Abandonia

I stumbled across the site Abandonia after learning that the classic game Flashback had been released to the iPhone. This place is a treasure trove of classic games: Betrayal at Krondor, Blackthorne, MDK, Doom 2, just to name a few. The best thing is that all of these are the full games free for download!

Image via Abandonia.

According to the site:

“Since the software is no longer sold or supported, the copyright holders are not directly harmed in any way. This is why abandon-ware sites are, for the most part, ignored by the law.”

Very cool. This also explains why people are porting the games to the iPhone, as far as I can tell the game is essentially public domain and people are just repackaging it for the iPhone.  Not a bad money making idea.

When I have kids, before I let them ever touch an xbox1080, or whatever is out by then, they will play these games.  These are the classics, the ones that don’t get nearly enough credit for making the gaming industry what it is today. Glad to see someone is keeping them alive.