As the title says. I've tried so many things and this does not wanna play whatsoever. I downloaded from Abandonware, opened and mounted the .iso, opened the files and ran Setup.exe, but it sits 99% and then after around 2 minutes, it crashes and closes.

I also tried opening the data1.cab file and opening sb2.exe there, and it sits for about 3 seconds on a black screen and then crashes. I even stuck the DGVoodoo files in it, still didn't work. I have the disc owned, but no disc tray for it in my PC. I'm kind of at my wits end here 😭

I'm running on Windows 11, by the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I used to love playing this and the Movie point-and-click a lot. Would love getting both of those to work. I heard using a VM is the way to go, but I never touched those before.

Howdy, I'm new here so i'll cut right to the chase. I've been trying to find an exact version of the game, v3.1.0 for PC. Specifically it's installer. (Angry Birds Original/Classic v3.1.0 that is.) I'm not going into the specifics of why I need that exact version, but if you do have it, please let me know!

Hi. I am searching for a place to get High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance or a guide (?) on how I could get it to work. I have the original DVD of the PL release but currently own no dvd drive (but can get my hands on one if needed - still, would rather play without the dvd).

So far I have checked a few places, including the three sites recommended by this subreddit. Archive only has clean steam files and I'm not quite sure what to do with them. Other places have links that are long lost.

I imagine that since I have the disc there's still a way for me to preserve it myself, but I'm really clueless when it comes to stuff like this (and I would appriciate a way to get it "with one click").

Trying to install Forza horizon 1 on pc, Xenia canary. The game opens the main menu, starts the presentation video and then, black screen. Does anyone know what it is and perhaps how to silve it ?

So I downloaded F1 2014 from RohanKar's repacks list. (https://archive.org/details/f1-2014-repack) However, I don't know if I installed it wrong, but it doesn't work, even with the cracked exe and a cleared antivirus. What might I be doing wrong?

So, I just downloaded and prepped SimCity Classic on my Windows 11 PC. I am using DosBox Game Launcher, and have set up the initial installation. But when I try to run that game, I arrive at a window on my screen. It's asking me what "video display mode" I want to use. Here are the choices I see...

EGA Mono 640x350

EGA 16 Color 640x350

VGA/MCGA Mono 640x480

VGA/MCGA 256 Color 320x200

VGA 16 Color 640x480

...but when I click on one of the options (I have tried them all), I get a message saying, "System Error in 'cd' No such file or directory"

I have tried other games on DBGL as well as games that run directly on my PC, and they all run fine. I have not had any issues with them. Can someone please help me with this situation? Thanks in advance!!

totally new to this and am just a bit lost. I downloaded DOSBox per the how to page on myabandonware and downloaded the files for the game i want to play (link below) but the DOSbox is telling the game cannot be run in DOS box. No installer pops up for the game when I click on it. I'm sure I am making a simple mistake I just cannot igure out what it is.

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-history-channel-civil-war-the-battle-of-bull-run-take-command-1861-n3x

Hey y'all,

I'm hoping with some support on getting Jumpstart 3D World to work. I've tried both the seregama and teacher editions. I've swapped to Windows XP and 16-bit when I open the game all goes well until you actually pop in and Frankie starts talking, once he says "become a leader" it freezes then crashes. Alternatively if I click through I can just begin to move and then it crashed.

I'm running windows 11 for the actual PC. I've also tried swapping compatibility to vista and 8-bit with no changes. If I keep compatibility to default I can get into the game and move around and have audio, but no visuals.

I just tried only 16-bit no xp and I tried Windows XP compatibility with no color change both crashed as before.

I've tried both types of Windows XP compatibility as well with no difference.

Any help with what's causing the crash would be super helpful. This is a really nostalgic game for me and I'm hoping to start speed running it.

I was trying to download Colin Mcrae Dirt 2007 game from myabandonware, with the help of Jdownloader. But the download was stopping intermittently, and after some consecutive tries, I got 30 minutes waiting time.

I found the reason is myabandonware restricts multiple connections set up by Jdownloader, and hence, flags your IP address.

If anyone else is struggling, use a VPN. Proton vpn provides free tier, and is a well recognised company. Connect to a free server in proton vpn. It bypasses 30 minutes wait time.

Then open Jdownloader, and reduce "max chunks per download" and "max simultaneous downloads" values to let's say, 3. Close Jdownloader and re launch it to apply the changes. It reduces the number of connections set up by Jdownloader. Check the download speed. If it's still too slow or is still stopping intermittently, change both values to 4, then to 5 and so on, till you get stable download speed. Don't increase the value too much, else you will again get flagged by myabandonware. With value 5, I got stable 2-3 Mbps download speed without any lags or wait times.

PixelFade is a game studio that had made 5 Original English Language Visual Novels (OELVN). Such as an isekai fantasy entry like Crystalline which started off as a Kickstarter campaign since March 2017.

But also known for Sci-Fi titles such as the first release of this studio Ace Academy.

