MrFlibble
26-05-2013, 04:36 PM
There is a surprisingly large number of shareware development and publishing companies that began their activity in the nineties (or even earlier) and are still in business today. Some sell their games in an unmodified form, others have updated (to various extent) and/or ported their original titles so that they work on modern platforms; some have released their old games for free, and some don't sell their titles anymore but still allow to download the shareware versions. In some rare cases, the old games are unfortunately forgotten and aren't even mentioned on the websites of their respective developers/publishers.
Here's what I've found so far:
11th Dimension Entertainment (http://www.excelsior-rpg.com/default.htm)
Adept Software (http://www.adeptsoftware.com/classics/)
Alivesoft (http://www.alivesoft.com/)
Apogee Software/3D Realms (http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html)
Arcanum Computing (http://www.flightsim.com/arcanum/arcanum.htm)
Awkward Software (http://www.awkward.de/maineng.html)
Bluemoon Interactive (http://www.bluemoon.ee/history/index.html)
Bog Turtle Games LLC (http://www.bogturtlegames.com/index.php)
Brainchild Design (http://www.brainchilddesign.com/)
Carl Ericson's Computer Games (http://www.cs.unc.edu/~eriksonc/Game/Index.html)
Carr Software (http://www.carrsoft.com/)
Clonk (http://www.clonk.de/)
Copysoft (http://www.copysoft.com/)
Dataware Software (http://www.datawaregames.com/html/games.htm)
Digital Nightmares (http://www.dngames.de/old/games.html)
Everett Kaser Software (http://www.kaser.com/index.html)
Free Lunch Design (http://www.freelunchdesign.com/games/)
Games By Eric Henson (http://www.mazeball.com/)
Games By Scott (http://www.gamesbyscott.com/games.htm)
Gray Design Associates (http://www.dgray.com/)
Homebrew Software (http://www.homebrewsoftware.com/index.htm)
Hungry Software (http://www.hungrysoftware.com/)
Inter-Active Arts (http://www.inter-active-arts.com/index.html)
KnightSoft Technologies (http://knightsoft.ca/)
Lexaloffle games (http://www.lexaloffle.com/)
Longbow Games (http://www.longbowgames.com/downloads/)
Malfador Machinations (http://www.malfador.com/)
Midnight Synergy (http://www.midnightsynergy.com/)
Moraff's Games (http://www.softwarediversions.com/catalog/index.php)
Mountain King Studios Inc. (http://www.mking.com/)
MVP Software (http://download.mvpsoft.com/attic/)
NecroBones Enterprises (http://necrobones.com/)
ORT SOftware (http://www.ortsoftware.com/)
Redwood Games (http://www.redwoodgames.com/)
Ron Heuse Software Development (http://www.heuse.com/)
Sean O'Connor's Games (http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/index.html)
Shareware Hangvogel (http://hangvogel.hypermart.net/)
Slicks'n'SLide (http://personal.inet.fi/koti/timo.kauppinen/slix/dos/slixmain.html)
Soleau Software (http://www.soleau.com/)
Spiderweb Software (http://www.spidweb.com/)
Star Wraith 3D Games (http://www.spacecombat.org/)
Tactical Soft (http://www.tacticalsoft.com/)
UnReal World (http://www.unrealworld.fi/)
Viable Software Alternatives (http://viablesoftware.com/)
Webfoot Technologies, Inc. (http://www.webfootgames.com/)
Wendell Hicken Online (http://www.whicken.com/)
Wiering Software (http://www.wieringsoftware.nl/)
Here's what I've found so far:
11th Dimension Entertainment (http://www.excelsior-rpg.com/default.htm)
Adept Software (http://www.adeptsoftware.com/classics/)
Alivesoft (http://www.alivesoft.com/)
Apogee Software/3D Realms (http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html)
Arcanum Computing (http://www.flightsim.com/arcanum/arcanum.htm)
Awkward Software (http://www.awkward.de/maineng.html)
Bluemoon Interactive (http://www.bluemoon.ee/history/index.html)
Bog Turtle Games LLC (http://www.bogturtlegames.com/index.php)
Brainchild Design (http://www.brainchilddesign.com/)
Carl Ericson's Computer Games (http://www.cs.unc.edu/~eriksonc/Game/Index.html)
Carr Software (http://www.carrsoft.com/)
Clonk (http://www.clonk.de/)
Copysoft (http://www.copysoft.com/)
Dataware Software (http://www.datawaregames.com/html/games.htm)
Digital Nightmares (http://www.dngames.de/old/games.html)
Everett Kaser Software (http://www.kaser.com/index.html)
Free Lunch Design (http://www.freelunchdesign.com/games/)
Games By Eric Henson (http://www.mazeball.com/)
Games By Scott (http://www.gamesbyscott.com/games.htm)
Gray Design Associates (http://www.dgray.com/)
Homebrew Software (http://www.homebrewsoftware.com/index.htm)
Hungry Software (http://www.hungrysoftware.com/)
Inter-Active Arts (http://www.inter-active-arts.com/index.html)
KnightSoft Technologies (http://knightsoft.ca/)
Lexaloffle games (http://www.lexaloffle.com/)
Longbow Games (http://www.longbowgames.com/downloads/)
Malfador Machinations (http://www.malfador.com/)
Midnight Synergy (http://www.midnightsynergy.com/)
Moraff's Games (http://www.softwarediversions.com/catalog/index.php)
Mountain King Studios Inc. (http://www.mking.com/)
MVP Software (http://download.mvpsoft.com/attic/)
NecroBones Enterprises (http://necrobones.com/)
ORT SOftware (http://www.ortsoftware.com/)
Redwood Games (http://www.redwoodgames.com/)
Ron Heuse Software Development (http://www.heuse.com/)
Sean O'Connor's Games (http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/index.html)
Shareware Hangvogel (http://hangvogel.hypermart.net/)
Slicks'n'SLide (http://personal.inet.fi/koti/timo.kauppinen/slix/dos/slixmain.html)
Soleau Software (http://www.soleau.com/)
Spiderweb Software (http://www.spidweb.com/)
Star Wraith 3D Games (http://www.spacecombat.org/)
Tactical Soft (http://www.tacticalsoft.com/)
UnReal World (http://www.unrealworld.fi/)
Viable Software Alternatives (http://viablesoftware.com/)
Webfoot Technologies, Inc. (http://www.webfootgames.com/)
Wendell Hicken Online (http://www.whicken.com/)
Wiering Software (http://www.wieringsoftware.nl/)