Classic NFS CD Image Collection [MEGA]

[Keiiko]

Classic NFS CD Image Collection
Hi, I'm trying to find images (iso, bin, mdf, nrg,...) of official NFS releases.



Download links
see this post

FAQ

• But What's the poin?

To finally collect everything.

• Can anyone get the collection?

Partly. It was aviable for everyone on Mege, but got deleted. There are rom collections on archive.org, see the last posts in this thread.

• How much do I have?

A lot actually, but not everything, thats why I'm here to ask you if you dont have anything what I don't...
New additions are newer games as they are also on archive.org.

• What do I actually already have?

NFS1:
3DO - USA and Japan
PS1 - USA, Europe and Japan (Skyline, DX, DX rally)
Saturn - USA, Europe and Japan (GTR v1 and v2)
PC - Eng/Ger version, Demo, Website Demo, two PCGamer Demo versions
PC, Special Edition - USA (normal and cdrom classics) and version with fixes in german files

NFS2:
PS1 - USA, Europe and Japan
PC - version with all languages, two demo versions
PC, Special Edition - USA, Europe (eng,ger,swe - two releases; fra,ita,spa), two demo versions

NFS3:
PS1 - USA, Europe and Japan (+demo)
PC - USA (normal, wal-mart and cdrom classics), Australia, Europe (eng,ger,fra), Japan, demo

NFS4:
PS1 - USA, Australia, Europe (eng,spa,ita; eng,swe; fra,ger) and Japan (+demo)
PC - USA (normal and updated rerelease), Australia (two cd classics edition, game cd same as original rls), Europe (fra,ita: normal, rerelease; ger; eng,spa,swe: normal, rerelease, soldout.uk rerelease and brazil rls), Japan, Korea, two demo versions
PPC - Rip, cab

NFS5:
PS1 - USA, Europe (eng,ger,swe; fra,spa,ita)
GBA - USA, Europe (eng,fra,ger,spa,ita)
PC - German Jahre v3.4, Brazil 2000 v3.2, Spanish 2000 v3.0, French 2000 v3.0, English 2000 v3.0 and v3.4, USA v3.2 normal and CDrom classic, Texaco and three normal demos
Top Speed - rip

NFS6:
PS2 - USA, Europe (eng,fra,ger,spa,ita,swe), Australia (eng,fra,ger,spa,ita,swe; v2)
Xbox - all (eng,fra,ger,spa,ita,swe)
GC - USA, Europe (eng,fra,ger)
PC - version with Eng,Ger,Fra,Ita,Spa,Swe,Kor, three demo versions

MCO:
PC - Eng,Ger,Fra; Beta3 CD, public beta 1 and 2

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Russian PS1 botlegs:
Need For Speed 1 [RGR]
Need For Speed 1-5 Antology CD1 [RGR]
Need For Speed 1-5 Antology CD2 [RGR]
Need For Speed 3-5 Hot Pursuit, High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed
Need For Speed 4 - High Stakes [Paradox]
Need For Speed 4-5 High Stake & Popshe Unleashed + Bonus [Paradox]
Need For Speed 5 Porshe [Paradox]

• So what do I need?

(this list is outdated)

- Need For Speed 1,2,2SE > PC-Windows > CDrom Classics
- Need For Speed 1,2,2SE > PC-Windows > Japanese
- Need For Speed 3 > PC-Windows > Europe > Italian, Swedish
- Need For Speed 3 > PC-Windows > Chinese
- Need For Speed 4 > PC-Windows > Chinese
- Need For Speed 2 > Soundtrack > Promo CD iso
- Need For Speed 3 > Soundtrack > Promo CD iso
- Need For Speed 4 > Soundtrack > Promo CD iso
- (NFS5)
- Need For Speed 6 > PlayStation 2 > Korean (SLPM-67527)
- some other releases that are not listed there and I don't know of

and also find info about:
- Is there any other version of nfs1 than EN/DE for pc?
- Is there japan pc version of nfs 1/2?
- Is there australian ps1 version of nfs3 and nfs5?
- Is there nfs:hp2 gamecube Es,It,Sv version?

• What about my setupMP?

I'm planning updates and support for nfs2se wrapper and custom thrashdrivers for nfs3/4 (Ready for release, Sept/Aug 2018) -> Released

• Do I use this in any other way?

