11-08-2004, 01:18 PM | #1 | ||
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Question on verifying Abandonware
I have a very large collection of old dos games on my computer (Roughly 150 in .zip format) and quite a few on their original disks that I'd love to share here, but I can't be certain they're all abandonware. My question is should I either a) submit all of them and let the site managers worry about it or B) figure out each one on my own and share them as I find out.
I'm sure you'll all be eager to help me sort out this little dilemma so you can get your hands on some quality old games |
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11-08-2004, 02:18 PM | #2 | ||
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Anyone with a lot of games to share is always welcome 8)
But it's a bit more complicated than just sharing. According to the upload rules, it's preferable if the sharer be prepared to do a review and provide screenshots. This is to lighten the load for others. But firstly you need to pm Kosta and see if he's interested in any particular game as he has final say over what's uploaded. There's a link somewhere on the site to a page that tells you what needs to be done. |
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11-08-2004, 04:06 PM | #3 | ||
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Post the best games you have in a post and we'll check it out.
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11-08-2004, 05:02 PM | #4 | ||
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Which are the best varies for people... Better post the entire list of them here.
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11-08-2004, 06:59 PM | #5 | ||
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Things that come on disks are usually abandoned by now .
Just post a (partial) list here and we can give the rundown of the games.
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11-08-2004, 07:24 PM | #6 | ||
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Or they should be abandoned...HP/Compaq has stopped manufactoring Computers with floppy Disk Drives :P
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11-08-2004, 07:28 PM | #7 | ||
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I'll try and omit the ones I've already seen here, so in alphabetical order we have:
7 Cities of Gold 1879 Advanced Civilization Al Qadim Alladin Alone in the Dark 2 Asterix Curse of the Azure Bonds Battle Chess Battle Chess 4000 Battle Isle 2 Battle Tech Blackthorne Cadaver Caesar Caesar 2 Capitalism Captive Castles Casteles 2 Centurion Colonization Command and Conquer Contraption Zack Crazy Cars 3 Daytona USA Deadly Games Death Rally Defender of the Crown Descent Destruction Derby 1&2 Detroit Dark Queen of Krynn Dungeon Hack Dungeon Master 1&2 Earthworm Jim Eye of the Beholder 1&2 Fatal Racing Goblins 1,2,3 Gold of the Americas Grand Prix Grand Prix Cycles Heretic Heroes of Might and Magic Hexen- Beyond Heretic Ignition Ironman Jack the Ripper Jones in the Fast Lane Jungle Book King Graham's Board Games Knights of Xentar Lamborghini Challenge Lands of Lore Laser Squad Lion King Master of Magic Monzoberranzan Micro Machines 1&2 Nuclear War Oil Imperium Panzer General Pipemania Pirates! Pirates! Gold Populous Ports of Call Prince of Persia 1&2 Railroad Tycoon Realms of Chaos Risk Seal Team Settlers 1 &Settlers 2 Gold Simcity 2000 Simcity 2000 CD Collection Smurfs Stratego Street Rod 1&2 Strife Stunts Summer Challenge System Shock 1&2 Terminator 2 The Diggers The Immortal The Lost Vikings Theme Park The Incredible Machine 1&2 Tin Tin in Tibet Ultima 1-8 Ultimate Doom Warcraft 1&2 Warlords 2 Winder Challenge Wolfenstein 3d ... And thats the end of the zip collection. Things I still have on cd/disk laying around will follow. Sad note: I had a huge collection of old dos games sitting in my basement at my folks house when a pipe burst and everything got destroyed. Bad Juju.... |
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11-08-2004, 10:08 PM | #8 | ||
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11-08-2004, 11:31 PM | #9 | ||
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On a side note I've found loads of torrents which provide lots of abandonware, or so they call it. Doubt I'll download any unless someone wants a game, we know it's AW, and I have found the torrent.
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12-08-2004, 05:35 AM | #10 | ||
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