CD Keys

[BONEAFYKILLER]

I have at least 10 games I originally purchased, the original owner game with original box, CD, CD Key, manual and extras :example Morrow Wind coin from GoTY and non of my Keys are being accepted. Steam is giving me invalid and contacted seller from over 10-20 years ago!? lol

[Kargor]

Anyway, the thing to take away is that CD keys from old games are generally not Steam keys, AND have not generally been added to Steam either.

Also, if they are Steam keys, they have probably been used back when the game was purchased.

[m662]

This is the list we used in our customer database back when the licenses where assigned to multiple platforms.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160505042257/https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601

Retailers have to honor delivering a working key unless it is explicitly stated in there terms and conditions that there is a time window to retrieve a license. If the publisher how ever does not exist anymore than the contract is non valid.

[JPMcMillen]

Oprindeligt skrevet af BONEAFYKILLER:

I have at least 10 games I originally purchased, the original owner game with original box, CD, CD Key, manual and extras :example Morrow Wind coin from GoTY and non of my Keys are being accepted. Steam is giving me invalid and contacted seller from over 10-20 years ago!? lol

Do any of them say they are Steam keys? If not, there isn't much you can do. You could try to reach out to the original publisher and see if they can provide you with one, but I wouldn't count on it.
I know a long, long time ago, Sega was providing players with Steam keys for 'Dawn of War' if they had the non-Steam keys by providing pictures of the keys. But that was way back in 2015 when I got mine and I highly doubt they still do that.

[Kargor]

Oprindeligt skrevet af JPMcMillen:

I know a long, long time ago, Sega was providing players with Steam keys for 'Dawn of War' if they had the non-Steam keys by providing pictures of the keys. But that was way back in 2015 when I got mine and I highly doubt they still do that.

There have also been other "interesting" cases.

Like, when 2K/Gearbox decided to get rid of the non-Steam Borderlands, they even provided a tool that would check the DVD, and unlock the appropriate license on Steam (and yes, since I had the UK version, I got the uncensored one on Steam as well, despite being in Germany).

They also uploaded the DLC keys to Steam, so after activating the base game through their tool, the DLCs would redeem here as well.

But, all this worked because the publishers WANTED it to work. Most publishers didn't care. Also, I don't know whether Valve just let them do it, or whether they needed some convincing.

[ZanyScum]

Oprindeligt skrevet af BONEAFYKILLER:

I have at least 10 games I originally purchased, the original owner game with original box, CD, CD Key, manual and extras :example Morrow Wind coin from GoTY and non of my Keys are being accepted. Steam is giving me invalid and contacted seller from over 10-20 years ago!? lol

Are you are troll or just being not so smart?
Why should Steam care if you bought a game somewhere else?

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Oprindeligt skrevet af BONEAFYKILLER:

I have at least 10 games I originally purchased, the original owner game with original box, CD, CD Key, manual and extras :example Morrow Wind coin from GoTY and non of my Keys are being accepted. Steam is giving me invalid and contacted seller from over 10-20 years ago!? lol

I'll just point out in case it hasn't been pointed out before, Valve doesn't care about you having the box or the CD. Why? Because as far as the key is concerned, that is all that matters.

Once the key is activated it grants you access to that games license. Also, what you're saying doesn't make a lot of sense. If you've already activated those keys on that account, they are still on that account.

You also cannot activate the key twice on the same account and you also cannot activate that key on another account.

It sounds to me like you bought retail versions of those games used and that means that those keys are already activated on some other account. Or you got the game second hand, which would still net the same outcome.

This is just one of the many reasons why you shouldn't buy used PC games. At least not used games that have Steam keys or other types of keys.

[Mad Scientist]

OP hasn't replied since but I'm sure they're aware Retail CD Keys are not Steam Keys.

The physical Morrowind GOTY Box was a shelf product with CD Keys clearly labeled as CD ROM Software, they were not Steam Keys. I have that product.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mad Scientist:

OP hasn't replied since but I'm sure they're aware Retail CD Keys are not Steam Keys.

The physical Morrowind GOTY Box was a shelf product with CD Keys clearly labeled as CD ROM Software, they were not Steam Keys. I have that product.

I think I still have it as well and as stated, that key is not a Steam key.

[Neo]

I've used the keys from very old games before on steam and had them activated on steam. That was a few years back though, not sure if you can still do that.