I know that several of you are into gaming, so you may be interested in this:
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/27/video-game-archive-myrient-to-shut-down-on-march-31/
The video game archive Myrient (https://myrient.erista.me/)is shutting down the end of March. If any of you use Myrient, you will want to download what you want before then.
Wish I knew of this site alot sooner...... wish I could download whole thing
I'm having trouble finding anything useful on the site. The organization of everything seems like chaos. I'll take another look tomorrow though.
Quote from: Chris Savage on Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 PMI'm having trouble finding anything useful on the site. The organization of everything seems like chaos. I'll take another look tomorrow though.
It took me a bit, but i spent almost 3hrs just looking over stuff as well as dos games, sorted by year. Lol
Quote from: Chris Savage on Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 PMI'm having trouble finding anything useful on the site. The organization of everything seems like chaos. I'll take another look tomorrow though.
Yeah, I agree - the organization leaves something to be desired, to say the least. I would have expected files to be organized by game, but when I tried looking for Odyssey 2 (one of the few video games that I enjoyed was "Quest for the Rings" (https://odyssey2.info/strategy/qrings/ (https://odyssey2.info/strategy/qrings/).) The search engine itself gave constant failures (at least for the few searches I tried - even searching for
dBase, which I saw, gave a null result.
I did find the "Total DOS Collection" and it has some tremendous finds. So, I will probably try to download that collection.
Quote from: granz on Mar 01, 2026, 03:38 PMQuote from: Chris Savage on Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 PMI'm having trouble finding anything useful on the site. The organization of everything seems like chaos. I'll take another look tomorrow though.
Yeah, I agree - the organization leaves something to be desired, to say the least. I would have expected files to be organized by game, but when I tried looking for Odyssey 2 (one of the few video games that I enjoyed was "Quest for the Rings" (https://odyssey2.info/strategy/qrings/ (https://odyssey2.info/strategy/qrings/).) The search engine itself gave constant failures (at least for the few searches I tried - even searching for dBase, which I saw, gave a null result.
I did find the "Total DOS Collection" and it has some tremendous finds. So, I will probably try to download that collection.
I am getting some good stuff myself on there. On it now.
I did download that "Total DOS Collection", but it really doesn't have as much as I thought. I already had most of it from other, previous, downloads.
Quote from: granz on Mar 29, 2026, 05:54 AMI did download that "Total DOS Collection", but it really doesn't have as much as I thought. I already had most of it from other, previous, downloads.
I found quite a bit I downloaded, n some reg software. Would like some of the arcade games, but the naming system is really confusing...
Yes, the naming is rough, and placing them by date without any "index", or table of contents, makes it difficult to find anything.
I got over 30Gb in stuff from there... lol figured out why closing... probly due to the $6k/mo storage... :o least that what discord says
While this video game archive is shutting down (has shut down?), the site, oldversion.com has been given a new lease on life.
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
Reported to be ready to shut down last year, the site has come back stronger than ever. It even has a new look, inspired by an old version of Windows - Win 3.
(https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-12-28-22-Old-versions-of-Windows-Mac-and-Linux-Software-Apps-Abandonware-Games-Download-at-OldVersion.com_.png?w=800)
I have personally used oldversion.com for many programs, and have had very few duds. Give it a try.
Quote from: granz on Apr 01, 2026, 08:24 PMWhile this video game archive is shutting down (has shut down?), the site, oldversion.com has been given a new lease on life.
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
Reported to be ready to shut down last year, the site has come back stronger than ever. It even has a new look, inspired by an old version of Windows - Win 3.
(https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-01-at-12-28-22-Old-versions-of-Windows-Mac-and-Linux-Software-Apps-Abandonware-Games-Download-at-OldVersion.com_.png?w=800)
I have personally used oldversion.com for many programs, and have had very few duds. Give it a try.
Will check it out, thanks!
I would have to say that I have gotten most of my retro-computing programs (other than the ones that I still have from back in the '80s :o ) from Old Versions, and Win World (https://winworldpc.com/home.)