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Came from this post: https://lemmy.ca/post/9854590

Looks like it has a lot of games I haven't seen in decades. I want to grab some of them, but I'm not familiar with the website.

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[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, through some legal magic they're the only site to sell the older (best) version of Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition. I had never used them before buying that but they gave me 0 issues, everything worked perfectly and it was DRM free, with lots of bonus content too.

https://forums.duke4.net/topic/11218-duke-nukem-and-the-zoom-platform/

https://old.reddit.com/r/dukenukem/comments/v5ap2u/duke_3d_atomic_from_zoom/

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

cool, that's what I was wondering

Thanks!

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 year ago

Never heard of them. But if you want to play old dos/win3x era games, you might want to give http://retro-exo.com a shot. ExoDOS v6 recently released, and there is a lite version. They attempt to archive all DOS games (or win3x games for exoWin3x) it might also have most games you're looking for.

[–] graymess@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Woah! I can't believe some of the titles they have on there. 3D Dinosaur Adventure? Ruff's Bone?! How did they get they get the licenses for this stuff?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I'm curious too, some of the games look like they're from publishers that closed, got sold, bankrupt, etc. it must have been a process hunting down where the assets and licences ended up

[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Holy shit, Math Blaster 9-12. You just threw me back SO far. I just had a vivid image in my mind's eye of the home office I played it in.

Thank you for the throwback.