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    Default Where Can I Buy/download Old Pc Games ?

    is free-game-downloads.mosw.com a legitimate (sp) site ? is it safe to give them my credit card #? do you know of any other safe websites for downloading/purchasing old pc games, eg, imperialism2 ? thanks

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    Welcome!

    And no, it's not legitimate.

    http://www.tnaaf.org/showthread.php?t=48

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    That looks extremely not legit to me. The disclaimer at the bottom makes it clear they're selling games without permission.

    They don't have Imperialism 2, but GOG is a good place to buy older PC games.

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    Amazon is your best bet. Seller is selling it for $25. If you are lucky, you maybe able to find in thrifty store.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pantechnicon View Post
    Where is that awful smell coming froml? Oh, wait...there it is.
    You might have a point there - but then why mention Imperialism II, of all things?

    Aside from GOG.com, steampowered.com and gamersgate.com also have a reasonable selection of older games as of late. Sacrifice and Kingpin just went up on Steam, for instance.

    Otherwise, it's hard to beat the selection at cdaccess.com, though it is quite easy to beat the prices there.
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    GameTap has a few on their subscription service and their Download to Own store.
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    Depends how old we are talking here, but theres always: http://www.abandonia.com/en

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    Quote Originally Posted by bb_hood View Post
    Depends how old we are talking here, but theres always: *url removed by Kitsune*
    Speaking of sites that don't offer legit downloads. :P

    Steam, GoodOldGames and GameTap are good choices. Good Old Games has tons of classic games up, many more than Steam. And GOG actually bothers to test everything instead of releasing crappy DOSBox hacks which barely run the game right. I can't help you with GameTap, that ain't available to me because I live in Mexico.
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    URL Removed by PapaStu. We do not promote/condone the DL of teh romz. From our FAQ
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pantechnicon View Post
    Where is that awful smell coming froml? Oh, wait...there it is.

    Actually, wouldn't this be the spam?

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    The PC fighting games Super Fighter (aka Fatal Encounter) and Sango Fighter have both been reclassified as freeware, and can legally be downloaded from superfighter.net and sangofighter.com, respectively. Enjoy!

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    This is a good site for some older PC games, cheap, DRM free, downloadable, etc.:

    http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

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    I don't get it... if we can't link to "Illegal Roms", then how come they do that every week in the Monday Morning MAME Club?
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    The best route is to go onto Google, and search for "Game + Download"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune Sniper View Post
    Speaking of sites that don't offer legit downloads. :P

    Steam, GoodOldGames and GameTap are good choices. Good Old Games has tons of classic games up, many more than Steam. And GOG actually bothers to test everything instead of releasing crappy DOSBox hacks which barely run the game right. I can't help you with GameTap, that ain't available to me because I live in Mexico.
    Last time I checked (during the time of the Uru Live beta), GameTap WAS NOT running anything remotely close to DOSbox hacks. The games were running very well, my only concern was that they used blur on older games.

    I noticed that Steam recently released Kingpin...pretty cool. Wonder how far behind Redneck Rampage is? YEP, XATRIX ENTERTAINMENT!

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    Redneck Rampage.. brilliant *pork grinds and sawblades!*

    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro View Post
    Last time I checked (during the time of the Uru Live beta), GameTap WAS NOT running anything remotely close to DOSbox hacks. The games were running very well, my only concern was that they used blur on older games.

    I noticed that Steam recently released Kingpin...pretty cool. Wonder how far behind Redneck Rampage is? YEP, XATRIX ENTERTAINMENT!
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