Shareware, demo and freeware downloads

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:29 am

Software 2000
o Swing: swing.exe, swingmov.exe

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:57 pm

Here's a snapshot of the game download pages of the French shareware publisher TLK Games:
http://www.tlk.fr/jeux.php

Many downloads seem intact, but most use a Win16 installer so you might need to use otvdm to run them.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:07 am

I just came across a freeware German game called Twinland by browsing this website. I haven't figured out how exactly it plays, but from the manual, it looks like the goal is to unite two separately controlled characters, but before that you need to find character-specific items.

The same source provided links to a neat German shareware developer with two nice looking games:
Baller! And Forget
Space Destruction

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:41 pm

Adventure

Twinland

Arcade

Fighting

Fostiator

First-Person Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Racing

Real-Time Strategy

Future Conflict [download]

Role-Playing

Shooter

Simulation

Turn-Based Strategy

Ata - Extracts from the American Civil War [v1.00] [patch to v.15]

Prototype / incomplete

Acrophy [RTS]
Valkin II [RPG]
Fenix Blade [RPG]

Post by **MrFlibble** » Wed Jul 07, 2021 7:24 am

A demo of an obscure wargame called Dragons in the Mist is available here:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990218035 ... dragon.htm

Post by **MrFlibble** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:11 pm

Page with links to free or shareware DOS chess games:
http://webhome.globalserve.net/chess/chesprgs.htm

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:35 am

Nice collection of QBasic games:
http://games.qbasic.com/

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:53 pm

Here's a nice listing of downloadable games from the 90s:
http://www.pcgame.com/demoland/dla.htm

Post by **MrFlibble** » Wed May 11, 2022 5:40 am

Thanks to the updated Hallfiry's catalogue, I was able to track down the original Italian demo of Screamer Rally and the newer English version as well:
The Games Machine CD-ROM 34 - contains the Italian demo w/ installer
(Czech) Level 35 (1997-12) CD - contains srdemo.zip (installed English demo)

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon May 16, 2022 6:36 am

.HHC. ~Software~/Random '64 downloads
Carl Erikson's games

Also here's a list of free games that might come in useful (Wayback Machine).

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu May 19, 2022 10:42 am

More sites with free games via the Wayback Machine:
InterAction Studios
Nephewsoft
Fractile Games
New Games for DOS
Radian Entertainment
Binary Spells

No Future? -- German environmentalist edutainment/awareness campaign game (MobyGames page)
Manick Manschion -- a German "parody" of the LucasArts classic adventure
Hero -- adventure game
BRICKS -- puzzle game(s)
Laser Tank -- another puzzle game

Post by **MrFlibble** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:24 am

A selection of modern DOS games made for a competition:
https://www.high-voltage.cz/2017/soutez ... 17-anketa/

A few more modern DOS titles at itch.io (part of DOS Game Jam):
https://itch.io/c/443894/modern-dos-games

A couple more small DOS games:
https://wej.k.vu/games/dos-games/

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:35 pm

Haven't checked them out yet but these racing games seem nice (found at Reloaded.org):
Victory Road
Road Fighter Remake

A few more findings, these are for DOS:
Jumpball
Final Soccer Challenge
WackyBrit Pong
Top Hat Willy
Raymond Fait Du Kart

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:07 pm

Here are the original downloads of liberated games by the Polish developer L.K. Avalon:
http://www.lkavalon.info/lka/index.php3?dzial=dow
http://lkavalon.com:80/download.html

Alternate downloads (also Wayback Machine):
Sfinx
Soltys
Skaut Kwatermaster

Post by **MrFlibble** » Tue May 07, 2024 7:51 am

Here's another batch of completely random finds, resulting from chaotic dips into the Wayback Machine.

BlockOut OpenGL & WinBlock -- two BlockOut clones/remakes
Deluxe Snake -- very neat Nibbles variant made with Allegro
Halflight -- good quality vertical-scrolling shmup made with Allegro
CRTetris -- Tetris variant with an option to create your own themes (Allegro)
Rally Cross -- freeware top-down racing
Maruni Land -- some kind of platform game
AtroriX -- breakout clone
Airpro -- airline management simulation (text only)

butterburp1 · Post by **butterburp1** » Sun Jun 16, 2024 11:44 pm

Nice find on that Shareware 2000 CD set. If you look up "Shovelware Diggers" on Youtube, Kris Asick (aka Ancient Dos Games or Pixelmusement) has a 300 (!) video series on many of those 2000 games, including the Windows ones. Great if you're randomly searching for something fun and want a sneak preview.

EDIT: Sorry, I assumed "Software 2000" referred to this. But I may as well post the link in case it hasn't been mentioned yet: https://archive.org/details/SoftkeyShareware2000games

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Jun 17, 2024 3:27 pm

butterburp1 wrote: ↑ EDIT: Sorry, I assumed "Software 2000" referred to this. But I may as well post the link in case it hasn't been mentioned yet: https://archive.org/details/SoftkeyShareware2000games

Yes, that's quite alright to post this here (although indeed the Software 2000 that I mentioned was a German developer/publisher).

There are indeed quite a few shovelware CDs available from archive.org. I've found some interesting stuff on these:
https://archive.org/details/pegasusgames
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-205games-3-95
https://archive.org/search?query=creato ... +CD-ROM%22