Places to download shareware games and demo releases

[MrFlibble]

Now that we have touched the subject of downloading shareware and demo stuff, I thought that it would be better to have a single thread for links to file repositories, rather than have them scattered all over the classic gaming websites thread.

I've split the links into the following categories:

Active shareware developers and publishers from 90's
11th Dimension Entertainment
Adept Software
Alivesoft
Apogee Software/3D Realms
Arcanum Computing
Astral Entertainment (now Monkey with a Moustache Entertainment)
Awkward Software
Bluemoon Interactive
Bog Turtle Games LLC
Brainchild Design
Brain Block Interactive, Inc.
Carl Ericson's Computer Games
Carr Software
Clonk
Copysoft
Cornutopia
Dataware Software
Digital Nightmares
Everett Kaser Software
Free Lunch Design
Games By Eric Henson
Games By Scott
Gray Design Associates
Homebrew Software
Hungry Software
Inter-Active Arts
KnightSoft Technologies
Lexaloffle games
Longbow Games
Malfador Machinations
Midnight Synergy
Moraff's Games
Mountain King Studios Inc.
MVP Software
NecroBones Enterprises
ORT Software
Redwood Games
Ron Heuse Software Development
Sean O'Connor's Games
Shareware Hangvogel
Slicks'n'SLide
Soleau Software
Spiderweb Software
Star Wraith 3D Games
Tactical Soft
Terminal Studio
UnReal World
Viable Software Alternatives
Wendell Hicken Online
Wiering Software

Shareware developers and publishers from 2000's
300AD
Awem
Basilisk Games
Bitbliss Studios
BlitWise Productions
Choco Snow Creation
Codeminion
Divo Games
Heroic Fantasy Games
Jade Games
Jagged Blade Games
Mitorah Games
Niels Bauer Games
Phelios
Quest Engine
Rake in Grass
Redclaw Games
Sillysoft
Soldak Entertainment
Stormcloud Creations
Superluminal Inc.
VSBgames

Game developer and publisher FTP sites
ftp://ftp.atari.com/demos/
ftp://ftp.bluebyte.com/demos/
ftp://ftp.gtinteractive.com/demos/
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/
ftp://ftp.lucasarts.com/demos/pc/
ftp://ftp.team17.com/pub/t17/demos/pc
ftp://ftp.ubisoft.com/Demos/
ftp://ftp.wizworks.com/demos/
http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/

Mirrors:
ftp://ftp.games.skynet.be/spool1/games/ ... com/demos/
ftp://ftp.games.skynet.be/spool1/games/ ... twood.com/
http://ftp.gameaholic.com/pub/mirrors/ftp.blizzard.com/

DOS games
ftp://ftp.padua.org/pub/msdos/dos/games/local/
ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/
http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/coast/games/
ftp://ftp.pgp.net/pub/msdos/dos/games/local/
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/games/PC/
ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/pub/systems/dos/games/
ftp://delphi.hs-niederrhein.de/pub/dos/games/
http://www.ftp.funet.fi/index/msdos/games/
http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/ [mirror]

Windows games
ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/vol/rzm1/ntware/games/files/
ftp://ftp.farlep.net/pub/clubix/demo/
ftp://ftp.farlep.net/pub/clubix/demo2/
ftp://ftp.farlep.net/pub/clubix/demo3/
ftp://ftp.fi.netbsd.org/.m/archive1l/ft ... n95/games/
ftp://ftp.gamers.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.ga ... .uk/demos/
ftp://ftp.peliplaneetta.net/pelidemot/
ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/pub/systems/win95/games/
http://elektron-bbs.dyndns.org/files/win95/spiele/
http://ftp.gameaholic.com/pub/demos/

These lists are of course incomplete and any further suggestions are more than welcome

[DOSGuy]

Nice!

