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* [https://www.myabandonware.com/howto/ My ABANDONWARE]
* [https://www.myabandonware.com/howto/ My ABANDONWARE]
:Links to many abandonned games on Amiga, PC-DOS, etc. and to emulators (Amiga, DOSBox...)
:Links to many abandonned games on Amiga, PC-DOS, etc. and to emulators (Amiga, DOSBox...)
:Check the [https://www.myabandonware.com/howto/ HOWTO] page on how to play old games.
* [https://www.redfox.bz/en/virtual-clonedrive.html Virtual CloneDrive] [https://www.elby.ch/en/products/vcd.html Virtual 2nd link]
* [https://www.redfox.bz/en/virtual-clonedrive.html Virtual CloneDrive] [https://www.elby.ch/en/products/vcd.html Virtual 2nd link]
:A freeware (recommended by My Abandonware) to mount CD ISO/BIN image as virtual drive (a freeware, ad-free alternative to Daemon Tools Lite).
:A freeware (recommended by My Abandonware) to mount CD ISO/BIN image as virtual drive (a freeware, ad-free alternative to Daemon Tools Lite).
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* [https://www.gamecopyworld.com/games/index.php Game Copy World]
* [https://www.gamecopyworld.com/games/index.php Game Copy World]
:*THE* site for backing up games / bypassing copy-protection mechanisms.
:*THE* site for backing up games / bypassing copy-protection mechanisms.
* [https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/is-there-any-free-cd-emulation-software-that-works-with-secure-rom.279726/ Thread on how to bypass Secure-Rom copy protection]
:* Suggest to install [https://filehippo.com/fr/download_daemon_tools/history/ older version of DaemenTools] (typically 4.x series). For Win7, 4.35 is first version to support Win7, and 4.49 the latest 4.x version.
:* Suggest to use [http://pid.gamecopyworld.com/ ProtectionID] to identify whether a game is using a protection mechanism.


== Amiga ==
== Amiga ==
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sudo apt install dosbox
sudo apt install dosbox
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* [https://dosbox-x.com/ DOSBox-X]

Latest revision as of 17:27, 31 October 2021

Links

Links to many abandonned games on Amiga, PC-DOS, etc. and to emulators (Amiga, DOSBox...)
Check the HOWTO page on how to play old games.
A freeware (recommended by My Abandonware) to mount CD ISO/BIN image as virtual drive (a freeware, ad-free alternative to Daemon Tools Lite).
Package to scan for activate copy-protection in executables
  • THE* site for backing up games / bypassing copy-protection mechanisms.
  • Suggest to install older version of DaemenTools (typically 4.x series). For Win7, 4.35 is first version to support Win7, and 4.49 the latest 4.x version.
  • Suggest to use ProtectionID to identify whether a game is using a protection mechanism.

Amiga

Links

For ROMs:

Databases:

Emulators:

  • FS-UAE (Linux, Windows).
  • WinFellow (Windows).

DOSBox

An emulator to play DOS games on Windows / Linux

To install on Linux:

sudo apt install dosbox