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|title=<center>Disney Game Downloads Games</center>
|title=<center>Disney Game Downloads Games</center>
|image=DGDlogo.png
|image=DGDlogo.png
|imagecaption=Disney Game Downloads' logo
|imagecaption=Disney Game Downloads' logo
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|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
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'''''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.
'''''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, all of which have now been found.


==History==
==History==
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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<ref>https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html</ref>. Some games could also be found on 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/20131106042320/http://download.cnet.com/Lion-King-Grubalicious/3000-2111_4-10689073.html</ref> and Boonty<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081008060605/http://www.boonty.com:80/eu/products/aladdin-magic-carpet-racing.html</ref>.
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<ref>https://www.gamesrocket.com/publisher-category/publisher-disney-interactive-studios/publisher-disney.html</ref>. Some games could also be found on 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/20131106042320/http://download.cnet.com/Lion-King-Grubalicious/3000-2111_4-10689073.html</ref> and Boonty<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20081008060605/http://www.boonty.com:80/eu/products/aladdin-magic-carpet-racing.html</ref>.


As of now, only 10 games from the service have been found, with one game partially found: ''Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing'' was found on hellopcgames.net<ref>https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/</ref>, ''Disney's Disoku Apprentice'' was found on small games.ws<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html</ref>, ''Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye'', ''Disney's Trivia Time''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006</ref>, and both ''Aladdin Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005</ref> and ''Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007</ref> were all found on LegendsWorld, ''Stitch's Blazing Lasers<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html</ref>, Disney Cuties Crazy Daze''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html</ref> and a demo of ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/114452.html</ref> were found on xz7.com, working installers for free trials of ''The Little Mermaid Pinball''<ref>https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball</ref> and ''Disney's ToyTopia''<ref>https://archive.org/details/toytopia</ref> were found by Archive.org user ComradeNapCal and a working installer for a free trial of ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast'' was found on Softoware<ref>http://www.softoware.org/apps/get-the-little-mermaid-bubble-blast-for-windows.html</ref>.  
All of the following games have now been found: ''Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing'' was found on hellopcgames.net<ref>https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/</ref>, ''Disney's Disoku Apprentice'' was found on small games.ws<ref>https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html</ref>, ''Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye'', ''Disney's Trivia Time''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006</ref>, and both ''Aladdin Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005</ref> and ''Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball''<ref>https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007</ref> were all found on LegendsWorld, ''Stitch's Blazing Lasers<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html</ref>, Disney Cuties Crazy Daze''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html</ref> and a demo of ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast''<ref>http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/114452.html</ref> were found on xz7.com, working installers for free trials of ''The Little Mermaid Pinball''<ref>https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball</ref> and ''Disney's ToyTopia''<ref>https://archive.org/details/toytopia</ref> were found by Archive.org user ComradeNapCal and a working installer for a free trial of ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast'' was found on Softoware<ref>http://www.softoware.org/apps/get-the-little-mermaid-bubble-blast-for-windows.html</ref>.
 
On April 29th, 2021, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial limits on ''Disney's ToyTopia'' and ''The Little Mermaid Pinball'', and found the rest of the games, including a full version of ''The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast''.


==Games==
==Games==
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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's Disoku Master||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|4||Disney's Disoku Master||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
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|5||Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive)||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' (Free Trial)
|5||Disney's ToyTopia (UK-exclusive)||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|6||Disney's Trivia Time||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|6||Disney's Trivia Time||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|7||Disney Cuties Crazy Daze||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|7||Disney Cuties Crazy Daze||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
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|8||Disney Princess Castle Party||<span style=color:red>'''Lost'''
|8||Disney Princess Castle Party||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
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|9||Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|9||Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
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|10||The Lion King Grubalicious||<span style=color:red>'''Lost'''
|10||The Lion King Grubalicious||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
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|11||The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''' (Demo found)
|11||The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|12||The Little Mermaid Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found''' (Free Trial)
|12||The Little Mermaid Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|13||Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|13||Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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</gallery>
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://mega.nz/folder/864lhIKQ#_8yGdP-D6Thl-3TZ6GxggQ Link to a 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
*[https://mega.nz/folder/5khQmKpQ#pWBvYaEa90RzM7Ma3QtykQ Link to the updated MEGA folder by TOMYSSHADOW containing all of the found DGD games.] Retrieved 29 Apr '21
*[https://mega.nz/folder/864lhIKQ#_8yGdP-D6Thl-3TZ6GxggQ 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
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080330172151/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/index.html Archived Disney Game Downloads home page] Retrieved 06 Apr '21
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080330172151/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/index.html Archived Disney Game Downloads home page] Retrieved 06 Apr '21
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/index.html Archived Disney's Game Café home page] Retrieved 06 Apr '21
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080329123909/http://disney.go.com/games/downloads/gamecafe/index.html Archived Disney's Game Café home page] Retrieved 06 Apr '21
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Revision as of 21:38, 29 April 2021

DGDlogo.png

Disney Game Downloads' logo

Status: Found

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 service ran by Disney Online from 2005 to 2008. It featured downloadable PC casual games starring Disney characters, all of which have now been found.

