~/Mr Abandonware
@mrabandonware.bsky.social
I play and archive old games
PC, MS-DOS era to early 2000s Abandonware Enthusiast
Occasional C64, Amiga, SEGA & SNES gamer
Taking my first steps towards moving, permanently, to Linux.
mrabandonware.wordpress.com
PC, MS-DOS era to early 2000s Abandonware Enthusiast
Occasional C64, Amiga, SEGA & SNES gamer
Taking my first steps towards moving, permanently, to Linux.
mrabandonware.wordpress.com
This is why I'm not generally in favour of remasters as they tend to lead to the erasure of originals, or at best, they are relegated to becoming DLC for newer versions.
This is not preservation, just a cynical cash grab, ironically by a company that is not even the original it claims to be.
This is not preservation, just a cynical cash grab, ironically by a company that is not even the original it claims to be.
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is why I'm not generally in favour of remasters as they tend to lead to the erasure of originals, or at best, they are relegated to becoming DLC for newer versions.
This is not preservation, just a cynical cash grab, ironically by a company that is not even the original it claims to be.
This is not preservation, just a cynical cash grab, ironically by a company that is not even the original it claims to be.
With the 30th anniversary of Windows 95's launch, I was reflecting on what seismic change this was at the time.
Back then, Win 3x was this weird side environment for dull business stuff, and we didn't really understand why Microsoft insisted on pushing it onto us - all the good stuff ran on DOS.
Back then, Win 3x was this weird side environment for dull business stuff, and we didn't really understand why Microsoft insisted on pushing it onto us - all the good stuff ran on DOS.
August 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
With the 30th anniversary of Windows 95's launch, I was reflecting on what seismic change this was at the time.
Back then, Win 3x was this weird side environment for dull business stuff, and we didn't really understand why Microsoft insisted on pushing it onto us - all the good stuff ran on DOS.
Back then, Win 3x was this weird side environment for dull business stuff, and we didn't really understand why Microsoft insisted on pushing it onto us - all the good stuff ran on DOS.
Coincidently, just the other day, I uploaded a couple of missing Gold Box games, Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday & Matrix Cubed.
You can get them here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
You can get them here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
July 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Coincidently, just the other day, I uploaded a couple of missing Gold Box games, Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday & Matrix Cubed.
You can get them here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
You can get them here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
No. If I buy it, I keep it.
July 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
No. If I buy it, I keep it.
Total Distortion.
Peak Windows 3x 'multimedia' gaming, and so 90s in every way.
Pretty sure I only played the demo back in the day, but it stuck with me, and years later I picked up the actual game and was not disappointed.
Peak Windows 3x 'multimedia' gaming, and so 90s in every way.
Pretty sure I only played the demo back in the day, but it stuck with me, and years later I picked up the actual game and was not disappointed.
June 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Total Distortion.
Peak Windows 3x 'multimedia' gaming, and so 90s in every way.
Pretty sure I only played the demo back in the day, but it stuck with me, and years later I picked up the actual game and was not disappointed.
Peak Windows 3x 'multimedia' gaming, and so 90s in every way.
Pretty sure I only played the demo back in the day, but it stuck with me, and years later I picked up the actual game and was not disappointed.
2026 is the (half) year of the Linux desktop.
Starting the move from Windows by repurposing a £26, Windows 10, HP T630 thin client I was using for emulation to be an almost daily Linux Mint driver.
The integrated graphics will hold it back for some games, but it's a first step away from Microsoft.
Starting the move from Windows by repurposing a £26, Windows 10, HP T630 thin client I was using for emulation to be an almost daily Linux Mint driver.
The integrated graphics will hold it back for some games, but it's a first step away from Microsoft.
June 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
2026 is the (half) year of the Linux desktop.
Starting the move from Windows by repurposing a £26, Windows 10, HP T630 thin client I was using for emulation to be an almost daily Linux Mint driver.
The integrated graphics will hold it back for some games, but it's a first step away from Microsoft.
Starting the move from Windows by repurposing a £26, Windows 10, HP T630 thin client I was using for emulation to be an almost daily Linux Mint driver.
The integrated graphics will hold it back for some games, but it's a first step away from Microsoft.
May 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Probably my favourite Indy adventure, (yes, even more than the Fate of Atlantis), although this level was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to beat.
