Public domain games, and there's a fair number of them, are completely legal to download and share with any and everyone. It's just that EA didn't give a rat's behind about Wasteland, and gladly sold it back to Fargo fairly cheaply after he was prodded by myself and many other fans to do so. This is a direct illustration of how abandonware is not "legal" in any sense of the word. Brian Fargo bought the IP back for InXile, and now you have Wasteland Remastered as well as Wasteland 2 and 3. It's just that, since the games have been abandoned, nobody usually pursues legal ramifications towards the people who download the games.Ĭase in point: Wasteland 1 was on all manner of abandonware websites, but the IP was in fact owned by EA. I cannot speak for Norway, but abandonware is most certainly illegal here. I believe you're confusing abandonware with games that are released to the public domain.Ībandonware are games that have been abandoned by their publishers, and are definitely illegal here in the US with its strict copyright laws.
some games like tubes and plague of the moon will never become abandonware, because the publisher does not want then to be. the original publisher have given the sites permission to share their games. There we go, necro'd thread turned into something useful.Īndreasaspenberg2: about abandonware: that is not piracy. The list is too long, so google it if you want to know more. Basically all features are limited in some way. Sadly, you're being given an "outdated" version of the game since you'll be missing 2/3 of the campaign, heroes in coop mode, units in multiplayer, etc.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is the base game version (without expansion packs) that is available for free through their Battle net desktop app. The official starcraft website has a download link in the Features section, but it downloads an online installer that also installs their Battle net desktop app, hence Starcraft I is NOT DRM-free.
You can install the original through their Battle net desktop app. Starcraft I full game was released for free with the Starcraft I Remaster. Blackthorne comes as a local setup program while the other two come as a. Most likely due to them releasing the "Arcade Collection" which includes remasters of these games.īut you can still download the free originals, if you can find the links :) Try or Reddit. They were available for download from the official website between years 2013-2021, however the download links are currently removed from Blizzard's website. Now, if you are hunting for other freebies, Blizzard offers/has offered these games for free at some point:īlackthorne, Lost Vikings and Rock N' Roll Racing are full game releases of "classics" - games they made before Diablo I. It cannot be downloaded for free from the Blizzard's website.ĭiablo I Spawn version is available for download from the Blizzard FTP, but not from the Blizzard website.ĭiablo I pre-release versions are not available for download from the Blizzard website either.įinally, Diablo I doesn't exist in Blizzard's Battle net client. It should run on modern systems without issues.
Depending on the build it can offer even less content than the Spawn version.ĭiablo I full version is sold here on GOG.
It is an incomplete version of the game, an unfinished version. Diablo Spawn allows you to play as a Warrior, and is limited to Cathedral dungeon levels only, after which the game will tell you to buy the full game.ĭiablo I Demo may also refer to a pre-release version of the game, what we commonly call an alpha build or beta version. Sometimes also called the Demo version or Shareware version. This deserves a poem!ĭiablo I does not have a CD key.