Abandonware France
@abdw.fr
Depuis 2000, notre site regroupe #Retrogaming (#Abandonware, #Dosbox, Téléchargements), Musiques (#Biiper), Bibliothèque (manuels, magazines, livres) et vidéos
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"For some reason the Americans wouldn't touch it." The UK's Ocean Software, though, happily turned an Oscar-winning film about the hell of war into a hit computer game. And the conflicted critical responses it got are fascinating.
New post on Platoon, the game:
www.superchartisland.com/platoon
New post on Platoon, the game:
www.superchartisland.com/platoon
Platoon – “The first casualty of war”
Does this game-of-the-movie capture the coolest parts of the film? Was its development time (probably around three months) long enough to create a competent computer game? Are the graphics and soun…
www.superchartisland.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
"For some reason the Americans wouldn't touch it." The UK's Ocean Software, though, happily turned an Oscar-winning film about the hell of war into a hit computer game. And the conflicted critical responses it got are fascinating.
New post on Platoon, the game:
www.superchartisland.com/platoon
New post on Platoon, the game:
www.superchartisland.com/platoon
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BTW, when researching places that rented TVs & consoles, I also came across stores in India that rented handhelds - all the way back to the Nintendo Game & Watch in the 1980s! radhikaiyengar.squarespace.com/work/videoga...
Babu: A custodian of gaming history — RADHIKA IYENGAR
Take a trip down memory lane and visit one of the oldest video game stores in India.
radhikaiyengar.squarespace.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
BTW, when researching places that rented TVs & consoles, I also came across stores in India that rented handhelds - all the way back to the Nintendo Game & Watch in the 1980s! radhikaiyengar.squarespace.com/work/videoga...
Pour la rentrée, on reprend en douceur les mises à jour hebdomadaires, avec :
🌉NI.BI.RU. : Sur la Piste des dieux mayas (2005)
🏎️SCAR : Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (2005)
🏫La Famille coup de pouce (1999)
🛡️Total Annihilation : Kingdoms (1999)
👳♂️Indian Mission (1988)
🌉NI.BI.RU. : Sur la Piste des dieux mayas (2005)
🏎️SCAR : Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (2005)
🏫La Famille coup de pouce (1999)
🛡️Total Annihilation : Kingdoms (1999)
👳♂️Indian Mission (1988)
Abandonware France, S27 E1- C'est la rentrée sur Abandonware France
Bonjour à tout le monde,C'est la rentrée sur Abandonware France. Qui dit rentrée, dit jeu de la rentrée. Logique non ? On essaye de mettre à l'honneur des jeux qui vous plaisent mais aussi des titres ...
www.abandonware-france.org
September 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Pour la rentrée, on reprend en douceur les mises à jour hebdomadaires, avec :
🌉NI.BI.RU. : Sur la Piste des dieux mayas (2005)
🏎️SCAR : Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (2005)
🏫La Famille coup de pouce (1999)
🛡️Total Annihilation : Kingdoms (1999)
👳♂️Indian Mission (1988)
🌉NI.BI.RU. : Sur la Piste des dieux mayas (2005)
🏎️SCAR : Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo (2005)
🏫La Famille coup de pouce (1999)
🛡️Total Annihilation : Kingdoms (1999)
👳♂️Indian Mission (1988)
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The original Mahjong Solitaire (Brodie Lockard, 1981) on the PLATO looked glorious. Also clever to show stack height with outline width.
September 11, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The original Mahjong Solitaire (Brodie Lockard, 1981) on the PLATO looked glorious. Also clever to show stack height with outline width.
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Oulà on sort direct de la zone de confort avec Lands of Lore ! Moi sur un RPG des années 90 dites donc.
👇 À tout de suite 👇
twitch.tv/pixx3ll
👇 À tout de suite 👇
twitch.tv/pixx3ll
September 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Oulà on sort direct de la zone de confort avec Lands of Lore ! Moi sur un RPG des années 90 dites donc.
