Dimy City

Dime City, not to be confused with the motorcycle shop of the same name, is a largely obscure video game published in 1995 by German publisher Starbyte. It is basically a strategy game where opposing gangsters try to take control of the city, pretty much what today's Mafia Wars does.

The game is nothing to get too excited about, but it is so silly that it makes you want to continue playing just to see what silly thing is going to happen next. Silliest of all is how much the game tries to attract you by pretending to be sexy. It actually succeeded in making me want to throw it away out of the window after a couple of minutes. Sadly, nothing interesting seems to ever happen. So I would say that Dime City deserves a short look, but don't go thinking about trying to go all the way as it won't deliver.

My Abandonware has just put this rare game up for download, so go and give it a look. One word of warning: there are some moments where cartoon breasts are flashed around without care.

Excess!?

I recently came upon this new download on My Abandonware called XS. It is a game from 1996, and to be totally honest, I have never heard about it before today. The screenshots look good enough, so I said why not?

A download and a DOSBox config later, and I am looking at a game which has the weirdest aiming control that I ever saw. Move the mouse up and you shoot at the floor, move the mouse down and you hit the ceiling. I keep telling my mind to think in reverse, but I just cannot do it! That's one really freaking crazy bug in my processing circuitry!

Oh I know. The XS letters in the game's title must stand for something right?

Yes, excess pile of garbage. It was probably a rushed game trying to ride the network play bandwagon (read Unreal Tournament).

Hammer of the Gods

I just downloaded Hammer of the Gods from MyAbandonware.com. The game can be described like a Civilization with vikings. After downloading the game and mounting the folder in DOSBox, it can be just run by typing HAMMER, and the sound set with SETSOUND. The intro is ripped off, so it's straight to the game.

At first glance, Hammer of the Gods does seem to require a lot of your time to learn. It probably needs you to obtain a degree in viking management too. Hopefully, you can download the game's manual right here. It will explain how the game works, and you will have to start learning your strategies.

Its overhead view is copied straight from the first Civilization game, and just as in the latter you found your cities, build your population, discover new land and tools, and fight your enemies. Where it starts to differ is in the battles, as the view shifts to the battlefield where you also control the actions of your heroes. The game is also split into missions which the player has to complete, so there is no chance for you to send your people into space towards a new galaxy this time.

Hammer of the Gods screenshot

Anyway, this game requires you to dedicate some time for it before giving you its love and affection. This is not a quick fix like the usual abandoned games. By the way, it lets you play with three of your friends, so there's no need to feel lonely.

Apple Lisa Xenix

It's about time that I took a look at an operating system for this blog. I'm sure that with the proliferation of today's virtual machines, many of you already took a go at installing some of the old popular OS's. However I want to link to something a bit different from a very old era from Microsoft (made for Apple hardware no less!) circa 1983.

I am talking about the Xenix OS for the Apple Lisa system, which is a Unix derivative for the Motorola-powered machine.


Photo credit: Rick English

This two (and a half) year old post by neozeed describes how to install a running system via emulation in order to run some of the software available, mostly for computer history purposes I'd guess.

Macintosh Garden

Today I found a site I'd like to recommend to you called Macintosh Garden which, as you might have guessed, deals with Macintosh abandonware. It could be described as similar to many of the PC abandonware sites, but obviously smaller. However I could count over 2300 games and 1300 Mac programs, and counting!

To tell you the truth, I have never played any Mac games before, but I am going to try to get a feeling of them now. I am sure that they have a lot to offer.

Sherlock Holmes in Space

This week I have found two abandoned games available for download and I will explain why. Usually, when I find a game, even if it is a great one, it may not appeal to everyone. So this week I found a slow paced thinker's game and a game with fast paced trigger-happy conflicts.

The first game is 221B Baker Street, hosted on Abandonware Mine. This is a competitive multiplayer game set in the Sherlock Holmes universe, where players must find clues to be the first to solve the mystery. The style is like a board game, with multiple scenarios available. The Commodore 64 version is shown below, whilst the PC version that you are going to download varies slightly in looks and setup.



