Old classics!

[Gerf]

Does anyone know where i can find the old 'classical' PC games such as Overboard and Swiv 3D?

I used to have them and now i cant find them in any games store!

Cheers

[neonext]

go to a search engine and type in abandonware. if you can't buy it anywhere, chances are you can download it.

[Gerf]

thanx very much, ill go try it now!

[vidiware]

Um look at www.vidiware.cjb.net ... my page in the links and downloads section are therellinks to abandonware...

[DukeLeto]

Is "Command and Conquer 1: Tiberian Dawn" considered abandonware? ??? It's 7 years old, unsopported by Westwood, and you can't buy it in stores. (At least where I live, you can't.)

[Acriku]

Only the developer or publisher or whoever can make it legal to become abandonware. And to my knowledge it isn't, although it could be since it's been so dang long.

[neonext]

no it isn't abandonware yet, you won't find the original C&C easily available for download. aside from being able to still purchase it at some stores (and especially online stores), the download size would be too much without altering the contents (ripping out movies and such), and i think that is illegal unless done by the makers of the game themselves.

[thomas]

you could go to www.freeoldies.com

[Anathema]

Man I know a couple of shops that haven't changed their inventory for like 5 years. Lot's of classic (or just plain old) games can be found there, like the original Dune, MDK and stuff like that. Might as well be a museum :).

[Terror]

ah yeah, overboard.... nice game.. funny :) one of the few games where you can be a pirate :)(it actually had good graphix too lol)

[Caid Ivik]

Is Dune II, the best game of all times, an abandonware?

[neonext]

yeah dune 2 has been for a long time

[Terror]

well, as great as it is.... it has reached it's age i guess :)

[vidiware]

But for that we have redux!!!!

[Caid Ivik]

Where is Dune II: Battle for Arrakis? Where I seek, there's always just "Building of a Dynasty".

[Terror]

I bet it's the same... ppl just like me just mess those names up and come with a total new one :)

[Gerf]

Yeah, people also messed up the Populous games aswell, calling Populous The Beginning various things like Populous 3, just to be confusing!

Dune 1 is also abandonware, but it is still a great game, but it frequently gets mixed up with Frank Herbert's Dune. I dont know why, the games are quite different and have a very big time gap between them!

[vidiware]

tha FH D and D1 mixup is space... why mix them up, but ppl do... ::)