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Made to compete with Nickleodon's NickArcade game service and Cartoon Network's PowerPlay Games service, all of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney chracters, and were sold for around $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>, with free trials of the games offered. | Made to compete with Nickleodon's NickArcade game service and Cartoon Network's PowerPlay Games service, all of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney chracters, and were sold for around $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>, with free trials of the games offered. | ||
In addition, Disney Game Downloads also had a sister game service called '''''Disney's Game Café'''''; Unlike DGD, Disney's Game Café was meant to compete with casual game sites like GameHouse, RealArcade and Big Fish Games, and featured games like 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 of which people could subscribe to<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080329034452im_/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/global/images/newsletter_signup_but_home.gif</ref>. | In addition, Disney Game Downloads also had a sister game service called '''''Disney's Game Café'''''; Unlike DGD, Disney's Game Café was meant to compete with casual game sites like GameHouse, RealArcade and Big Fish Games, and featured games like 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 of which people could subscribe to<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 site in the UK<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080622002535/http://www.disney.co.uk/gamedownloads/index.html</ref> powered by Trymedia<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233820/http://www.trygames.com/aff=t_04ye_uk</ref>, which also had a bonus downloadable game, Disney's ToyTopia | ||
Both sites were closed down in mid-2008, presumably due to not making enough money for Disney. | Both sites were closed down in mid-2008, presumably due to not making enough money for Disney. | ||
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|3||Disney's Disoku Apprentice||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |3||Disney's Disoku Apprentice||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|4||Disney | |4||Disney's Disoku Master||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost''' | ||
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|5||Disney's | |5||Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive)||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' (Free Trial) | ||
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|6||Disney | |6||Disney Cuties Crazy Daze||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|7||Disney | |7||Disney Princess Castle Party||<span style=color:red>'''Lost''' | ||
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|8|| | |8||Disney's Trivia Time||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|9|| | |9||Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|10||The | |10||The Lion King Grubalicious||<span style=color:red>'''Lost''' | ||
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|11||The Little Mermaid | |11||The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> (Demo found) | ||
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|12|| | |12||The Little Mermaid Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' (Free Trial) | ||
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|13||Stitch's Blazing Lasers||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |13||Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | ||
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|14||Stitch's Blazing Lasers||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' | |||
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080330172151/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/sitemap.html Archived Disney Game Downloads sitemap] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080330172151/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/sitemap.html Archived Disney Game Downloads sitemap] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/sitemap.html Archived Disney's Game Café sitemap] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/sitemap.html Archived Disney's Game Café sitemap] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233820/http://www.trygames.com/aff=t_04ye_uk Archived UK Disney Game Downloads home page] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090131215332/http://disney.co.uk/gamedownloads/index.html Archived Disney Game Downloads section of Disney.co.uk] Retrieved 06 Apr '21 | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 7 April 2021
Disney Game Downloads' logo
Status: Partially Lost
Disney Game Downloads was an online PC game service ran by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable PC casual games starring Disney characters, some of which are currently lost.
History
Made to compete with Nickleodon's NickArcade game service and Cartoon Network's PowerPlay Games service, all of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney chracters, and were sold for around $9.99[1] to $19.99[2], with free trials of the games offered.
In addition, Disney Game Downloads also had a sister game service called Disney's Game Café; Unlike DGD, Disney's Game Café was meant to compete with casual game sites like GameHouse, RealArcade and Big Fish Games, and featured games like Diner Dash, Polar Bowler, Feeding Frenzy 2, Granny in Paradise and Bejeweled 2[3]. Both DGD and DGC had a newsletter of which people could subscribe to[4]. Disney Game Downloads also had a site in the UK[5] powered by Trymedia[6], which also had a bonus downloadable game, Disney's ToyTopia
Both sites were closed down in mid-2008, presumably due to not making enough money for Disney.
Availability of Games
After Disney Game Downloads shut down, most of the games on the service could be found for sale on Gamesrocket, but as of recently, Gamesrocket has stopped selling the games[7]. Some games could also be found on Yahoo Games.
As of now, only 8 games from the service have been found: Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing was found on hellopcgames.net[8], Disney's Disoku Apprentice was found on smallgames.ws[9], Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye, Disney's Trivia Time[10], and both Aladdin Pinball[11] and Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball[12] were all found on LegendsWorld, Stitch's Blazing Lasers was found on xz7.com[13] and a working installer for free trial of The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast was found on Softoware[14].
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 | Lost |
| 5 | Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive) | Found (Free Trial) |
| 6 | Disney Cuties Crazy Daze | Found |
| 7 | Disney Princess Castle Party | Lost |
| 8 | Disney's Trivia Time | Found |
| 9 | Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye | Found |
| 10 | The Lion King Grubalicious | Lost |
| 11 | The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast | Partially Found (Demo found) |
| 12 | The Little Mermaid Pinball | Found (Free Trial) |
| 13 | Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball | Found |
| 14 | Stitch's Blazing Lasers | Found |
Gallery
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External Links
- Link to a MEGA folder containing found DGD games; some games might not work on Windows 10, and 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.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html
- ↑ https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/
- ↑ https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005
- ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007
- ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html
- ↑ http://www.softoware.org/apps/get-the-little-mermaid-bubble-blast-for-windows.html