[MrFlibble]

Well, I've been finding some intact files on the archived pages of game developers and publishers, here's whatever demo versions I've stumbled upon so far (some of them I've posted about elsewhere already):

Beaucomm Interactive

• Operation Carnage: carnsw10.zip
• ENTOMBED Enhanced: ent21eng.zip, ent21frn.zip, ent21ger.zip

Eidos Interactive

• Big Red Racing: brr-demo.zip
• Shellshock: shells90.zip

Epic MegaGames

• Tyrian v2.0: tyrsw20.zip
• Tyrian v2.1 patch: tyrup201.zip

GameTek

• Super Stardust 96: ssd96.zip
• Starball: sbdemo.zip
• MicroMachines 2: micro.zip
• Road Warrior: rwshare.zip
• Quarantine: quarant.zip
• Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: ssf2tdem.zip
• Crossworld: xdemo2.zip

Looking Glass Technologies

• Terra Nova: Strike Force Cetauri: tn_sfc.exe, Lg-med6.mpg

Microforum

• SoulTrap: Soulv106.exe
• DarkHour: darkhr.zip
• MoreCraft: morecr.zip
• Rebel Runner - Operation: Digital Code: rebel.zip
• IronBlood: iron.zip
• Shakii the Wolf: shakii.zip

Mission Studios

• JetFighter III: JF3DEM.EXE

Philips Media

• Nihilist: nihildem.zip
• Fighter Duel SE: fddem3.zip
• RoboQuest: rq31demo.zip, rq95demo.zip
• Jumanji: A Jungle Adventure Game Pack: jum_monk.exe

Psygnosis

• Destruction Derby 2: dd2idemo.zip
• Lemmings Paintball: lpidemo.exe

SW Games

• Yendorian Tales Book I: yendor1.exe
• Yendorian Tales Book I CHAPTER 2: yendor2.exe
• Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine: yendor3.exe

Webfoot Technologies

• Interpose: wt_ipdt.zip, ipxmas.zip

[MrFlibble]

Two more games from Webfoot Technologies:

• Tronic: trinstal.zip
• TwinBlok: tbinstal.zip

[MrFlibble]

More archived stuff:

Bitmap Brothers

• Z (English demo): e_zdemo1.zip, c_zdemo2.zip, c_zdemo3.zip, c_zdemow.zip
• Z demo (other languages): g_zdemo1.zip, f_zdemo1.zip, i_zdemo1.zip, s_zdemo1.zip

Diversions Software

• Void Pirates: vpdemo2.zip
• Star Merc: starmerc.zip
• Moon Lander: mlsetup.exe
• STARGunner 1.1: stargun.zip
• FORTRESS 1.0: fortress.zip

Xtreme Games LLC

• Hyperball: hypersw.exe
• Ganja Farmer: ganjasw.exe
• Domination: dom1.exe
• Astro3D: astro3d.exe
• UnderWorld: undinstsw.exe
• Xtris: xinstsw.exe
• Adventures with Chickens: chicksw.exe

[MrFlibble]

21st Century Entertainment

• Pinball Builder: A Construction Kit for Windows: pb_demo.zip
• Pinball Dreams: pd_demo.exe
• Pinball Fantasies: fntasies.exe
• Pinball Illusions: illusion.exe
• Total Pinball 3D: totaldem.exe
• Screenshot pack: scrnshot.zip

Epic MegaGames

• Jazz Jackrabbit: jazz.zip
• Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare '95: jjxmas95.zip
• Epic Pinball: epicpn21.zip
• One Must Fall 2097: omfsw21.zip
• Extreme Pinball: xpsw1.zip
• Ancients: anc1s.zip
• Brix: brix1.zip
• Electro Man: electro.zip
• Castle of the Winds: cas1s.zip
• Dare to Dream: dd1.zip
• Jill of the Jungle: jill1.zip

