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Dragon Strike [message #249842] So, 23 April 2006 03:07
zilladon  
Has anyone played Dragon Strike? It is a full 3d game, which is
impressive as it was made in 1990. It is (I'm almost positive)
abandonware and can be downloaded at
http://www.forgottenlance.com/games/dragonstrike.htm
You ride on the back of a dragon with your lance, and you either use
your lance or breathe fire to slay the enemy dragons. You also get to
choose your storyline, and there's 3 playable dragons.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #249844 ] So, 23 April 2006 03:55
Draco18s  
In article <1145754433.301743.285980 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>Has anyone played Dragon Strike? It is a full 3d game, which is
>impressive as it was made in 1990. It is (I'm almost positive)
>abandonware and can be downloaded at
>http://www.forgottenlance.com/games/dragonstrike.htm
>You ride on the back of a dragon with your lance, and you either use
>your lance or breathe fire to slay the enemy dragons. You also get to
>choose your storyline, and there's 3 playable dragons.

If that's what I think it is, then I remember hating it.
*Checks it out*
No, it isn't....
*Gets*

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249869 ] So, 23 April 2006 22:47
FlameStrike  
In article <1145754433.301743.285980 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>Has anyone played Dragon Strike? It is a full 3d game, which is
>impressive as it was made in 1990. It is (I'm almost positive)
>abandonware and can be downloaded at

Not that abandonware is an idea that has any legal force. The company can
still enforce its copyright on the software.

As for the game in question, I purchased a copy when it was in stores, but it
turns out I had the wrong system for it. I've still got the disk somewhere,
though, so if I can ever get a DOS emulator and a decent computer, I'll be
able to try it eventually.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249896 ] Mo, 24 April 2006 06:53
Lord Flame Stryke  
On 23 Apr 2006, FlameStrike was found to have scratched this message on
a rock in alt.fan.dragons:

>>Has anyone played Dragon Strike? It is a full 3d game, which is
>>impressive as it was made in 1990. It is (I'm almost positive)
>>abandonware and can be downloaded at
> Not that abandonware is an idea that has any legal force. The company
> can still enforce its copyright on the software.
> As for the game in question, I purchased a copy when it was in stores,
> but it turns out I had the wrong system for it. I've still got the
> disk somewhere, though, so if I can ever get a DOS emulator and a
> decent computer, I'll be able to try it eventually.

I've been referred to a program called "DOSBox".



Lord Flame Stryke

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249911 ] Di, 25 April 2006 01:53
Rai  
Quoth Lord Flame Stryke <FlameStryke [at] gmail.com>:
....
>I've been referred to a program called "DOSBox".

There are several alternatives to that, if it doesn't work out for you.
Take a look at section 4.6 of the FAQ I maintain:
http://www.daisho.plus.com/rgcu-faq/rgcu-faq.txt
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249922 ] Di, 25 April 2006 04:51
zilladon  
You don't need DOS box to run it tho...
Re: Dragon Strike [message #249926 ] Di, 25 April 2006 05:47
Al Phi  
zilladon wrote:
> You don't need DOS box to run it tho...

On some systems you will need DOSBox, or another emulator, to run
certain DOS programs, especially games. Windows has its own limited
DOS emulation, but it doesn't seem to work all that well. Running an
old (Win. '95, '98) version of Windows seems to work better than
Windows XP.

What operating system (I assume Windows) are you running?
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249928 ] Di, 25 April 2006 05:57
FlameStrike  
In article <Xns97AEE8F6E5931DragonFyre [at] 64.59.135.159>, FlameStryke [at] gmail.com
says...
>I've been referred to a program called "DOSBox".

Still leaves me looking for the computer on which to be able to run the combo.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249932 ] Di, 25 April 2006 06:43
zilladon  
Ya, I'm running XP and it works perfectly fine.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #249933 ] Di, 25 April 2006 06:45
zilladon  
I pointed out it's abandonware 'cause then they can't sue me for
pointing you guys to a link.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #249952 ] Di, 25 April 2006 23:05
FlameStrike  
In article <1145940302.323989.89590 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>I pointed out it's abandonware 'cause then they can't sue me for
>pointing you guys to a link.

I'm no lawyer, but I can't imagine thay could do that anyway. They could
certainly go after people who put the game up on the internet, though. Whether
they will, is an entirely different story.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249958 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 01:58
zilladon  
Lol. I don't know much of this either. But because it's abandonware,
anyone can freely download it.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #249959 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 02:12
Rai  
Quoth FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net>:
>zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...

>>I pointed out it's abandonware 'cause then they can't sue me for
>>pointing you guys to a link.
>
>I'm no lawyer, but I can't imagine thay could do that anyway.

Hmm. You could possibly go after someone for conspiracy or incitement
to infringe copyright, I suppose. Not likely prosecutors would waste
their time on it, though.

>They could certainly go after people who put the game up on the
>internet, though. Whether they will, is an entirely different story.

