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|datefound=06 and 29 Apr 2021 | |datefound=06 and 29 Apr 2021 | ||
|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELn27pGSTlnlmVdcrmLSZQ Myuacc1], [https://smallgames.ws/user/Solgre/ Solgre], hellopcgames.net, scaryfun, Wastrel, [https://archive.org/details/@realpoltergoose ComradeNapCal] and TOMYSSHADOW | |foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELn27pGSTlnlmVdcrmLSZQ Myuacc1], [https://smallgames.ws/user/Solgre/ Solgre], hellopcgames.net, scaryfun, Wastrel, [https://archive.org/details/@realpoltergoose ComradeNapCal] and TOMYSSHADOW | ||
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'''''Disney Game Downloads''''' was an online PC game service | '''''Disney Game Downloads''''' was an online PC game download service operated by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable PC casual games starring Disney characters, all but one of which have now been found. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
All of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney characters, and priced in the $9.99<ref>https://worthplaying.com/article/2006/8/14/news/35372/</ref> to $19.99<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060509061124/http://corporate.disney.go.com/wdig/online_releases/2005/2005_1130_disney.html</ref> range. Free trials of the games were offered. | |||
Additionally, there was an extension of the Disney Game Downloads service called '''''Disney's Game Café'''''. Disney's Game Café offered casual game titles in a similar fashion to GameHouse, RealArcade, and Big Fish Games. It featured games such as Diner Dash, Polar Bowler, Feeding Frenzy 2, Granny in Paradise and Bejeweled 2<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/sitemap.html</ref>. Both DGD and DGC had a newsletter <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080329034452im_/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/global/images/newsletter_signup_but_home.gif</ref>. Disney Game Downloads also had a UK website<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080622002535/http://www.disney.co.uk/gamedownloads/index.html</ref> via Trymedia<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233820/http://www.trygames.com/aff=t_04ye_uk</ref>, which offered a bonus downloadable game, Disney's ToyTopia. These games were also distributed to European and Austrailian markets through Macrovision's games network.<ref>https://www.itnews.com.au/news/disney-teams-with-macrovision-to-distribute-games-74195</ref><ref>https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/walt-disney-signs-distribution-agreement-macrovision</ref> | |||
The Disney Game Downloads website went offline in mid-2008. | |||
==Availability of Games== | ==Availability of Games== | ||
After Disney Game Downloads | After Disney Game Downloads went offline, the games from the service could be purchased via Gamesrocket, but Gamesrocket now reports the games are Sold Out<ref>https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html</ref>. The games were also distributed via Yahoo Games, iWin<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20090306123422/http://www.iwin.com:80/games/lion-king-grubalicious</ref>, CNET<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20121028154136/http://download.cnet.com/windows/disney/3260-20_4-50476.html</ref> and BoontyGames<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080218085709/http://iol.boonty.com:80/do_search.php?strCategorie=&strSearch=Disney&strPrix=&intpage=1</ref>. | ||
''Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing'' was found on hellopcgames.net<ref>https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/</ref>. ''Aladdin Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005</ref>, ''Disney's Trivia Time''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006</ref>, ''Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye'', and ''Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007</ref> were found on LegendsWorld. ''Disney Princess Castle Party''<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2854-disney_princess_castle_party.html</ref> and ''Disney's Disoku Apprentice'' were found on Smallgames<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html</ref>. ''Disney's Disoku Master'' was found on Kidsdown <ref>http://www.kidsdown.com/qimeng/shuxue/disneysdisoku.htm</ref>. ''Disney Cuties Crazy Daze''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html</ref> and ''Stitch's Blazing Lasers''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html</ref> were found on xz7.com. ''The Lion King Grubalicious'' was found via eMule. ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast'' was found on GameNext in the Wayback Machine<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060814062357/http://www.gamenext.com:80/exe/Little_Mermaid_Bubble_Blast-setup.exe?RefId=&origin=pindex_ng_dl&ext=Little_Mermaid_Bubble_Blast-setup.exe</ref>. The BoontyGames installers for ''The Little Mermaid Pinball''<ref>https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball</ref> and ''Disney's ToyTopia''<ref>https://archive.org/details/toytopia</ref> were uploaded to Archive.org by user ComradeNapCal. | |||
On April 29th, 2021, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial | On April 29th, 2021, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial limitations for the games ''Disney's ToyTopia'' and ''The Little Mermaid Pinball''. | ||
==Games== | ==Games== | ||
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|4||Disney's Disoku Master||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |4||Disney's Disoku Master||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|5||Disney's | |5||Disney's Mini Gold||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|6||Disney's | |6||Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive)||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|7||Disney | |7||Disney's Trivia Time||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|8||Disney | |8||Disney Cuties Crazy Daze||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|9|| | |9||Disney Princess Castle Party||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|10|| | |10||Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|11||The | |11||The Lion King Grubalicious||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|12||The Little Mermaid | |12||The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|13|| | |13||The Little Mermaid Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|14||Stitch's Blazing Lasers||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |14||Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|15||Stitch's Blazing Lasers||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 05:58, 30 April 2021
Disney Game Downloads' logo
Status: Partially Lost
Date found: 06 and 29 Apr 2021
Found by: Myuacc1, Solgre, hellopcgames.net, scaryfun, Wastrel, ComradeNapCal and TOMYSSHADOW
Disney Game Downloads was an online PC game download service operated by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable PC casual games starring Disney characters, all but one of which have now been found.
