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Game Vendors/Sources

Ye Olde Infocom Shoppe - THE place to find rare, out-of-print adventure and RPG games for PC and non-PC computers.
CD-ROM Access - has a lot of older games for sale at excellent prices. They always get out-of-print titles from liquidators, so it's a great place to check for older CD-ROM titles.
Centsible Software - has LOTS of floppy classics, including most on my site. Now with on-line ordering!
alt.games.abandonware - THE newsgroup to post requests for out-of-print oldies... you'll be surprised at how *fast* people respond to your requests :)
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.marketplace - with hundreds of posts daily, someone's bound to have what you're looking for

Abandonware/classic gaming Sites

The following are our favorite freeware/abandonware sites. Check out our Affiliates List for more great sites that we host :)

	Site Name	Highlights

	Liberated Games	excellent site "dedicated to cataloging all full commercial games that have been liberated and made free in playable form to the public" (official blurb)
	Abandonia	great design and oldie reviews; frequently updated
	BSOD Gaming	nice design and comprehensive reviews of abandonware and freeware games
	Computer Emuzone	another excellent abandonware site, focused on Spanish games of all systems
	FreeOldies.com	a great abandonware-only games index site
	Abandongames.com	another great abandonware-only games index site
	RetroSpec	home of THE best Spectrum remakes
	ReplacementDocs	a large and growing archive of game manuals
	The Good Old Days	excellent collection of PC games & applications, all with mind-bogglingly long reviews
	The Abandonware Ring	links to lots of "abandonware" sites
	OldGamesNews	Old Games News: Retrogames Blog with daily (yes!) news and stories about old games on new platforms, emulation and retrogamer lifestyle.

Games Help/Info

Dot Eaters - Classic Video Game History - hands own THE BEST site we have ever seen about the history of computer games. A must visit!
The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers - The most comprehensive info site
MobyGames - One of the most complete database of oldies reviews on the web
Game Developers Index at GameSages contains the most exhaustive info of game companies
CD Access also maintains the excellent Best of the Best page, which contains CGW's Top 150 Games of All Time List, PC Gamer's Top 50 list, and much more!
The Oldskool PC - everything you'd want to know about how to run old games on that shiny new Pentium II
The Adventure Games List - information on almost every adventure game ever released!
Brass Lantern - an excellent news/information site about interactive fiction and adventure genres. Be sure to check out its comprehensive Links section!
While we're on the subject, check out the Interactive Fiction newgroup, rec.games.int-fiction
Stuck? Try The Spoiler Centre - huge amount of walkthroughs, hints, FAQs, and more
Want some saved games for your favorite games to replay certain spots? Savegames.net is the place to be!

Game Reviews

classicgaming - amazing site
The Quandary - an *excellent* on-line magazine that reviews a LOT of lesser-known games
Just Adventure - often features reviews of lesser-known games and oldies. Although they tend to overrate games, they give excellent descriptions of plot and puzzles
The Computer Show- WWW edition of popular TV show features many reviews of computer oldies, as well as walkthroughs and cheats
Game Bytes Archive - this is Game Domain Review's ancestor-- many reviews of old (pre-1996) games and an ftp archive of all the previous issues

Non-PC Games

C64.com - one of the best Commodore 64 sites, featuring thousands of games and an excellent search engine
LemonAmiga.com - one of the best Amiga sites

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