Useful retrogaming links

Some useful links for playing abandonware games. You may suggest new links through the contact page. For specific links and instructions on emulation, go to our how-to play page.

General retrogaming links

Sites useful to any kind of retrogamer, for any platform.

• ReplacementDocs: The web archive of game manuals. A good place to look for a missing manual, especially for security checks in old games.
• The Abandonware Ring: one on the oldest website about abandonware, back when search engines were very basic and you would often hop from a website to another through web rings! You'll find many members of the abandonware scene, big and small.
• VGMaps: The Video Game Atlas. Tons of maps for many video games, lots of platforms.
• VOGONS: very old games on new systems, a forum dedicated to emulation or simply making old Windows games run on recent version of the OS.
• The Patches Scrolls: thousands of old patches for DOS and Windows games.
• Old Computers.com: museum of all old computers, consoles and even pongs.
• The Visual Novel Database: comprehensive database about visual novels.
• ROMhacking.net: useful for translation patches of Japanese games, also has various hacks.
• RecalBox: make your own retro gaming console and play your old games on your TV or any screen.
• Emugen: the Emulation General wiki will help you emulate almost every computer or console.
• The Collection Chamber: rare games packaged and reviewed by Biffman 101.
• Zomb's Lair: tailor-made release for old gems and high quality patches for old games.
• Retro Game Champion: this very passionate archivist has created one of the best compilations for most consoles, curating TOSEC, No-Intro and other dump archives ;
• Classic Adventures Solution Archive: solutions and maps for all text adventure games, on any platform.
• The Digital Antiquarian: history of computer systems and games written by Jimmy Maher, exhaustive insights on the gaming industry.

DOS

• Essential DOS commands: all DOS commands you will need if you use legacy DOSBox.
• DOSGaming Subreddit: a good place to ask for help finding a game or running a specific game. Don't miss this post with tons of links to drivers and utilities for DOS games.
• Sierra Help Pages: all resources needed to keep the classic Sierra games alive.
• VilerR's blog: advanced technical posts on old games and computers.

Windows

• WinWorld: library of operating systems and various applications and games. Has VMWare images from Windows 1.0 to Windows 2000.
• VOGONS Vintage Driver Library: a collection of old drivers, contributed by the members of the VOGONS Forums.
• WSGF: the widescreen gaming forum provides patches for playing old Windows (and some DOS) games in a good condition on wide screens. May be flagged as malware by your browser, use at your own risk.
• Widescreen Fixes Pack: alternative to WSGF for few games.
• Mod DB: download patches and fixes for many old Windows games.
• nGlide: this glide wrapper emulates a 3Dfx card, perfect for those late 90s games.
• DxWnd: makes fullscreen games run in a window, allowing many old games to run fine in recent Windows versions.
• Emupedia: dive back in Win 95/98/ME directly from your browser and launch several classic Win games.
• LegacyUpdate.net and WindowsUpdateRestored.com: make the update service work again on older Windows versions, from Win95 to Vista, awesome projects!

Mac

• Macintosh Garden: the best Mac games archive website, with various guides and a forum.
• Macintosh Repository: old software from the classic Mac era, very active, highly recommended!
• The Vintage Mac Museum: tons of useful links for running old Mac software.

Acorn Computers

• Stardot Forum: the online community for all Acorn computers (Atom, BBC Micro, Electron and Archimedes).

Amiga

• Lemon Amiga: everything for the Amiga fans.
• Hall of Light: Amiga games database.

Amstrad CPC

• CPCWiki: the encyclopedia of all things CPC related.
• CPC Game Reviews: game reviews and downloads of CPC games.
• CPC Power: preservation site of everything related to CPC/CPC+/GX4000. French website available in English, Spanish and Germany.

Apple II

• Virtual Apple II: almost all Apple ][ and Apple IIGS ready to play in your browser.
• What is the Apple IIGS: site dedicated to the preservation of the Apple IIGS computing platform.

ColecoVision

• ColecoVision Zone: general information on the ColecoVision console, the games, various pictures and old ads.
• ColecoVision.dk: a Danish website (in English) about the ColecoVision, supports the homebrew scene.

Commodore 64

• Commodore.ca: history pages, manuals and ROM downloads.
• C64.com: a C64 preservation project, accept hardware and software donations.
• Lemon64: tons of games, scans, reviews, and an active forum.
• C64 Wiki: online encyclopedia on the Commodore 64.

Dragon 32/64

• The DRAGON Archive: encyclopedia of everything related to the Dragon computers.
• DragonData: history of the Dragon computers.

MSX

• MSX Resource Center: everything you might want to know about the MSX.
• MSXAbandonware: download MSX games, or supposedly play online.

ZX Spectrum

• World of Spectrum: official world archives for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
• Qaop/JS: emulate the ZX Spectrum in your browser. List of available games here.
• Spectrum Computing: the best place for all ZX Spectrum games and resources, awesome website!