(And then I had to do it again to record this video)
(And then I had to do it again to record this video)
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Probably my favourite Indy adventure, (yes, even more than the Fate of Atlantis), although this level was probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to beat.
(And then I had to do it again to record this video)
(And then I had to do it again to record this video)
Black and White on the other hand, is a pain to install, 61645 well deserved votes...
January 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Black and White on the other hand, is a pain to install, 61645 well deserved votes...
Good to see Freelancer is so popular at the top of GOGs dreamlist. However, you don't need to wait.
You can get it My Abandonware and is one of the easier games to get working on modern PCs - it installs and runs straight from the CD image.
www.myabandonware.com/game/freelan...
You can get it My Abandonware and is one of the easier games to get working on modern PCs - it installs and runs straight from the CD image.
www.myabandonware.com/game/freelan...
January 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Good to see Freelancer is so popular at the top of GOGs dreamlist. However, you don't need to wait.
You can get it My Abandonware and is one of the easier games to get working on modern PCs - it installs and runs straight from the CD image.
www.myabandonware.com/game/freelan...
You can get it My Abandonware and is one of the easier games to get working on modern PCs - it installs and runs straight from the CD image.
www.myabandonware.com/game/freelan...
Connoisseur of classic games, or just someone whose backlog stretches back far too many years...? 🤔
(Steam Replay 2024)
(Steam Replay 2024)
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Connoisseur of classic games, or just someone whose backlog stretches back far too many years...? 🤔
(Steam Replay 2024)
(Steam Replay 2024)
Still love this game.
Push up the realism settings, allow no restarts, see how long I last.
Push up the realism settings, allow no restarts, see how long I last.
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Still love this game.
Push up the realism settings, allow no restarts, see how long I last.
Push up the realism settings, allow no restarts, see how long I last.
Name a game you have 100+ hours in.
Amazing how many hours can be lost trying to get the perfectly modded game rather than playing the actual game...
Amazing how many hours can be lost trying to get the perfectly modded game rather than playing the actual game...
December 1, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Name a game you have 100+ hours in.
Amazing how many hours can be lost trying to get the perfectly modded game rather than playing the actual game...
Amazing how many hours can be lost trying to get the perfectly modded game rather than playing the actual game...
#DOSember
The mid 90s saw First-Person Shooters move away from the arrow keys for movement, to WASD, most likely popularized by Quake in 96.
For some reason, 1995's Terminator: Future Shock's default "A, Left Shift, Z, X" didn't catch on...
The mid 90s saw First-Person Shooters move away from the arrow keys for movement, to WASD, most likely popularized by Quake in 96.
For some reason, 1995's Terminator: Future Shock's default "A, Left Shift, Z, X" didn't catch on...
December 1, 2024 at 11:58 AM
#DOSember
The mid 90s saw First-Person Shooters move away from the arrow keys for movement, to WASD, most likely popularized by Quake in 96.
For some reason, 1995's Terminator: Future Shock's default "A, Left Shift, Z, X" didn't catch on...
The mid 90s saw First-Person Shooters move away from the arrow keys for movement, to WASD, most likely popularized by Quake in 96.
For some reason, 1995's Terminator: Future Shock's default "A, Left Shift, Z, X" didn't catch on...
Introduce yourself with four video games!
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Introduce yourself with four video games!
Picked up a couple of HP T610 thin clients for £15 & £30
Plan is to use the larger 'Plus' as an offline Windows XP gaming PC, the other will run DOSBox, on Linux.
Not sure on how I'll get XP on yet, going to try using Easy2Boot, but they boot to Linux on a USB which is a start.
Plan is to use the larger 'Plus' as an offline Windows XP gaming PC, the other will run DOSBox, on Linux.
Not sure on how I'll get XP on yet, going to try using Easy2Boot, but they boot to Linux on a USB which is a start.
November 9, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Picked up a couple of HP T610 thin clients for £15 & £30
Plan is to use the larger 'Plus' as an offline Windows XP gaming PC, the other will run DOSBox, on Linux.
Not sure on how I'll get XP on yet, going to try using Easy2Boot, but they boot to Linux on a USB which is a start.