👇 À tout de suite 👇
twitch.tv/pixx3ll
👇 À tout de suite 👇
twitch.tv/pixx3ll
Few people know there was already a Twin Peaks game on PC, and it was reviewed by the British magazine Strategy Plus in its April 1991 issue: "Twin Peaks Confidential" (Log Lady Games Inc.). 🐟
September 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Few people know there was already a Twin Peaks game on PC, and it was reviewed by the British magazine Strategy Plus in its April 1991 issue: "Twin Peaks Confidential" (Log Lady Games Inc.). 🐟
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Le 8e colloque du CNJV a sa date : le 10 octobre 2026
Theme : « Quand le jeu vidéo joue sa partition »
Demandez le programme :
www.cnjv.fr/colloque-8/
Theme : « Quand le jeu vidéo joue sa partition »
Demandez le programme :
www.cnjv.fr/colloque-8/
Colloque #8
Samedi 10 octobre 2026 - Huitième colloque national du CNJV MUSIQUE ET SONS « Quand le jeu vidéo joue sa partition »
www.cnjv.fr
July 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Le 8e colloque du CNJV a sa date : le 10 octobre 2026
Theme : « Quand le jeu vidéo joue sa partition »
Demandez le programme :
www.cnjv.fr/colloque-8/
Theme : « Quand le jeu vidéo joue sa partition »
Demandez le programme :
www.cnjv.fr/colloque-8/
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Today is ssspecial. I will be streaming the English version of NOC, a Polish point and click 1995 adventure game, kindly translated by one of my Discord members (magical things are happening there, link in bio!). FIRST TIME EVAH
6.30 PM (CET) don't miss out: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
6.30 PM (CET) don't miss out: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
September 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Today is ssspecial. I will be streaming the English version of NOC, a Polish point and click 1995 adventure game, kindly translated by one of my Discord members (magical things are happening there, link in bio!). FIRST TIME EVAH
6.30 PM (CET) don't miss out: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
6.30 PM (CET) don't miss out: www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
C'est la dernière news de l'été, avec ses jeux non-abandonwares (sauf un) :
🔢Sudoku junior (2005)
🌒Warhammer : Dark Omen (1998)
⚔️The Final Battle (1991)
👑Bandit Kings of Ancient China (1989)
🪐Purple Saturn Day (1988)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🔢Sudoku junior (2005)
🌒Warhammer : Dark Omen (1998)
⚔️The Final Battle (1991)
👑Bandit Kings of Ancient China (1989)
🪐Purple Saturn Day (1988)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
September 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
C'est la dernière news de l'été, avec ses jeux non-abandonwares (sauf un) :
🔢Sudoku junior (2005)
🌒Warhammer : Dark Omen (1998)
⚔️The Final Battle (1991)
👑Bandit Kings of Ancient China (1989)
🪐Purple Saturn Day (1988)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🔢Sudoku junior (2005)
🌒Warhammer : Dark Omen (1998)
⚔️The Final Battle (1991)
👑Bandit Kings of Ancient China (1989)
🪐Purple Saturn Day (1988)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
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Full support for the massive #MSDOS #MT32 preservation work of @barbarianbros.bsky.social
"Complete soundtrack from game DUNE, MS-DOS release with MT-32 sound module. Music recorded from a genuine Roland MT-32 (rev.1 old) device. Music by @stephanepicq.bsky.social"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYS...
"Complete soundtrack from game DUNE, MS-DOS release with MT-32 sound module. Music recorded from a genuine Roland MT-32 (rev.1 old) device. Music by @stephanepicq.bsky.social"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYS...
Barbarian_bros (@barbarianbros.bsky.social)
French videogames collector.
barbarianbros.bsky.social
August 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Full support for the massive #MSDOS #MT32 preservation work of @barbarianbros.bsky.social
"Complete soundtrack from game DUNE, MS-DOS release with MT-32 sound module. Music recorded from a genuine Roland MT-32 (rev.1 old) device. Music by @stephanepicq.bsky.social"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYS...
"Complete soundtrack from game DUNE, MS-DOS release with MT-32 sound module. Music recorded from a genuine Roland MT-32 (rev.1 old) device. Music by @stephanepicq.bsky.social"
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYS...
Ce test paru dans le magazine américain PC Games (10/1996) m'apprend que "Fort Boyard : le défi" a été distribué aux États-Unis. Je me demande comment ils ont traduit "père Fouras".
September 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Ce test paru dans le magazine américain PC Games (10/1996) m'apprend que "Fort Boyard : le défi" a été distribué aux États-Unis. Je me demande comment ils ont traduit "père Fouras".
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A lovely piece about 6/10 games from @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
👉 kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/08/14/t...
👉 kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/08/14/t...
