Places to download shareware games and demo releases

[MrFlibble]

Moongate Software

• Mines of Morgoth:
  • v0.210: morgoth_setup_0210.exe
  • v0.32b: morgoth_setup_v0.32b.exe
  • v0.41c: morgoth_setup_v0.41c.exe
  • v0.42: morgoth_setup_v0.42.exe
  • v0.42e: morgoth_setup_v0.42e.exe
  • v0.51: morgoth_setup_v0.51.exe
  • v0.52: morgoth_setup_v0.52.exe
  • v1.0: Morgoth_v1.0_demo_setup.exe

[Cire]

A couple of other FTP's I've found:
ftp://ftp.3drealms.com/
ftp://ftp.funcom.com/
I know Sierra used to have an FTP, don't know if a mirror is available anywhere.

[MrFlibble]

Apogee/3D Realms is already on the list (it's in the "Active developers" section so the FTP address isn't duplicated in the FTP section), didn't know about Funcom, seems like it's focused on MMOs.

[MrFlibble]

CDV Software GmbH

• Caveland: caveland.zip
• Clif Danger: clifshw.exe
• Cyril Cyberpunk: cyril01.exe, cyril02.exe, cyril03.exe
• Fuzzy's World: fuzywld1.exe, fuzywld2.exe
• Highway Patrol: highway.exe
• TZ Minigolf: tzminig.exe
• Win Skat: winskt01.exe, winskt02.exe
• Wrath of Earth: wrath01.exe, wrath02.exe

StarWraith 3D Games

• Star Wraith 2:
  • v1.4c (10.10.2002): sw2.exe [full version]
• Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion:
  • v1.03 (25.08.2002): sw3.exe
  • v1.05 (22.11.2002): sw3.exe
  • v1.41 (02.04.2003): sw3.exe
  • v1.45 (03.06.2003): sw3.exe
  • v1.51 (28.09.2003): sw3.exe
  • v1.54 (28.11.2003): sw_install.exe
  • v1.7 (10.04.2004): sw_install.exe
  • v1.8 (02.07.2004): sw_install.exe
  • v1.888 (08.07.2005): sw_install.exe
  • v2.028 (05.10.2006): sw_install.exe
  • v2.028 (11.12.2006): sw_install.exe [full version]
• Star Wraith 4: Reviction:
  • v1.888 (08.07.2005): sw4_install.exe
  • v2.088 (28.11.2005): sw4_install.exe
  • v2.288 (05.10.2006): sw4_install.exe
• RiftSpace:
  • v1.01 (02.02.2004): RiftSpace.exe
  • v1.04 (10.04.2004): RiftSpace.exe
  • v1.04 (28.05.2004): RiftSpace.exe
• Evochron Alliance:
  • v1.508 (28.10.2005): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v1.788 (28.12.2005): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v1.888 (28.04.2006): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v2.008 (08.12.2006): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v2.088 (11.01.2007): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v2.088 (17.01.2007): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v2.088 (18.01.2007): evochron_alliance.exe
  • v2.188 (21.02.2007): evochron_alliance.exe

TaleWorlds

• Mount & Blade:
  • v0.601: mount_and_blade_0601_setup.exe
  • v0.711: mountandblade_0711_setup.exe
  • v0.730: mountandblade_0730_setup.exe
  • v0.750: mountandblade_0750_setup.exe
  • v0.751: mountandblade_0751_setup.exe
  • v0.808: mountandblade_0808_setup.exe
• Mount & Blade patches:
  • v0.701 upgrade: mountandblade_0701_upgrade.exe
  • v0.703 upgrade: mountandblade_0703_upgrade.exe
  • v0.704 upgrade: mountandblade_0704_upgrade.exe
  • v0.711 upgrade: mountandblade_0711_upgrade.exe
  • v0.750 to v0.751 upgrade: mountandblade_upgrade_0750_to_751.exe
  • v0.800 to v0.808 upgrade: mountandblade_upgrade_0800_to_0808.exe
  • v0.808 Spanish patch: mountandblade_0808_spanish_patch.exe

[MrFlibble]

Here's a one-level demo of a rather obscure German vertical top-down shooter called Final Impact: final.zip

[MrFlibble]

Okay, I figured out the version numbers for most of the SW3DG titles, and updated the post above accordingly.

[MrFlibble]

Updated the info on Evochron Alliance versions. A few more can be downloaded here.

BTW, official version history logs for SW3DG titles can be found on the archived pages of respective websites:

• Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion: news archive part 1, news archive part 2, news archive part 3
• Star Wraith IV: Reviction: news archive
• RiftSpace: news archive
• Evochron: news archive
• Evochron Alliance: news archive

[MrFlibble]

CONGADOR

• 04X - Alien Eliminator: 04XAEpack.exe
• Laserator: 1laserpa.exe
• SpaceFire: 1sfpack.exe
• SpaceFire 2: 1sf2lim.exe

TaipanGames

• A.A.L. Alien Eliminator: aalsetup.exe
• Spacefire Deluxe: Spacefire.exe

[MrFlibble]

Empire Interactive

• F/A-18 Hornet: fa18demo.exe
• Pro Pinball: webdemo.zip
• Stars!: stardemo.zip

Legend Entertainment

• Mission Critical: mcdemo.zip
• Shannara: shandemo.zip

MGM Interactive

• Machine Hunter: machinst.exe

Sega

• Baku Baku: bakudemo.exe
• BUG!: bug_demo.exe
• Comix Zone: demo95.exe, demo31.exe
• Daytona USA: daytona.exe
• Sega Rally: rallydmo.exe
• Sonic CD: sonic_cd.exe
• Sonic and Knuckles: sonic3k.exe
• Virtua Fighter PC: vfighter.exe
• Virtua Squad: vsquad.exe

[MrFlibble]

Another interesting FTP:
ftp://ftp.virginmedia.com/blueyondergam ... ndergames/

[MrFlibble]

TaleWorlds

• Mount & Blade:
  • v0.703: mountandblade_0703_setup.exe
  • v0.704: mountandblade_0704_setup.exe
• Mount & Blade patches:
  • v0.730 upgrade: mountandblade_0730_upgrade.exe

[Hallfiry]

v0.704: mountandblade_0704_setup.exe

That gave me a nice bluescreen

[MrFlibble]

v0.704: mountandblade_0704_setup.exe

That gave me a nice bluescreen

What, the download link or the installer?

[Hallfiry]

v0.704: mountandblade_0704_setup.exe

That gave me a nice bluescreen

What, the download link or the installer?

The installed game from that link, when I started it for playing.

[MrFlibble]

Well, frankly I didn't (yet) test out most of those versions (at least the installers were preserved intact by the Wayback Machine!), and TaleWorlds people seem to have never bothered detailing the version history of their game. I'ts pretty possible that v0.704 has some issues. Just to be sure, you can try installing v0.703 and then patching it to v0.704 with mountandblade_0704_upgrade.exe.

Then again, it could be some incompatibility problem on your machine, what system configuration did you try to run this on?