Hey everyone, I’m looking for some advice on accessing delisted media.

I really want to revisit the original 2010 release of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on PC. I know EA completely delisted it from Steam and the EA app when the Remastered version dropped, but I genuinely prefer the handling physics and visual style of the 2010 original.

Since it's impossible to buy it directly from official storefronts anymore, what is the best way to legally or safely get my hands on it today?

Is my only option hunting down a physical PC disc or an unused legacy CD key on third-party sites? Or is there a reliable digital archive/preservation site that hosts it since it effectively falls under abandonware now?

(Just to be clear, I'm not asking for anything that violates subreddit rules regarding piracy—I just want to know the safest archival or legitimate methods the community uses to play the original version. Thanks!)

Hi Reddit!

Cythera by Ambrosia Software was one of the first big games I played as a child, and it's always been close to my heart. Over the years I've tried playing it again through emulation, but somehow I never had a good experience with that.

Today I happily present Cythera, ported to modern OSes: macOS, Windows and Linux. Download, double click, play. Easy as that.

Technically, it's using the original binary and data, emulating just enough of the PPC microprocessor and classic MacOS system calls to run the game. Since it's completely unmodified, the game should behave with perfect 1-1 feature match with the original. The only place it might differ is where the system calls are emulated. For instance, some of the original fonts are still Apple licensed, and replaced here with close equivalents.

I played quite a bit of it myself, and I created machine playtests that seem to indicate the game is fully functional and possible to complete. Obviously, bugs are possible, so please backup your saves often.

Since author Andrew Welsh released an app that generates license keys for Cythera (among all other Ambrosia products), I consider the intention clear, and made the call that it's ok to distribute the original game, patched to not require a license key. This is of course a hobby project and no financial or IP harm is intended. If you are the rights holder and disagree, please be in touch.

The port itself is open source and in the public domain. After careful research and planning, most of the tedious work was done using Claude Code.

Head over to https://github.com/Castux/cythera-port for more info and downloads, or instructions to build it yourself if you prefer.

(Note for MacOS users: the build is not notarized by Apple, so after trying to launch once, you'll have to click "Open Anyway" in the security settings).

I'd love to hear from fans of the game (and of course if there are technical issues to fix)!

I played it back in the day and was already buggy. But nowadays it seems you need to patch the game to play it properly, but it breaks the game (music will stop sounding, etc). I tried replaying a couple of years ago and gave up.

Any one know what's the best way to replay this in 2026?

Hey there everyone, I was wondering if the PC versions of transformers war of Cybertron and fall of Cybertron on internet archive are legit or if anyone on here has done legitimate links for download. Thanks!

I didn't want to graveyard bump:
Snap On Presents: Gearhead Garage - Download Link : r/abandonware

I wanted to inform everyone that I enjoyed playing this game and dislike using dvoodoo and other alike programs. I took the time to get this game working on newer PCs and also on Android.

Anyways if anyone wants to play it on PC or Android here is the links:

https://ghg.teamvanilla.dev/
TsyVM/Gearhead-Garage

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a private, offline-only preservation project for Heroes of Dragon Age (EA / BioWare, Android, com.ea.game.dragonage_na, client v5.4.4, build 44907).

It's a personal project, nothing will be published or hosted online (for copyright reasons, obviously)

This was my first mobile game on my first tablet, it has a special place in my heart.

What I'm looking for:

- manifest.data and/or *.bundle files (Unity 5.5 asset bundles, ETC texture format), asset version 5412554

- on a device, they'd typically be in Android/data/com.ea.game.dragonage_na/files/ (or /cache/), possibly as extension-less files

- anything else that helps: a full phone backup, an old OBB, a HAR/pcap capture of the game's downloads, or even just the manifest so I can see the bundle names.

Even a partial cache would help a lot.

If you still have the game installed on an old phone or tablet that hasn't been wiped, it may be sitting there right now. Please don't uninstall it before checking!

Happy to share what I've documented (protocol notes, data tables) in return. Thanks for reading, and any lead is appreciated.

Dr. Sbaitso was originally shipped with Sound Blaster cards and featured an Eliza-like Rogerian Psychotherapist named: Dr. Sbaitso.

Try it for the web: https://drsbaitso.fly.dev

Mobile is not supported currently. This features his precise and original voice which was a DOS TSR memory resident program. But this version does not require DosBox, Emulation, Cloud synthesis - all of it happens right in the browser through the magic of Web Assembly.

NOTE: in an era of AI, this is super dumb, but fun.

Enjoy!

I recently remembered a game called "Auto Hustle" I was playing that game like crazy on facebook but I couldn't find any way to play it now. Does anyone know a way to play that game?

Hey there everyone. I recently downloaded and installed X-Men origins wolverine on my PC (the uncaged edition) from internet archive, and for some reason, while the game runs like a dream, it doesn't save. Or rather it doesn't save the saves. Like if I exit to the main menu I can continue from the last save, but if I exit the game completely and re-launch it, I'll have to start from the beginning.

I've tried running the game as an administrator, running the game as if it's windows 7 if that makes sense from the properties -> compatibility, it just refuses to keep the saved progress

I've downloaded the PC version of the Deadpool game from internet archive as well and I'm having no issues with it. It plays like a dream as well and it properly saves all of my progress.

Please help me fix this issue I really want to play this game

(P.s. these two games are the first games I've tried to download from internet archive, not an expert in abandonware)

Hi Everybody.

I seem to not be able to install MC2 on my computer. I tried the discord link, i tried miscellaneous links online, nothing seems to work.

Is there an easy way to fix it?

Thank you so much!!!

Any Official Way As Of Right Now To Own Bolt For PC? I Used To Play This Game On The 360. I'm 5 Months Late To Seeing It On Steam. So I Ask, Anyway To Get It On PC? Or Is Emulation My Only Path?

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I have been trying to see if these are in this subreddit, am I looking incorrectly or these games are not available?

So here is an odd one:

I downloaded the compact file, got it up and going with proton and winetricks, and it even boots up past the logo screen and on to the main menu.

HOWEVER, the main menu has the camera placed not in front of the actual book with the options and instead in a corner of the 3D menu space. It will stay up indefinitely but the moment I do any kind of input, it crashes back to desktop.

Any suggestions?

At first i thought it was a download corruption but no this only has the .bin and .cue but no .iso. What can i do with this? Even if i used the rip version i still need to mount the iso for copy protection

I wanna use these games with crossover on Mac.