games for old pc

[tenders]

i bought an old pc(486,8megs ram) for my son so i could put some games on it and hopefully he would stop pestering me to play on my pc.

does anyone know where i might find some games(free) that would run on it it has win 95.

thanks in advance

[holistic]

The best you could do with a machine of that vintage is run "emulators"
The legality of which is questionable.

Do a google search for shareware type kids games OR try the online games at http://www.nick.com

You bought a 486 ?? I thought they were free?!

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[Devanshu]

That's pretty old. I agree w/ holistic, google it.

[tenders]

the woman i got it from did not know anything about pc's,i only found out about it after i brought it home and plugged it in,still i'm hopeing it will keep my son happy

[holistic]

the woman i got it from did not know anything about pc's,i only found out about it after i brought it home and plugged it in,still i'm hopeing it will keep my son happy

Until he turns 4 and starts asking for an X-Box or PS2

[Devanshu]

the woman i got it from did not know anything about pc's,i only found out about it after i brought it home and plugged it in,still i'm hopeing it will keep my son happy

Until he turns 4 and starts asking for an X-Box or PS2

He's right...BEWARE

[tenders]

the woman i got it from did not know anything about pc's,i only found out about it after i brought it home and plugged it in,still i'm hopeing it will keep my son happy

Until he turns 4 and starts asking for an X-Box or PS2

he is 8 and has a ps1. he still plays with the ps1,but this is more about keeping him off my pc,as it almost always is busy doing something or other when he wants to play a game on it.

[rendalunit]

I found this site that has some old games
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/list/

[pixel]

www.miniclip.com has lots of downloadable flash games that are free.

[tenders]

I found this site that has some old games
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/list/

thanks i am getting what i can,my goal is to fill a disk that will keep him busy for a year

i did a search on google but what i came up with was not freeware. it was hard to imagine that old pc games like that,and they still wanted like $15,go figure.

[adam]

Do a websearch for abandonware. Alot of companies will remove the copyright on their old software that is no longer marketable. There are suprisingly some great old games that are free now. Like Betrayal at Krondor is really a very good RPG by Sierra and its now totally free. There are lots of sites that host abandonware.

[pyrate83]

I can't remember but there's a site where you can dwnld old atari games for the pc.

[freak_in_cage_10k]

i would reccomend the following:

Doom 1 & 2 (but may be a little violent)
Worms 1 & 2
Prince Of Persia
Nibbles (v basic game like Nokias Snake but with different levels)
Chomp/Pacman
Duke Nukem (another shoot em up but less gory)

[Baldrick]

Alone in the dark 1, 2 and 3. (not 4)....not free though...

[housepig]

I think LucasArts has released some of their old games as freeware - Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Freelance Police and others.

[Double]

I get games and educational software for my kids at the local library. It is mostly older stuff that runs fine on their 166 Mhz pent. most of the specs say 486 win 3.1 or better.

They really have some decent educational games (reader rabbit, anything by scholastic) teach basic computer skills and grammer/reading/counting....

The best part is they are free to rent, and I get to keep them for 3 weeks, and can renew that for another 3 weeks online. By that time they are tired of the game and I just return and pick them up a new one.

-D

[tenders]

thanks all,i have managed to get about 30 of them but not sure if they will all run on it or not. i have not set the pc up yet so time will tell

i will definatly give the library a try

[thayne]

You actually paid money for a 486???? 8MB of Ram isn't enough, even for win 95

You could try Doom....

[maa]

Do a search for "Jill of the Jungle" - runs on a 386 and there were three releases! Dos / with/without soundcard - and even thats good on the PC Speaker !