Downloading the roms off of a third party website, that is, off of copies that somebody has made of the game and made available for people to download for free would almost certainly violate whatever copyright/licensing deal Atari had going at the time because you are essentially getting a nonlicensed copy. When you buy a cartridge from someone they no longer have it so you are right there is nothing wrong with that. As I said this is pretty much an academic issue with these old systems, nobody is likely to come breaking your door down with a battering ram over it. So do whatever your conscience dictates.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FigureInTheCloak Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: audyssey: Atari Um, if you're buying a copy off someone or someone gives you their old copy of the rom, what would be illegal about that? The only thing I could see being illegal would be if someone burned you a copy, or burned copies and sold them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:06 AM Subject: RE: audyssey: Atari > Hi Allan and all. > > I hope to hell I can get them back too, I cannot believe I did not > back those up somewhere! Arg! Chewing nails. As to the legality > well let me say this. Strictly speaking what is legal is that if you > have the actual cartridge in your possession then it is legal to have > copies of the roms however in practice I doubt if anyone is going to > much care. As many of these things that are floating around at yard > sales and thrift stores and whatnot there is no way anyone could tell > if you had it or you didn't. Having said that, I will also say though > that I too will not share any sources of roms publically on this list > because I feel it violates the spirit of the list. Just for > information, stella in and of itself is in no way illegal and yes feel > free to search it up and try it it is really cool. > > Regards, > > Tom > > > > --- > msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype username: lord_amexos > yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of allan thompson > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: audyssey: Atari > > > Hey Tom, > I changed the subject line since the conversation changed. > I hope you can restock your atari games without loss. Can I ask you > were > you > > would get something like that and how accesible it might be. Is it > legal? thanks, allan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:34 PM > Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course > > >> Hey Allan, >> >> Yes the jaguar was two units, the main console which would play >> cartridges and the cd drive. There were comparatively few games >> released for the cd drive so if you don't get that it is not too >> critical. I am really not sure on prices because I have not check >> ebay and such in a long while. Btw was just checking some old >> backups and I appear to have lost all my stella stuff along with my >> archive of atari 2600 games, I had a couple hundred of them. >> Damnation! Fortunately a friend of mine has most of them I think so will >> have to try and get them back along with the new version of Stella. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tom >> >> >> --- >> msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> skype username: lord_amexos >> yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of allan thompson >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: audyssey: Monty, of course >> >> >> Hi Tom, >> I vaguely remember the atari jaguar. Wasn't it two seperate game >> devices like Sega CD? How much does those things go for anyway, just >> for curiosity sake. allan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:57 PM >> Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course >> >> >>> Hey Allan and all. >>> >>> As others have said you can pick these machines up at thrift stores >>> and yard sales and stuff like that usually for dirt cheap. As I >>> said in another message the only one I have not found for cheap for >>> a complete system is the >>> atari Jaguar which was their last system that was released in the early >>> 90's >>> and like a lot of atari stuff was way ahead of its time but poorly >>> advertised. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> --- >>> msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> skype username: lord_amexos >>> yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of allan thompson >>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:24 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Monty, of course >>> >>> >>> Hello Tom, >>> *gives secret atari brotherhood handshake* >>> Atari will rise again! >>> lol >>> It is good to hear some of those machines are still kicking. My >>> atari computer kicked the bucket in the late eighties and I grieved >>> over it. I can't seem to recall my atari call sign. I want to say it >>> was 7600? It was white and had this interesting feature where you >>> could create a virtual ram disk with it. I am probably wrong about >>> the number, I also owned the >>> advanced atari game machine with the controllers that had a number pad >>> and >>> >>> side fire buttons made of soft rubber, and a joystick. I remember >>> playing galaxians and star raiders on it. Oh and pac man. I can't >>> remember any others. It all starts to run together after a while. >>> keep gaming, allan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:14 PM >>> Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course >>> >>> >>>> Hi Allan and all. >>>> >>>> Ah, another Atari Freak! Hail brother! I remember all those >>>> titles too, in fact I still have several working atari systems here >>>> and have some of them on good old 5.25" floppy disks and tapes >>>> although I avoid the tapes like >>>> the >>>> plague whenever possible. Not sure if I have the original Montezuma >>>> game >>>> or >>>> not, may have to hook one of the old beasts up and see. It is amazing >>>> how >>>> many of those old games we can play, true not as well as a sighted >>>> guy/gal >>>> but we could learn them because the sounds actually meant something. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> skype username: lord_amexos >>>> yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> On Behalf Of allan thompson >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:03 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: audyssey: Monty, of course >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello,I remember playing several old atari computer games in the >>>> old days. My friends and I would have to load the program into the >>>> olde timey atari 800 with a cassette loader. Any little bump or >>>> movement in the load would crash the load and we would have to >>>> start it again. So basically you had a bunch of kids being very >>>> still and quiet for ten to twenty minutes, and then a flurry of >>>> fisticuffs for the wico joystick when the game was ready to >>>> play..lol Man, we used to play blue max, shamus, this very cool >>>> game called age of discovery, and the classic lode runner. I seem >>>> to recall playing monty's revenge as well and this game returns >>>> back alot of memories... One >>>> question for James. Was any sounds used or recreated from the original >>>> game? >>>> >>>> Anyway, I am going to have to buy a copy for myself and my friend >>>> from those old days. 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