MVP Software

• Jack Flash: 1flash.zip
• Cannon Fodder: 1cf2.zip
• Pickle Wars: pickle.zip
• Corncob 3D: cc3d342.zip
• Desert Storm Command: dsc2mvp.zip
• Notyet: 1notyet.zip
• The Infernal Tome: 1tome.zip
• Thor's Hammer: 1thor.zip
• ShadowForce: 1shadow.zip
• MVP Cribbage for Windows: mvpcrb12.zip
• MVP Euchre for Windows: euchre11.zip
• The Real Deal: rdeal101.zip
• MVP Bridge for Windows: winbr21.zip
• MVP Bridge (DOS): mvpbr303.zip
• MVP Spades for Windows: mvpspa13.zip
• MVP Hearts for Windows: hearts13.zip
• Sand Storm: sand21.zip
• Hoosier City: 1hc.zip
• Rapid Response: 1rapid.zip
• Robomaze III: The Dome: 1robo3.zip, 1robo3c.zip
• Robomaze II: The Lobby: 1rm2.zip
• Battle Ground: bgroun.zip
• Sea School: 1sea13.zip
• Literati Lite: litlit16.zip
• Literati Lite: French Dictionary Edition: litfr16.zip
• MVP Word Search for Windows: mvpwrd21.zip
• Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles: wrdpuz.zip
• Game Builder Lite: gb30.zip
• MVP Paint v2.4: mvpp24.zip
• Home Run Derby: 1derby.zip
• 3 Point Basketball: 3point.zip
• MVP Backgammon for Windows: mvpbkg13.zip
• Rings of the Magi: 1rotm.zip, rotmw12.zip
• Everest: Iceman's Apprentice: 1everest.zip
• Cargo Bay: cargobay.zip
• King Arthur's KORT: kort.zip
• Crusade in Space: 1cru117.zip
• Arcy 2: 1arcy.zip

ORT Software

• TerraFire: tf_demo.exe (v2.03), tf_demo.exe (v2.04)
• AstroFire: af_demo.exe (v3.04), af_demo.exe (v3.06)
• CrossCraze: cc_demo.exe

Ubi Soft Entertainment

• Street Racer: sracer.zip

[MrFlibble]

Beaucomm Interactive

• In Search of Dr. Riptide: Riptide.ZIP

Microforum

• Armored Moon: armored.zip

Philips Media

• Fighter Duel: fddem2.zip

Sirtech Software

• Jagged Alliance: jademo.zip, jaspeech.zip
• Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games: dgdemo.zip, dgspeech.zip, gtspeech.zip
• Jagged Alliance 2: ja2demo.zip

Sunstorm Interactive

• Duke it out in D.C.: dcteaser.zip
• Wanton Destruction: wdteaser.zip
• Cryptic Passage: cpteaser.zip

WizardWorks

• Absolute Solitaire: absoldem.exe
• Diamonds 3D: d3d_demo.exe, dmndsfnl.zip
• Diamonds: diamdemo.exe
• DIVE: The Conquest of Silver Eye: divecd.zip
• Skunny: skunnycd.zip
• D!ZONE: dzoncd.zip
• H!ZONE: hzonecd.zip
• F!ZONE: fzonecd.zip
• W!ZONE: wzonecd.zip
• W!ZONE 2: w!zone2a.zip

[MrFlibble]

Megamedia Corporation

• CyClones: cycdemo2.zip
• Tornado: tornado.zip
• Jagged Alliance: jademo.zip
• Primal Rage: prage.exe
• Entomorph: entodemo.zip
• Warlords II Deluxe Edition: w2demo.zip
• Pinball Fantasies Deluxe: fntasies.zip
• Panzer General: pgendemo.exe
• Black Knight: Marine Strike Fighter: bkse12a.zip bkse12b.zip

Mindscape

• Azrael's Tear: ATDEMO.EXE
• Panzer General: PGENDEMO.EXE

[MrFlibble]

Ron Heuse

• Word Dash: worddash.exe
• Minesweeper Mania: mineswpr.exe
• Dragons: dragons.exe, dragons.exe
• Shifter: shifter.exe
• Reaping the Dungeon: reaping.exe

Sami Maaranen

• UnReal World: urw215.zip, urw240.zip, urw270.zip urw280.zip, urw-3.04-2.exe, urw-3.12b.zip

[MrFlibble]

Sleepless Software

• Inner Worlds: iw13.zip, setup.exe

FormGen Inc.

