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Will Classic Games Disappear Forever?
Knightfall writes "Who doesn't remember pumping tons of quarters into games like Joust and Tron? I shudder at the thought of what could have become of that large quantity of money. Well, it seems remembering those games may soon be all that is left. As companies are dropping support, but not property rights to our old favorites, many are in danger of vanishing forever. There are a few trying to prevent this though. An article in Wired tells a little about it. I for one still find these games, on a pure gameplay level, better than most anything out there currently. What can we do to prevent them from no longer being available?"
"Why wouldn't the receipt of purchase be enough proof? Yes, there's nothing stopping you from reselling it, that would be illegal. It's like you buying a CD, copying it, then selling the original."
Heh I do that with PC games all the time. Load up DiskJuggler, insert CDR, burn, sell for $45-$50 via ebay or Amazon Marketplace.
merely that it could not have been done on the Dreamcast without losing something.
I'm not interested in defending console X here from someone saying that 'Y can't be done on it.' What I am interested in, though, is what makes you qualified to offer that assessment of the Dreamcast's abilities? Do I have any reason to believe that you're not merely spouting conjecture off the top of your head?
--Jeremy
Jesus was a liberal