathering, a relationship-based publisher that treats developers as professional entertainment artists.

Take Two Interactive (TTWO) bought the company in May of 2000. The founders and their Texas operation left the company in August of 2001, after shipping their biggest game ever, Max Payne. TTWO continued to ship titles under the Gathering banner until 2004, when they consolidated labels to Rockstar Games and 2k Games. Several franchises established by the Gathering are still being published by all of TTWO's various divisions today, including the upcoming blockbuster Prey which was the last game signed by Gathering before the founders' departure.
 
top 5 most popular games
 
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Your rating:
3.6
Editor rating:
5
Year of release:
1998
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Tags: Abandonware, Action, Arcade, Platform, Side Scrolling