Abandonia

Abandonia

A screenshot of the main page.
Type of site	Abandonware video games
Owner	Abovo Media Group, Sweden
Created by	Kosta Krauth
Website	http://www.abandonia.com/
Alexa rank	115,579 (as of January 2016)
Commercial	No
Registration	not required
Launched	1999-06-21
Current status	Under Maintenance

Reloaded

A screenshot of the main page.
Type of site	Freeware Video Games
Owner	Abovo Media Group, Sweden
Created by	Kosta Krauth
Commercial	No
Registration	Not Required
Launched	2005-05-07
Current status	Under Maintenance

Abandonia is an abandonware website, focusing mainly on showcasing video games and distributing games made for the MS-DOS system.

Reloaded (sometimes referred to as "AR" or simply "Reloaded") is a sister project of Abandonia, with the focus upon freeware games.

Every game showcased is accompanied by a set of screenshots, and reviews written and proof-read by members. As non-profit sites, both Abandonia and Abandonia Reloaded are community-driven projects. With the exception of the featured games themselves, all content available on the sites is created by their community as a volunteer effort.

Both also have a game evaluation system, in which games are rated by a site reviewer and regular visitors.

Abandonia was created by Croatian Kosta Krauth on June 21, 1999. At that time Abandonia was an oldwarez site, with games such as Monkey Island and Doom available for download, even though these games were still being sold in stores. The site gained a major boost in popularity throughout 2003 and 2004 as a discussion forum was opened, updates became more frequent, and the focus shifted towards abandoned games.

The site is maintained by people from all over the world, including Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Croatia. At the present time Abandonia has been translated into German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Croatian, Norwegian, Slovene, Icelandic, Greek, Slovak and Romanian, in addition to the main English. Other translations currently being worked on include Hebrew and Russian.