Old Games - Play right away.

[demyansk]

Check this site out for playing old games. Type in a game or company like "SSG" and it will show the ssg games it has on file. Click on the button in the middle of the screen and it will download the game auto and you can play it right away. The emulator is downloaded auto with the game and it plays. I tried, SSG, Microprose and the games for the most part work. I got the idea from the article on wargamer.com about Korean war games.

https://archive.org/details/softwarelib ... prose&sin=

https://www.wargamer.com/articles/korean-war-games/

[Kuokkanen]

Are those legitimate?

[demyansk]

I guess they are

[IainMcNeil]

I don't think so - will check it out but they don't have permission to host any of those games as far as I am aware.

[Aurelian]

I doubt they are legit. I know that Railroad Tycoon is, because you can get it free from 2K games

[sullafelix]

They are definitely not. They do not have the owners permission to host them.

Places like this use the term 'abandonware'. They try to say that because the owners haven't shown any interest in x amount of years then the software is abandoned.

I believe this has no legal standing at all.

However, I have downloaded games that I owned, still do in fact, but will not run in newer versions of Windows.

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: sullafelix

However, I have downloaded games that I owned, still do in fact, but will not run in newer versions of Windows.

You could be interested about this

[MrsWargamer]

Legit tends to look like this.

Good Old Games GoG.
https://www.gog.com/

They offer old games, made playable, and not free.

There is no free lunch in software. But often the original owners are not even in existence to complain. It's still someone's property though.

[demyansk]

I tried a SSG game but couldn't make it work after the orders for the first unit. I couldn't figure out how to go through all the units on my side, oh well, I have Macarthur's war at home and tried to play it. Can someone try for me and figure out what keys work?

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

There is no free lunch in software. But often the original owners are not even in existence to complain. It's still someone's property though.

Are you talking about SPWAW or Ultima IV or what?

[Mobeer]

My understanding is that this site is recognised as a public library by the state of California. They seem to have some right to provide access to materials for "scholarship and research purposes only". As such accessing their games and other material for research is probably ok, but not just for fun.

[Greybriar]

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

I doubt they are legit. I know that Railroad Tycoon is, because you can get it free from 2K games

Despite what 2K Games says is the original Railroad Tycoon, the game available free is actually Railroad Tycoon Deluxe and not the game offered by Software Library.

[Aurelian]

nvm