# Looking for Old Software...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 1999, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093 "1999-11-14T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/1 "1999-11-14T21:33:00Z")
If someone can direct me to a site where you can post an “I want this\_\_\_\_, anybody have one?” message, I’d appreciate it. But for now, I’ll post here: I’m looking for a copy of Phantasmagoria, a CD-ROM game from a few years back, and also a copy of “Scorched Earth,” a shareware game from the same time period. Anybody have 1 or both? I’ll pay $5 for each plus S&H. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/2 "1999-11-14T21:42:00Z")
OK, good time for this I guess. I’ve been looking for a game called “Pirates”. I think it was originally on the Commodore 64, but I believe I’ve seen it for the PC. What a cool game. You got to navigate, duel, romance women, barter goods and have cannon battles! * * * “I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.” -Æschylus. 525-456 B. C. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/3 "1999-11-14T21:50:00Z")
rastahomie – oh, I have it! And it’s a great game! 5$? Are you nuts? I bought that when it came out. It has seven CDs and cost me around 50$. I think you can get a copy of it with the newer one for around 30$. Look at: [www.sierra.com](http://www.sierra.com) they may have it. Egghead or any other on-line software store may have a few copies still floating around. But you won’t find it for 5$. Democritus – find out who makes the game and go into their web page. Most of them still have copies floating around. * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![HeadlessCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@HeadlessCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadlessCow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/4 "1999-11-14T22:16:00Z")
I’ll have access to a copy of scorched earth when I go home. I could email you the game as a zip file. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/5 "1999-11-14T23:10:00Z")
Democritus, Sid Meier (yes, of Civ fame) wrote a game called Pirates. I was a bit disappointed by it - I think it was an early effort - but it sounds like the game you describe. ## Hope this helps! In the bathtub of history, the truth is harder to hold than the soap… (Pratchett) ---
**Author:** ![keystream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a3d4f5/32.png) [@keystream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keystream)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/6 "1999-11-14T23:28:00Z")
Scorched Earth can be found on the net as a download. I used to have the bookmarks, have since lost them, but it’s defintiely out there. One of my all-time favorites, by the way. Good choice! ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/7 "1999-11-15T00:19:00Z")
Democritus: I’ve been playing Pirates! Gold for the past 4 years, and just installed it on my new P3 500. It runs funny now (shuts down all by itself) and has an irritating copy protection feature, but its still a rockin’ game. * * * Jeremy… I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/8 "1999-11-15T00:21:00Z")
Doh…I forgot to add; ## I’ve also been looking for a game for years, Task Force 1942, another Microprose game from the 1993-94 era. Any hints? Jeremy… I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/9 "1999-11-15T00:22:00Z")
try one of the binary newsgroups, they have them. alt.binaries.games Post a request. Someone may post it & you can download it. But nothing like 5 cd games. No way. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/10 "1999-11-15T03:19:00Z")
Rasta, Check out this E-bay search on Phantasmagora…they have boatloads of them, cheap. [http://search.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebay/results.html?maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=Phantasmagoria](http://search.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebay/results.html?maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=Phantasmagoria) Zette (too lazy to look up how to shorten that address) * * * [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html) [Zettecity- I finally posted a pic!](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/11 "1999-11-15T03:32:00Z")
As long as we’re on the subject, I’m looking for an old game put out by Maxis (the company best known for SimCity). It was a game where you designed robots and then had battles between them. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-software/11093/12 "1999-11-17T05:31:00Z")
Anybody have the original Lemmings or J-Bird?