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[Tom Henrik]

Seeing as Kosta and myself has worked hard on upgrading the Oldwarez list to v2.0... here is the updated reply regarding the games

Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
SOLD

Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
Keen Dreams (aka Commander Keen 7)
Copyright (both): id Software, Inc. 1991 Protected by ESA.

Cyril Cyberpunk (aka Cyberboard Kid)
(Not in the oldwarez list, so I added it.)
SOLD

Duke Nukem
SOLD

Duke Nukem II
SOLD

Bomberman (aka Dyna Blaster)
Already on the site.

Jill of the Jungle
Jill of the Jungle 2: Jill Goes Underground
Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince
SOLD

Lode Runner
Made by Br?derbund (ESA member). However the game can be hosted, if Kosta wants to risk it. Reason is that ESA don't care about it - yet it is still under their protection.

MegaMan X
Copyright: Capcom Co., Ltd. 1995 Protected by ESA.

Tony And Friends in Kellogs Land (german)
We only host English versions, I'm afraid. Although, truth be told, I am not sure on our policy when the game never was made in English.

Turrican II: The Final Fight
Made by Rainbow Arts (ESA member). However the game can be hosted, if Kosta wants to risk it. Reason is that ESA don't care about it - yet it is still under their protection.

Bifi 2 - Action in Hollywood (german but I think you can set it to english as well)
Try to switch it to English, and see if it works.
In any case this game is Freeware, so if we are going to host it, it would be on Abandonia Reloaded.

Captain Zins (german)
This game is Shareware - and German. Again... the same dilemma as with Tony and Friends. No English version exist, so I am unsure about our policy. What you could do, however, is to see if the version you have is the full version. (Meaning that the game doesn't stop suddenly and tell you to order the full game). If you have the full version, we will debate our policies with non-English games anew.

Dunkle Schatten
Dunkle Schatten 2: Im Netzwerk gefangen
Both games are freeware and German. So, again, if they go anywhere it would be on Abandonia Reloaded. We need to discuss our gaming language policies there as well, I see.

Telekommando 2 - Das Telekommando kehrt zurück (german)
Wow. I draw a complete blank on this game
Anyways, it is still German. Again we face the policy issue. I sense an admin meeting soon...

Victor Loomes (german)
Another blank, see above

Framed
Totally Abandonware k:

Monopoly
Shareware - again, check to see if you have the full version. If you do, this game is A-OK.

Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale
Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight, The
Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, The
Made by Electronic Arts, Inc. (ESA member). However the games can be hosted, if Kosta wants to risk it. Reason is that ESA don't care about them - yet they are still under their protection.

Aces Over Europe
Already on the site.

Eishockey Manager (german)
Another blank. You really know how to stump me :bleh:
However, it is yet another German game. Same deal as the others.

Energie Manager (german)
Freeware. Same deal as the other German freeware games

Tankwars
And my final complete blank. No idea whatsoever about this one.




So, in conclusion:

Completely safe to host:
Framed

Ok to host, if Kosta wants to risk it:
Lode Runner
Turrican II: The Final Fight
Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale
Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight, The
Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, The

Ok to host, if it is the full version:
Monopoly

Ok to host, if we decide to host German versions:
Tony and Friends in Kellogs Land

Ok to host, if we decide to host German versions, and it is the full version:
Captain Zins

Ok to host on Abandonia Reloaded, if we decide to host German versions:
Bifi 2 - Action in Hollywood
Dunkle Schatten
Dunkle Schatten 2: Im Netzwerk gefangen
Energie Manager

Not ok to host:
Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
Keen Dreams (aka Commander Keen 7)
MegaMan X

Sold:
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
Cyril Cyberpunk (aka Cyberboard Kid)
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem II
Jill of the Jungle
Jill of the Jungle 2: Jill Goes Underground
Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince

Already on the site:
Bomberman (aka Dyna Blaster)
Aces Over Europe

[Yarin]

I think Monopoly and Captain Zins are both the full releases of the game. I played both a while back and can't remember any shareware nag screens. There is also no information on how to buy the games in the readme-files around the game folders and I also searched all binary and data files of the games for some keyword strings ("share", "demo", "buy" and "kauf" [german for buy, the terms shareware and demo are common in german as well]) with a case-insensitive search which considers endianess, ascii / unicode etc. pp. - no results.

[Tom Henrik]

Well, that makes both Framed and Monopoly 100% safe to add to the site

Would you care to review them yourself?

[SupSuper]

Originally posted by Yarin@Jan 4 2006, 10:57 PM
Lode Runner
Collect all items while avoiding the enemies!

I have that game on my cellphone.