Any BBSes where I can get shareware
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bigd800 · 2015-10-16 16:04

Feeling nostalgic and want to download shareware games from a BBS. Any
suggestions?

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mikeleemm · 2015-10-16 17:39

If you want to just browse  the actual files a lot of BBSes had, a
bunch of the CD's that would often be put up on BBSes to download can
be found at cd.textfiles.com.

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mikeleemm · 2015-10-16 17:41

Nightowl and Pier were large packs, here's an example:
http://cd.textfiles.com/nightowl/nogames3/

ÉÍ[    Night Owl's  Games III
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º  1 Apogee Sotware            7 Doom Wads T - Z       13
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º  2 Cheats / Hints / Etc.     8 DOS Games A - I       14
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º  3 Demo's                    9 DOS Games J - S       15
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º  4 Doom Utilities           10 DOS Games T - Z       16
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º  5 Doom Wads A - I          11 WIN Games A - M       17
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º  6 Doom Wads J - S          12 WIN Games N - Z       18
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f15sim · 2015-10-16 20:13

Try the various shareware collections on archive.org:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=shareware%20cd%20collection