When download.com became infested with ad ware was a sad day. I used to visit that site a lot to see what cool software I could install. Thank the heavens for Linux for teaching me proper package management.

If you're on Windows you can try Scoop https://scoop.sh/#/apps

I just went to http://download.com . On the frontpage they have demos for NFS Underground 2, Vice City and Age of Empires II. It's like I've entered a time warp. So many memories!

softseek.com was better, because everything had a screenshot. I would actually prefer this interface over modern app stores:

https://web.archive.org/web/19991013034959/http://softseek.c...

I was too concerned with which version of DirectX I had. I thought it was much more important than what it turned out to be.

Same. I was a kid in the country, so we didn't have internet. I used to ride my bike with my thumb drive to the library's computers to see what was new on download.com at least once a week. It was like visiting a candy store. It's a shame those days are over.