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offline Mum_Ra from LOL (United States) on 2007-11-26 04:16 [#02147887]
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www.the-underdogs.info

Don't know if you guys have discovered this yet, but it's
the best time-waster on the internet. I just found "The
Adventures of Willy Beamish" (an oldskoool dos game that
used to come bundled with Gateway computers) on here, and
have been playing it a bit. It's such a shitty fucking game,
and the music is shitty as well. A real fucking waste of
time. Try it out!

Commander keen is up there, as well as other adventure point
and click and grab and use handkerchief with sultan who is
on fire games.

Post if you find anything good!



 

offline Mum_Ra from LOL (United States) on 2007-11-26 04:17 [#02147888]
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Sam and max!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-11-26 04:42 [#02147895]
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I've downloaded every game they have, I think.

Good ones:

Covert Action
The Incredible Machine (TIM) games
Populous 2

..and so many more, but I don't have the time to write them
down, and it's more fun to find stuff on your own, etc etc.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-26 04:46 [#02147896]
Points: 21386 Status: Regular



You can also use google. I found 'battle chess' awhile ago.
Then I realized I suck at and hate chess. Rogue is a really
old fun game due to randomness even though its impossibility
makes it.. impossible. And there's practically no freakin
swords. Sam and max was great as I remember from long ago
anyway. If you like it similar games are full throttle and
day of the tentacle. kings quest 1,2,3 were great before
they started getting gay. I like the music in kings quest
1:
boo bee boop................. bee boo
boop......................... (repeat)


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-26 04:46 [#02147897]
Points: 21386 Status: Regular



LAZY_TITLE


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-26 04:47 [#02147898]
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fukc that


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-11-26 04:49 [#02147901]
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hahaha, many fond memories of TIM :o


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-11-26 04:54 [#02147902]
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heh. metal gear solid is abaondware
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=5057


 

offline Mum_Ra from LOL (United States) on 2007-11-26 05:31 [#02147906]
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Oh yeah. I used to play that metal gear game in health
class. good stuff


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-11-26 05:40 [#02147907]
Points: 2440 Status: Regular | Followup to pigster: #02147902



interesting... does that mean that different rules apply to
console and PC versions? let's phone konami and ask... or
not.

i like abandonware... i did 5 years ago... but at some point
you realize there are only so many dysfunctional horizontal
scrollers and pointless point'n'click adventures that you
can try "out of curiosity" before realizing they suck.
Granted, there are some true classics there, but beware:
many of them are stripped down to some extent, including MGS
and other "CD-rips". Also, they don't provide many popular
games anymore (like LucasArts) because of copyright issues.

Still, a worthy cause and a good site. But remember, just
googling some old games will probably give you a more
extensive list of choices, across dozens of websites.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-11-26 05:57 [#02147909]
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this reminds me. i wanna play neverhood again.


 

offline Sano on 2007-11-26 07:00 [#02147915]
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I used to play Battle Chess on the Amiga, fun game indeed.


 

offline Mum_Ra from LOL (United States) on 2007-11-26 07:47 [#02147926]
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neverhood! thats a good one....

theres a really strange one called "the dark eye" which
features music by thomas dolby, and some voice overs by
william S. burroughs... its by infocom... the same people
who did freak show and bad day on the midway (which was
pretty much a collaborative art project between the
developers and the Residents... released on ralph records i
think... i really love SOME of the residents' music so this
is a real find). pretty strange interface, but neat in a
myst-y sort of way. It's basically an interactive retelling
of 3 of poe's murder mysteries from both the victim and
victimizer. neat concept.


 

offline Mum_Ra from LOL (United States) on 2007-11-26 07:48 [#02147927]
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from the point of view of both the victim and victimizer etc
etc


 

offline PORICK from fucking IRELAND on 2007-11-26 08:30 [#02147938]
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http://r00t3d.com/abandonw/

there used to be an open directory of 9GB of abandonware
here.

i downloaded it all before it was removed. lols.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-11-26 10:53 [#02147961]
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I used to download all the old PC games--then I realised
that I would never ever play them.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-11-26 11:42 [#02147972]
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All this talk of abandonware has caused me to yearn for some
classic GTA 1&2 gaming.. I've just become aware that
Rockstar is hosting them for free if you provide an address
(which you can just enter a fake).

Have at it if you're interested.


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2007-11-26 11:48 [#02147978]
Points: 873 Status: Addict



XTC Abandonware

is great too. probably much the same stuff but the layout is
good.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-11-26 12:27 [#02147989]
Points: 8833 Status: Regular



TIM is simply one of the best video games ever made.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-11-26 16:14 [#02148037]
Points: 2440 Status: Regular | Followup to hedphukkerr: #02147989



agreed; including its spin-offs and latter day children like
armadillo run


 


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