I have an idea this might interest some of the people on this lovely board.
The ESA protection has been removed from some very good titles, that are now abandonware, and can be downloaded legally!
* 4-D Boxing (aka 4D Sports Boxing)
* 7 Colors
* Advantage Tennis
* Adventures of Willy Beamish, The
* Albion
* Alone in the Dark
* Altered Beast
* Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy
* Angst: Rahz's Revenge
* Are We There Yet?
* Azrael's Tear
* Big Red Racing
* Castle of Dr. Brain
* Castlevania
* Celtic Legends
* Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
* Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
* Crusader: No Regret
* Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!
* EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
* EF2000
* EF2000 Special Edition
* First Samurai, The
* Gobliiins
* Great Courts 2
* Heart of China
* Hovertank
* Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3
* Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic
Adventure
* Immortal, The
* Imperium Romanum
* J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
* John Madden Football II
* Jones in the Fast Lane (aka Keeping Up With Jones)
(Not the AB game)
* Killing Cloud, The
* Kingdom 2: Shadoan
* Kingdom O' Magic
* Laura Bow in: The Dagger of Amon Ra
* Loom
* M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration
* Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty, The
* Masterblazer
* Mega lo Mania
* MegaRace 2
* Mixed Up Fairy Tales
* Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
* Normality
* Nova 9: Return of Gir Draxon
* P-38 Lightning Tour Of Duty
* P-80 Shooting Star Tour Of Duty
* Perfect General, The
* Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame
* Privateer 2: The Darkening
* Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire
* Rescue Rover
* Rescue Rover 2 (aka Dognapped!)
* Rocketeer, The
* Sand Warriors
* Sargon 5: World Class Chess
* Secret of Monkey Island, The
* Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
* Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
I just replayed Secret of monkey island, and it was a better gaming experience than any game i've played for the last 2 years.
you can download the games from this site:
http://www.abandonia.com/index2.phpyou will need the program "dosbox" for most of the games. It's worth the little effort (it's a free program)
Have fun!