Community Archives

Information on the DOOM, Quake and Unreal Community Archives.

Gamers.Org is hosting the Community Archives for the DOOM-, Quake-, and Unreal-engine games (formerly at ftp.cdrom.com and archives.3dgamers.com). The master server for the archives is ftp://archives.gamers.org/ and the primary download server is ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/. Below you can find details on how to access them. If you're hosting a well-established ftp service and would like to be added to the mirror lists, please contact the ftp admin.

idgames (DOOM-engine) Archive

The master archive is at ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/

This archive contains user contributions for the games DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife. It is maintained by Bill Koch & Eric Baker (after 18 years by Ty Halderman - R.I.P.). Feel free to upload your contributions to ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/incoming/ after reading the upload rules, or use the Idgames Upload form.

For downloads, you are strongly advised to use the primary download server at ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/idgames/, or one of the other mirrors listed below:

Germany: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/idgames/
New York: https://youfailit.net/pub/idgames/
Germany: https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames/
Sweden: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/pub/idgames/
Sweden: https://mirror.braindrainlan.nu/pub/idgames/

idgames2 (Quake-engine) Archive

The master archive is at ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames2/

This archive contains user contributions for the games Quake, Quake II, Heretic II, Hexen II and Half-Life. It is not actively maintained, hence uploads are not allowed.

For downloads, you are strongly advised to use the primary download server at ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/idgames2/, or one of the other mirrors listed below:

Germany: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/idgames2/
Germany: https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames2/
Sweden: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/pub/idgames2/
Sweden: https://mirror.braindrainlan.nu/pub/idgames2/

unreal (Unreal-engine) Archive

The master archive is at ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/unreal/

This archive contains user contributions for the games Unreal and Unreal Tournament. It is not actively maintained, hence uploads are not allowed.

For downloads, you are strongly advised to use one of the mirrors listed below:

Germany: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/unreal/