<!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Dec 7 2003, 10:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Dec 7 2003, 10:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--wizard@psu+Dec 7 2003, 09:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (wizard@psu @ Dec 7 2003, 09:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I am pretty sure the original DOOM has gone freeware, and Heretic/Hexen. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Negative. Wolf3D, DOOM, Duke3D, Quake, Quake 2, and afaik Heretic/Hexen are *NOT* Freeware.
Engine source released != Freeware. These are two very different things. All the map content + sprites/models + textures are still non-public, and the games as a whole are actually still being sold.
So don't link to any of these full games least you get pwned. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Because ID Games are filthy money****s. I was looking for one of their older games (Forget the name, something about aliens), and good god that game is like 8 years old. I doubt it even runs on my system (Same way Duke3D doesn't run on winXP, but someone hacked a fix for it).
So I find an abandonware site and they say 'This is not abandonware! Buy it here!' and it links me to ID Games and they want $30 for a title that features such stunning advances as 256 colors, a vast array of 6 unique weapons, and 20 levels of mayhem!
I can't get X-COM Apocalypse to work on my system (win2k) <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--esuna+Dec 9 2003, 02:09 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Dec 9 2003, 02:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--SoulSkorpion+Dec 8 2003, 03:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Dec 8 2003, 03:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Do a search for "home of the underdogs". Oh, and I HIGHLY recommend Betrayal at Krondor. Mr Feist's writing style is a bit repetitive at first, but you get used to it. Oh, and watch what you eat <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
You can be sure that if it's on home of the underdogs that it's abandonware. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But be warned. Not everything on Underdogs is abandonware. A good number of games they have up are still available in stores and have been noted by several abandonware sites to not be abandonware. Infact, a good deal of it is illegal. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh? I was pretty sure that site went to great lengths to make sure that the hosted games were no longer being released. I stand corrected.
Ms. underdog removes them if she recieves a message from the company requesting it. I sincerely doubt she has the time to check every single title to make sure that they are still not on sale. However, no downloadable titles on that site are still being manufactured or sold through some sort of online store etc. Just try to find magic carpet in a bargain bin <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->.
<!--QuoteBegin--Xzilen+Dec 8 2003, 10:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xzilen @ Dec 8 2003, 10:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In the latest issue of CGW they gave me three free full games including Deus Ex. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Hmm... Which games were included?
<!--QuoteBegin--Nil_IQ+Dec 8 2003, 09:17 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Dec 8 2003, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Javert+Dec 8 2003, 12:01 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Javert @ Dec 8 2003, 12:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I believe the original 2D Sims is freeware now <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm sure you meant SimCity.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Maybe he means the old game Little Computer People
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Negative. Wolf3D, DOOM, Duke3D, Quake, Quake 2, and afaik Heretic/Hexen are *NOT* Freeware.
Engine source released != Freeware. These are two very different things. All the map content + sprites/models + textures are still non-public, and the games as a whole are actually still being sold.
So don't link to any of these full games least you get pwned. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Because ID Games are filthy money****s. I was looking for one of their older games (Forget the name, something about aliens), and good god that game is like 8 years old. I doubt it even runs on my system (Same way Duke3D doesn't run on winXP, but someone hacked a fix for it).
So I find an abandonware site and they say 'This is not abandonware! Buy it here!' and it links me to ID Games and they want $30 for a title that features such stunning advances as 256 colors, a vast array of 6 unique weapons, and 20 levels of mayhem!
EDIT: Woops, that's for X-Com: Enemy Unknown.
You can be sure that if it's on home of the underdogs that it's abandonware. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But be warned. Not everything on Underdogs is abandonware. A good number of games they have up are still available in stores and have been noted by several abandonware sites to not be abandonware. Infact, a good deal of it is illegal. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh? I was pretty sure that site went to great lengths to make sure that the hosted games were no longer being released. I stand corrected.
Hmm... Which games were included?
I'm sure you meant SimCity.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Maybe he means the old game Little Computer People