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01-06-2004, 09:03 PM
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That list is not accurate. Some of the games on there are NOW abandonware (like X-Wing). That one is not being sold anymore by Lucasart.
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19-06-2004, 04:48 AM
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Yeah there are plenty of games that ARE abandonware but the IDSA i think they are.. don't care.. they will fight any website that trys to host "copyrighted" games even if the company "isn't selling them" anymore.
 I hate that... That happened to many of the greatest old Abandonware sites that existed.Note: My Personal Opinion is.. since nobody cares about MS-DOS anymore.. Anything that needs MS-DOS support should be considered abandonware because the orignal OS system doesn't exist in a usable format with products unless you scrounge for it and all other clones of it (ie CMD) don't support them either. |
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19-06-2004, 09:34 AM
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That is actually a great way to look at it.
Since MS-Dos itself is abandonware, then logically all games that reguire it should also be considered abandonware... Alas game-companies are stubborn and stupid...
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25-06-2004, 07:45 AM
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I'm not sure if you know it, but just a few days ago, VU Interactive actually shut down Sierra. I think that could be the final sign that they just don't care about the old games by that company, but I'm not sure. Might wanna look into that...
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25-06-2004, 05:20 PM
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Sierra closed? That's so sad! like losing an old friend
. I mean there was always hope... |
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25-06-2004, 05:30 PM
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http://www.gigex.com/general/article/?id=6...98&source=00001
Found the page where I read about it. VU's policies towards the old games ticked me off. Whereas most of the LucasArts classics are still available for purchase, VU are incredibly afraid of losing money, so they just keep all the masterpieces in the vaults. Somebody should actually tell them how many money they've been losing by doing that... |
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25-06-2004, 07:58 PM
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How did Sierra close? They published lots of good games recently, including Half-life Generation (The second best selling game EVER!), they should be rolling in cash!
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25-06-2004, 08:21 PM
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"Restructuring" it seems. Big corporations don't give a damn...
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03-07-2004, 07:20 AM
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03-07-2004, 09:26 AM
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They not only closed Sierra, but also nagging on Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo II / Warcraft III) already...
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