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[Expack2]

I love both Abandonia and retro-gaming because I can relive the part of my past I could have never really experienced, I can interact with true and original innovation, and because I can participate in a unique community of people who are united by their love (or like) of retro-gaming!


Also, outside of my 50 words, I'd just like to say I've really enjoyed working on the Abandonia staff as a Game Request Specialist (I prefer "Game Request Hunter" ). My job, as well as the other Game Request Specialists, helps to ensure Abandonia doesn't have games which violate Abandonia's Definition of Abandonware - a very stringent definition when compared to other abandonware websites, which is one of the many reasons I love Abandonia!


Happy 12th Birthday, Abandonia!

[deadmeat1471]

Old games make us laugh and cry and imagine and create and smile and frown and be inspired and think and scheme and backstab and die and die and die and die and sometimes win.

New games just make us cry.

-DM

[DuncmanG]

Why I Love abandonia (with sound effects!):

*silence*

Hear that? That's the sound of a DOS game without a home.

*beep* *boop*

That's the sound of a DOS game being played. It's an impossible sound without your help. They don't have DOSBox, but you do. Use it. Download a game from Abandonia - become a hero.

[Eleima512]

I've been gaming since I was a wee lass back in 1987. As you grow up, disks get lost, CD get scratched, and your beloved childhood friends fade away with each and every move, lost in the mayhem of cardboard boxes.
But that fate is no longer inescapable, thanks to Abandonia! Thank you for being one of the best sources for classic DOS games on the Internet.

[MV75]

I like abandonia for the daily quiz.

I like retro games because they are what I grew up with gaming with. Oh how I fell in love with SSI, Sierra and Origin.

Plus the competition ends on the 5th, my birthday is on the 6th.

[hiraghm]

I like abandonia because it exposes me to games I never had the opportunity to experience, either because I couldn't afford all of them at the time, or because I didn't have the time to play them all, or because they wouldn't run on my Amiga.

Abandonia also educates me on the history of computer video games and the people who created them.

I look forward to the daily screenshot quiz, because it provides a lot of entertainment in trying to figure out which game from which it was taken, and making me aware of some games I might not otherwise have considered.
I almost always look up the game in the quiz after I get the solution.

Abandonia has been a fixture of my day, every day.

[saibot216]

I love Abandonia and retro gaming because let's face it, current generation gaming just sucks. Abandonia is great for when I’m bored or looking for inspiration and just want to try something nice and old. Retro gaming is the best gaming.