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I play and archive old games PC, MS-DOS era to early 2000s Abandonware Enthusiast Occasional C64, Amiga, SEGA & SNES gamer Taking my first steps in moving over to Linux. mrabandonware.wordpress.com

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · Sep 14

Are you interested in MS-DOS gaming? Want to play old games on modern computers? Not sure which emulator to use?

I'm putting together a small, but growing, collection of abandonware games ready to play on the latest Windows OSs.

You can get them here:

archive.org/details/@mr_...

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 21h

Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of future Linux PCs.

Reuse rather than recycle.

(The article does mention this, despite the headline)

The Register @theregister.com · 21h

Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends

Recyclers reckon millions of obsolete PCs could yield a small fortune in precious metals There's gold in them thar piles of old Windows 10 PCs. Quite literally, according to recyclers.…

dlvr.it

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 1d

From the wording of that statement I’m not sure GOG will have it for much longer.

~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I'm not generally in favour of remasters as they tend to lead to the erasure of originals, or at best, they are relegated to becoming DLC for newer versions.

This is not preservation, just a cynical cash grab, ironically by a company that is not even the original it claims to be.

A delisting notice in Steam for the original version of System Shock 2. It reads:

System Shock 2 (1999) will be delisted from PC platforms on October 10, 2025.

Existing owners of System Shock 2 (1999) will still be able to re-download and play it from their library, but new users will no longer be able to purchase System Shock 2 (1999) as a standalone product.

At the time of delisting, System Shock 2 (1999) will be made available with the purchase of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.

Both new and existing owners of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster will be able to access System Shock 2 (1999) from their library at no additional cost.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our support team (support@atari.com).

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, something else not happening in 2026, along with the spaceship not landing on Mars...

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 1d

They've not yet taken the previous statement down either, which was (and still is) reposted by a lot of people.

Is that because that one makes them look better?

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 2d

Over the years I've found these really useful from a game preservation point of view, some of the better warez CDs out there.

Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.social · 3d

Today I will be taking a look at some classic pirate CDs from the late 90s, the Twilight compilations, from the Netherlands with a vengeance.
We'll delve a bit into the story, look at some oddities and games and probably find time for other things.
6.30 PM (CET) on www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...

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Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 4d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 3d

Attention retrogamers:

Download the FREE digital edition of this 10-game C64 compilation (compatible with C64 emulators and consoles):
www.patreon.com/posts/140492...

#c64 #retrogames #retrogaming #games #indiegames #gaming #gamedev #retro

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 5d

It's worth reading this and some of the quotes people have made, to make an informed decision about supporting the SNES RPGs book.

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 6d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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dylan's sin (優) @koybz.bsky.social · 5d

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

The Verge @theverge.com · 5d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 6d

I think it's 'pragmatic preservation', and, as they're a business, they need to sell to people, who of course will be using new hardware.

~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 6d

Some games I own digitally, I still need to find a disc image to run them on an older or native machines - it would be nice if source media was included, as part of the preservation.

Although, I suppose, there's only so far back you can go where ISOs etc. are supported.

~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 6d

As an example, the preserved GOG version of Fallout 2 is a mess if you try and run it on Windows XP (as I was trying to do the other day) - you have no chance on Windows 9x.

I still had to mod it myself, with the community driven Fallout 2 Restoration project, just to get it to look OK on screen.

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 6d

I don't be too much of a downer here, I'm appreciative of the preservation effort, but sometimes I wonder what's getting preserved?

It may be too much to expect, but many of these 'preserved' games no longer run on old PCs, or are modded to a point where they no longer resemble the original.

Sean Jordan, Video Game Researcher @greatestgames.bsky.social · 7d

I've been impressed with GOG's preservation program. They've done a good job of preserving popular games as well as lesser-knowns and they're ensuring they'll work on multiple platforms - a must for future-proofing!

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is one of many games with a secure future!

Even more (yes, again) classics join the GOG Preservation Program

GOG are really stretching out the announcements for their 17th anniversary, with a second helping of classic games now in the GOG Preservation Program.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 7d

This is so true.

Getting the games working IS the game.

🎃⛓️⚰️MatnEEEK!🪦👻🎃 @matneee.bsky.social · 7d

I mostly remember your post about it not working, then a doz. guys turned up to mansplain drivers and patches😅

The point of getting #retrogames working is never to play them though.
We do it for the challenge!
For knowing we COULD play it!
But don't because maybe ruination of childhood memories😉

~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, I read your post properly the second time.

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 12d

Reposting some evergreen content

hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...

For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis

The Nazis are the most despicable scum to ever walk the face of the earth. Thankfully they were defeated in World War 2 and have…

hard-drive.net

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Jordan Mechner @jmechner.bsky.social · 13d

"Which is your favorite/definitive version of the original Prince of Persia?"

💾As promised-- after 35 years, here's a proper blog post with my thoughts, and the story behind Prince of Persia's multiple 1990s ports.

www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-ne...

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 14d

Presumably the ancient scrolls containing the great secrets of pudding craft have also been lost before anyone thought to copy them into recipe books, or digitise them...?

~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 15d

I may have a few other versions that I can add to my to-do list.

The combination of the day job and switching to Linux has slowed down the archiving I was doing.

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 16d

😄Good luck, who's your team?

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 16d

The idea that the UK's immigration process is somehow an easy one is complete nonsense.

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Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.social · 16d

Kenny Who?

Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.

2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.

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Alien Bob but also @jeremyoduber.com · 19d

It was all downhill after Windows XP

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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~/Mr Abandonware @mrabandonware.bsky.social · 20d

Interesting article about the science of inverted controls - and the answer isn't that it's just because non-inverters are weird 😉

Although, having said that, I didn't invert keyboard controls, in that brief time between key-look and mouse-look...

Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 20d

Five years ago I wrote an article asking the question: why do some gamers invert their controls. The piece led to scientific research and now a paper has been published! I spoke to the researchers responsible…

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...

Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think

The phenomenal response to an article we published on this question led to detailed cognitive research – and the findings have implications that go way beyond gamers