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Re: Random free game findings

Posted on 2024-05-07, 12:50

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Here's another batch of completely random finds, resulting from chaotic dips into the Wayback Machine. BlockOut OpenGL & WinBlock -- two BlockOut clones/remakes Deluxe Snake -- very neat Nibbles variant made with Allegro Halflight -- good quality vertical-scrolling shmup made with Allegro CRTetris …

Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list

Posted on 2024-05-06, 12:15

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A while ago I found a DOS vertical-crolling shmup called Firecrow . Looks like it was originally written as freeware game, and then reworked into a commercial version that was available only in France (?). Sometime later I tracked down a different site for a project called Firecrow 2 by the same …

Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2024-05-05, 13:57

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The shareware chess programme Rival Chess had its source code released to the public at some point in or after 1998: http://www.redhotpawn.com/rival/download/download.php

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-05-03, 20:25

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The most insidious thing imo is that Steam drops support for older versions of Windows. They are supposed to be the "good guys" of DRM. I know why they do it, but it still sucks. If they really wanted to be consumer friendly, they would "officially" drop support, but still let you install the …

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

Posted on 2024-05-02, 12:05

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Is it just me or is the Wayback Machine less useful than it used to be? Old webpages are often not available. I've been using the WM for the purpose of researching and finding old games for over a decade, and no, I've not noticed any recent degradation of quality. Yes, some pages are not preserved …

Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2024-04-28, 16:13

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I just learned about a pretty obscure German game called Space in Motion: Future Trade which was made freeware by its author, and the source code released here: https://github.com/Burkersroda/FutureTrade According to that page, the game was released in 2000 and sold in stores (here's a couple of …

Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-28, 13:10

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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, 19:55

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I am as big an opponent of online DRM as anyone - I only buy my digital games from GOG - but The Crew is a rather poor example, almost clickbait-grade in my opinion. Let's see. An online-only game, with no single-player content at all (per my understanding), which was from the day of its release …

Re: What is the LAST 5 DOS Game ever made for DOS?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 20:26

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What is the Last 5 MS-DOS game ever made for Dos? Depending on how you look upon it, this might be a tricky question. For one, DOS games are still being made, and some of these are sold, a few even with limited physical copies available. But most are freeware or donationware at best. The other …

Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list

Posted on 2024-04-20, 15:44

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Is rooster.zip on some other coverdisk CD besides 10/98? All of the issues seem not archived there, only some. I've not found the actual rooster.zip on any CDs in Hallfiry 's catalogue. PC Gamer PL issue 10/98 contains a self-extracting DOS RAR archive (of the command-line only variety, no install …

Re: Dune II HD port at last!

Posted on 2024-04-20, 15:31

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Sonic tank having less range than launcher and deviator kinda makes no sense to me but I dont remember what it was like in the original game.. Note that this is the sight range (i. e. the radius of the circle around the unit that gets revealed when it is stationary), not the actual weapon range. …

Re: Rare and lost demo/shareware releases wanted list

Posted on 2024-04-15, 20:47

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Rooster Type: Freeware (former commercial) File name: rooster.zip File size: probably around 2-3 MiB Original location: http://www.mirage.com.pl:80/index.php?id=retroattack (Wayback Machine link) Comment: This was a Polish overhead shooter apparently similar to Alien Breed , which was made a free …

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