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[PrejudiceSucks]

He's right, you know. Anything still sold anywhere is still ont abondonware.

I, on the other hand cannot wait for Total Annihilation to become abandonware, however long it may take. It is nearly impossible to get here in the UK.

Tom, does selling something second-hand really count? My local Gamestation has loads of really old games second hand for about two pounds, but they are not sold anywhere else at all. I looked just about everywhere.

[Tom Henrik]

Second hand doesn't count, but the link I gave for Blade Runner isn't second hand.

[red_avatar]

Originally posted by Playbahnosh+Apr 23 2005, 09:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Playbahnosh @ Apr 23 2005, 09:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-efthimios@Apr 20 2005, 05:39 PM
From someone who doesn't have any money for games for months now here is my advice.* Since the game can be found, buy it! Removing the music and animations etc is a sacrifice that will leave you with a way too crippled game to enjoy.* This is a good adventure game, and if you like the movie and film noir then just get it!

"Just get it!", "Just buy it!" DAMIT THATS ALL I HEAR! :Titan:

I know that! I supposed to buy it! And as I told you before: I CANNOT GET IT!
See, I live in hungary. I searched every game store and web-game store in hungary. Results: "Never seen that in ages!", "Out of stock!", "We dont sell a game THAT old!", "We just sold the last one, sorry!", "A Blade what?", "Buy HL2 instead!"
See that? I REALLY want to buy it, but unfortunety I can't.
Probably you will say: "Buy it online". Okay, that can be done, but just imagine the postal cost from USA to Hungary. Thats 4 times more that the games cost.
If I had that mucho peso, I've already bought it, I swear.
Anyway, if anybody has Balde Runner and wants to sell it, please contact me!
Please

... [/b][/quote]
That's not always true - USA mail is just hideously expensive compared to most other countries so try looking in other stores online or on eBay for sellers from Europe. In Belgium we could ship a game like Bladerunner for a mere €5 to Hungary.

[Playbahnosh]

well, thanks for all the posts and advices. Really k:
I really appriciate the help!
I will buy Blade Runner if I can, but don't expect much...

After all, this is a great game, worth having!

THX again! k:

I search this cant find it in the stores

[Mighty Midget]

Blade Runner is protected.

Just in case you didn't know: On the main Abandonia page, there is an Oldwarez link, click it and search for the title. Then you will see the status on the game, wether it's protected or not.

You can also try eBay to see if any copies are for sale there.

[_r.u.s.s.]

hmm but thats strange, cause on oldwarez list it says 'westwood' in company field, but on mobygames it says that it was published by 'virgin interactive entertainment' http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/blade-runner
and for example ignition, which is also from 1997 published by virgin, is abandonware.

(btw isnt ebay like user-to-user trading?)

[Mighty Midget]

eBay is an auction site, if I'm correct.

About that mess-up with the companies, I wouldn't know, so I choose to trust the OWL for the sake of harmony at home.

[_r.u.s.s.]

i would wait for fifth horseman to post
by the way. it is auction site, but i meant that its not that companies sold their games 'massively' there (thats what i mean with user-to-user) you can also find the mentioned ignition for trade and its also abandonware http://cgi.ebay.com/IGNITION-PC-Game-By-Vi...6QQcmdZViewItem

[Mighty Midget]

From Wiki's VIE entry

The British studio operations were acquired in a management buyout led by fomer Managing Director Tim Chaney in 1998. The U.S. operations were sold to Electronic Arts as part of its acquisition of Westwood Studios that same year.[/b]

So, I guess you're right in that VIE published the game, but it was later bought, enter Westwood.