Can I permanently download the ancient PopCap game Tip Top?
January 8, 2025 11:10 AM Subscribe
I love the game Tip Top. But it is obsolete.
I used to play the PC game Tip Top by PopCap constantly. I want to play it again. I found a site where I can download it (and it's free), but I can only play a couple of games and then it "expires" (it doesn't come up anymore when I click on any of the (zipped) files). Then if I wait a long time (I haven't calculated it, but it's more than a month), I can download it again and get another couple of games out of it.
Is there any way I can get this game to download permanently? I think I paid $15 for it in the olden days of yore and would be happy to pay for it now. thanks.
I used to play the PC game Tip Top by PopCap constantly. I want to play it again. I found a site where I can download it (and it's free), but I can only play a couple of games and then it "expires" (it doesn't come up anymore when I click on any of the (zipped) files). Then if I wait a long time (I haven't calculated it, but it's more than a month), I can download it again and get another couple of games out of it.
Is there any way I can get this game to download permanently? I think I paid $15 for it in the olden days of yore and would be happy to pay for it now. thanks.
Huh. The readme file says to enter a registration code, but I can't find an option to do so within the game. Does it ever ask you for one?
In case it does, I found these online.
PopCap TipTop Deluxe: 6G9TD-67LL7-W24Z9-JJ4CA
TipTop: B8531831-193E-4A2D-88C4-C4791AA3DF97
posted by mrphancy at 12:08 PM on January 8
In case it does, I found these online.
PopCap TipTop Deluxe: 6G9TD-67LL7-W24Z9-JJ4CA
TipTop: B8531831-193E-4A2D-88C4-C4791AA3DF97
posted by mrphancy at 12:08 PM on January 8
I haven't tried it, just found it - thought to look because I've found other old games there.
posted by stormyteal at 12:15 PM on January 8
posted by stormyteal at 12:15 PM on January 8
Oh, my comment was actually for DMelanogaster. Their version also seems to be the same as the Internet Archive version.
posted by mrphancy at 12:20 PM on January 8
posted by mrphancy at 12:20 PM on January 8
Response by poster: stormyteal, I could only find a LIST of games, not a link to PLAY the games, on Internet Archive.
mrphancy, I can't see if there is a place to put in your handy registration code, because I can't launch the game anymore (it expired).
When I download it again via that site I um sited above, it doesn't have any place to launch the game anymore.
But thanks for trying, everyone!
posted by DMelanogaster at 5:29 PM on January 8
mrphancy, I can't see if there is a place to put in your handy registration code, because I can't launch the game anymore (it expired).
When I download it again via that site I um sited above, it doesn't have any place to launch the game anymore.
But thanks for trying, everyone!
posted by DMelanogaster at 5:29 PM on January 8
stormyteal, I could only find a LIST of games, not a link to PLAY the games, on Internet Archive.
...scroll down, look on the right side for the ZIP link (>600meg).
There's also some explanatory text down there discussing launch paths and the like. On a Mac, at nighttime, the scroll bars get dark enough you may not have noticed you could scroll down given that the top of the page is all black (I didn't, on my Mac, right now at night until I double-checked).
posted by aramaic at 9:24 PM on January 8
...scroll down, look on the right side for the ZIP link (>600meg).
There's also some explanatory text down there discussing launch paths and the like. On a Mac, at nighttime, the scroll bars get dark enough you may not have noticed you could scroll down given that the top of the page is all black (I didn't, on my Mac, right now at night until I double-checked).
posted by aramaic at 9:24 PM on January 8
Available as a download on the Flashpoint Archive (previously.) Flashpoint 13 Infinity is 2MB with many games preloaded, but you download so much more. Search for PopCap. Alternately there's a 1.6TB full archive available.
posted by isagleamingwhirlwind at 2:09 PM on January 9
posted by isagleamingwhirlwind at 2:09 PM on January 9
Response by poster: I downloaded the Flashpoint Archive but sadly TipTop isn't there.
posted by DMelanogaster at 11:34 AM on January 10 [1 favorite]
posted by DMelanogaster at 11:34 AM on January 10 [1 favorite]
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posted by stormyteal at 11:59 AM on January 8