Pretty cool link.. old abandonware games

Ragone · 01-06-2005, 09:42 PM

Got X-Com apocalypse and the space quest/kings quests games off it

fun times

hxxp://www.abandonia.com/game.php?ID=307&genre=strategy

sovereignstar · 01-06-2005, 10:04 PM

Nice. Last time I wanted to play Police Quest 4 I had to play the French version. And boy was that a bitch!

Ragone · 01-06-2005, 10:10 PM

Viva la rodney king!

SackAttack · 01-06-2005, 10:23 PM

Guys, for what it's worth, the Sierra adventure games do not constitute "abandonware." Sierra has in the recent past released a collection of the King's Quest/Space Quest/Police Quest/Leisure Suit Larry games. We're talking within the last 5-10 years.

And there's obviously nothing stopping them from doing so again in the future. I don't know what the status of X-Com and other such games are, but I'm pretty certain Sierra and Vivendi Universal would take a dim view of the various Sierra adventure games being treated as "abandonware."

Ragone · 01-06-2005, 10:25 PM

Well i'm certainly not trying to advocate piracy or step on anyone's toes or anything..

But i honestly don't recall anything other then a crappily done leisure suit larry game being released within the past 5 years

sovereignstar · 01-06-2005, 10:26 PM

Hey, I bought Police Quest 4 years ago dammit.

Maple Leafs · 01-06-2005, 10:40 PM

Some of the games aren't abandoned, and even the ones that are will still be sketchy legal terriroty. Still, great find.

SackAttack · 01-06-2005, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

Well i'm certainly not trying to advocate piracy or step on anyone's toes or anything..

But i honestly don't recall anything other then a crappily done leisure suit larry game being released within the past 5 years

Didn't say it was brand new stuff.

But, look, I've lived in the town I'm in for about 10 years, and I know it's been since I've moved here that they released collections of all four of the series listed. One or two of them even got released multiple times. Also, the SWAT series is what became of Police Quest, and that HAS had new releases. Don't assume that the properties are dead or abandoned just because they don't have "Space Quest" blinking in giant neon letters with arrows pointing to the box.

MrBug708 · 01-06-2005, 11:00 PM

Police SWAT 2 was fun

hukarez · 01-06-2005, 11:35 PM

I'm more of a fan of Home of the Underdogs:

hxxp://www.the-underdogs.org/

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01-06-2005, 10:04 PM	#2
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Nice. Last time I wanted to play Police Quest 4 I had to play the French version. And boy was that a bitch!

01-06-2005, 10:10 PM	#3
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Viva la rodney king!

01-06-2005, 10:23 PM	#4
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Guys, for what it's worth, the Sierra adventure games do not constitute "abandonware." Sierra has in the recent past released a collection of the King's Quest/Space Quest/Police Quest/Leisure Suit Larry games. We're talking within the last 5-10 years. And there's obviously nothing stopping them from doing so again in the future. I don't know what the status of X-Com and other such games are, but I'm pretty certain Sierra and Vivendi Universal would take a dim view of the various Sierra adventure games being treated as "abandonware."

01-06-2005, 10:25 PM	#5
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Well i'm certainly not trying to advocate piracy or step on anyone's toes or anything.. But i honestly don't recall anything other then a crappily done leisure suit larry game being released within the past 5 years

01-06-2005, 10:26 PM	#6
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Hey, I bought Police Quest 4 years ago dammit.

01-06-2005, 11:00 PM	#9
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Police SWAT 2 was fun

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