jetpacman
Senior Member
I love retro games, for several reasons....
1. They are cool and remind me of why I used to buy stiffies and later blank CD's
2. They don't rape my systems resources
3. The gameplay of some games was superb...
4. There were games that my PC couldn't handle then but almost all of them should be playable even on a basic system today
5. You can buy them cheaply in Game or Makro and many titles seem to have been released freely and some have even been open sourced.
Those are just a few of the reasons. Now it seems that while the copyright hasn't expired, many games that have been relegated to old memories are in fact out there and aren't being supported or published anymore.
Now for those who don't know what abandonware is here is the wiki definition:
Now with that said, piracy is of course an issue of concern. With all the mod chipping going on and copied games flying around and of course copied movies, applications etc I am sure SAFACT and the boys at the BSA are of course keeping an eye out for piracy etc. It follows that for various reasons many forums such as this one don't allow the posting of links etc because of the sensitive nature of piracy etc.
Fine but surely on the topic of abandonware shouldn't the status quo be different from conventional piracy. I mean jeez is anybody going to give a crap of people are pirating Lemmings 1 or Leisure Suite Larry or Police Quest.
So with out further ado, what do the mods say about posting links to downloadable abandonware what is wrong with it?
Does anybody have any good links to stuff that is downloadble without having to first pay a subscription fee.
I know of one site www.vetusware.com
This one has some cool stuff not just games.
I am looking for games like flight sims (combat sims like US Navy Fighters, B17 etc) and adventure games like LBA1 and LBA2( blady awesome games when they came out) just to name a few.
1. They are cool and remind me of why I used to buy stiffies and later blank CD's
2. They don't rape my systems resources
3. The gameplay of some games was superb...
4. There were games that my PC couldn't handle then but almost all of them should be playable even on a basic system today
5. You can buy them cheaply in Game or Makro and many titles seem to have been released freely and some have even been open sourced.
Those are just a few of the reasons. Now it seems that while the copyright hasn't expired, many games that have been relegated to old memories are in fact out there and aren't being supported or published anymore.
Now for those who don't know what abandonware is here is the wiki definition:
Now with that said, piracy is of course an issue of concern. With all the mod chipping going on and copied games flying around and of course copied movies, applications etc I am sure SAFACT and the boys at the BSA are of course keeping an eye out for piracy etc. It follows that for various reasons many forums such as this one don't allow the posting of links etc because of the sensitive nature of piracy etc.
Fine but surely on the topic of abandonware shouldn't the status quo be different from conventional piracy. I mean jeez is anybody going to give a crap of people are pirating Lemmings 1 or Leisure Suite Larry or Police Quest.
So with out further ado, what do the mods say about posting links to downloadable abandonware what is wrong with it?
Does anybody have any good links to stuff that is downloadble without having to first pay a subscription fee.
I know of one site www.vetusware.com
This one has some cool stuff not just games.
I am looking for games like flight sims (combat sims like US Navy Fighters, B17 etc) and adventure games like LBA1 and LBA2( blady awesome games when they came out) just to name a few.
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