Hi Dark, You see, that's where we differ in opinion. I don't think Liam "needs" to do anything here. You are em plying that people need these games to continue to be available even though modern technology makes it unlikely they will continue to run on modern hardware and software for ever. Sooner or later incompatibility will make it extremely difficult to run them, and no matter how much you or any other end users might resent that fact it doesn't change the facts of the situation.
Think about this in a different context. Back in the 90's Lucas Arts produced a number of games for Windows 95 and Windows 98 like Rebel Assault, Rebel Assault II, Jedi Knight, Jedi Knight II, etc. Now none of those games are remotely compatible with Windows 7 or Windows 8 as far as I know, and they were discontinued at least 14 years ago. What right would I have to go to Lucas Arts and demand they give those games away for free or to just hand them over to me because I want them? The answer is I have no such right. Saying they "need" to give them away is a bit ridiculous. Moreover I had plenty of opportunity to buy them from the stores when they were being sold, and asking them years after the fact implies some sort of entitlement to the games that I never had to begin with. What you are saying in regard to Liam's games are no different. Super Liam was on sale for years, and people who didn't buy it when it was being sold are simply out of luck. Having x number of users saying they want Super Liam for free now that it isn't being sold is no different than telling a mainstream company such as Lucas Arts that we want all their older games for free because we can't buy them any more. The only difference with Liam's games and Lucas's games is that unlike the mainstream community we don't have many alternatives so people have started calling their wants needs and thinking they have some entitlement to the games they don't have. On 9/7/14, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > I'm afraid I disagree phil on the selling of keygen software. That is okay > while it's still being sold, however if as Justin did the software was sold > > for a limited time and then stopped you've effectively done the same thing > in denying games to future gamers even on virtual machines etc. > > If Liam is not planning on updating the game to work on modern windows, > either he needs to keep selling them with the proviso that you must install > > the vb6 dependencies to get them to work, or he needs to make them > abandonware and allow key generation for free just as Thomas Westin did with > > terraformers or David greenwood did with Trek 2000. > > That is the only way to stop them falling off the map forever. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
