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Game Vendors/Sources
- Ye Olde Infocom Shoppe
- THE place to find rare, out-of-print adventure and RPG games for PC and non-PC computers.
- CD-ROM Access - has a lot of older
games for sale at excellent prices. They always get out-of-print titles from liquidators, so it's a great place to check for older CD-ROM titles.
- Good Old Games
- old PC games.
Abandonware/classic gaming Sites
The following are our favorite freeware/abandonware sites. Check out our Affiliates List for more great sites that we host :)
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Liberated Games |
excellent site "dedicated to cataloging all full commercial games that have been liberated and made free in playable form to the public" (official blurb) |
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Abandonia |
great design and oldie reviews; frequently updated |
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BSOD Gaming |
nice design and comprehensive reviews of abandonware and freeware games |
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Computer Emuzone |
another excellent abandonware site, focused on Spanish games of all systems |
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FreeOldies.com |
a great abandonware-only games index site |
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Abandongames.com |
another great abandonware-only games index site |
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RetroSpec |
home of THE best
Spectrum remakes |
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ReplacementDocs |
a large and growing archive of game manuals |
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The
Good Old Days |
excellent collection
of PC games & applications, all with mind-bogglingly long reviews |
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The Abandonware Ring |
links to lots of
"abandonware" sites |
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OldGamesNews |
Old Games News: Retrogames Blog with daily (yes!) news and stories about old
games on new platforms, emulation and retrogamer lifestyle. |
Games Help/Info
Game Reviews
- classicgaming - amazing
site
- The Quandary - an *excellent* on-line
magazine that reviews a LOT of lesser-known games
- Just Adventure - often
features reviews of lesser-known games and oldies. Although they tend
to overrate games, they give excellent descriptions of plot and puzzles
- The
Computer Show- WWW edition of popular TV show features many reviews
of computer oldies, as well as walkthroughs and cheats
- Game Bytes Archive
- this is Game Domain Review's ancestor-- many reviews of old (pre-1996)
games and an ftp archive of all the previous issues
Non-PC Games
- C64.com
- one of the best Commodore 64 sites, featuring thousands of games and an excellent search engine
- LemonAmiga.com
- one of the best Amiga sites
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