Kind of makes me think of that sword of Damoclese. He was the king of his land but had a sword hung above his head on a thin thread. Due to the accessability moral argument and the low likelyhood of people smelling a fortune to be made from going after game developers, I think our thread might have some thickness to it. While I certainly appreciate the efforts of people who have the skills and fortitude to sit on the throne, I don't think I'll ever choose to put myself in that position. I certainly wouldn't want to turn away from the chance to play true arcade games in accessible form. Michael Feir Creator and former Editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Illegal activity was: star wars sounds > Hi Michael, > I to am a classic arcade nut. I was a very happy child blasting away in > asteroids, centipede, packman, Pitfall, Montezuma's Revenge, etc however > I had enough sight to get in to some of the later PC games as well. > Back in 1982 or so one of my favorite arcade games was Star Wars Empire > Strikes Back, ESB, and I spent countless hours flying my speader around > shooting AT walkers, and so on. You can count on me wanting to redo that > game in accessible format. However, according to this thread using SW > logos and sounds is wrong. That puts me in between a rock and a hard > place A game I enjoyed can't be braught to bare do to copyrights. I > think the same copyrights that governs ESB apply to packman, Montezuma's > Revenge, and in the end if we always play by the rule books the > accesible game community will have to totally rethink our strategy. > I was fortunate to live with sight long enough to get in to the PC games > and being a SW fan many of them I purchased were of the Star Wars > titles. I really hate owning copies of games I can no longer play. I'd > love to wrip the sounds out and recreate the game with an accessible > design. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: > 13/01/2007 5:40 PM > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