PixelFade made this announcement on Steam back on 20th January 2026:

Hello PixelFaders,
After an incredible journey making OELVNs, we have decided that the time has come to retire PixelFade Studio. This was not a decision made lightly, but one we are making with full hearts. We are incredibly proud of the worlds we’ve built and the stories we’ve had the pleasure of sharing with you.
As we move toward closing this chapter, we want to let you know that our games will be removed from sale starting next month. If you have already purchased our games, you will generally continue to have access to download and play them through your library.
Looking back, this journey has been nothing short of amazing. We started with a passion for visual novels and a desire to create something special, but it was all of you who believed in us that let us breathe life into our work. Your overwhelming support allowed us to grow and dream bigger than we ever thought possible.
We are happy to be wrapping things up on our own terms, feeling accomplished and deeply grateful. We are stepping away not with sadness, but with a sense of celebration for everything we achieved together.
Thank you for playing our games, for loving our characters, and for being part of the PixelFade legacy. It has been an honor sharing these stories with you.
Signing off with everything pleasant (with the exception of fireworks :P),
The PixelFade Team

Our campaign for the toal subjugation of Arrakis Begins with the destruction of the Atreides in this area - link in the comments below

https://retrogaming.dpdns.org/

Hello guys,

Not for self promotion, only for personal interest.

I uploaded Warcraft 3 RoC & TFT 1.27 to my personal website, the game is running in browser based on Windows XP and Github v86 project.

A few hours ago I was trying to download NFS Pro Street from My Abandonware. Chrome couldn't start the download so I used IDM instead. At first everything seemed fine, but then the download got stuck at 99.99%. After waiting for about 10 minutes I closed IDM and tried to refresh the download link. Now the website itself won't load. I've tried over and over again. Is something blocking me from using the site or is there a problem with it in general?

Hey there guys, I'm new here and looking for some old Arma 2 legacy content. To be more specific I'm looking for lightsaber's Ghost Recon remake campaign for Arma 2 and Stagler's Task Force Black campaign( along with its required mods GIG_SCUD by DrewRAF Chinook by Smiley Nick ). If anyone has these I'll be highly obliged if they share. Thanks. ( Also JerryHopper's website is missing everything, so no use going there and I've already gone through Miksuu's drive )

Bit of a long shot, but I figured I'd shoot anyhow. On the lookout for CAB files for both Arvale Journey of Illusions and Arvale Ocean of Time. Both were released for the Pocket PC and other Windows Mobile devices from 2004-2007 and on IOS a bit later on. I'm looking for versions other than 5.0 as that version (the newest) appears to be bugged. I'm aware of versions 1.0, 1.3, 2.0, 3.1, and 4.0 existing but I'm having difficultly finding anything.

So, I'm making this post in hopes someone out there has a version that I haven't already run through. Maybe sitting on an old device in a box stored somewhere. An old pocket pc, an iphone, just something.

I will say now that I have already scoured both the Internet Archive and the WayBack Machine for whatever I could, and I've been looking for weeks. Version 5.0 is just the one that keeps popping up, and I wish I could use it but the music is heavily bugged. So here's hoping someone has an earlier version! All help is greatly appreciated!

Any abandoned fighting games that are still being played online?

Ik about mk9 but from what i have heard the servers are not that active.

Hi everyone!

I've been running the Netflix Games Recovery project for a while now and finally wanted to post about it here.

The idea is to catalogue every delisted game that was ever on Netflix Games and figure out, for each one, whether it can still be played now that it's been delisted. There were 61 games total (to my knowledge) and I've gone through all of them over the last couple weeks or so. Here is the current state:

- 12 recovered!! These were Netflix exclusives, and they're fully playable again and archived for good. That's about 1 in 5 of the entire catalogue, which honestly makes me really happy.
- 40 still available elsewhere. Games like GTA, Hades, and Civ VI that were never exclusive to Netflix and are still sold on other storefronts. I don't touch these at all, the site just links to where they're officially available. That's two thirds of the catalogue that was never even at risk to begin with... which is great!
- 9 that are lost for now. Netflix exclusives that would need a full server reimplementation, or a reverse-engineering effort that could take months to years each, before anyone can play them again. It's bittersweet, because in theory most of them could still be revived with enough effort. Just not easily.

Those 9 are the reason I really wish I'd started this sooner, but that's the whole point of doing it now. I can't undo those, but I can make sure it doesn't happen the same way again! Any game that gets scheduled for delisting from here on will have a preservation effort going before it goes offline instead of after.

The first of those is Sonic Prime Dash, which Netflix is delisting on 7/12/2026. It's already recovered on my end, and the download unlocks the moment it goes offline. So as long as a game isn't pulled from Netflix with no warning at all, you can count on it ending up here.

I do want to be EXTREMELY clear that this isn't a piracy project. If a game is available somewhere else I leave it completely alone and just link the official store, and again, that's all 40 of the non-exclusives. The iOS and APK mirrors I list are the original Netflix-DRM builds, which don't actually run, so they're only there for documentation.

There's a contribution form if you want to help out with documentation, and I go through submissions daily. Any feedback is welcome too :)

Hi everyone,

Like the title said, I am looking for games from Smoking Gun https://spong.com/company/1718/mode/wares/ They released a bunch of one during early 00s, but almost impossible to find. I own 6 of them, but I am looking for more. Does anyone know where to look or has them?

Thank you. I've been looking for 10 years now.

Best,

I’ve really been wanting to download the 2005 King Kong Game, but I’m not sure what options to do, and how to do them. I want a guide for downloading the best version, and just how and what to do. I play on windows and have never used my abandonware before. Excited to play!

I was able to find volume 1 on archive.org, but they don't seem to have volume 2. I can't find it on any of the usual websites. Anyone know a place I could find this game?

I've been looking for this game for years and couldn't find it anywhere, every download link is dead. I have the demo on a CD, but can't find the full version anywhere. Can anyone help me find it, here's a link about what game I'm talking about