EMULATION & ABANDONWARE
Welcome to the Darkside, looks like you've found the Retropluggers website's naughty corner! Below are links to sites dedicated to emulation and abandonware for those PC Retro & Mac Gamers of you out there. We've also thrown in some Retro Gaming sites that allow you to play via your web browser. If you don't agree with emulation, don't look, you ain't seen this site right? **slips cash**

TOSEC

The Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) is a retrocomputing initiative dedicated to the cataloging and preservation of software, firmware and resources for arcade machines, microcomputers, minicomputers and video game consoles. The main goal of the project is to catalog and audit various kinds of software and firmware images for these systems.

As of release 2014-10-31, TOSEC catalogs over 280 unique computing platforms and continues to grow. As of this time the project had identified and cataloged 781,347 different software images/sets, consisting of over 4.97TB of software, firmware and resources.

OpenEmu - Mac Emulator Frontend

OpenEmu is about to change the world of video game emulation. One console at a time...

For the first time, the 'It just works' philosophy now extends to open source video game emulation on the Mac. With OpenEmu, it is extremely easy to add, browse, organize and with a compatible gamepad, play those favourite games (ROMs) you already own.

Amiga Forever

All editions of Amiga Forever include everything you need to run different emulation engines, operating system versions, games and demoscene productions in simple one-click steps. The advanced RP9 Title Editor provides professional authoring features to create and edit configurations for playback on the local system or elsewhere.

The Value Edition is a compact download for Windows, and includes Workbench 1.3 and "Kickstart" ROM versions 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, which will run the majority (more than 70%) of classic Amiga games and applications. More than 25 games are included.

The Plus Edition includes a complete set of ROM and operating system versions (all from 0.7 to 3.X), a wider selection of preinstalled games and demoscene productions, a gallery of items of historical interest, and additional cross-platform content. More than 50 games are included.

Both the Value Edition and the Plus Edition open the doors to thousands of additional Amiga games and demoscene productions which are available for free download from software publishers and Amiga history sites alike. Furthermore, the Premium Edition bundles the Plus Edition content with additional video content on 3 DVDs.

C64 Forever

C64 Forever shares the same RetroPlatform family player, database and content management components as the very successful Amiga Forever series. As such, it also embodies decades of experience and refinements and a tradition of innovation and long-term continuity and support.

Compared to other solutions for different systems, C64 Forever stands out for features which include the following:

Smooth setup: it takes only a few mouse clicks to install and run (no additional downloads required)

Intuitive, simple and refined user interface, in which player, content, database and search are seamlessly integrated (not just a "front end" that launches an external emulator)

Official emulation solution with legal CBM system ROMs
Support for the innovative RP9 format (one click to play, one file per title, no need to zip or unzip games or manage multiple disk images, etc.)

Create and edit your own titles, then run them anywhere and any time (RP9 files are self-contained, no database required)

Superior RP9 Editor blends advanced configuration options with professional content authoring features

Support and recognition of other popular disk, tape, cartridge and save state formats, with options to identify uncataloged similar variants (not a simple "checksum" approach)

Built-in RetroPlatform Library database featuring thousands of titles, with online updates

General and title-specific game controller personalization, including support for Xbox, X-Arcade and I-PAC controllers, and arbitrary keyboard layouts

Automatic, Unicode-aware mapping between host (PC) keyboard and clipboard, and guest (emulation) character set

As some projects kept adding options year after year, C64 Forever strived to keep required options to a minimum, as RetroPlatform components exclude impossible scenarios and take sophisticated decisions behind the scenes

If you know how to use Amiga Forever you are instantly familiar with C64 Forever, and vice versa

Integration with social networks for "Now Playing" updates, manual posts and screenshot uploads

Built-in search-as-you-type for installed content and custom one-click internet search for games and demoscene productions

Tested on the latest versions of Windows (both x86 and x64)

Squakenet

Squakenet is the widest collection of retro games you can find in internet. For retrogames we mean titles no longer sold or supported by their original producers. Unfortunately these software products are no longer in commerce so, our goal at Squakenet is to preserve those videogames from the oblivion, proposing several sources to let you enjoy playing again on your computer. Squakenet are also integrated with the top digital distribution channels such as Amazon and GoG to give you the best offer available.

Games Nostalgia

Discover Classic Games and download them on your PC or Mac!

GamesNostalgia is a unique website entirely dedicated to retrogaming, abandonware and freeware games. All of the games have been tested and can be downloaded for free.

