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This website was not only setup to try to preserve these games, but also to make them playable for free on modern desktop computers, tablets and phones. There was so much change in the 80’s and 90’s with DOS games and many seem to be all but forgotten, but we have them here! (If there is a game missing shoot us a message and we’ll put it up.) You will notice that many of the games will let you change sounds cards, graphics cards etc. These games were from a time when there were so many different types of PC's on the market that all had different hardware. There is just something magical about the old DOS games that just brings back memories and takes many of us back to our childhood or a time when things were simpler and just as much fun without all the animation that is the standard these days. You can get them straight from Bethesda.ClassicReload was setup for preservation of 6,000+ old retro abandonware games and abandoned OS/interfaces that you can play DOS games online right in your web browser for education and research purposes. *Or at least thats what it seemed like when I was reading about how to get it to work but I was also emulating windows on a mac so it could of been just me missing something.ĭon't forget about The Elder Scrolls: Arena and Daggerfall. as Database of 3900 abandonware DOS games available for free download. It differs from freeware since freeware games are released as free. The best MY ABANDONWARE alternatives are Abandonia, Home of the Underdogs and. *Or at least thats what it seemed like when I was reading about how to get it to work but I was also emulating windows on a mac so it could of been just me missing Abandonware are games that were available for purchase but now the devs give out for free because they have 0 economic value to them now (like Bungie and the Marathon games).

You can find a lot of interesting stuff looking over the entrants to the Indie Games Festival. And finally there is anything made by the students at digipen such as Narbacular Drop and Tag: The Power of Paint. Or freeware indie games like Cave Story, Ur-quan Marters, The Cat and the Coup, Forget Me Not, and Digital: A Love Story. Then there are free to play games like Portal and TF2. GTA 1 and 2 and Wild Metal are available on the rockstar games website. You have to download the disc image and burn it to a disc for it to work though*. The first Command and Conquer and Red Alert are free now from the developers website. It differs from freeware since freeware games are released as free.

Abandonware are games that were available for purchase but now the devs give out for free because they have 0 economic value to them now (like Bungie and the Marathon games).

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