The video game museum
OldGamesDownload was launched in May 2017 to archive video games no longer available for purchase or download. These games hold sentimental value for millions of people worldwide. We believe it is not right to let these games fade into history and be lost forever.
Gaming is an important yet often underrepresented part of human history, and through this project, we humbly hope to help preserve its timeline and progression. On our website, you will find a small piece of that vast history in original game files, patches, translations, scanned manuals, readmes, and official artwork.
We maintain a list of “lost” video games which are abandoned by their publishers, and do not exist anywhere in digital format. These are games that, unless archived, risk being lost forever.
Mission statement: creating a community-driven database of abandoned video games to be preserved for future generations.
A note about copyright
The project only archives video games classified as abandonware. A game is considered abandonware when game developers, publishers or right holders are no longer selling or in any way supporting the game. In such cases, users have no no means to relive or play the game again.
We truly do not want to infringe on anyone’s copyright and this is not the purpose of this project. Only to keep the history of video games alive for future generations.
We respect all rights holders’ requests to remove games from our database, as well as all legitimate DMCA requests. These can be sent via our contact page.
For more information about copyright, visit our FAQs section.
Credits
OldGamesDownload is by no means alone in the world of video game preservation. We owe many thanks to other websites, projects and individuals who have made this project a reality:
- MobyGames: Video Game Database, by the far the largest catalog for video game information, covers and screenshots.
- The Internet Archive, which provides a protected space for user-uploaded files.
- MyAbandonware, abandonware website preserving video games, patches and manuals on many platforms.
- Vimm’s Lair: Preserving the Classics, database where you can find original ROMs and manuals.
- Macintosh Garden, database of abandoned Mac video games.
- And all of the individuals who have donated game files directly to our project, thank you all!
The video game museum
OldGamesDownload was launched in May 2017 to archive video games no longer available for purchase or download. These games hold sentimental value for millions of people worldwide. We believe it is not right to let these games fade into history and be lost forever.
Gaming is an important yet often underrepresented part of human history, and through this project, we humbly hope to help preserve its timeline and progression. On our website, you will find a small piece of that vast history in original game files, patches, translations, scanned manuals, readmes, and official artwork.
We maintain a list of “lost” video games which are abandoned by their publishers, and do not exist anywhere in digital format. These are games that, unless archived, risk being lost forever.
Mission statement: creating a community-driven database of abandoned video games to be preserved for future generations.
A note about copyright
The project only archives video games classified as abandonware. A game is considered abandonware when game developers, publishers or right holders are no longer selling or in any way supporting the game. In such cases, users have no no means to relive or play the game again.
We truly do not want to infringe on anyone’s copyright and this is not the purpose of this project. Only to keep the history of video games alive for future generations.
We respect all rights holders’ requests to remove games from our database, as well as all legitimate DMCA requests. These can be sent via our contact page.
For more information about copyright, visit our FAQs section.
Credits
OldGamesDownload is by no means alone in the world of video game preservation. We owe many thanks to other websites, projects and individuals who have made this project a reality:
- MobyGames: Video Game Database, by the far the largest catalog for video game information, covers and screenshots.
- The Internet Archive, which provides a protected space for user-uploaded files.
- MyAbandonware, abandonware website preserving video games, patches and manuals on many platforms.
- Vimm’s Lair: Preserving the Classics, database where you can find original ROMs and manuals.
- Macintosh Garden, database of abandoned Mac video games.
- And all of the individuals who have donated game files directly to our project, thank you all!