The magic kind of middling: All my love to 6/10 games
What’s the best score a game can get? The enthusiastic critical acclaim of a 9/10? The once-a-generation perfection of a 10/10? No. The best score a game can ever get is a 6/10. I’ll freely a…
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:47 AM
A lovely piece about 6/10 games from @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
👉 kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/08/14/t...
👉 kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/08/14/t...
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Finally on my Patreon a story I've been working on the whole summer. How a small team of young stubborn Danish guys managed to survive several of the industry's attempts to kill their dreams, and ended up influencing the Amiga's history, the Atari Jaguar and... The Elder Scrolls?
Danish will stick together - the history of Torben & Søren | The Genesis Temple
In 80s Denmark, games were not a cheap hobby. That’s the first thing that Torben Bakager tells me when he recalls running papers for his nei
www.patreon.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Finally on my Patreon a story I've been working on the whole summer. How a small team of young stubborn Danish guys managed to survive several of the industry's attempts to kill their dreams, and ended up influencing the Amiga's history, the Atari Jaguar and... The Elder Scrolls?
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Over the summer, I've written histories of 13 computer games which reached #1 in the UK charts during 1987: superchartisland.com/timeline/#1987
Here is a thread on what the British public was buying that year, with links
Here is a thread on what the British public was buying that year, with links
August 31, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Over the summer, I've written histories of 13 computer games which reached #1 in the UK charts during 1987: superchartisland.com/timeline/#1987
Here is a thread on what the British public was buying that year, with links
Here is a thread on what the British public was buying that year, with links
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Also wrote about Megapaks, early budget PC gaming, and the joy of exploring a big bundle of games that weren't algorithmically curated to perfection/hell. www.pcgamer.com/games/modern...
Modern gamers spoiled by Steam will never understand the joy of a MegaPak
A requiem for the early days of budget PC gaming.
www.pcgamer.com
August 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Also wrote about Megapaks, early budget PC gaming, and the joy of exploring a big bundle of games that weren't algorithmically curated to perfection/hell. www.pcgamer.com/games/modern...
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A new blog post about the UK arm of MicroProse. Includes discussion about anti-American attitudes, the West German practice of Indexing, and the worst photograph taken for this blog.
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/08/micr...
#Amstrad #C64 #ZXSpectrum #AtariST #Amiga #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/08/micr...
#Amstrad #C64 #ZXSpectrum #AtariST #Amiga #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
MicroProse
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com
August 30, 2026 at 10:50 AM
A new blog post about the UK arm of MicroProse. Includes discussion about anti-American attitudes, the West German practice of Indexing, and the worst photograph taken for this blog.
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/08/micr...
#Amstrad #C64 #ZXSpectrum #AtariST #Amiga #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/08/micr...
#Amstrad #C64 #ZXSpectrum #AtariST #Amiga #RetroGaming #RetroComputing
La rentrée approche, voici une dernière livraison de jeux non-abandonwares, avec :
🧌Heroes of Annihilated Empires (2006)
⚛️Shadow Vault (2006)
👑Rising Kingdoms (2005)
📡Command H.Q. (1990)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🧌Heroes of Annihilated Empires (2006)
⚛️Shadow Vault (2006)
👑Rising Kingdoms (2005)
📡Command H.Q. (1990)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
August 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
La rentrée approche, voici une dernière livraison de jeux non-abandonwares, avec :
🧌Heroes of Annihilated Empires (2006)
⚛️Shadow Vault (2006)
👑Rising Kingdoms (2005)
📡Command H.Q. (1990)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🧌Heroes of Annihilated Empires (2006)
⚛️Shadow Vault (2006)
👑Rising Kingdoms (2005)
📡Command H.Q. (1990)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
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This is amazing! SimCopter had a great soundtrack by Jerry Martin but the game’s files were highly compressed. So LucasVB got in touch with Mr. Martin and he was able to find most of the original high quality tracks! Awesome to hear “Hangar” in such clarity after 30 years archive.org/details/SimC...
SimCopter original soundtrack (high quality)
SimCopter is a somewhat obscure game released in 1996 by Maxis, the studio behind the SimCity and The Sims franchises.In the game, the player controls a helicopter pilot in various missions across a c...
archive.org
August 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This is amazing! SimCopter had a great soundtrack by Jerry Martin but the game’s files were highly compressed. So LucasVB got in touch with Mr. Martin and he was able to find most of the original high quality tracks! Awesome to hear “Hangar” in such clarity after 30 years archive.org/details/SimC...
