Abandonware Online - Frequently Asked Questions"

What is Abandonware?
Abandonware is a term used to describe software of any age that has been discontinued or abandoned by its original copyright owners. Most Abandonware sites exist to keep alive old games that otherwise might disappear.

Ok. I've downloaded a game. Now what?
Well, 50% is done. Now all we have to do is make that old XT/386 based game to work on my brand new Pentium 4 3.4 Mhz 1GB RAM machine. :)

First, you should know that the games you download through abandonline.com are compressed with PKZIP software. In order to play, we will have to unzip the files into a desired folder. If you dont have PKUNZIP or WINZIP installed on your machine, get it here.
After decompressing the game into the desired folder (i.e: C:\GAMES\DIGGER), we should search for the setup files.
Most of the games use setup files such as SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE. Try to search them first.
Be sure to setup your game to the best preformance you can get within the game's possibilities. (Remember the game is quite old and most of the options will not best suit your machine).
Once finished, try to run the game with it's executable file. (i.e DIGGER.EXE). Be sure to close other programs if your using a new version of Windows (98, 2k, XP), and if you have the possibility to run in MS-DOS mode, reset the computer and do so.
If your game loads well, have fun playing! if not -> proceed with FAQ section.

I've managed to load the game but it runs too fast! What should I do?
As you know, the turbo button (yes, the button you used to press for hours and watch the numbers change from 33 to 17) are long gone from this world, so in order to slow some games (my alley cat was eaten by the dog 5 times in 2 secs) we will use a program called MoSlo.
It works quite well for most games. Unzip the program to the same directory as the game you want to run slower. Load the game this way: "MOSLO /## GAME.EXE".
## is the percentage you want to reduce the speed. 50 will actually reduce game speed by half, 75 by three thirds and so on. (you get the idea) :)
Get MoSlo here.

I still have problems running a game on Windows2000 or Windows XP.
Try using DOSBox. DOSBox is a great program which allows you to run games on operating systems that does not support DOS, especially Windows2000 or Windows XP. Another great feature is it supports Sound Blaster, so if you have some problems with the sound, this program should do the work.
Get DOSBox here.