Plan is to use the larger 'Plus' as an offline Windows XP gaming PC, the other will run DOSBox, on Linux.
Not sure on how I'll get XP on yet, going to try using Easy2Boot, but they boot to Linux on a USB which is a start.
Space Marine 2 doing so well got me thinking of a less successful Warhammer 40,000 adaptation, the un-released Dark Crusaders.
Despite a promising start, it's quite broken, but you can still try it here:
archive.org/details/warh...
Despite a promising start, it's quite broken, but you can still try it here:
archive.org/details/warh...
September 29, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Space Marine 2 doing so well got me thinking of a less successful Warhammer 40,000 adaptation, the un-released Dark Crusaders.
Despite a promising start, it's quite broken, but you can still try it here:
archive.org/details/warh...
Despite a promising start, it's quite broken, but you can still try it here:
archive.org/details/warh...
A few words that I once wrote about the original System Shock, now 30 years old.
mrabandonware.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/s...
mrabandonware.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/s...
September 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A few words that I once wrote about the original System Shock, now 30 years old.
mrabandonware.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/s...
mrabandonware.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/s...
Good to see that the original Dark Forces is still available to purchase. Remasters shouldn’t be erasing originals
Works well with the community project “The Force Engine” (TFE) if you want a few quality of life improvements and optional enhancements.
theforceengine.github.io
Works well with the community project “The Force Engine” (TFE) if you want a few quality of life improvements and optional enhancements.
theforceengine.github.io
March 1, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Good to see that the original Dark Forces is still available to purchase. Remasters shouldn’t be erasing originals
Works well with the community project “The Force Engine” (TFE) if you want a few quality of life improvements and optional enhancements.
theforceengine.github.io
Works well with the community project “The Force Engine” (TFE) if you want a few quality of life improvements and optional enhancements.
theforceengine.github.io
In the meantime, while we all wait for the Discworld / King Charles business to be sorted, they can be downloaded, ready to play on the latest versions of Windows, from here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
archive.org/details/@mr_...
February 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
In the meantime, while we all wait for the Discworld / King Charles business to be sorted, they can be downloaded, ready to play on the latest versions of Windows, from here:
archive.org/details/@mr_...
archive.org/details/@mr_...
After an enjoyable Istanbul section, I feel like Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb slightly loses its way in the middle part due to repetitive levels and rail shooter sections (although the stealth bit is quite good).
It does however introduce Wu Han, tying the game into the Temple of Doom film.
It does however introduce Wu Han, tying the game into the Temple of Doom film.
October 15, 2023 at 1:07 PM
After an enjoyable Istanbul section, I feel like Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb slightly loses its way in the middle part due to repetitive levels and rail shooter sections (although the stealth bit is quite good).
It does however introduce Wu Han, tying the game into the Temple of Doom film.
It does however introduce Wu Han, tying the game into the Temple of Doom film.
Chronologically, the first of Indy’s adventures is Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003).
First thoughts, so far, are that it certainly captures the essence of what makes an Indiana Jones adventure. Plenty of globe-trotting, fist fights, and “Nazis – I hate these guys”
First thoughts, so far, are that it certainly captures the essence of what makes an Indiana Jones adventure. Plenty of globe-trotting, fist fights, and “Nazis – I hate these guys”
October 1, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Chronologically, the first of Indy’s adventures is Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003).
First thoughts, so far, are that it certainly captures the essence of what makes an Indiana Jones adventure. Plenty of globe-trotting, fist fights, and “Nazis – I hate these guys”
First thoughts, so far, are that it certainly captures the essence of what makes an Indiana Jones adventure. Plenty of globe-trotting, fist fights, and “Nazis – I hate these guys”
I recently began an attempt at playing (almost) all Indiana Jones games. Aside from the number of years the games cover, it also struck me with the diverse genres that the games can be found in.
There’s action games, arcades, platformers, point and click adventures, even a text adventure.
There’s action games, arcades, platformers, point and click adventures, even a text adventure.
October 1, 2023 at 1:59 PM
I recently began an attempt at playing (almost) all Indiana Jones games. Aside from the number of years the games cover, it also struck me with the diverse genres that the games can be found in.
There’s action games, arcades, platformers, point and click adventures, even a text adventure.
There’s action games, arcades, platformers, point and click adventures, even a text adventure.