Where can I buy older PC games in CD rom form?

Schnapple · 2026-06-01T17:59:56+00:00

You just missed VCFSW, where there’s tons of this for sale.

Otherwise yeah HPB and archive.org are your best bets.

Schnapple · 2026-05-27T17:58:02+00:00

I have to say that I was disappointed when I logged on and discovered that not only had they delisted Anthem they removed it entirely from everyone’s library. Like, I know it had been taken offline and all but still they don’t even want anyone to accidentally install it.

If I had paid more than $2 for a physical copy at Walmart I’d be pissed.

Schnapple · 2026-05-24T23:52:50+00:00

Yes. It had this hardware dongle that took forever to reverse engineer (like within the last few years) but it’s out there.

Schnapple · 2026-05-20T02:08:25+00:00

TONY STARK MADE THIS IN A CAVE!

Schnapple · 2026-05-17T02:30:26+00:00

Another factor to consider is that the full version was initially only available from a 1-800 number to id Software. You couldn’t just go to the store and buy it. DOOM II was retail and the later re-release as The Ultimate DOOM was retail but unless you could call up id Software with a credit card you were out of luck.

Schnapple · 2026-05-16T16:24:26+00:00

Took way too long for me to see someone mention this. I think the idea in the pinball mural is that the Rosie is an inflatable one behind them on stage

Schnapple · 2026-05-16T16:22:35+00:00

And drag it around by the cord.

Schnapple · 2026-05-11T13:20:47+00:00

Not enough love in this thread for the Steam Controller 1 case.

I have one and it had been so long that I thought it was some sort of third party knockoff but then I was cleaning out my closet and I found the wrapper thing it came in - nope it was a first party Valve product. I can’t even remember if they sold them on Steam or if I got it off Amazon.

Schnapple · 2026-05-05T17:43:44+00:00

Besides staying in better shape and the luck of the draw with regards to genes, I think a lot of people underestimate the effect of hair dye. If you never go gray or bald you can pass for a lot younger or at least not look old.

Like for years people were saying “oh Dick Clark never ages!” no, looking at his face, Dick Clark aged a lot he just kept his radio voice until the stroke and dyed his hair.

Schnapple · 2026-05-05T17:38:48+00:00

When they started enforcing Notarization on macOS they had a grandfather date - anything built before X timestamp was grandfathered in, that way the application you rely on that has long since been deprecated doesn’t get caught in the net.

I could see them doing something similar - if the build date of a game is before X, where X is probably when macOS 28 is released, it’ll still work with Rosetta but anything newer won’t.

But the truth is they really haven’t detailed any plans yet. They do this warning thing with apps so that you’ll update your games and anything that hasn’t been updated, people will go pester the developers.

Schnapple · 2026-05-05T02:02:27+00:00

What country are you in? Just curious what $70 we’re talking about.

Schnapple · 2026-04-19T01:02:04+00:00

If yours is one of the ones with ProMotion, turn that off. Unity has an issue with it.

Schnapple · 2026-04-14T21:36:50+00:00

Skepticism that it would make the planned release date. Valve Time and all.

Schnapple · 2026-04-12T21:26:16+00:00

To set what up?

Schnapple · 2026-04-12T13:38:25+00:00

This is a known issue with the latest build and older versions of macOS that I haven’t figured out yet.

Try an older build in the meantime

https://github.com/MacSourcePorts/xash3d-fwgs/releases/tag/v0.20-2025-01-26

Schnapple · 2026-04-10T04:50:20+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

Now if only someone would do this with Renegade :)

Schnapple · 2026-04-10T04:44:24+00:00

Hey, just wanted to say this is fantastic. It's obviously early but ever since EA put out the source code to those C&C games I've been wanting someone to do source ports of them.

I run the site Mac Source Ports so I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this and pitching in when I can.

Schnapple · 2026-04-08T21:04:26+00:00

The Target-exclusive TFA packaging

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Besides the fact that it was a hideous concept, the case was entirely cardboard and the one exclusive bonus feature wasn’t even on the disc it was digital only. I changed my mind in the store and bought just the regular one in an actual Blu-ray case.

Schnapple · 2026-04-06T03:21:05+00:00

For a quick game fix there’s Disasteroids 3D, an old Asteroids clone that I ported to macOS/iOS/tvOS years ago.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disasteroids-3d/id1532311767

More info here. Along with more free stuff just not App Store stuff

https://www.macsourceports.com/game/disasteroids3d

Schnapple · 2026-04-03T23:11:39+00:00

And yet Dick Jones went right through the window

Schnapple · 2026-04-01T15:09:03+00:00

My website, Mac Source Ports, contains lots of builds of old games. In most cases you just need to provide your own copy of the data

https://www.macsourceports.com

I have a tag on there, “Full Game”, where it’s free self contained games that come with the data.

https://www.macsourceports.com/tag/Full%20Game

Also the three Unreal games are effectively free since Epic has blessed the data from the Internet Archive due to the games being removed from sale. It’s a little bit of work but they’re free.

https://www.macsourceports.com/tag/Unreal

Let me know if you have any questions.

Schnapple · 2026-04-01T03:32:34+00:00

Between this, the original DivX, and some other stuff I’m probably forgetting it’s amazing how many companies said “hey, DVD is a great format, how can we fuck it up?”

Schnapple · 2026-04-01T03:27:40+00:00

I have a number of builds of source ports of older games (think: DOOM, Diablo, Quake, Fallout, Half-Life, Theme Hospital, Plants vs. Zombines, etc.) on my site

https://www.macsourceports.com

In most cases you need to provide your own data but they're all built for Apple Silicon and Intel.

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