Abandonware refers to  computer software that is no longer claimed, owned, or copyrighted. While the term has been applied largely to older games, other classes of software are sometimes described as such. It is also refers to software no longer available for legitimate purchase or of a certain age. This is a concept that gained pre-eminence with the emergence of the Internet, when the sharing of files and information was brought to a whole new level altogether. In most cases, abandonware is made up of old games that have aged and that become something like a curiosity, yet in some cases abandonware software can be new products that lose their commercial tag because the programmer decides to do so. That was the case with the Amiga game “Genetic Species”, which became abandonware shortly after it was released as a parting gesture from the programmers when they left the Amiga scene. Visit to SquakeNet.Com if you are looking for such game and here you will also have more than just fun,  as it is a game portal that features more than 6,000 abandonware selections for download. You can browse the database by category, and there are even trailers that can be watched online.

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Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 10:22 am | by Kur-nia-one |