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Chris Evans  
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 More options 30 Jun, 16:22
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.games
From: Chris Evans <ch...@cjemicros.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:22:58 +0100
Local: Mon 30 Jun 2008 16:22
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....
In article <6cop71F3i0ov...@mid.individual.net>, David Holden

<URL:mailto:Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote:

> On 29-Jun-2008, "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote:

> > On 12-Jun-2008, Rob White <mfl...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> > > I came across this website in my hunt for SNES ROMs and was surprised to
> > > see a link to download Archimedes software.

> > > http://www.doperoms.com

> > > 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.

Chris Evans

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