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MSDOS CREW: let's play and chat about games @ archive.org
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atomic1fire Wrote:It's questionable legally but really neat.
About that, the Internet Archive secured a DMCA exemption back in 2006 for obsolete software. (https://blog.archive.org/2006/11/29/inte...right-act/) Only since last year have emulation portability and collection efforts ramped up to the point where wide access is possible. It's still a grey area but blanket DMCA requests are out under fair use. Games are only removed when a commercial outlet is available, and only when people are diligent enough to report them.

Also if you somehow get bored of DOS games, here's a bunch of other stuff Jason Scott's emulation crew has cooked up or curated:
https://archive.org/details/internetarcade Internet Arcade - watch JSMESS go to work on 649 (was 900, got whittled down by companies) arcade ROMs!
https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom Console Living Room - JSMESS tackles consoles from the 70's to the 90's
https://archive.org/details/historicalsoftware Historical Software Collection - sampler platter of milestone games and software
https://archive.org/details/tosec TOSEC Software Collection - raw files for practically every platform imaginable
https://archive.org/details/coverdiscs Cover Discs - shareware and demo CDs from all sorts of places; magazines, websites etc.

(if you're not in the v2 layout, try it now it's pretty slick)
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