There's a difference between abandonware and freeware. Freeware is where the game never cost you a penny in the first place, or the developer decided to stop charging for it. Abandonware is where the developer in effect gave up on the game and could really care less about it anymore, so in that case a lot of developers just allow people to do whatever they want with the game, since in a lot of cases the game isn't complete or has a lot of bugs in it, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:42 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Web site with audio games?
> Hi, > > This certainly doesn't happen for mainstream gaming unless you go to > various pirate sites. Why would the developers keep old stuff? Whilst I > see what you are saying and do apreciate it, at the same time, unless > someone has uploaded a copy of what ever game to their website not > taking into account asking permission from that developer, that's still > a form of piracy. There won't be many programmers that will do this. I > wonder how many developers have made their games freewhere and not been > concerned about someone gaining access to the programming code? There > will always be someone that can unlock it, modify the game call it > something else and resell it under their name. because if it's freewhere > then you effectively abanden all rights to that game or piece of > software > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of ari > Sent: 19 October 2007 08:04 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: [Audyssey] Web site with audio games? > > > Hi all, > I'd like to mention a problem which I think we as audio and blind gamers > should really take seriously and somehow solve. The problem is this: we > must have some sort of central site which houses abandonware of our > games. This is, not just so that we can access them later if we need to, > but also because I think it's a real pity that if so much effort has > been put into developing an audio game, we should be able to play it if > the developer abandons the project or closes the site down. I'm talking > about many games here, The Blind Eye, Tarzan Junior, The Savage Gambit, > Shell Shock, PCS DOS stuff, all sorts of these games really can't be > found easily if at all. I know that people could say that people should > have backed up files when downloading, but, take my case, for example, > where the problem with that is that a few years ago when I was > downloading them, flash sticks weren't that cheap, and my old laptop > didn't have any sort of CD writer. I only backed up what could fit on > the wonderful stiffy disk, and my new computer now doesn't have a drive > for them! And what will happen if more once-off audio game developers > who made a game decide to close down? Just a bit of advice here, back up > all your game files you have, as you never know if, for example, a > company like Spoonbill or UA Games, or anyone for that matter can't, or > decide to abandon distribution of their games entirely. We have now got > much more choice when it comes to gaming, but I still don't think that > that allows us to forget or ignore the older stuff. Ari > Ari > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.1/1078 - Release Date: > 18/10/2007 17:47 > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
