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I've always thought it was kind of unnecessarily cruel to shut down the abandonware sites that host sierra games. After all the vast majority of people trying to download those games are people who actually paid full price for them years ago and just want to check out the game again. I can understand Tierra's stance on posting links here considering the tendency of web hosting companies to delete every single file associated with abandonware from time to time. But since sierra no longer sells the old games and most of us already paid full price for them in the past, I don't see what the big deal is.
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Agreed. And I'm also glad to see a bit of activity over at Himalaya Studios again!
Just out of curtiosity what was at this site before it was temporarily shut down? Also although I understand AGDI's stance on abandonware I do find it interesting that there are several topics on sierragamers website about it and Ken Williams does not seem to have a problem with people downloading the games. If the original owner has no problem with it... why should vivindi?
Himalaya Studios was AGD1's site for a commercial adventure game. It wasn't shut down, but taken down because the project was in a dormant stage. Himalaya Studios' games does not infringe on anyone's copyrights/trademarks. It's a completely original game.Just out of curtiosity what was at this site before it was temporarily shut down? Also although I understand AGDI's stance on abandonware I do find it interesting that there are several topics on sierragamers website about it and Ken Williams does not seem to have a problem with people downloading the games. If the original owner has no problem with it... why should vivindi?
Further, Ken Williams may (as the original owner) have no problems with it, but VU is the legal owner, which makes quite the difference.
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TRAPP i dont think you understand the work it takes for somthing like this the WAY I SEE YOUR LUCKY Their EVEN MAKING THIS they have lives you know
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Vu didn't pay for rights really; they just bought Cendant.Gronagor wrote:If I got the package he (Ken) got I wouldn't care about people changing my work either!
If I had to pay that much for all the Sierra rights (VU), I wouldn't be happy with people stealing these rights (no matter how minor it seems).
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you guys must have some idea when qfg2vga is coming it has been a long time
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Oh why must you torment us so AGD2!?! You big tease you.Anonymous Game Creator 2 wrote:You're right, we do have an idea of when it's coming out.you guys must have some idea when qfg2vga is coming it has been a long time
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Erpy wrote:It's not shut down. I'm positive it'll be back again within the very near future. Well, the "coming SOON" says all, does it not?
Is everyone so braindead here that you HAD to say it twice?Erpy wrote:If it was shut down, it wouldn't say "coming soon", would it?
Besides, if you want to take a gander at what WAS there - use the Internet WAYBACK MACHINE.
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You should offer a competition for who can guess QFG2VGA release date. Each person bets on a specific date and obviously the closest match wins.