The Internet Archive makes 758 classic PC Gamer demo discs available to the public

The Internet Archive makes 758 classic PC Gamer demo discs available to the public

Getting to try snippets of new games without having to spend extra money at your local rental store was awesome, and it was doubly cool for PC games, since rental outlets for such titles weren't a thing. Some of my earliest PC gaming memories involved demo discs, and now thanks...Read Entire Article

The Internet Archive Has Grown with a Huge Wave of Foreign Magazines and Demo Discs!

This is yet another excellent, and genuinely admirable, form of preserving data and history, one from which plenty of people could learn something.   The Internet Archive offers a huge amount of material tied to the history of PC gaming, and anyone nostalgic for the era of promotional demo discs will be glad to see that the site now hosts hundreds of them. These discs were not always just about previews – they often came packed with special extr…

Relive the PC magazine cover disk era with 758-strong archive.org CD-ROM collection — 1.2TB treasure trove also includes Floppy Disks from as early as 1993

If you miss the old cover-mounted demo disks of yore, take a look at the Internet Archive's extensive collections.