Check redump.org. It's a video game preservation site that mostly specializes in console discs but also has info on some PC games.

The site itself doesn't have downloads, but it does give you hashes and other information you can use to validate that a download you find is legit. And oftentimes you can find the downloads on archive.org (search for the name of the game + "redump"). Also sometimes if you do a google search using the hash you can find copies that way.

I had a similar desire the other day to play through GTA: San Andreas, and that's how I found my copy.

And I'll just say that if you search for "Rome Total War" with media type "software" on archive.org you will find a copy of it (though I would recommend validating the hashes with those on redump to make sure they're unadulterated).

Check redump.org. It's a video game preservation site that mostly specializes in console discs but also has info on some PC games.

The site itself doesn't have downloads, but it does give you hashes and other information you can use to validate that a download you find is legit. And oftentimes you can find the downloads on archive.org (search for the name of the game + "redump").

I had a similar desire the other day to play through GTA: San Andreas, and that's how I found my copy.

And I'll just say that if you search for "Rome Total War" with media type "software" on archive.org you will find a copy of it (though I would recommend validating the hashes with those on redump to make sure they're unadulterated).