 Compared to its competitors (many of whom offer these games for download, or to play in browser), Abandonia can be seen to be little more than a catalogue of games that gains revenue from adverts and via sponsored links to sites where these games are for sale, maintained by a few members.Abandonia was created by Croatian, Kosta Krauth on June 21, 1999.At that time Abandonia was an oldwarez site, with games such as "Monkey Island" and "Doom" available for download, even though these games were still being sold in stores.