I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.
Is there anyone I can report this to?
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> I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few > are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like > Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.
> Is there anyone I can report this to?
A lot of this stuff would now be owned by 4D/CJE, with no doubt some other stuff belonging to APDL. That'd be your starting point.
> I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few > are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like > Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.
This toe rag turns up from time to time. A couple of weeks ago his last site was closed down but it's almost a waste of time getting it shut down as it just pops up again.
However, IME there's just about nothing there that's of any use. It's all either badly broken, copy protected disc images that will only work from ADFS:0 so no good for emulators or multi-disc sets with missing or duplicated discs. So don't waste your time and bandwidth downloading lots of stuff.
> > I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few > > are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like > > Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.
> This toe rag turns up from time to time. A couple of weeks ago his last > site was closed down but it's almost a waste of time getting it shut down > as it just pops up again.
> However, IME there's just about nothing there that's of any use. It's all > either badly broken, copy protected disc images that will only work from > ADFS:0 so no good for emulators or multi-disc sets with missing or > duplicated discs. So don't waste your time and bandwidth downloading lots > of stuff.
I've just had another look and it seems that since the last 'altercation' he's removed all the Archimedes stuff, so no worries (until it all turns up again somewhere else.
BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on a CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones that were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:42:34 +0000, David Holden wrote: > BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on > a CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones > that were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.
I remember a CD sold by ProAction that fits this description precisely!
> > > I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few > > > are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like > > > Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.
> > This toe rag turns up from time to time. A couple of weeks ago his last > > site was closed down but it's almost a waste of time getting it shut down > > as it just pops up again.
> > However, IME there's just about nothing there that's of any use. It's all > > either badly broken, copy protected disc images that will only work from > > ADFS:0 so no good for emulators or multi-disc sets with missing or > > duplicated discs. So don't waste your time and bandwidth downloading lots > > of stuff.
> I've just had another look and it seems that since the last 'altercation' > he's removed all the Archimedes stuff, so no worries (until it all turns up > again somewhere else.
Yes I emailed the webmaster and he promptly removed all RISC OS software not just the titles that I listed as still being 'published' he also emailed me asking how much to buy the rights. My reply to him bounced!
> BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on a > CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones that > were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.
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In message <ant3015581cbp...@client.cjemicros.co.uk> Chris Evans <ch...@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:
>> > of stuff.
>> I've just had another look and it seems that since the last 'altercation' >> he's removed all the Archimedes stuff, so no worries (until it all turns up >> again somewhere else.
> Yes I emailed the webmaster and he promptly removed all RISC OS software not > just the titles that I listed as still being 'published' he also emailed me > asking how much to buy the rights. My reply to him bounced!
Probably just as well, it might have given him a heart-attack right?