Freddy Pharkas free for download ...

mycroft · 10-18-2003, 09:07 PM

Hi

This is my first post...although i've been visiting this site since it was adventuregamer.com

Anyway..i'm sorry if it is already known but Freddy Pharkas : Frontier Pharmacist
is available free for download.It apparently has been so for a little while.

But what amazed me was the entire talkie cd ..~500 mb is up for grabs.

Including a hi-res pdf version of the manual

Here are the links..

http://www.freddypharkas.com

and for the cd image

http://staff.aedsol.com/ebf/fpfp/

again sorry if it is already known..

See ya

mycroft

Tanukitsune · 10-19-2003, 12:55 AM

Woah! The talkie version EXISTS? I thought it was a myth like the MK I talkie...
I actually have two copies because I thought I was buying the talkie version...

DasJan · 10-19-2003, 01:29 AM

This looks pretty "unofficial". Are you sure it's legal?

Das Jan

mycroft · 10-19-2003, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DasJan

This looks pretty "unofficial". Are you sure it's legal?

Das Jan

Hmm..now that you mention it...I have no way of ascertaining whether it is legal or not.

So i'm sorry if this is one of those abandonware thingies.
But the site http://www.freddypharkas.com looked very genuine and so i thought no act of piracy was involved.
I thought it was run by an ex-employee of Sierra so...

anyways..sorry again..

mycroft

P.S btw Tanukitsune..a talkie version does exist..or so i think..

and it has a hilarious intro by the name of 'The Ballad of Freddy Pharkas' or something like that any way..

EDIT: Ok.. from the main site http://www.freddypharkas.com -
"5/22/2002: After thinking about it and talking with the game creators (Al Lowe and Josh Mandel), I've decided to try my hand at giving away copies of the game freely. Please visit the Get the Game page for more information.
"
So all is well.

Henke · 10-19-2003, 02:00 AM

The whole talkieversion for free? It's christmas already and santa clause really exists? When was the original game released anyway?

Nellie · 10-19-2003, 02:14 AM

The first sentence on the game download page is:

Quote:

Although I don't tend to support piracy, especially when it comes to great games like this, there comes a time in every game's life when it becomes harder and harder to find.

So definitely not official.

sillycanadian · 10-19-2003, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tanukitsune

Woah! The talkie version EXISTS? I thought it was a myth like the MK I talkie...
I actually have two copies because I thought I was buying the talkie version...

Man I love the talkie version! There were some pretty good voices. Plus the whole endgame sequence is nowhere near as funny without voice acting.

*Stinger* · 10-19-2003, 08:17 AM

The page also says this:

Quote:

According to Al Lowe himself, the rights to the game reverted back to him after Sierra stopped selling it, which happened several years ago. And since he has stated that he'd rather people play the game than have it disappear, this is pretty much the only way to go.

Being one to heartily trust Al Lowe, I would say there's a lot more validity to this then your typical warez download. I own the talkie version of FPFP, and the voices are just awesome. It's also pretty much the funniest game ever made. If not for the sheer ludicricity (yeah, pretty sure I just made that word up) of the puzzles, it would be Top 20 material.

- Evan

Len Green · 10-19-2003, 09:16 AM

I played it a LONG time ago but can't remember if it was with speech or not ... I rather think it was WITH ?!?!
But now when I look for it, I can't find it.
So I'm trying to download it. But it's going at a snail's pace ...

I have ADSL which is fairly fast but each of the 10 segments of FPFP is downloading at present at approximately 2.9 MB/sec.
As a check, I just downloaded KQ2VGA. It's 43 MB and took 12 minutes ... an average rate of 58½ KB/sec. This is 20 times faster!

ANYBODY ELSE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE & KNOW WHY THE "FREDDY" DOWNLOAD IS SOOOO SLOW ??

Correction :- .......... "at approximately 2.9 MB/sec".
I mean 2.9 KB/sec.

DustCropper · 10-19-2003, 09:17 AM

Yikes, is anyone else getting super dooper slow download speeds? Each download is going to take me five hours even though I have broadband.

sillycanadian · 10-19-2003, 12:23 PM

Yeah, mine is going very slowly too. It was going much faster earlier today, but now its crawling at about 2.4 kb/s.

remixor · 10-19-2003, 01:37 PM

I managed to grab the entire thing in about an hour. It was going quite fast for me.

khalek · 10-19-2003, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stinger

The page also says this:

Being one to heartily trust Al Lowe, I would say there's a lot more validity to this then your typical warez download. I own the talkie version of FPFP, and the voices are just awesome. It's also pretty much the funniest game ever made. If not for the sheer ludicricity (yeah, pretty sure I just made that word up) of the puzzles, it would be Top 20 material.

- Evan

I sent an email to Al, Sierra still have the rights and it shouldn't have been made available for download...
If it were up to Al it would be available for download but it sadly is not.

Mattsius · 10-19-2003, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khalek

Sierra still have the rights and it shouldn't have been made available for download...

Well, actually I don't care any more. Freddy Pharkas is about ten years old and Sierra doesn't actually care about this game any more anyway.

So sue me!
I've played the floppy version ages ago but never experienced the CD version with voices and I would like to do this before I die.

syntheticgerbil · 10-19-2003, 08:34 PM

You know, not too long ago, (a year) Ebay was flooded with CD versions of Freddy Pharkas for fifty cents.

Best fifty cents I ever spent.

