I never liked these...;) ever...;)

Played the first one waaaaay back on the Commodore Amiga. Never cared to bother with the sequels due to total lack of interest.

I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 15:25:
I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

As they continue to be free after months, maybe years, that prevention seems rather doubtful ?
Have 150 freebies on Indiegala, many are really good.
Anyway, don't want these, but somebody will love them for the best reasons, thanks anyway

WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 18:40:

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 15:25:
I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

As they continue to be free after months, maybe years, that prevention seems rather doubtful ?
Have 150 freebies on Indiegala, many are really good.
Anyway, don't want these, but somebody will love them for the best reasons, thanks anyway

It requires you to signup with a 3rd party and subjects you to their marketing material. It prevents you from including the game in software packs legally (rpie/MiSTer/etc). And you have to use tools produced freely by the community to play these games on modern computers. If it falls into abandonware, these games can live a much better second life in reto game archives rather than fragmenting them on various bundling sites that may not exist next year.

Ken sent me.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 20:02:

WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 18:40:

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 15:25:
I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

As they continue to be free after months, maybe years, that prevention seems rather doubtful ?
Have 150 freebies on Indiegala, many are really good.
Anyway, don't want these, but somebody will love them for the best reasons, thanks anyway

It requires you to signup with a 3rd party and subjects you to their marketing material. It prevents you from including the game in software packs legally (rpie/MiSTer/etc). And you have to use tools produced freely by the community to play these games on modern computers. If it falls into abandonware, these games can live a much better second life in reto game archives rather than fragmenting them on various bundling sites that may not exist next year.

Thanks for the great info.
On my part, I'm fine with the game developers/publishers, as owners, deciding to abide by Indiegala rules.

I go assiduously to
https://www.myabandonware.com/browse/recent/windows/

They have hundreds of games posted (sloooooowwwww speeds), with the proviso that if a possible owner objects, they are inmediately unavailable, with a link on where they can be purchased (if eventually there is one).

Forgettable ones aside, got dozens of great fantastic games there, old lost memorable favorites as well as new to me.
Most run perfect (win xp sp3, etc), though be mindful of old DRM with a few.

I loved the first one! Imagine that.

Laffman

WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 21:37:

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 20:02:

WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 18:40:

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 15:25:
I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

As they continue to be free after months, maybe years, that prevention seems rather doubtful ?
Have 150 freebies on Indiegala, many are really good.
Anyway, don't want these, but somebody will love them for the best reasons, thanks anyway

It requires you to signup with a 3rd party and subjects you to their marketing material. It prevents you from including the game in software packs legally (rpie/MiSTer/etc). And you have to use tools produced freely by the community to play these games on modern computers. If it falls into abandonware, these games can live a much better second life in reto game archives rather than fragmenting them on various bundling sites that may not exist next year.

Thanks for the great info.
On my part, I'm fine with the game developers/publishers, as owners, deciding to abide by Indiegala rules.

I go assiduously to
https://www.myabandonware.com/browse/recent/windows/

They have hundreds of games posted (sloooooowwwww speeds), with the proviso that if a possible owner objects, they are inmediately unavailable, with a link on where they can be purchased (if eventually there is one).

Forgettable ones aside, got dozens of great fantastic games there, old lost memorable favorites as well as new to me.
Most run perfect (win xp sp3, etc), though be mindful of old DRM with a few.

MyAbandonware is great, but I usually go to Internet Archive first. Tons of games on MyAbandonware don't work well- bad cracks and installs that are incompatbile. Internet Archive often has the original install disk images and patches, which is a much better way to get the game running, imo. You can also download massive VHD collections there as well.

Yes BIGtrouble77, got many things in the archive.org, games, 2 Cdroms with 7000 fan levels for Doom 1,2, pulp sci fiction and fantasy magazines, etc.
And some things I shouldn't have
But you mention VHD, mmm, many thanks !

Buy lubricant.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 20:02:

WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 18:40:

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Aug 21, 2021, 15:25:
I don't like these uninspired "giveaways" because they only exist to make sure the games can never be treated as abandonware, preventing the community from legally distributing them.

As they continue to be free after months, maybe years, that prevention seems rather doubtful ?
Have 150 freebies on Indiegala, many are really good.
Anyway, don't want these, but somebody will love them for the best reasons, thanks anyway

It requires you to signup with a 3rd party and subjects you to their marketing material. It prevents you from including the game in software packs legally (rpie/MiSTer/etc). And you have to use tools produced freely by the community to play these games on modern computers. If it falls into abandonware, these games can live a much better second life in reto game archives rather than fragmenting them on various bundling sites that may not exist next year.

These games are hardly abandoned. They are still sold on Steam and GOG.