The primary reason for this purge is not ambiguous: . While MagiPack performed a valuable service in preserving compatibility, the underlying games (even if abandoned) were often the intellectual property of major publishers (e.g., Activision, Rockstar). The "No-CD cracks" and repackaged installers violated the DMCA. As one community member on lemmy.igl.ooo bluntly put it:
The resurgence of interest in the MagiPack games on the Internet Archive is driven by more than just pure nostalgia. It highlights an important subculture of gaming history. magipack games internet archive