The community for beta and abandonware collectors.

BetaArchive is one of the webs largest Beta & Abandonware archives!

About BetaArchive

With over 100TB in our archive, we are quite possibly the largest archive of its kind on the web!

We invite you to join our website and forum community to share, discuss and exploit the hidden secrets from within beta and abandonware releases. Share your knowledge with the forum and ask questions if you don't have the answer. Our friendly community will be happy to discuss any aspects of betas and abandonware with you.

What sort of files does BetaArchive store in its archive?

The archive mainly contains Windows and Apple betas. These are the most popular files and are enjoyed by most of our members on the forum. We also have a games archive which has a huge selection of older and more modern game betas. We like to widen our scope a little bit too, so our archive stocks old abandonware classics from various consoles and computers from many years ago.

So I can get these files for free?!

Yes! We don't believe in charging for our archive. Not only would it be illegal to profit from such files, it is also against our philosophy to do so. We also don't believe in advertisements, however we do ask that if you find the site useful and you do download anything from the archive, that you make a donation, no matter how small, to help keep the site alive. Supplying our downloads is no easy feat as our servers do cost money to upkeep. Without donations it would be up to the site owner to fulfil those costs, which isn't viable. Being a free archive, we rely on users to keep us online! Sharing is also the only way we grow so we ask that if you have something we don't have that you share it with us. Our members are always looking for new files to try out!

How do I start downloading?

It's easy! All you need to do is sign up on the forum, follow the contribution rules (you simply have to share something you have that we don't), and then you can apply to what we call the "Archive Access" group (don't be discouraged by this, it's really very easy!). An administrator will review your application, and if your contribution(s) meet the contribution rules, you are accepted and can start downloading anything from the archive at once! So sign up, get accepted, and you will have access to thousands of files!

What are you waiting for? Sign up on the forum now!

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[REQUEST] Broderbund The Print Shop 15 publishing software in other ed…

 
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Windows XP Timebomb

 
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Help with cloning an installation to same drive

 
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[OFFER] MacOS X Server 10.6.3

 
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28 May @ 22:38

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MS-DOS 2.11 (1985-01) (Siemens PC-D OEM)

 
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[REQUEST] Safari ShockWave Flash Plug-in

 
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Neptuned on 22 May @ 14:29
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23 May @ 19:56

About Windows RT 8061 in QEMU

 
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Fixed Longhorn ISO

 
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CSGO PAX 2011 build

 
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tschumann on 19 May @ 09:22
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tschumann
19 May @ 09:22

[REQUEST] PowerBook 3400c Software Restore CD-ROM

 
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anonymous74 on 18 May @ 02:40
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anonymous74
20 May @ 02:53

can i see some early builds of windows 95?

 
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Fxv62 on 16 May @ 09:25
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anonymous74
16 May @ 12:35

Windows 2000/Whistler 64-bit for Alpha AXP really exists!

 
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roytam1 on 15 May @ 15:59
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Contributing - Mac OS X Snow Leopard Install USB

 
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toru173 on 15 May @ 09:16
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mrpijey
15 May @ 19:16

Windows NT 3.1 VMware CD-ROM Controller?

 
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vbdasc
26 May @ 12:43

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Neptuned on 15 May @ 07:55
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Neptuned
15 May @ 07:55

How to install Mozilla Firefox 45.9.0esr on older Ubuntu versions

 
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rryan222048 on 13 May @ 08:41
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rryan222048
13 May @ 15:05

Windows Phone Emulator?

 
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MattWib on 12 May @ 23:37
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