Shop shows non-delivery red flags
Paywall abandonware site with 1.7/5 rating, 33 complaints of slow downloads, malware flags, and copyright concerns. Several red flags typical of non-delivery shops are present. Don't pay by crypto or wire, and keep the chargeback window in mind.
Is old-games.com legit or a scam?
Paywall abandonware site with 1.7/5 rating, 33 complaints of slow downloads, malware flags, and copyright concerns.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
Old-Games.com presents itself as a retro gaming archive but operates primarily as a paid-access service for abandonware with significant user complaints. Independent review aggregators and forum discussions consistently describe slow download speeds (reported as low as 5 kbps on free tiers), frequent antivirus detections on downloaded files, and concerns about the site's copyright legitimacy. The site is registered in Belize under San Pedro Software and has accumulated 33 complaints on consumer-review platforms, with a 1.7/5 rating. While our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no current malicious flags, the volume and consistency of user reports about malware detections and the paywall model targeting abandonware create a high-risk profile. The lack of transparent contact information, business registration details on the page itself, and the pattern of complaints about slow speeds and paid access for freely-available content all point to a subscription-trap model.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The screenshot shows a fully-rendered, content-rich retro gaming archive site with consistent branding and no observable scam-pattern indicators; the dated visual design reflects the site's long-standing nature rather than any deceptive intent.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsSite displays the old-games.com branding consistently in both the page title and header logo, indicating no brand mismatch.
Navigation sidebar lists categorized game counts (e.g., Arcade action 3229, Strategy 1610) consistent with a long-running retro game archive.
Page design is visibly dated/retro in style (early-2000s aesthetic with yellow sidebar, basic fonts), but this is consistent with the site's age and niche rather than a scam indicator.
No urgency tactics, countdown timers, fake trust badges, or suspicious overlays are visible.
No forms requesting sensitive personal or financial information are present on screen.
No pop-ups, push-notification prompts, or intrusive modals are visible.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for old-games.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Site offers over 10,000 classic PC/Amiga games for download, many behind paywall or with extremely slow "free" speeds (reported 5kbps).
- Trustpilot shows 1.7/5 rating from 33 reviews, with frequent complaints of slow downloads, paid access for abandonware, viruses/malware detections, and questionable legality.
- Scamadviser gives very low trust score (0), citing mainly negative reviews and scam likelihood.
- Forum users (VCFED, Reddit r/retrogaming, r/PiratedGames) describe it as providing little value, charging for links to free/questionable downloads, and advise caution.
- Some users report antivirus flags on downloaded games (e.g. Ultimate Battleship, Majesty).
- Associated with San Pedro Software (Belize); copyright in footer reads ©2026 San Pedro Software.
- Frequently contrasted with free, better-reviewed abandonware sites like oldgamesdownload.com, myabandonware.com, and archive.org.
- Trustpilotopen
"Absolute garbage. They only want your money. "Free" download is limited to 5 kbps."
- Trustpilotopen
"Scam! I started a download of a game... and almost immediately my AV picked it up as a virus."
- Trustpilotopen
"Obvious scam site... charge money for games they have no rights to."
- Scamadviseropen
"old-games.com has a very low trust score which indicates that there is a strong likelyhood the website is a scam."
- VCFED Forumopen
"It seems to be a site that charges money to provide links to other sites that offer downloads of questionable legality. Provides no value itself."
Linked to San Pedro Software (appears in footer); Belize-based company founded ~2006, also has UK filings under similar name
Independent review aggregators report a 1.7/5 trust rating with 33 complaints. Users consistently describe slow download speeds on free tiers (5 kbps reported), forced paid-access requirements, antivirus detections on downloaded game files, and concerns about the site's copyright practices. independent review aggregator assigns a very low trust score citing negative reviews and scam likelihood. Forum discussions on VCFED and Reddit describe the site as a paywall service offering little value and recommend free alternatives like oldgamesdownload.com, myabandonware.com, and archive.org. No positive reviews were found.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://old-games.com/
- 2200https://www.old-games.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat old-games.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review marked old-games.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- old-games.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. old-games.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report old-games.com as clean.
- No. old-games.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- old-games.com resolves to an IP operated by HIVELOCITY, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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