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hubris
12-01-2006, 8:51 AM
http://game-oldies.com/

This promises to be better than my earlier post, though I haven't played any of the games yet.

I found out about this and http://www.1980-games.com/us/ on www.diggdot.us (which is an aggregator of slash.org and digg.com).
Fat Boy
12-01-2006, 2:07 PM
Looks good (though can't make it work here at the office :() will have a play tonight!
grex9101
12-01-2006, 7:32 PM
great, thanks
Darksun
13-01-2006, 3:59 AM
The legality of these sites are somewhat questionable.
viewtiful
13-01-2006, 8:03 AM
The legality of these sites are somewhat questionable.

The words "ROM loading process" sort of gave it away.

VERDICT:ILLEGAL TIL PROVEN LEGAL
ukbandit
13-01-2006, 11:58 AM
i would regretfully have to agree.

for a free, more modern game, legal, search for "I Found Her" a space sim in the babylon 5 universe.
nightmare384
05-03-2006, 11:34 AM
very addictive lol thanks
angel
05-03-2006, 12:07 PM
The legality of these sites are somewhat questionable.

What'll happen if I play it then?
plagro
05-03-2006, 2:53 PM
This appears to be abandonware.

Abandonware is computer software which is no longer being sold or supported by its copyright holder...so people recreate or replatform it. Its not strictly legal, as the copyright holder *still* owns the copyright, but its usually on software thats so old people just don't care anymore. Its a legal "grey area".

Just type "abandonware" into google and you'll get shed loads of sites with "freebie" old games like this for you to enjoy - but even though you'll never ever get caught for it, be aware that its still illegal, do not be under any illusion that its free.