Many of the "Abandoned Games" on this site have been discontinued by their publishers due to disappointing sales. They are therefore abandonware by definition. However, our goal is to pay tribute to underrated PC games of all ages, so you will also find reviews of recent Abandoned Games that have not been abandoned by their publishers. IN such cases, you will always find a link to either the official order page, or a large, reputable on-line store instead of a download link.
We here at Slash Syndicate Abandoned Games believe that we are offering a valuable service to the gaming community: Classic game collectors have a chance to retrieve games that have otherwise been lost or rendered defective with the passage of time. As our Disclaimer states, we will gladly remove download links to any game that is either 1) Still being sold by the publisher, or 2) at the request of the publishers themselves. Encouraging publishers to continue publishing great classics of yore has always been this site's foremost goals, and we will gladly link to the publisher& retailers order site, or download site without hesitation should they make their products available again, whether commercially or as freeware.
That said, we are continually seeking permission from copyright holders to distribute their games on this site. If you are a copyright holder and would like to grant permission (or request that your games be take off-line, as the case may be), please contact us. If you want to voice support for abandonware, check out the following petition sites:
The International Campaign of Abandonware Supporters (ICAS)
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