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'''''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.
'''''Disney Game Downloads''''' was an online computer game download service operated by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable casual computer games starring Disney characters, all but one of which have now been found.


==History==
==History==
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==Availability of Games==
==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<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>.
After Disney Game Downloads went offline, the games from the service could be purchased via Gamesrocket, but Gamesrocket currently reports the games as Sold Out<ref>https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html</ref>. The games are no longer available 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> or 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 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. ''Disney Princess Castle Party''<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2854-disney_princess_castle_party.html</ref>  and ''Disney's Disoku Apprentice''<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html</ref> were found on Smallgames. ''Disney's Disoku Master'' was found on Kidsdown <ref>http://www.kidsdown.com/qimeng/shuxue/disneysdisoku.htm</ref>.  The BoontyGames installers for ''Disney's ToyTopia''<ref>https://archive.org/details/toytopia</ref> and ''Mermaid Pinball''<ref>https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball</ref> were uploaded to Archive.org by user ComradeNapCal. ''The Lion King Grubalicious'' was found via eMule. ''Little Mermaid Bubble Blast''<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> was found on GameNext in the Wayback Machine.
''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 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. ''Disney Princess Castle Party''<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2854-disney_princess_castle_party.html</ref>  and ''Disney's Disoku Apprentice''<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html</ref> were found on Smallgames. ''Disney's Disoku Master'' was found on Kidsdown <ref>http://www.kidsdown.com/qimeng/shuxue/disneysdisoku.htm</ref>.  The BoontyGames installers for ''Disney's ToyTopia''<ref>https://archive.org/details/toytopia</ref> and ''Mermaid Pinball''<ref>https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball</ref> were uploaded to Archive.org by user ComradeNapCal. ''The Lion King Grubalicious'' was found via eMule. ''Little Mermaid Bubble Blast''<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> was found on GameNext in the Wayback Machine.

Revision as of 06:42, 30 April 2021

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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 computer game download service operated by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable casual computer games starring Disney characters, all but one of which have now been found.

History

All of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney characters, and were priced in the $9.95 to $19.95 range[1][2]. 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 Australian 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 currently reports the games as Sold Out[9]. The games are no longer available via Yahoo Games, iWin[10], CNET[11] or 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 Cuties Crazy Daze[17] and Stitch's Blazing Lasers[18] were found on xz7.com. Disney Princess Castle Party[19] and Disney's Disoku Apprentice[20] were found on Smallgames. Disney's Disoku Master was found on Kidsdown [21]. The BoontyGames installers for Disney's ToyTopia[22] and Mermaid Pinball[23] were uploaded to Archive.org by user ComradeNapCal. The Lion King Grubalicious was found via eMule. Little Mermaid Bubble Blast[24] was found on GameNext in the Wayback Machine.

In April 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 Cuties Crazy Daze Found
4 Disney Princess Castle Party Found
5 Disney's Disoku Apprentice Found
6 Disney's Disoku Master Found
7 Disney's Mini Golf Lost
8 Disney's ToyTopia [UK Exclusive] Found
9 Disney's Trivia Time Found
10 Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye Found
11 The Lion King Grubalicious Found
12 Little Mermaid Bubble Blast Found
13 Mermaid Pinball Found
14 Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Found
15 Stitch's Blazing Lasers Found

Gallery

External Links

References

  1. https://worthplaying.com/article/2006/8/14/news/35372/
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20060509061124/http://corporate.disney.go.com/wdig/online_releases/2005/2005_1130_disney.html
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/sitemap.html
  4. http://web.archive.org/web/20080329034452im_/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/global/images/newsletter_signup_but_home.gif
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080622002535/http://www.disney.co.uk/gamedownloads/index.html
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233820/http://www.trygames.com/aff=t_04ye_uk
  7. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/disney-teams-with-macrovision-to-distribute-games-74195
  8. https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/walt-disney-signs-distribution-agreement-macrovision
  9. https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html
  10. http://web.archive.org/web/20090306123422/http://www.iwin.com:80/games/lion-king-grubalicious
  11. http://web.archive.org/web/20121028154136/http://download.cnet.com/windows/disney/3260-20_4-50476.html
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20080218085709/http://iol.boonty.com:80/do_search.php?strCategorie=&strSearch=Disney&strPrix=&intpage=1
  13. https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/
  14. https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005
  15. https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006
  16. https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007
  17. http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html
  18. http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html
  19. https://smallgames.ws/2854-disney_princess_castle_party.html
  20. https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html
  21. http://www.kidsdown.com/qimeng/shuxue/disneysdisoku.htm
  22. https://archive.org/details/toytopia
  23. https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball
  24. 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