The second game is the less known brother of Wing Commander, simply known as Privateer. Hosted on Abandonware Dos, this game uses the WC engine to pit you aboard your spaceship as you fight and buy your way towards being the most important person in the universe.

Have a good one!

Something big and blue for you today

Available on MyAbandonware for download this week is Big Blue Disk No 32. In truth, this time I am not indicating any great game of old times for you to play, but rather an example of the fledgling computer community around 1989. Remember this was way before the Internet reached the masses, and one of the ways for budding developers of the time to get their programs distributed was to have their creation included in monthly disks that were released from the popular computer groups of the time. So this is a piece of personal computer history really, well preserved and ready for you to explore.

Just download the file from the link above, unzip and launch GO.BAT, either by double-clicking the file or from the command line. The menu is really easy to use considering its age, so you can get around quickly and easily. However, I doubt if you can find anything helpful in this disk nowadays. As I said, this disk is for nostalgia to me and for educational purposes to those that weren't around at the time.

WinWorldPc.com a place with lots of beta's and abandonware. For free

Yeah, I just want you to stop bugging me eg ' Where do I get this' and 'VHD?' . So here you can get most betas and abandonware. Most of it is leaked from BA. The only bad thing about this site is it doesn't have as great a collection as betaarchive eg 'WIndows 7 beta's'. So yeah, just wanted to let you know... www.winworldpc.com

Author: WindowsBetalovr
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Présentation de la chaine Abandonware or Nothing

Je vous présente dans cet vidéo ma nouvelle chaine dont le nom est : Abandonware or nothing

Author: Abandonwareornothing
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NES-XX-SCN (hårdpärm!)

Äntligen är den tryckt och helt färdig med hårdpärm och allt! Läs mer här: www.abandonware.se http www.nesdb.se

Author: Rotmostraedet
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Today is the day Windows 2000 & Windows XP SP2 are no longer supported

Today is the day Windows 2000 that will no longer be supported and it's classified as abandonware. Windows XP SP2 supports as well so if you have Windows XP SP2 upgrade to SP3 now. If you a want link to SP3 I'll put in the description or PM the link. I'm going to use Windows 2000 because everything I need and all my software & hardware works fine. If any Windows 2000 Haters saying Win2k sucks or useless it's not. Windows 2000 still good for stuff and runs programs that XP can't not run to mention I already have Windows 7. I can programs like iTunes,Firefox,Opera,and Virtual PC on Windows 2000. This is my tribute to Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 is still the best OS better any other classic version of Windows. In fact they make programs for Windows 98 like KernelEx a program compatibility layer for modern applications. Windows 2000 still supports USB flash drives and Firefox 4. Original Upload Date:Jul 13, 2010

Author: FreightExpress1993
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Gold Digger - Mac Abandonware

Prrffft, the description I wrote was deleted because my upload crashed. Stupid computer. Great music, fun little game! Another old favourite from the days of the Macworld demo discs. Actually, I think I got this one off "The Mac", which was another magazine that we used to get. Scores of great shareware titles on those discs, and some real awful ones too!

Author: BarryDennen12
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JFK Reloaded | Kills & Crashes

....................DISCLAIMER...................... I did not create JFK Reloaded and did not create the song! Where were you when John F Kennedy was assassinated?" Whereas September 11th is now etched into popular culture as a defining moment of history, JFK's assassination is probably regarded as one of the 20th century's most infamous events -- especially to those who were around at the time. Being the youngster that I am, I wasn't around then, so it's not something I can relate to on a personal level. Computer games have always used historical events as their backdrop: just look at how many World War 2 themed games there are. That said, computer games generally skirt around "taboo" subjects, even if they have been visited time and time again in literature and cinema. After all, games are interactive right? So no game company wants to be branded a provocateur, after all, we've got to think of the children! Therefore it caused quite a stir, when on November 22, 2004; Scotland based Traffic Games released "JFK Reloaded" -- 3D, first-person perspective, "assassination simulator". The premise is simple enough: you (the player) are Lee Harvey Oswald, you are in the infamous book repository and you have a gun, and we all know what happens next. Or do we? According to Traffic Games, the whole point of JFK Reloaded was to help prove that there was indeed no big conspiracy, just one nut-job with a gun that got lucky. To this effect, it stays true to the actual event as <b>...</b>