***fov*** · 10-26-2003, 01:44 PM

i have a CD copy i got earlier this year through a trade -- i installed it this weekend and there are no voices. there is voice in the ballad at the beginning of the game, but the game itself is just text (and if there's an option to turn voices on, i can't find it. i already clicked through everything in the options control panel thingie.) i wonder if more than one CD version was released? this one came in a kind of generic-looking jewel case with sierra address and phone numbers on the back, no insert. it's not a Sierra Originals version. (when i bought Police Quest 4 when it first came out, it was packaged the same way, so i doubt this had an insert that got lost.) the copyright is 1994.

anyway, i'm going to keep playing from the CD for now because it's already installed and i have dialup, but i am intrigued by this "talkie" version.

also, according to that website there are some freddy pharkas demos that include puzzles that aren't in the actual game. that sounds cool.

-emily

JayNun · 10-26-2003, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fov

i have a CD copy i got earlier this year through a trade -- i installed it this weekend and there are no voices. there is voice in the ballad at the beginning of the game, but the game itself is just text (and if there's an option to turn voices on, i can't find it. i already clicked through everything in the options control panel thingie.)
-emily

I recall being bamboozled when i got a copy of the talkie mailed to me (no downloading on my 56k!) by the site's owner. Make sure you perform the Windows installation (i was using '95) option on the cd - its a separate application - then run the windows version on your hard drive from there! At least, that's what I recall working for me.

Hiro Protagonist · 10-26-2003, 03:27 PM

Anyone else have problems with the installation after dowloading the full talkie version? I downloaded fairly fast - around 1 hour - but all of the files had bad CRCs in them...so no dice...

Kolzig · 10-27-2003, 05:59 AM

I didn't have any errors, just now installed the game finally.

The download took quite a while...

remixor · 10-28-2003, 08:57 PM

Sierra often released multiple versions of their games on CD's, some with voice and some without. It's an Ebay game-hunter's nightmare.

10-18-2003, 09:07 PM	#1
mycroft Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 693	Freddy Pharkas free for download ... Hi This is my first post...although i've been visiting this site since it was adventuregamer.com Anyway..i'm sorry if it is already known but Freddy Pharkas : Frontier Pharmacist is available free for download.It apparently has been so for a little while. But what amazed me was the entire talkie cd ..~500 mb is up for grabs. Including a hi-res pdf version of the manual Here are the links.. http://www.freddypharkas.com and for the cd image http://staff.aedsol.com/ebf/fpfp/ again sorry if it is already known.. See ya mycroft Share Share this post on Twitter

10-19-2003, 12:55 AM	#2
Tanukitsune ACK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 2,448	Woah! The talkie version EXISTS? I thought it was a myth like the MK I talkie... I actually have two copies because I thought I was buying the talkie version... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Apparently I have a Devianrt Art account... And people actually like it!

10-19-2003, 01:29 AM	#3
DasJan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bonn, Germany Posts: 101	This looks pretty "unofficial". Are you sure it's legal? Das Jan Share Share this post on Twitter

10-19-2003, 02:00 AM	#5
Henke Headbanger Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The North Posts: 2,233	The whole talkieversion for free? It's christmas already and santa clause really exists? When was the original game released anyway? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ NP: Botanicula, Catherine, Dear Esther, Okami

10-19-2003, 09:16 AM	#9
Len Green Senior Member $Len Green's Avatar$ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 454	TERRIBLY slow download :~(( I played it a LONG time ago but can't remember if it was with speech or not ... I rather think it was WITH ?!?! But now when I look for it, I can't find it. So I'm trying to download it. But it's going at a snail's pace ... I have ADSL which is fairly fast but each of the 10 segments of FPFP is downloading at present at approximately 2.9 MB/sec. As a check, I just downloaded KQ2VGA. It's 43 MB and took 12 minutes ... an average rate of 58½ KB/sec. This is 20 times faster! ANYBODY ELSE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE & KNOW WHY THE "FREDDY" DOWNLOAD IS SOOOO SLOW ?? Correction :- .......... "at approximately 2.9 MB/sec". I mean 2.9 KB/sec. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-19-2003, 09:17 AM	#10
DustCropper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,117	Yikes, is anyone else getting super dooper slow download speeds? Each download is going to take me five hours even though I have broadband. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-19-2003, 12:23 PM	#11
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10-19-2003, 01:37 PM	#12
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	I managed to grab the entire thing in about an hour. It was going quite fast for me. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-19-2003, 08:34 PM	#15
syntheticgerbil Banned User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rubbish Posts: 535	You know, not too long ago, (a year) Ebay was flooded with CD versions of Freddy Pharkas for fifty cents. Best fifty cents I ever spent. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-26-2003, 01:44 PM	#16
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	i have a CD copy i got earlier this year through a trade -- i installed it this weekend and there are no voices. there is voice in the ballad at the beginning of the game, but the game itself is just text (and if there's an option to turn voices on, i can't find it. i already clicked through everything in the options control panel thingie.) i wonder if more than one CD version was released? this one came in a kind of generic-looking jewel case with sierra address and phone numbers on the back, no insert. it's not a Sierra Originals version. (when i bought Police Quest 4 when it first came out, it was packaged the same way, so i doubt this had an insert that got lost.) the copyright is 1994. anyway, i'm going to keep playing from the CD for now because it's already installed and i have dialup, but i am intrigued by this "talkie" version. also, according to that website there are some freddy pharkas demos that include puzzles that aren't in the actual game. that sounds cool. -emily Share Share this post on Twitter

10-26-2003, 03:27 PM	#18
Hiro Protagonist Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 117	Anyone else have problems with the installation after dowloading the full talkie version? I downloaded fairly fast - around 1 hour - but all of the files had bad CRCs in them...so no dice... Share Share this post on Twitter

10-27-2003, 05:59 AM	#19
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	I didn't have any errors, just now installed the game finally. The download took quite a while... Share Share this post on Twitter

10-28-2003, 08:57 PM	#20
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Sierra often released multiple versions of their games on CD's, some with voice and some without. It's an Ebay game-hunter's nightmare. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

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