• Bars: BARS10.ZIP
• Black Knight SE: Marine Strike Fighter: BKSE13A.ZIP, BKSE13B.ZIP
• Boxes: BOXES60.ZIP
• Boxes II: BOXTWO11.ZIP
• BrainStorm: BSTORM10.ZIP
• Doc Defiant: DEFIAN10.ZIP
• Dragon's Bane Mahjongg: DRGNBN12.ZIP
• Dschump!: DSCHUM14.ZIP
• Dave Dude: DUDE32-1.ZIP, DUDE32-2.ZIP
• Econ's Arena: ECON104.ZIP
• Exile 2: EXL2V102.ZIP
• Fintris: FINTRS12.ZIP
• Flynn Sprint: FLYNN14.ZIP
• GateWorld: GATE20.ZIP
• Star Hammer: HAMMER10.ZIP
• Hugo's Horrific Adventure: HUGOW14.ZIP
• Medieval War: MEDWAR15.ZIP
• Nitemare 3-D: NITE3D20.ZIP, NITE3W18.ZIP
• Orbots the Game: ORBOTS11.ZIP
• Renegade Robot Retaliation: RRRET20.ZIP
• Shards: SHARDS10.ZIP
• World Quest: WQ20.ZIP
• Xenoblaster: XBLASTER.ZIP

NOTE: Most of the file downloads that have been archived with the FormGen website can be also found on this ASP CD.

[MrFlibble]

Broderbund Software

• Prince of Persia: pop1.zip
• Prince of Persia 2: pop2.zip, pop2.sea.hqx
• Free Enterprise: fedemo.exe
• Logical Journey of the Zoombinis: mud16.exe, mud32.exe
• The Last Express: sndclips.zip

[Lunick]

I think you're amazing MrFlibble

[MrFlibble]

I think you're amazing MrFlibble

Oh thank you! I just didn't realize until recently that The Wayback Machine has so many files archived from the nineties

Core Design

• Tomb Raider: tomb1.zip, tomb2.zip

Eidos Interactive

• Final Fantasy VII: ff7demo.zip

Raven Software

• Black Crypt: crypt.zip
• ShadowCaster: shadow.zip
• CyClones: cyclones.zip
• Heretic: heretic.zip
• Hexen: hexen.zip
• Take No Prisoners: tnp.zip

Ticsoft

• Brainstorm: brainst.exe
• Brix 2 Deluxe: brix170d.exe
• Cyber Puck: cyber12.exe
• Drug Killers: drug12.exe
• Flynn Sprint: flynn15.exe
• H2O: h2o.exe
• Steel Shot: shot12.exe
• Flying Tigers: tiger200.exe
• Color Wizard: wizard10.exe
• Entombed: entombed.exe
• Outer Ridge: ridge1.exe
• Roadhog: roadhog.exe
• Rollin: rollin13.exe
• Sound Club: sclub11.exe
• Skyroads: sky210.exe
• Shards: shards11.exe
• Stormfighter: storm12.exe
• Threat: threa145.exe
• Twinblok: twinblok.exe

[Litude]

Yeah you're doing some amazing work digging those up. Just wanted to notify you of the fact that the Web Archive used to have a 1MB file size limit sometime in the year 2000 and earlier so a few of the files that you've linked that are over 1 MB in size are corrupt (e.g. Hexen).

[MrFlibble]

Just wanted to notify you of the fact that the Web Archive used to have a 1MB file size limit sometime in the year 2000 and earlier so a few of the files that you've linked that are over 1 MB in size are corrupt (e.g. Hexen).

They are? Aww. Well, at least we know about the official file names and locations, and that they were downloadable from the publisher or the developer.