Yes, I am going to use it for research, intall guides and to create preinstalled zips

Changelog

edit1: added isos of nfs3 aus, walmart; nfs4 aus, usa (updated)
edit2: added isos of nfs1 demo, nfs2se eu (2nd rls), nfs4 us original rls, nfs4 fr, nfs4 br, nfs4 ppc, nfs5 jahre, brazil, texaco demos, russian botlegs
edit3: demos, german a japan releases and nfs5-6
edit4: more demos, updated wanted list
edit5: nfs2se fra/ita/spa eu version added
edit5: MEGA link added and cleanup with more formatting
edit6: added nfs5 spanish
edit7: files were deleted by Mega
edit8: updated list of collected ISOS
edit9: added link to last posts in this thread for downloads options, go see them

[WiLL]

Hi there Keiiko yeah nice Research Image's of the Classic NFS titles Bud oh I'm resting now as the Tourists take over are small town. Ttul

[Blazn Motorsports]

American High Stakes and Road Challenge European are the same. Will look thru my title's as i have all games 1-6 and also the official need for speed collection box set.

[Blazn Motorsports]

Also all Demo's 1-6

[Keiiko]

American High Stakes and Road Challenge European are the same. Will look thru my title's as i have all games 1-6 and also the official need for speed collection box set.

Nice... Someone is already creating isos of collection box for me, but you can check the other ones for me, if you look inside setup folder you can see which version is that (eng+spa is USA, others are European, Australian have added cars and japan is in jap)

plus you can send me those demos, i can include them too, thanks

[MADMAN_nfs]

An interesting topic indeed.

Um, not wanna be a buzzkill here, but before we link game isos... what about the legal site?
I think not all of the games can be considered abandoneware? Especially because of the contained music...
So, be careful.

Keiiko, if you wanna upload the collection, think about putting the gathered isos at archive.org site.
They have a software section there.

For versions i have:

Physically:
- NFS2 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS3 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS4 PC JAP BigBox Edition (with the Skyline) - so yes, there is JAP PC version
- NFS4 PC AUS BigBox Edition (with HSV etc)
- NFS4 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS5 PC GER special "40 Jahre 911" edition (in metal case, with soundtrack)
- NFS5 PC GER BigBox Edition

ISO:
- NFS1 ENG Demo (zip file)
- NFS4 PC FR - Conduite en Etat de Liberté
- installer for NFS4 for Pocket PC (zip file) - thats an odd one^^
- other isos you already have

Just not sure about the differences, though. Especially for that Porsche special edition (i think its the same as regular game). Maybe german versions are identical to the EU versions also... got to find that out i guess.

Also, there definitely is an australian version of NFS3. But of course hard to come by, outside australia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4RTzcKmwk

Anyways, good luck collecting all versions. Hopefully it will be possible to share it. You also plan to investigate differences?

[ExoticLover]

Abandonware are still technically illegal. Also, I never knew NFSHS for pocket pc existed. It looks terrible.

[Keiiko]

An interesting topic indeed.

Um, not wanna be a buzzkill here, but before we link game isos... what about the legal site?
I think not all of the games can be considered abandoneware? Especially because of the contained music...
So, be careful.

First I collect it, then I release it.

For legal issues, first 5 (we could say 6?) games are indeed abadonware, i got most of isos from ROM colletion sites, noone really cares about these old games... unless they are repacks (for example gog) or rereleases (fixed to play on new systems)

Classic NFS series is mainly forgotten, a lot people does't even know you can play it today...

Abandonware are still technically illegal.

If anyone really cares... EA cares about new NFS games... 

Keiiko, if you wanna upload the collection, think about putting the gathered isos at archive.org site.
They have a software section there.

I know, have some CDs from there

For versions i have:

Physically:
- NFS2 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS3 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS4 PC JAP BigBox Edition (with the Skyline) - so yes, there is JAP PC version
- NFS4 PC AUS BigBox Edition (with HSV etc)
- NFS4 PC GER BigBox Edition
- NFS5 PC GER special "40 Jahre 911" edition (in metal case, with soundtrack)
- NFS5 PC GER BigBox Edition

ISO:
- NFS1 ENG Demo (zip file)
- NFS4 PC FR - Conduite en Etat de Liberté
- installer for NFS4 for Pocket PC (zip file) - thats an odd one^^
- other isos you already have

If you dont mind creating isos of those, please Im really curious about nfs4jp, nfs4fr, nfs4de, nfs5de, nfs5jahre and nfs4ppc

Just not sure about the differences, though. Especially for that Porsche special edition (i think its the same as regular game). Maybe german versions are identical to the EU versions also... got to find that out i guess.

