[Audyssey] game demos and full versions
If you get a game demo, you get the idea of the game. Once you buy it, you unlock it and find that the demo scratched the surface. Phil gave the benefits of buying Tenpin Alley compared to playing the demo. SOD gives you the first level of the game. Buy it and you have a heck of a lot more gaming fun. Tank Commander gives 5 more levels with no time limits. Lone Wolf's demo gives the first 2 of 17 missions, plus the ability to play almost 100 others that gamers have created. The demo of MOTA, although still in testing, gives 2 out of how many levels that will be created? My point is, a demo is a great way to introduce or showcase a game, and if you like it, you'll like the full version even more. It's up to the gamer, but the full version of a demo is usually well worth the money spent. --- Shepherds are the best beasts! - Original Message - From: Dakotah Rickard dakotah.rick...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Free version tenpin alley? The trouble is that most companies today, in the mainstream, don't offer demos of games. THey offer trailors. I love our companies, because they do offer demos, but for some people, buying the full version should unlock loads of worlds, new equipment, etc. like in Shades of Doom. I think that the comment stems from games like Ten Pin Alley and to an extent, Entombed, that do not differ in gameplay from demo to full version, only in content. I value this difference enough to buy Entombed, and I've considered buying Ten Pin Alley off and on, although (no criticism intended) I enjoy Wii Sports a little more, and I already have it. I've often thought that, should I begin to market games once I'm proficient enough to make them interesting, I'll offer either a trailor, a very limited demo, or a timed demo. The first is self-explanatory, the second is a demo like Shades of Doom, where you run into one additional weapon and two monsters, and the third option is like Galaxy Rangers etc. Ten Pin Alley does rather offer a lot of itself up, but this in no way makes purchasing the full game unreasonable. Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] game demos and full versions
What I have come to understand, is that usually demos try to hide the surprising part so that way they try to get you interested. I mean, if they put the surprising part in with the demo, it is useless to buy it since it is not a demo at all . --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Game Demos
Hi thomas, no worries here, I wasn't about to even think of reformating, no way. grin Original message: Hi Shaun, No offense, but what is your obsession with reformat, reformat, reformat, etc. I don't want to sound harsh, but when you get on the list saying stuff like that it makes you sound like a complete computer idiot. As a matter of fact reformatting is not the only way to reset the timed trials, and if you knew half the things you claim too you would know that by now. For one thing if you know you are going to do this in advance you can create a Windows restore point which will back up the registry before it gets modified. So when the trial ends simply go into Windows restore and restore your old registry. That's the simplist fix for the problem. You can also simply export the registry before installing, and if you want to run the trial again, uninstall the demo, import your saved registry, and reinstall it. Again not a big problem if you plan ahead. If someone didn't prepare in advance it can still be fixed without resorting to a reinstall. Someone with the skills such as myself can open the registry locate the keys that caused the timed trial to expire, and blow them away. Reinstall the game and as good as new. This method isn't recommended for the average computer user but anyone with an ounce of programming knowledge who has worked with the registry before can certainly do it. Cheers! On 3/6/11, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: yes there is. Reformat and reinstall the os. Its the only way to run them again. This is why these trial game dates are quite bad bsc have this to you can't reload the game after demo has expired. --- 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. -- Lelia Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Game Demos
yes there is. Reformat and reinstall the os. Its the only way to run them again. This is why these trial game dates are quite bad bsc have this to you can't reload the game after demo has expired. At 06:25 a.m. 7/03/2011, you wrote: Hi all, ok so here is a situation. I just actually wrote to the tech support of the developer I think its Justin who sells the word strain games. what happened I think is that a very very long time ago I wanted to see what these games were about and the demo ran out. Well, now I'm kinda back in a phase of games again so wanted to re-try these games and see if i wanted to buy them. So, I tried downloading the word strain game and it told me when I tried to play it that the product license had expired. Does any one know if there is a way to demo a game again? thanks -- Lelia Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Game Demos
If someone wants to be able to play a demo that will last for only three days bad enough that they are willing to wipe their hard drive and rebuild it from scratch, have fun. Otherwise, this advice goes beyond stupid. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 6, 2011, at 8:31 PM, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: yes there is. Reformat and reinstall the os. Its the only way to run them again. This is why these trial game dates are quite bad bsc have this to you can't reload the game after demo has expired. At 06:25 a.m. 7/03/2011, you wrote: Hi all, ok so here is a situation. I just actually wrote to the tech support of the developer I think its Justin who sells the word strain games. what happened I think is that a very very long time ago I wanted to see what these games were about and the demo ran out. Well, now I'm kinda back in a phase of games again so wanted to re-try these games and see if i wanted to buy them. So, I tried downloading the word strain game and it told me when I tried to play it that the product license had expired. Does any one know if there is a way to demo a game again? thanks -- Lelia Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Game Demos