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📻️ Rediffusion sur @radiofmr.bsky.social : Jeux de logiques, du carton sur table à l'ordinateur, avec Pierre Berloquin, le légendaire créateur des jeux de la revue Jeux & Stratégies.
Enregistré au festival Apple II de @assosilicium.bsky.social en 2019.
Librement ré-écoutable cpu.pm/0118
Enregistré au festival Apple II de @assosilicium.bsky.social en 2019.
Librement ré-écoutable cpu.pm/0118
Ex0118 Logiques, stratégies et jeux
Dans cette release : Avance de 5 cases, relance les dés, je contre avec une interrupt et Kamoulox ! Notre invité est Pierre Berloquin, ludographe, co-fondateur du magazine Jeux
cpu.pm
August 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
📻️ Rediffusion sur @radiofmr.bsky.social : Jeux de logiques, du carton sur table à l'ordinateur, avec Pierre Berloquin, le légendaire créateur des jeux de la revue Jeux & Stratégies.
Enregistré au festival Apple II de @assosilicium.bsky.social en 2019.
Librement ré-écoutable cpu.pm/0118
Enregistré au festival Apple II de @assosilicium.bsky.social en 2019.
Librement ré-écoutable cpu.pm/0118
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Salut Internet ! Un lost media un peu particulier a fait surface: la trad' anglaise d'un thriller psychologique culte danois des 90's avec des marionnettes étranges dans un Copenhague en 1:32ème. Oui ça fait beaucoup, mais mes sous-titres sont prêts.
👇 À tout de suite 👇
🌇 twitch.tv/pixx3ll 🌇
👇 À tout de suite 👇
🌇 twitch.tv/pixx3ll 🌇
Cole Dröws, with permission from the rights holder, released the unpublished UK English version of Blackout. Blackout is a 1997 non-linear point-and-click psychological horror game filmed on Beta with hand crafted sets and stop motion puppets.
coledrows.itch.io/blackout
coledrows.itch.io/blackout
Blackout 97 by Cole Dröws
Escape your fate - if you can
coledrows.itch.io
August 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Salut Internet ! Un lost media un peu particulier a fait surface: la trad' anglaise d'un thriller psychologique culte danois des 90's avec des marionnettes étranges dans un Copenhague en 1:32ème. Oui ça fait beaucoup, mais mes sous-titres sont prêts.
👇 À tout de suite 👇
🌇 twitch.tv/pixx3ll 🌇
👇 À tout de suite 👇
🌇 twitch.tv/pixx3ll 🌇
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3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3
August 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3
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And @duncanfyfe.net's glorious cataloguing of this perfect moment is worth (re)reading again today:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism
How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.
www.vice.com
August 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
And @duncanfyfe.net's glorious cataloguing of this perfect moment is worth (re)reading again today:
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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Today there's quite a nice stream cooking up, I have gotten hold of Italian Multimedia CDs NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON THE INTERNOOOT. Get ready to dive into the unknown world of late 90s multimedia Italy and also some rare adventure games??
18.30 here www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
18.30 here www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
August 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Today there's quite a nice stream cooking up, I have gotten hold of Italian Multimedia CDs NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON THE INTERNOOOT. Get ready to dive into the unknown world of late 90s multimedia Italy and also some rare adventure games??
18.30 here www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
18.30 here www.twitch.tv/thegenesiste...
Et revoilà une news dédiée aux jeux non-abandonwares, en majorité de la stratégie :
🧙Fantasy Wars (2007)
💣Act of War : Direct Action (2005)
♍Wars & Warriors : Jeanne d'Arc (2004)
🏹Warlords : Battlecry (2000)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🧙Fantasy Wars (2007)
💣Act of War : Direct Action (2005)
♍Wars & Warriors : Jeanne d'Arc (2004)
🏹Warlords : Battlecry (2000)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
August 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Et revoilà une news dédiée aux jeux non-abandonwares, en majorité de la stratégie :
🧙Fantasy Wars (2007)
💣Act of War : Direct Action (2005)
♍Wars & Warriors : Jeanne d'Arc (2004)
🏹Warlords : Battlecry (2000)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...
🧙Fantasy Wars (2007)
💣Act of War : Direct Action (2005)
♍Wars & Warriors : Jeanne d'Arc (2004)
🏹Warlords : Battlecry (2000)
www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/...