[game_preservation] Older versions of Programs

[Stuart Feldhamer]

Jim,

Talk about a blast from the past. I remember Romulus from circa 1992 or
so... Thanks : )

Stuart


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> From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_preservation-

> bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Jim Leonard

> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:06 PM

> To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Older versions of Programs

> 

> There's this:

> 

> ftp://ftp.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/

> 

> There's a Romulus archive inside it:

> 

> ftp://ftp.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/romulus/

> 

> *THAT* has some pretty juicy (if old) stuff.

> 

> Andrew Armstrong wrote:

> > Ooh, awesome. I honestly have never seen that before, despite

> sometimes

> > searching for patches for a fair while. Files seem to be hosted on

> > http://dlh.net/ , interesting.

> >

> > The site only has 383 games with patch pages, I wonder how many

> patches

> > they have total, hard to see from the A-Z listings (although it's

> great

> > to see a news archive going back to 1995, wow!)

> >

> > Anyone got any more of these sites, please post them :)

> >

> > Andrew

> >

> > Stuart Feldhamer wrote:

> >>

> >> There is such an archive:

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> http://www.patches-scrolls.de/

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Stuart

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> *From:* game_preservation-bounces at igda.org

> >> [mailto:game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Captain

> >> Commando

> >> *Sent:* Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:41 PM

> >> *To:* IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> >> *Subject:* [game_preservation] Older versions of Programs

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> I think OldVersion.com was listed on the resource list awhile back,

> >> but I'm going to pull it up again. This site archives old versions

> of

> >> computer software and utilities like Flash and Winamp. Similarly, I

> >> think it would be useful to have an archive of game patches. It's a

> >> bit difficult to locate patches for some of my older games, but it

> can

> >> also be useful and historically significant to run older patches of

> >> computer games.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> http://www.oldversion.com/

> >>

> >>

> >> -Devin Monnens

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

> >>

> >> "Until next time..."

> >> Captain Commando

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