History

Made to compete with Nickelodeon's NickArcade game service and Cartoon Network's PowerPlay Games service, all of Disney Game Downloads' games featured Disney characters, 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. These games were also distributed to European and Austrailian markets through Macrovision.[7][8]

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[9]. Some games could also be found on Yahoo Games, iWin[10], CNET[11] and Boonty[12].

All of the following games have now been found: Aladdin Magic Carpet Racing was found on hellopcgames.net[13], Disney's Disoku Apprentice was found on small games.ws[14], Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye, Disney's Trivia Time[15], and both Aladdin Pinball[16] and Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball[17] were all found on LegendsWorld, Stitch's Blazing Lasers[18], Disney Cuties Crazy Daze[19] and a demo of The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast[20] were found on xz7.com, working installers for free trials of The Little Mermaid Pinball[21] and Disney's ToyTopia[22] were found by Archive.org user ComradeNapCal and a working installer for a free trial of The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast was found on Softoware[23].

On April 29th, 2021, TOMYSSHADOW removed the trial limits on Disney's ToyTopia and The Little Mermaid Pinball, and found the rest of the games, including a full version of The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast.

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 ToyTopia (UK-exclusive) Found
6 Disney's Trivia Time Found
7 Disney Cuties Crazy Daze Found
8 Disney Princess Castle Party Found
9 Kim Possible: Legend of the Monkey's Eye Found
10 The Lion King Grubalicious Found
11 The Little Mermaid Bubble Blast Found
12 The Little Mermaid Pinball Found
13 Pirates of the Caribbean Pinball Found
14 Stitch's Blazing Lasers Found

Gallery

  • DCCD 1 fall 3.jpg
  • DCCD 2 map 5.jpg
  • DCCD 3 winter 7.jpg
  • DCCD 4 bonus 5.jpg
  • Program3119.jpg
  • Screenshot3119-0.jpg
  • Screenshot3119-1.jpg
  • Screenshot3119-2.jpg
  • ArquivoExibir.jpg
  • DisneysDisoku1.gif
  • Disney Princess Castle Party v1.0.56.jpg
  • Unnamed (4).jpg
  • Dpcpscreenshot.jpg
  • Ss 848 04 full.jpg
  • 26056 sc1.jpg
  • Lion-king-grubalicious-timon-pumbaa-simba-2.jpg
  • 26056 sc3.jpg
  • 924578265.jpg
  • 1256926533 smallgames.ws dingo 2009.10.23-23.44.28 001.jpg
  • 26056 sc2.jpg
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  • 1256926533 smallgames.ws 1246 en b.jpg
  • 1256926534 smallgames.ws dingo 2009.10.23-23.47.21 003.jpg
  • The-little-mermaid-pinball-250.jpg
  • The-little-mermaid-pinball-3.jpg
  • The-little-mermaid-pinball-2.jpg
  • Stitchs-blazing-lasers-v3-main-window-display.png
  • F144185861942332.frame.jpg
  • 201272614185623536.jpg
  • 201272614184039620.jpg
  • Screenshot1631-0.jpg
  • Screenshot1631-1.jpg
  • Screenshot1631-2.jpg

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/20131106042320/http://download.cnet.com/Lion-King-Grubalicious/3000-2111_4-10689073.html
  12. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081008060605/http://www.boonty.com:80/eu/products/aladdin-magic-carpet-racing.html
  13. ↑ https://hellopcgames.net/aladdins-magic-carpet-racing-game/
  14. ↑ https://smallgames.ws/2578-disney_disoku_apprentice.html
  15. ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2006
  16. ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2005
  17. ↑ https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/year/2007
  18. ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/86392.html
  19. ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/78802.html
  20. ↑ http://www.xz7.com/downinfo/114452.html
  21. ↑ https://archive.org/details/mermaidpinball
  22. ↑ https://archive.org/details/toytopia
  23. ↑ http://www.softoware.org/apps/get-the-little-mermaid-bubble-blast-for-windows.html
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