Hi Shaun, No offense, but what is your obsession with reformat, reformat, reformat, etc. I don't want to sound harsh, but when you get on the list saying stuff like that it makes you sound like a complete computer idiot. As a matter of fact reformatting is not the only way to reset the timed trials, and if you knew half the things you claim too you would know that by now. For one thing if you know you are going to do this in advance you can create a Windows restore point which will back up the registry before it gets modified. So when the trial ends simply go into Windows restore and restore your old registry. That's the simplist fix for the problem. You can also simply export the registry before installing, and if you want to run the trial again, uninstall the demo, import your saved registry, and reinstall it. Again not a big problem if you plan ahead. If someone didn't prepare in advance it can still be fixed without resorting to a reinstall. Someone with the skills such as myself can open the registry locate the keys that caused the timed trial to expire, and blow them away. Reinstall the game and as good as new. This method isn't recommended for the average computer user but anyone with an ounce of programming knowledge who has worked with the registry before can certainly do it. Cheers! On 3/6/11, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: yes there is. Reformat and reinstall the os. Its the only way to run them again. This is why these trial game dates are quite bad bsc have this to you can't reload the game after demo has expired. --- 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.
[Audyssey] Game Demos
Hi all, ok so here is a situation. I just actually wrote to the tech support of the developer I think its Justin who sells the word strain games. what happened I think is that a very very long time ago I wanted to see what these games were about and the demo ran out. Well, now I'm kinda back in a phase of games again so wanted to re-try these games and see if i wanted to buy them. So, I tried downloading the word strain game and it told me when I tried to play it that the product license had expired. Does any one know if there is a way to demo a game again? thanks -- Lelia Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Game Demos
Hi Lelia, Well, basically most game demos store expiration keys in the registery. If you know how to edit the Windows registry you can remove those keys and then install and run the demo again. If not nothing short of a reinstall of the OS will reset the computer back to the default registry settings. Cheers! On 3/6/11, Lelia Struve leliastr...@samobile.net wrote: Hi all, ok so here is a situation. I just actually wrote to the tech support of the developer I think its Justin who sells the word strain games. what happened I think is that a very very long time ago I wanted to see what these games were about and the demo ran out. Well, now I'm kinda back in a phase of games again so wanted to re-try these games and see if i wanted to buy them. So, I tried downloading the word strain game and it told me when I tried to play it that the product license had expired. Does any one know if there is a way to demo a game again? thanks -- Lelia Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] game demos - Re: Vipgameszone demos
Hi Charles, I also baught LW and Shades of Doom, but not immediately. I must have had the demo of Shades of Doom for three or four months before I baught it. Main reason was because I had restricted use of area 1, and it was like a mini game. However, as messages came in on the GMA list about fighting cyborgs, blobs, temperal disturbances, not to mention the boss I realised I needed to have the complete game. Judgment Day is another example of a game which can be played lots before the customer buys it. Sure you will miss out on the trophies, killing the boss, but the levels you do get is basically a mini game. Now, TC was another matter. Even though I would have baught the game anyway I was frustrated to no end being restricted to 10 minutes. If you were quick you could defeat the demo, but it also put a restriction on planning your attacks carefully and doing any advanced strategies such as hide in the woods until a tank or chopper passes by and ambush them from cover and stuff like that. Charles Rivard wrote: This subject comes up every once in a while on the list. Some demos only let you play part of the game. Lone Wolf and Shades of Doom are examples. You do get a feel for the game, although you have only scratched the surface of the full game. Some people will get the demo and never buy it, because they got a pretty good little game for nothing. So, sometimes, the developer loses sales. I bought both games, and am glad I did, because there is so! much! more! in the full version than there was in the demo. But those demos gave me enough of a feel for the game to tell me that I wanted the full versions. --- 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]
[Audyssey] game demos - Re: Vipgameszone demos