But GamesNostalgia it's not like the other sites: we packed and configured all the games, so that you can run them immediately on your Windows or Mac computer. No need to install any emulator, just play!

MyAbandonware

Get ready for a deep dive into PC retrogaming, more than 9100 games are available and waiting to be played again. Discover rare 80s games and immerse yourself into classics from the 90s. Get your dose of nostalgia and old school gaming right now!

On My abandonware you can download all the old video games from 1979 to 2010

Classic Reload

ClassicReload was setup for preservation of 5,000+ old retro abandonware games and abandoned OS/interfaces that you can play online right in your web browser for education and research purposes. There is just something magical about the old DOS games that just brings back memories and takes many of us back. One to bookmark for your lunch breaks.

Repton3

If you love Chuckie Egg, then you HAVE to try this online browser version. A superb port/emulation of the 8it Egg Hunter, you'll also find faithful versions of Repton and Hooper too. Makes for a perfect work break, one to bookmark at work ;)

NesEmu

The NesEmu website lets you play all your favourite retro Nintendo Entertainment System games online and compete against your Facebook friends on exciting in-game challenges! NesEmu's website is not affiliated with Nintendo in any way - They just love old NES games!

Archive.Org - Amiga Software

The Archive.Org have created a webpage allowing Amiga fans to play classic Amiga titles using web browsers. No more disk swapping hassles!

Archive.Org - PC Software

The Archive.Org have a great list of classic PC games to download too, have a dig around this site for all other types of classic and retro software. It's a gamers goldmine.

Boxer App - DosBox Frontend for Macs

Boxer plays all the MS-DOS games of your misspent youth, right here on your Mac.

There’s no clots of configuration and baffling DOS commands between you and your fun: just drag-drop your games onto Boxer, and you’ll be playing in minutes.

Boxer takes your CDs, floppies and bootleg game copies and wraps them into app-style gameboxes you just click to play. They’re self-contained so you can back them up or share them with friends. No mess, no fuss.

If your nostalgia demands more, then decorate your games with gorgeous icons and admire your collection from your very own Finder games shelf.

Boxer is powered by DOSBox’s robust DOS emulation, which means it’ll play almost any DOS game you throw at it.

80's Top Games

THE BIGGEST GAMES DATABASE ON THE WEB! OVER 4000 GAMES ONLINE! AND STILL GROWING!

http://www.80stopgames.com/site/

Free 80s Arcade

These are some of my favorite arcade games from the 1980's. Growing up in the eighties I spent countless hours playing these retro video games. I remember having the Pong Console, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). I hope you enjoy playing these free versions online. Best of all, No tokens required to play! Free 80s Arcade is a 100% free and safe online arcade games website.  - David of Free 80s Arcade.

Retro Games Online

PLAY RETRO GAMES ONLINE!

Play retro games online in your browser at playretrogames.com We are an online emulator website and community. We support many classic systems, and add some very often. Our emulators are written using Adobe Flash technology in order to be compatible with most computers. 

We support most of the 8-bit and 16-bit systems, including popular ones like Nintendo NES & SNES, Sega Master System & Genesis, but also thousands of arcade games including popular Capcom CPS-1, CPS-2 and SNK Neo-Geo arcade boards.

Play now by browsing our games, searching your favourite childhood classic, or learn more on how it works and available features !

Emulator Online

Emulator Online has all the retro games from Super Nintendo (SNES & NES), SEGA (Genesis & Mega Drive), Game Boy (GBA, GBC, GB), N64, Nintendo DS and Neo-Geo Games. Game Boy Advance games and all other games are in high quality! Play all the Retro Games that you used to play back in the day, and with our recommendation engine you can find the perfect game for countless hours of fun.

MyEmulator.Online

MyEmulator.online is a browser based retro gaming website where you can play a huge selection of amazing free games online and even discover some new ones you didn’t know, totally unblocked. Find a curated list of the best classic video games for the best game systems ever: Super Nintendo, Nintendo NES, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive), Neo-Geo, GBA, N64, and many others, and play directly in your web browser in less than 3 seconds with emulators online. Quick, safe and easy!

Abandonware DOS

Abandonware DOS is an ever growing database of old PC computer games developed for MS-DOS and, in a small part, for Windows systems. Some of the games are available for download, some are not. 
Find here that favourite game from the past that you remember so fondly; search by genre, keyword or year of release.

SCUMM in HTML5

Does what it says in the tin. Play some Scumm Classics in a HTML5 browser. 

Old PG Gaming

Raising awareness and interest in vintage PC gaming
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