[Just your average movie goer]

I've seen advertisements for US stores on the internet, selling Dark Forces for almost nothing. But I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of finding it in Korea. Why should this be? It's a very old game. Most kids these days are spending all their money on Star Wars prequel merchandise. So why can't they just make Dark Forces a freeware game that you can download online?

Oh wait. I know - George Lucas.

[SimeSublime]

Get in line, I belive The Secret of Monkey Island should get first plug at abandonware.

This post has been edited by SimeSublime: 19 July 2004 - 09:17 AM

[Rory]

I really liked Grim Fandago; I also really liked X Wing, and Tie Fighter. Aside from a few peculiarities (an x wing can destroy a star destroyer through clever maneuvering, a lot of patience, and several blaster shots. also, capital ships move really really slowly.), it did an amazing job simulating space combat in the star wars universe. If you're lucky enough to get an X Wing, then lifes pretty sweet; you can go really fast when you need to, you've got torpedoes, quad firing blasters (though these arent that much of a boon), shields, and decent maneuverability. X Wing not your thing? Hey, the A Wing has a lot to offer too; it has incredible maneuverability, shields, concussion missiles, blasters, and is fast to boot. And then there's the Y Wing.... they dont call it "a useless piece of trash that is half a century too old to do anything, save hauling trash, a.k.a. itself, to the nearest waste disposal unit" for nothing. Yes, it has torpedoes. Yes, it has impressive shields. And blasters. And Ion cannons. No, it doesnt have anything else. Its like flying a dumptruck. You ever try to fly a dumptruck? You might as well shoot yourself. Either that, or go get something to drink, while you put something heavy on your joystick and wait for this thing to loop around, or turn, or maneuver in any way. Its also slow as mud.

And being in a Tie Fighter? Well you really do feel like you are in a tiny little maneuverable tin can that is as likely to explode as do anything else when someone breathes on it. Being in a Tie Interceptor? Well thats like being in a faster, more maneuverable tin can. Tie Bomber. Well, thats almost as bad as a Y Wing, but at least youve got more maneuverability. But then again you've got no shields. Gunboat, well thats just weird. You've got shields, and weapons, but its sort of slow and sluggish. Tie Advanced... Jesus, that thing is amazing. Tie Defender... well, why they decided they needed an even more amazing tie craft is beyond me, but its like heaven. In fact, the only annoying thing is that sometimes you are going so fast that you outrun most ships; I suppose you could always match their speed, but the smart and lazy pilot knows to simply crash right into them. That does the trick nicely. And their shields recharge quickly!

[Just your average movie goer]

Ah, that's beautiful, Rory. I love the description of the Y-Wings. They handle exactly the way I imagined they would when I first saw the movie.

[Jane Sherwood]

I was able to download Maniac Mansion recently, but I really want to find a place where I can download Loom...I'd like to give that one a try at some point, too. It's so old it should be up somewhere...

Right?

This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 19 July 2004 - 10:07 AM

[Just your average movie goer]

I don't know. Remember, that's exactly how I feel about Dark Forces.

[SimeSublime]

I saw some notices about Loom being abandonware, but that doesn't exactly help much. Like I said, seeing as Lucasarts aren't selling it anymore, I see no problem with downloading it from emule or whatever.

[Chefelf]

Get in line, I belive The Secret of Monkey Island should get first plug at abandonware.

Lucas Arts games will never be abandonware. As long as they exist as a company they'll be trying to squeeze as many $$ out of you as possible for 15-20 year old games.

[Helena]

I don't know how many of you here visit littlefluffy.com, the Lore Sjoberg/Chris Livingston collaborative project compiling a database of free online games, but there are some good leads there.

Lore Sjoberg? Isn't he the guy who used to run the Brunching Shuttlecocks website? Ah, I loved that site...

If you want free online/downloadable games, quandaryland.com has quite a good selection.

[SimeSublime]

My mistake. I think the deal with Loom was something along the lines of if you had a disk version you could download the sounds and stuff to upgrade it to the voiced version, or some such.

[Shawnathan]

"Dark Forces" would probably th ONLY Star Wars game I enjoyed and would consider to play over and over again. I recently bought a used copy for about $2.50. You wouldn't believe what you can find in used video game stores! I once found a collection of ALL of the "Advanced Dungeaons& Dragons" (like Eye of the Beholder and Pool of Radiance) games in a fold-up case for $5.00!

I was able to download Maniac Mansion recently, but I really want to find a place where I can download Loom...

I downloaded "Loom" recently on a really cool abandonware site, they have a TON of classic adventure games to download. Below is a link.

Home of the Underdogs

This post has been edited by Shawnathan: 20 July 2004 - 10:34 AM

[Jane Sherwood]

Ohhhhh...I can't believe I didn't see it there before!

(*runs off to download*)


EDIT: Wait a second! It says it's just a patch!

This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 20 July 2004 - 07:38 PM

[A Mighty Pirate]

Hey laura, was it the turtle Puzzle part?

I could never beat that part.

Never. Even with the strategy guide that I broke down and purchased.

Still nothing.


It haunts me still to this day.