7,607 itemsWelcome to Software Archive

The Software Archive is designed to preserve and provide access to all kinds of rare or difficult to find, legally downloadable software titles and background information on those titles.

The collection includes a broad range of software related materials including shareware, freeware, video news releases about software titles, speed runs of actual software game play, previews and promos for software games, high-score and skill replays of various game genres, and the art of filmmaking with real-time computer game engines.

Check out the Internet Archive blog post about the USGS collection.

June 2005 - We listened to our users and "moved back" some collections that used to be here to a "sister area" in movies:
http://www.archive.org/details/gamevideos

If you would like to contribute to this Archive, please contact us at info@archive.org.

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CLASP The Classic Software Preservation Project (CLASP) was founded by the Internet Archive in January 2004 to help permanently archive classic, obsolete retail software from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. There are tens of thousands of videogames, utilities, and other programs which are in...
USGS Maps of Illinois USGS DRG maps for the state of Illinois are available here. Click to go to the collection page for USGS DRG maps of all 50 states.	1,023 items
Tucows Software Library The Tucows Sofware Library is the largest freeware/shareware library on the Internet. It provides users with over 40,000 software titles that have been "tested, rated and reviewed" by Tucows inc. This archive includes the latest versions of Tucows software, as well as older versions not available...	7,580 items
Game Patches This collection includes free to download patches for video games.	6 items
Infochimps There are many sources to find out something about everything. Until now, there’s been no good place for you to find out everything about something. The infochimps.org community is assembling and interconnecting the world's best repository for raw data -- a sort of giant free allmanac, with...	2 items
USGS Maps Download USGS DRG maps of the 50 states. These maps are best used with global positioning software or a map viewer. This collection was made possible by Jared Benedict of the Libre Map Project and over 100 map "liberators" (listed in the lower left-hand column of this page). For an alternative...	56,773 items
Software Programs Wanted Experimental collection of descriptions of open-source programs that are desired. The description should be explicit enough to write the program. Also, the requestor should be identified explicitly. The reviews section of each item can be used as a discussion board about the program. Please try it...
Open Source Software The Open Source Software Collection includes computer programs and/or data which are licensed under an Open Source Initiative or Free Software license, or is public domain. In general, items in this collection should be software for which the source code is freely available and able to be used and...	7 items
301Works.org 301Works.org is an independent service for archiving URL mappings. The goal of the service is to provide protection for every day users of short URL services by providing transparency and permanence of their mappings. Please see www.301Works.org for more information about the project.	1 items
Bit.ly (301Works.org Archive) Shortened URL archive from bit.ly, in accordance with 301Works.org membership terms. Items contained in this archive are not publicly accessible at this time. Please see 301Works.org for more information about this project.