@liqmat, many thanks yet again! Your work on tracking down those rare files is very much appreciated!

I re-uploaded the file here: COE22PCD.ZIP

Here's another demo that seems elusively rare, because Wayback Machine failed to preserve it:

Christmas Carnage / Xmas Carnage (not to be confused with this game)
Type: playable demo
Platform: DOS
File name: cc-demo.exe
File size: unknown
Comments: this is yet another odd subversion/spoof of the Christmas theme, as a violent first-person shooter based on the same engine as The Hidden Below. You can read some more details at MobyGames. Searching with Hallfiry's catalogue gave no results.

This game is also covered at Super Adventures in Gaming. Presumably, the demo has the first level.

MrFlibble wrote on 2022-08-01, 17:03:

Found a few more potentially interesting games with missing downloads: […]
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Found a few more potentially interesting games with missing downloads:

Pharao 1
Type: Freeware (?)
Version: Unknown
File name: pharao_1.zip
File size: 42 KB
Original location: http://www.scherfgen-software.net/index.php?action=software&title=pharao_1

NOTES: Looks like a game inspired by Pharaoh's Tomb. The author, David Scherfgen, has an active website but the game is not available from there. Perhaps it is possible to contact him and ask.

Seems to me this would be his "Pharao Adventure" game.

https://www.david-scherfgen.de/meine-spiele/p … arao-adventure/

liqmat wrote on 2024-10-30, 17:54:

Seems to me this would be his "Pharao Adventure" game.

https://www.david-scherfgen.de/meine-spiele/p … arao-adventure/

Yes, it is. I mentioned the current site in the post that you quoted. But that game looks completely different from Pharao 1, and also the archived website lists both Pharao 1 and Pharao Adventure as separate games (along with a few other not available from the current site).

This is a screenshot from Pharao 1 from the archived site:

hi any resident evil 1 (1997) demos outhere? thanks

rain wrote on 2024-10-30, 18:18:

hi any resident evil 1 (1997) demos outhere? thanks

It was featured on several magazines cover discs:
https://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases … edemo/index.php

NFS3 beta has 4 times better textures, full beta / full beta demo needed.

https://assemblergames.org/viewtopic.php?t=1338
https://veg.by/en/projects/nfs3/

MrFlibble wrote on 2024-10-30, 18:16:

Yes, it is. I mentioned the current site in the post that you quoted. But that game looks completely different from Pharao 1, an […]
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liqmat wrote on 2024-10-30, 17:54:

Seems to me this would be his "Pharao Adventure" game.

https://www.david-scherfgen.de/meine-spiele/p … arao-adventure/

Yes, it is. I mentioned the current site in the post that you quoted. But that game looks completely different from Pharao 1, and also the archived website lists both Pharao 1 and Pharao Adventure as separate games (along with a few other not available from the current site).

This is a screenshot from Pharao 1 from the archived site:

So I messaged David Scherfgen and he was very gracious in sharing his works and may even share more in the near future. He told me he was a kid when he coded Pharao 1 & 2 and not to expect too much, but I think it's great he was willing to share them in the first place. It's all part of computer gaming history and worth saving. I'll let you know if he sends me anything else, but for now, here are his direct links to those two DOS games. I gave him a link to this thread just in case he wanted to chime in as well.

Pharao 1
Pharao 2

liqmat wrote on 2024-11-07, 16:35:

So I messaged David Scherfgen and he was very gracious in sharing his works and may even share more in the near future. He told me he was a kid when he coded Pharao 1 & 2 and not to expect too much, but I think it's great he was willing to share them in the first place. It's all part of computer gaming history and worth saving. I'll let you know if he sends me anything else, but for now, here are his direct links to those two DOS games. I gave him a link to this thread just in case he wanted to chime in as well.

Pharao 1
Pharao 2

This is lovely, thank you very much again for your initiative and dedication! Very happy that David replied and that he still has the games to share with us! Wonderful!

BTW, in the meantime I sent an email to Illwinter Design to ask if they have the full DOS version of Conquest of Elysium II (since the full game is freeware anyway), but haven't gotten a reply (yet).