A VPN is just bouncing the call through someone elses computer. It's useful if the entire site is blocked by your government or something but that is not the case with me. I can access the site it self, I just run afoul of what ever automated mechanism they have to actually start the download. In fact, I can even download something on occasion. It's just that it's like 5% of the time at best.
I will give JDownloader a whirl though. It's worked for a few other things so I might as well try it.
The issue is that a lot of the old games don't have many options. And what options are there are often either deleted on the hoster, connecting to dead sites like Nopi and Annonfiles or Mega which is great but has a hard limit on file size. So I run out of options more often than not.
Well if you plan to use a VPN, just make sure to get a reliable one. Proton VPN is the highest valued and rated, you can't go wrong with that, ultimate guaranteed protection.
Most mirror download links on this website are safe, however not all of them are. You might come across malaware in some download links, and to be sure you are safe, make sure you have an strong virus protection software program. Furthermore, in my honest opinion, always download from mirrored links, do not download from torrents. Some torrents are safe, but most can contain viruses. Just be safe on here, after all you are downloading someone's uploaded content over the internet.