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Revision as of 18:26, 4 April 2020

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

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.

For ROMs:

Databases:

Emulators:

An emulator to play DOS games on Windows / Linux

To install on Linux:

sudo apt install dosbox

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 * [https://www.gamecopyworld.com/games/index.php Game Copy World]
 :*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 ==