Classic Gaming Sites

[MrFlibble]

A Force for Good

This website is about old PC games, and how to run them on modern systems. It offers detailed reviews of many games, both for DOS and Win9x, and general information articles about how to run them on modern PCs.

[Gobalopper]

Lands of Lore 1 & 2 have been added to GoG:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/lands_of_lore_1_2

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Here's a nice YouTube channel dedicated to classic PC games:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CuteFloor

Has a large section of videos from unreleased DOS games, as well as alpha and beta versions.

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Coming Soon Magazine's Website - contains previews, reviews, screenshot galleries, and a downloads database (may contain broken links).

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RGB Classic Games has moved to another domain:

http://www.classicdosgames.org/

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S&F Prod.

A neat site about oldies, with various interesting and useful info about classic games (and, in some cases, utilities like game data extractors).

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MicroProse FTP Archive at GameFront

This is an archived copy of the official MicroProse FTP. Playable game demos, previews, patches and related files can be found here. The descriptions are rather scarce, insufficient and sometimes misleading though, so in some cases you might not known what you've got before you actually downloaded an item.

Westwood Studios FTP Archive

An enhanced version of the Westwood FTP, with some extra content thrown in, by Nyerguds, a well-known C&C enthusiast and author of the unofficial C&C v1.06 patch.

These links are unfortunately no longer active and have been removed from the list.

The MicroProse FTP copy can be found via the Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/19980222073538/http://www.microprose.com/ftp/

However, not all files are available - hopefully this is fixed sometime in the future.

[MrFlibble]

After a period of uncertainty and worry, classicdosgames.com is back online :D

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Your mileage may vary, but personally I find Mecha-Neko's game reviews at Super Adventures in Gaming quite entertaining to read :)

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The Games Shed - a retro gaming blog that also includes a video section (and an affiliated YouTube channel).

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OCUK PC Games - ( INDIE ) ( RETRO ) Database

This is a list of over 300 retro indie games (both complete and WIP), including remakes of well-known PC and Amiga classics.

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Reviews of Classics at Uziana.com.

[MrFlibble]

Flight Sim Flypast

A nice place dedicated to old school flight simulators.

Classic Combat Flight Sims

Exactly what it says on the tin.

[MrFlibble]

NaSPA Software Library - Games

A collection of downloads at the website of the National Systems Programmers Association.

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Retro Spirit - a very nice blog dedicated to retro games.

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Retrospec

Retrospec are a team of coders, graphics artists and computer musicians who have gathered together (and are grooving in a cave with a Pict? - Ed.) to bring you the best remakes of old 8 bit games and new original games with a decidedly retro feel that we can. We meet here in the clubhouse - a remarkable building with rooms on at least 5 planets (and a cosmic toilet, baby!)

[MrFlibble]

Indie Retro News - a shiny new blog set out to post fresh updates on retro games.