This subject comes up every once in a while on the list. Some demos only let you play part of the game. Lone Wolf and Shades of Doom are examples. You do get a feel for the game, although you have only scratched the surface of the full game. Some people will get the demo and never buy it, because they got a pretty good little game for nothing. So, sometimes, the developer loses sales. I bought both games, and am glad I did, because there is so! much! more! in the full version than there was in the demo. But those demos gave me enough of a feel for the game to tell me that I wanted the full versions. -- On Thanksgiving day, be like a turkey. Get! stuffed!! - Original Message - From: Dark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vipgameszone demos that is indeed a point tom, however if the demo is restricted to a limited amount of playing areas or timeper game (eg, 10 minutes), imho an editional limited time such as 7 days is rather overkill. There have certainly been occasions where it's taken me quite some time to get to grips with a game, - particularly for something complex like Trek 2000 or Lone wolf, both of which i tried the demos of on several occasions before deciding to pay for the games. As with everything though, there's probably a reasonable compromise somewhere. Beware the Grue! --- 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]
[Audyssey] game demos
Hi, I went to download.com and am downloading two game demos, star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring demo. My question is, in the games for sighted-people, is it like shades of doom where you have to enter a key to unlock the full game? or, are these demos only part of the full game which may come on a cd and be over 600mb in size? I'm downloading them, so I can get the sounds from them using dragon-unpack, delete the demos off my system, keep the sounds, install visual basic6, and the directX-8 developers pack, and hopefully making or start making these two games accessible and completely self-voiceing with the use of text-aloud to add speech from acapela-pro nextup.com voices where necessary in the game to make it accessible. Just for your information, lord of the rings, war of the ring is a strategy game, or is it rpg? I often get strategy and rpg confused. anyway you can look athe descriptions for star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring, at download.com if in fact I'm able to learn vb6 and develop accessible or my own accessible versions of these games, I might then look for a harry potter demo on download.com which I can get sounds from and make into some sort of accessible game. Josh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: kutztownstudent msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jkenn337 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] game demos
Hi Josh, Typically, the game demos are just demos. To get the full version you have to buy the full version. The demos usually only contain the sounds and graphics needed for that specific demo. Not everything is included in the demos. Josh wrote: Hi, I went to download.com and am downloading two game demos, star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring demo. My question is, in the games for sighted-people, is it like shades of doom where you have to enter a key to unlock the full game? or, are these demos only part of the full game which may come on a cd and be over 600mb in size? I'm downloading them, so I can get the sounds from them using dragon-unpack, delete the demos off my system, keep the sounds, install visual basic6, and the directX-8 developers pack, and hopefully making or start making these two games accessible and completely self-voiceing with the use of text-aloud to add speech from acapela-pro nextup.com voices where necessary in the game to make it accessible. Just for your information, lord of the rings, war of the ring is a strategy game, or is it rpg? I often get strategy and rpg confused. anyway you can look athe descriptions for star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring, at download.com if in fact I'm able to learn vb6 and develop accessible or my own accessible versions of these games, I might then look for a harry potter demo on download.com which I can get sounds from and make into some sort of accessible game. Josh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: kutztownstudent msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jkenn337 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] game demos
guess I'll be putting out some money then eh? Josh - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game demos Hi Josh, Typically, the game demos are just demos. To get the full version you have to buy the full version. The demos usually only contain the sounds and graphics needed for that specific demo. Not everything is included in the demos. Josh wrote: Hi, I went to download.com and am downloading two game demos, star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring demo. My question is, in the games for sighted-people, is it like shades of doom where you have to enter a key to unlock the full game? or, are these demos only part of the full game which may come on a cd and be over 600mb in size? I'm downloading them, so I can get the sounds from them using dragon-unpack, delete the demos off my system, keep the sounds, install visual basic6, and the directX-8 developers pack, and hopefully making or start making these two games accessible and completely self-voiceing with the use of text-aloud to add speech from acapela-pro nextup.com voices where necessary in the game to make it accessible. Just for your information, lord of the rings, war of the ring is a strategy game, or is it rpg? I often get strategy and rpg confused. anyway you can look athe descriptions for star wars, empire at war, and lord of the rings, war of the ring, at download.com if in fact I'm able to learn vb6 and develop accessible or my own accessible versions of these games, I might then look for a harry potter demo on download.com which I can get sounds from and make into some sort of accessible game. Josh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: kutztownstudent msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jkenn337 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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. ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] game demos
Hi Josh, probably. All depends on the game and demo. Josh wrote: guess I'll be putting out some money then eh? Josh ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
