View Single Post
Old 05-03-2005, 07:53 AM   #16
100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja
pain is love
 
100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Posts: 1,348
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by hengst2404
Abandonware is such a tough topic. One hates to see some of these classic games languish in limbo, forever denying others the chance to play them. Perhaps some enterpsiting group should purchase the rights to ditribute these no longer supported games from these companies. Not the intellectual properties themselves, just the old no longer supported or sold games. Seems that would be easiest.
Well there are companies like Sold Out Software who do that (they released BS1 & 2 for example), but I don't think any of those companies see the potential of selling IFs or old CGA/EGA/VGA games. And I can't blame them. I woudln't either.
__________________
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. - W.C. Fields

There are more old drunks then old doctors. - Willie Nelson

by_100ja
100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja is offline