Author: mt2oo8
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Play It Again, Sam: Retro Gaming Is In

"Bionic Commando," "Contra," "Oregon Trail" and other video game hits from yesteryear are enjoying a resurgence. Why do today's gamers want to party like it's 1989?
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Plague of the moon

This is an old game that I played maaany years ago and I recently rediscovered it by pure coincidence. It was developed by Gabe Macchia and Rebelsoft in 1994. This is the shareware version. Gabe still has not released it as abandonware im afraid.

Author: PrettyOldGames
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Let's Play Wasteland 13 Base Cochise

Base Cochise [Part 13 of 14]. Lilly and her Rangers, with the mayor's wife and Covenant, visit the sleeper base, the Guardian Citadel, and Base Cochise. Lilly's report will include details regarding a blackstar key, chopper simulation pod, clone pods, Finster, fusion octotrons, a helicopter, the Junk Master, Junkyard Village, a nova key, octotrons, the OSHA room, particle beam gattlins, pseudo-chitin armor, a pulsar key, a quasar key, the reactor core room, the robot maintenance room, safety procedure #1342-666, Savage Village, the security electronics room, silicon snipers, silver stranglers, and xenon laser cannons. What will Lilly and her Rangers find at Base Cochise? [Order of characters pictured: Lilly, Varla, Billie, Rosie, Christina, and clones.] The misadventures of... future Lilly? Lilly Black's a corrupt Desert Ranger in the post-apocalypse of Wasteland. An impromptu Let's Play for the hell of it. Thanks for any interest! Using the DOS version available as abandonware, running under DOSBox 0.73 (dosbox.com). Developed by Interplay Productions (interplay.com) and published by Electronic Arts (ea.com) in 1988.

Author: mynameisnotlilly
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Let's Play Wasteland 06 Mine Shaft

Mine Shaft [Part 6 of 14]. Lilly and her Rangers visit Highpool and an abandoned mine shaft. Lilly's report will include details regarding cave critters, desert dwellers, drools, glowvipers, little people, rad rats, rubble fangers, scavs, slithering lizards, wasteland warriors, and wild canines. How much is an engine worth? Does a sledgehammer make a good weapon? What kind of creatures inhabit the mines? The misadventures of... future Lilly? Lilly Black's a corrupt Desert Ranger in the post-apocalypse of Wasteland. An impromptu Let's Play for the hell of it. Thanks for any interest! Using the DOS version available as abandonware, running under DOSBox 0.73 (dosbox.com). Developed by Interplay Productions (interplay.com) and published by Electronic Arts (ea.com) in 1988.

Author: mynameisnotlilly
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Let's Play Wasteland 01 Introduction

Introduction [Part 1 of 14]. A homebrew introduction to the series. [Music will be credited in the final video.] The misadventures of... future Lilly? Lilly Black's a corrupt Desert Ranger in the post-apocalypse of Wasteland. An impromptu Let's Play for the hell of it. Thanks for any interest! Using the DOS version available as abandonware, running under DOSBox 0.73 (dosbox.com). Developed by Interplay Productions (interplay.com) and published by Electronic Arts (ea.com) in 1988.

Author: mynameisnotlilly
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Report: Disney lays off half its game staff

The purported layoffs come as the company transitions from console content to casual games with the help of recently acquired Playdom, according to CNBC. Originally posted at The Digital Home
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How to use DOSBox-0.74

This video shows how to use DOSBox-0.74 for games or programs. Free and Full Abandonware games: www.gameswin.org

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