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Re: Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

Posted on 2024-05-05, 17:05

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Don’t think anyone can efficiently preserve software without committing piracy in the current legislation. The best way in my opinion is to host such software in countries which are less likely to enforce their anti-piracy laws and wait for their license to expire. This is fair because is the very …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-05-05, 17:04

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Helldivers 2 has been pulled from Steam in 170 countries without PSN access How Sony could mess up this badly is truly mind-boggling. From what I keep reading Steam is accepting refunds because of this, regardless of play time, which IMO is actually fair. Still dumb on on Sonys part. Its also still …

Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

Posted on 2024-05-03, 23:17

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https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/can-an-online-library-of-classic-video-games-ever-be-legal.1500311/page-5#post-42800774 i was debating with the people on this thread and maybe its in a grey area of whether its legal or enforcable if vogons had an online library of classic games then that would …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-05-03, 22:39

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There is growing dissatisfaction with Limited Run Games, which last year announced a pre-order of the collector's edition of the game "D" for 3DO consoles at a price of $64.99 per piece plus shipping, contrary to the expectations of collectors, instead of stamping, regular CD-Rs were used, which …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-05-01, 14:39

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Shagittarius wrote on 2024-05-01, 14:37: I will never understand arguing for less ownership. I fear for the future, attitudes like this spill over into other avenues too. Ownership infers maintenance costs taxes storage fees. It's like paying a yearly tax to live in your house

Re: vogons hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Posted on 2024-04-30, 02:06

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chinny22 wrote on 2024-04-30, 02:04: Here it stands for Very Old Games On New Systems. […] Show full quote Here it stands for Very Old Games On New Systems. although the topics are re HHGTTG references like Marvin, https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Marvin Millways, https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/ …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-29, 01:34

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Well Stadia was a flop and I haven't heard much of a buzz surrounding Luna. Personally, I can't say that I'm that excited about cloud gaming. In Canada, fast internet still costs a premium and neither GeForce NOW nor Xbox Cloud Gaming have worked particularly well on my connection. yea cloud gaming …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-29, 01:04

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when the game requires some code to run online though, what then? i don't just mean networking to allow multiplayer i mean some content too, something which the game genuinely needs to function games seem to be slowly heading towards a point where some, then almost all, the code execution will be …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-28, 23:09

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when the game requires some code to run online though, what then? i don't just mean networking to allow multiplayer i mean some content too, something which the game genuinely needs to function games seem to be slowly heading towards a point where some, then almost all, the code execution will be …

Re: Why The Internet Archive Is In Danger Right Now...

Posted on 2024-04-28, 15:25

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Everyone is to blame from the very top all the way to the bottom as far as why we are where we are at as far as preservation. Those who infringe copyright better have the money and lawyers to back it up especially when they consistently do so. cost of doing business, really you need money to review …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-28, 14:03

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That's why I generally stopped caring (with just a handful of exceptions) about stuff that is not open source nor at least free-for-keeps without strings attached. I do use Steam, but I keep in mind that the games I have there might disappear without a trace at any given moment. Moreover, it is my …

Why The Internet Archive Is In Danger Right Now...

Posted on 2024-04-28, 13:36

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https://youtu.be/vdMT-x7CbdU i want to agree with muta but i have been so reliant on internet archive thats its unprofitable to do what IA did to create an all encompassing archive to perserve history/internet. i mean thats why its a nonprofit. If it was a for profit it never would have lasted for …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-28, 13:31

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Especially with bigger companies, they often use middleware or licensed assets for which they do not have the right to publish it outside of what contractually has been agreed on. For example, id Software had to change some stuff before releasing Doom 3 source code due to use of licensed technology …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-27, 23:33

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All the DRM stuff aside, releasing source code or assets is not that simple. Especially with bigger companies, they often use middleware or licensed assets for which they do not have the right to publish it outside of what contractually has been agreed on. For example, id Software had to change …

Re: The Orange Box: Broken HL2:EP2/Portal/TF2

Posted on 2024-04-27, 00:08

in Windows
After extracting the DVD's GCFs, it seems that there are no binaries for EP2 and Portal to begin with (episodic\bin or portal\bin), if I'm not mistaken. So they just can't work. TF2 has binaries but it doesn't start indeed. So I guess this physical copy is pretty much useless. A working EP2 …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-27, 00:06

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Nothing new there. I don't even consider game libraries on online contend delivery platforms a collection. And Ubisoft have been on my black list since about 2014 (2 years after I blacklisted EA) for being anti-consumer. If they had a shred of decency they'd made an offline update and left the game …

Retro City Rampage DX

Posted on 2024-04-26, 23:39

in DOS
by Vblank Entertainment I know its not an old game but the game was released for DOS as of 2020 i doubt it can work in native dos without dosbox per say

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