Old Sports Sim EXE's

[Ghost Econ]

I was thinking about starting a project for collecting old sports sims and having an aggregate place to download them.

I was backing up some of my old game discs and realized a lot of the older sports sims I had weren't on CDs and Lord knows if I know where the old EXE's are to install them. Nevermind sorting through my old emails with the right keywords to find the keys.

Then I saw some of the older, bigger producer ones on abandonware sites (think some old FMs, NFL Head Coach, FIFA Manager). But I couldn't easily find some of the older games that many of us played but arent likely to be big enough to take up space on their servers... games like FBB, fof2, Coaching a Dynasty... and so many other that are probably talked about in the archives I don't even remember.

So I'm starting a project, Google Drive at first, where I just collect old EXEs and installs for sports sims. I'm not looking for keys, you'll need to sort that out, but just an archive where we can go to find games we maybe loved that we might want to play again. I may reach out to developers when possible to see if they mind if we share keys for games they don't develop, but I think it's important for archival purposes


So I'm putting out a call, if you have some old games you think the world would want to play, just throw out the names of some old games you may have below and we can start working on this.

[SirFozzie]

for really old stuff (like the 3dboxing games, etcetera), find a reliable abandonware site. (if there is such a thing)

I still want someone to recreate Crush Deluxe for modern machines.

[MJ4H]

I wish someone still had the commissioner version of Andy Dolphin's old sims.

[Ghost Econ]

That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. I was in high school just replaying demo seasons of the football sim because I didn't have a way to buy those games. I still have an old install for WoSoMan soccer that when I install, lists my dad's old infoave email address.

Like I'd love to find an old install of the original FBCB because I have a key but no installer... or Tournament Dreams... Or even old FOFs, even if I can't install them because I don't have keys.

[bryce]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

I still have an old install for WoSoMan soccer that when I install, lists my dad's old infoave email address.

That's the first game I thought of when I opened this thread also. I have that game in an email from Dan Ryazansky, and every new laptop I've had the past ten years or so I try to download it, but I get a virus message every time (even though that's how I loaded it originally way back when). I played the hell out of that game.

[21C]

I've kept a lot of old files archived on CDs/DVDs. I'll have a look over over the weekend to see what I can find.

[OldGiants]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. I was in high school just replaying demo seasons of the football sim because I didn't have a way to buy those games. I still have an old install for WoSoMan soccer that when I install, lists my dad's old infoave email address.

Like I'd love to find an old install of the original FBCB because I have a key but no installer... or Tournament Dreams... Or even old FOFs, even if I can't install them because I don't have keys.

I have the FBCB installer and one that patches to version 2.47 the final patch. PM me when you want them.