Yeah, you can check that

Also, there definitely is an australian version of NFS3. But of course hard to come by, outside australia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4RTzcKmwk

I found some new isos on the internets and this was also there

Anyways, good luck collecting all versions. Hopefully it will be possible to share it. You also plan to investigate differences?

I take care it will be accesible to anyone. Im investigating it for a few days already...

[MADMAN_nfs]

[...]
First I collect it, then I release it.

For legal issues, first 5 (we could say 6?) games are indeed abadonware, i got most of isos from ROM colletion sites, noone really cares about these old games... unless they are repacks (for example gog) or rereleases (fixed to play on new systems)

Classic NFS series is mainly forgotten, a lot people does't even know you can play it today...
[...]
If anyone really cares... EA cares about new NFS games... 
[...]

You cannot know if EA really doesnt care.
It is 100% clear, if you make an official request at EA for using and distributing these game-isos, it will be denied 
I think we would all agree on that!?

The term Abandonware matches for these games, agreed - but that doesnt mean you can freely distribute this software...

Maybe you're right and nobody cares - but its definitely wrong to say, uploading iso-images of these games is legal and lawful. It is definitely not! Whether in the US nor in the EU and Asia. Beware of that.
Keyword is "Berne convention", which is an agreement that applies, basically, in all countries on the world.

Not saying you should cancel everything, just be informed. Distribute only through archive.org (so they are hosting the files).

Greetings

[Keiiko]

You cannot know if EA really doesnt care.
It is 100% clear, if you make an official request at EA for using and distributing these game-isos, it will be denied 
I think we would all agree on that!?

Yup

The term Abandonware matches for these games, agreed - but that doesnt mean you can freely distribute this software...

Yup

Maybe you're right and nobody cares - but its definitely wrong to say, uploading iso-images of these games is legal and lawful. It is definitely not! Whether in the US nor in the EU and Asia. Beware of that.
Keyword is "Berne convention", which is an agreement that applies, basically, in all countries on the world.

Not saying you should cancel everything, just be informed. Distribute only through archive.org (so they are hosting the files).

Greetings

Well yeah, you are right it is not entirely legal to distribute it, but then again, these games arent distributed anymore and almost everything is not working without fan made patchs on modern systems... the same is for console versions - you cant run them on consoles you can buy today... next EA doesnt provide any support anymore for these games and dont promote them... lastly oficial cds are already beyond its granted working contitions - they will start to rot (digitally) up to the point when they wont be readable. -> it is Abadonware

Like i sad, it is not on steam or gog and you can already download most of the isos already from the rom sites and abadonware/oldgame sites.

You can actually download hundreds of thousands software and games for free that is considered abadonware - which is pretty much everything upto 90's, and also for dos based windows sice those are not fully working on win7/8/10 anymore.

NFS 1-6 is now really old - 16 to 24 years, which is a lot in software years and thats why now im trying to collect it into one collection (and im already familiar about legal stuff )

[Blazn Motorsports]

All older NFS games still require the Need For Speed Is Copyright By Electronic Arts wording.

[Keiiko]

Collected and wanted lists updated, also setupMP is ready for another release

and because EA ftp is down, does anyone willing to upload demos for nfs1-6? thanks

[MADMAN_nfs]

Indeed, they removed the pub/ea/-folder from the FTP. So all hosted files (demos, patches, addons etc...) for the old NFS titles there are gone.
Argh... well, cant really blame EA at this point, its 20 years now since the release of these games.

@Keiiko: All the (english) demos of the old NFS games can still be grabbed at www.nfsstreetdogs.de
I think on some other fansites also demo files are available as well.

[Keiiko]

ok, so i downloaded all usable nfs files from archived ea ftp which means demos and patches there are collected.

next thing on my list is (still) unreleased CD albums of nfs 2, 3 and 4 which 9 years ago posted Rob on nfscheats which i found as MP3s, but i would love to have isos or flacs of those - so if anyone knows who might have those or get contact on Rob, that would be nice

[WiLL]

Don't know him, nice Topic keiiko thanks for the Bump. :}
Good luck too on that pal... Sounds like a lot to do with it...