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    Discontinued MS Games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Pluberus, Sep 6, 2010.

  1. Pluberus

    Pluberus Notebook Evangelist

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    I was looking for a download of an old game I used to play when I was 5 or 6 (HellBender) and managed to find a download. I noticed that it was from a Microsoft FTP and found this:
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/deskapps/games/public/

    I didn't realize Microsoft made a lot of that stuff available. o_o
     
    Pluberus, Sep 6, 2010
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  2. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Dont think they host the actual "retail" version for free.
    (This is M$.)

    But a nice piece of internet treasure. xD
     
    DEagleson, Sep 6, 2010
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  3. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I looked through it. It looks like it's a collection of patches, some videos and even some tools. Good find though. :)
     
    talin, Sep 6, 2010
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I thought they had AoE free, but it was just the demo. That game definitely has AGED, although AoE 2 is still pretty good.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 6, 2010
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  5. thinkpad knows best

    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

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    Lol i remember from 1998 the first Motocross Madness, never was a top seller, but i used to play the demo all the time when i was a child, now that i play it, it had pretty good physics for it's time, not ragdoll, but close, you still can download that demo somewhere, actually i found it, it's probably one of the few 90's sites still online and actually in 1998 trim..

    It's Here
     
    thinkpad knows best, Sep 9, 2010
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  6. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    wow this is awesome... subsricbing this.
     
    sean473, Sep 9, 2010
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  7. ebondefender

    ebondefender Notebook Evangelist

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    I never did beat the original Dungeon Siege. I had downloaded a mod off the old "Ultima" series by the now-defunct Origin (EA) games. It was a DS mod for Ultima 5 called "Lazarus." Awesome stuff. If you've got DS1 and you want a sweet total conversion, try it!

    Ultima V - Lazarus
     
    ebondefender, Sep 10, 2010
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  8. @nthony

    @nthony Notebook Evangelist

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    good find!
     
    @nthony, Sep 10, 2010
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