DOS Games Discussion

Kazer0 · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject:

Are you sure about that? Doesn't seem right...

Da_Goat · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 6:55 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm not sure about almost sued.........I think he was warned, and then immediately took them off.

Kazer0 · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:02 pm Post subject:

ok. Its kind of like all the rom sites, they all got warned.and dissappeared.

Da_Goat · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:14 pm Post subject:

Kazer0 · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:17 pm Post subject:

Not any good ones... Not that im using them Confuzzled

John The Ax · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:12 pm Post subject:

Well, I meant that if he continued doing it, he would get sued, so he had to immediatly stop it all. Also, many rom sites are down, there are just too many to stop. Shit-Eating Grin

Kazer0 · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:15 pm Post subject:

You can get anything odff of KaZaA anyways... once again, not that I use it Confuzzled

wardrich · Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 9:29 pm Post subject:

could somebody please explain to me:

why a game that nobody really wants to take credit for, and doesn't even mention on their site (LSL, for example, is NOT on Sierra's site) is illegal for free download, when the author wont get any money out of it anyway? You'd think they would allow it for ppl to download it for free so that people can sort of learn, and enjoy the history of videogames and the company ? Confuzzled

People are SOOOOOOOOO stupid Tbbbbbth!

some ppl should be told off for stupid things like that. Abandonware should be allowed, especially since the word ABANDON is in it. If you find some ABANDONed money, it becomes yours, if you find an ABANDONed cat, you can have it, so WHY can't you have ABANDONed SoftWARE?
Confuzzled

Thanks for the explaination
Richard

Zxyr · Guest

Here's an answer...

Who decides if it's "abandoned"?

If someone ran off with my wallet because he thought it was abandoned money, I'd be rather ticked.

People have found "abandoned" pets that they later discovered were just lost, when the owner showed up.

In other words, THEY don't think they've abandoned it just yet... and really, it IS up to them, they own it. If they had abandoned it, then they wouldn't make a fuss when you started passing it around, would they?

At any rate, it's part "We might want to use it again later", part copywrite protection, part slippery-slope (If we don't stop them taking old games, then how can we stop them taking new?) and part big-corporations being ornery. It's the principle of the thing; they made it, they own it, why should you get it for free? Annoying, and stupid on their part, IMHO, but whachagonnado?

Incidentally, check http://www.allowe.com/ to find out what's up with Larry. It seems that there are no plans to market Larry at this point, although that doesn't mean they won't try it again in the future...

Personally, I go by the "If they won't sell it to me, then I'll play it anyways" rule of thumb. It's probably just convience morality, but meh.

Kazer0 · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 2:05 pm Post subject:

pm me any game you want to get downloadable for free. Im going to send emails and formal letters to the companys. I just need a game name, company name/ publisher, and an e-mail address.

Da_Goat · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 8:13 pm Post subject:

I agree w/wardrich on one of those though: There should always be a way to legally get software. I can't stand it when I want a game, and the only place I can find it is ebay. Ebay gives nothing to the publisher/developer anyway, and most people selling their stuff on ebay already made illegal copies of the game. I do understand why people hate it when, say, somebody puts Doom on an abandonware site, since that is available from iD's site.

Meh · Member Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 29

you gotta love the most famous abandonware site 8) my fav site for abandonware lol

EDIT BY Da_Goat: Sorry, I know you didn't link it, but that's just a little obvious.