History
All of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney characters, and priced in the $9.99[1] to $19.99[2] range. Free trials of the games were offered.
Additionally, there was an extension of the Disney Game Downloads service called Disney's Game Café. Disney's Game Café offered casual game titles in a similar fashion to GameHouse, RealArcade, and Big Fish Games. It featured games such as Diner Dash, Polar Bowler, Feeding Frenzy 2, Granny in Paradise and Bejeweled 2[3]. Both DGD and DGC had a newsletter [4]. Disney Game Downloads also had a UK website[5] via Trymedia[6], which offered a bonus downloadable game, Disney's ToyTopia. These games were also distributed to European and Austrailian markets through Macrovision's games network.[7][8]
The Disney Game Downloads website went offline in mid-2008.
Availability of Games
After Disney Game Downloads went offline, the games from the service could be purchased via Gamesrocket, but Gamesrocket now reports the games are Sold Out[9]. The games were also distributed via Yahoo Games, iWin[10], CNET[11] and BoontyGames[12].
Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing was found on hellopcgames.net[13]. Aladdin Pinball[14], Disney's Trivia Time[15], Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye, and Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball[16] were found on LegendsWorld. Disney Princess Castle Party[17] and Disney's Disoku Apprentice were found on Smallgames[18]. Disney's Disoku Master was found on Kidsdown [19]. Disney Cuties Crazy Daze[20] and Stitch's Blazing Lasers[21] were found on xz7.com. The Lion King Grubalicious was found via eMule. The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast was found on GameNext in the Wayback Machine[22]. The BoontyGames installers for The Little Mermaid Pinball[23] and Disney's ToyTopia[24] were uploaded to Archive.org by user ComradeNapCal.
On April 29th, 2021, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial limitations for the games Disney's ToyTopia and The Little Mermaid Pinball.
Games
| # | Game Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing | Found |
| 2 | Aladdin Pinball | Found |
| 3 | Disney's Disoku Apprentice | Found |
| 4 | Disney's Disoku Master | Found |
| 5 | Disney's Mini Gold | Lost |
| 6 | Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive) | Found |
| 7 | Disney's Trivia Time | Found |
| 8 | Disney Cuties Crazy Daze | Found |
| 9 | Disney Princess Castle Party | Found |
| 10 | Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye | Found |
| 11 | The Lion King Grubalicious | Found |
| 12 | The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast | Found |
| 13 | The Little Mermaid Pinball | Found |
| 14 | Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball | Found |
| 15 | Stitch's Blazing Lasers | Found |
Gallery
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External Links
- Link to the updated MEGA folder by TOMYSSHADOW containing all of the found DGD games. Retrieved 29 Apr '21
- Link to the original MEGA folder containing found DGD games; some games might not work on Windows 10, and may have been tested/may have not been tested on Windows XP (Decryption key is _8yGdP-D6Thl-3TZ6GxggQ) Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived Disney Game Downloads home page Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived Disney's Game Café home page Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived Disney Game Downloads sitemap Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived Disney's Game Café sitemap Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived UK Disney Game Downloads home page Retrieved 06 Apr '21
- Archived Disney Game Downloads section of Disney.co.uk Retrieved 06 Apr '21
References
- ↑ https://worthplaying.com/article/2006/8/14/news/35372/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20060509061124/http://corporate.disney.go.com/wdig/online_releases/2005/2005_1130_disney.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/sitemap.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080329034452im_/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/global/images/newsletter_signup_but_home.gif
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080622002535/http://www.disney.co.uk/gamedownloads/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233820/http://www.trygames.com/aff=t_04ye_uk
- ↑ https://www.itnews.com.au/news/disney-teams-with-macrovision-to-distribute-games-74195
- ↑ https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/walt-disney-signs-distribution-agreement-macrovision
- ↑ https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090306123422/http://www.iwin.com:80/games/lion-king-grubalicious
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20121028154136/http://download.cnet.com/windows/disney/3260-20_4-50476.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080218085709/http://iol.boonty.com:80/do_search.php?strCategorie=&strSearch=Disney&strPrix=&intpage=1
- ↑ https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007
- ↑ https://smallgames.ws/2854-disney_princess_castle_party.html
- ↑ https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html
- ↑ http://www.kidsdown.com/qimeng/shuxue/disneysdisoku.htm
- ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html
- ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060814062357/http://www.gamenext.com:80/exe/Little_Mermaid_Bubble_Blast-setup.exe?RefId=&origin=pindex_ng_dl&ext=Little_Mermaid_Bubble_Blast-setup.exe
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/toytopia
