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[Akira]

Yay! I used to play this game all the time when I was little :laugh: The Bremen Town Musicians was always my favorite...I wanted the animals to follow me around forever :laugh: Bookwyrm was so cool! I think he's one of the reasons why I love dragons so much now :amused:

[Scatty]

You should try out then Legend of Kyrandia and Kyrandia 2 - Hand of Fate, both also available on this site. I'm sure you'll like it as much as this one.

Only a few control-icons but very nice graphics. It reminds me on "Simon, the sorcerer" and "Legend of Kyrandia".

[gumpy]

A fun game. The interface is kind of annoying though. I think that children would have been able to control the game with a more normal Sierra style interface instead of the limited one in the game.

[UnconformistSheep]

This abandonia upload is lacking a lot of sounds and music.

If you want, I have the floppies around that I can get to you guys.

[crazy_smiler]

After I downloaded the game, it will not work. I downloaded it again and still it says there is a problem. Can someone help me out please. :help:

O come on ESA, its been 13 years. It should be free now

[crazy_smiler]

I still cannot get my game to work nor can I find a different one to download. Also does anyone know where I can download Lost files of Sherlock Holmes: rose tattoo, that will actually work too.

Originally posted by meriux@Jun 16 2005, 09:59 PM
O come on ESA, its been 13 years. It should be free now

Yah about that ESA thing... it's not entirely clear how we get the game through them - can we? If not then WHY is it on this website? Isn't abandonware abandonded and doesn't abandonded mean given up? It's obviously not given up if its release is still controlled by someone...

Could somebody explain this to me? Because I really wanted Laura Bow too!

I don't mind the King's Quest thing because my ma still has ALL of them at home and I play them during the summer... she sold my Laura Bow games though! And this one looks really good.

Any help/clarification is much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[Sebatianos]

Abandonware is not a legal term. We put on games that are "abandoned" meaning the copyright owners either don't exist any more, don't care about the game any more... and we're not hurting anyone by doing so, that's why usually no-one objects.

This game was added to the site quite some time ago, but we were then contacted by ESA. They are a law firm, hired to protect the copyrights of different companies (such as Accolade, Atari, LucasArts...) and all the games by Sierra are n their list of protected games. That is why we removed the download link.

The review is still here, because Abandonia is mostly about keeping the memories alive (like a game museum), but as it is 100% illegal to have the game for downloading (like with some other games) we are not hosting it. If you really want the game, you should look on ebay and try to get a second hand copy.