Safe site to download older games? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DessertStorms@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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E: archive.org gave me some options which I need to test, but for now I'm calling it SOLVED, thanks!

I know I'm not meant to ask for a specific title, but it's the second in the series where you age up your empire wink wink..
Looking for the HD edition in English, so far I just keep getting Russian versions, if I risk downloading at all, since most the sites that are coming up in my search look dodgy af..

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[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Fair enough! Not trying to guilt or pass judgement.

Have you used windows sandbox before? I’ve used it with success back when I used cracked executables.

[-] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Windows sandbox? What is that? Like a VM?

[-] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

A VM that is cut off from the rest of the computer so that malware cannot pass to your computer.

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not exactly a VM but a desktop environment.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I appreciate it.
And no, I've not used the sandbox before, I generally just scan the file for viruses and hope for the best (terrible practice, I know, but I so rarely download anything), but I would be happy to try it out, problem is all the versions I've downloaded so far have been in Russian (even when selecting English), so even if I do test them in the sandbox, I still don't know what any of the UI is saying lol