Old games......for FREE!

[ATI_7500]

For those of us who like old games,I can really recommend this site:
http://www.abandonware-france.org/

The site is in French,but you should find your way through. They've got things like "Pirates", "Sim City 2000", Some parts of the Ultima series, MADTV, etc...
But keep away from the adventures,they are almost entirely in French.

Some hints:
Jeux = Games
T

[Iroquois]

Interesting. Is this legal though? I know some of the games on there are still for sale. I know Sonic & Knuckles is in a new compelation pack for Game Cube for example.

[Craig.]

as long as companies have stopped selling it on the specific platform then its legal. Since its gamecube then there shouldnt be a problem

[SilverFox441]

Actually, it's not legal...but it is tolerated.

Very few companies will be bothered to do anything to protest their rights concerning a game that they no longer have any commercial interest in.

I'm normally very much against "pirateware", but will admit I've D/l'd a couple of really old games from places like this...games like Mech Brigade (which I used to play on a C64 and Action Stations (which I used to play on an A500). Neither game has been adequately replaced for the PC and I play them very infrequently.

[Omag 2.0]

COOOOOL - Duke Nukem time, where are those machineguns....

[Meyekul]

Great find!  If you like to read the descriptions and stuff, you might find Google's Language Tools useful.

[ATI_7500]

"Nuclear war" is one of my favourites,as well as "Simon II" and "Commander Keen IV".

[Meyekul]

Here's an english Abandonware site, a really good one too: http://www.the-underdogs.org/index.php.