Depends on how much ISPs are leaned on to disclose their customers
activities by various governments, I suppose.
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249960 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 02:14
Rai  
Quoth "zilladon" <zilladon [at] hotmail.com>:
....
>Lol. I don't know much of this either. But because it's abandonware,
>anyone can freely download it.

Anyone is /able/ to download it, because it's on an abandonware site.
But since abandonware has no legal recognition whatever, making use of
such sites is piracy, in legal terms, as surely as copying a game
released last week.
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249963 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 04:05
FlameStrike  
In article <1146009522.160807.311420 [at] t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>Lol. I don't know much of this either. But because it's abandonware,
>anyone can freely download it.

There is no legal recognition of abandonware. These companies have not
abandoned their copyrights on the software. That would be like saying that a
writer no longer has the copyright on a book he wrote simply because the book
hasn't been published in x number of years. That's absolutely not true. Unless
the copyright holder EXPLICITLY relinquishes its rights, the copyright is
still enforceable. Violating that is piracy, regardless of whether the
copyright holder decides to go after the violator or not.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #249982 ] Mi, 26 April 2006 07:15
Draco18s  
In article <zzA3g.63905$F_3.37045 [at] newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net says...
>In article <1146009522.160807.311420 [at] t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>>Lol. I don't know much of this either. But because it's abandonware,
>>anyone can freely download it.
>
>There is no legal recognition of abandonware. These companies have not
>abandoned their copyrights on the software. That would be like saying that a
>writer no longer has the copyright on a book he wrote simply because the book
>hasn't been published in x number of years. That's absolutely not true. Unless
>the copyright holder EXPLICITLY relinquishes its rights, the copyright is
>still enforceable. Violating that is piracy, regardless of whether the
>copyright holder decides to go after the violator or not.

This is correct.

Abandonware is computer software which is no longer being sold or supported by
its copyright holder. Sometimes, it is used as a blanket category for any
software over a certain age, usually five years.

The term has no legal meaning. This means that labeling any kind of software
'abandonware' does not make it legal to distribute it. Unless the author puts
the software in the public domain, any and all abandonware remains covered
under copyright law until its copyright term expires.

~Borrowed from Wikipedia

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250002 ] Do, 27 April 2006 00:01
zilladon  
What makes it abandonware is that the company decides it's really old,
and very few people would buy it, so therefore there's no point in
selling or marketing it anymore. So, they make it abandonware so
everyone can enjoy it. Of course, they still do retain the copyright
law on it.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250004 ] Do, 27 April 2006 00:34
FlameStrike  
In article <1146088909.087643.124280 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>What makes it abandonware is that the company decides it's really old,
>and very few people would buy it, so therefore there's no point in
>selling or marketing it anymore. So, they make it abandonware so
>everyone can enjoy it. Of course, they still do retain the copyright
>law on it.

That's called making the software freeware, not making it abandonware. Only a
handful of companies have done that with a handful of games, and they
typically do it through their own website. It's not a blanket practice across
the industry.

As an example, one game, Marathon, has been made available for free download
by the company, while a similar game made around the same time by a different
company, System Shock, has not. The fact that System Shock is not being sold
or supported anymore does not make it legal to download the game.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250019 ] Do, 27 April 2006 03:29
Rai  
Quoth FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net>:

>That would be like saying that a writer no longer has the copyright on
>a book he wrote simply because the book hasn't been published in x
>number of years. That's absolutely not true.

Actually, many created works go out of copyright a certain number of
years after either their creation or the creator's death. The specifics
depend on where you are. All the works of Gilbert and Sullivan are now
copyright free, for example.

>Unless the copyright holder EXPLICITLY relinquishes its rights, the
>copyright is still enforceable. Violating that is piracy, regardless
>of whether the copyright holder decides to go after the violator or not.

This is true, however.
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250029 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:44
FlameStrike  
In article <7g7052h2ajh7fuv08vtv3plk5p23sm6vna [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...
>>That would be like saying that a writer no longer has the copyright on
>>a book he wrote simply because the book hasn't been published in x
>>number of years. That's absolutely not true.
>
>Actually, many created works go out of copyright a certain number of
>years after either their creation or the creator's death. The specifics
>depend on where you are. All the works of Gilbert and Sullivan are now
>copyright free, for example.

I am aware of the limited terms of copyright laws these days. In the US, I
believe it's something along the lines of copyright remains in effect 50 years
after the creator dies, or for 75 years in the case of a company owning the
copyright. Which pretty much means that no computer software ever created
would have lost copyright protection yet.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250030 ] Do, 27 April 2006 04:48
Rai  
Quoth FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net>:
....
>I am aware of the limited terms of copyright laws these days. In the US, I
>believe it's something along the lines of copyright remains in effect 50 years
>after the creator dies, or for 75 years in the case of a company owning the
>copyright. Which pretty much means that no computer software ever created
>would have lost copyright protection yet.

Certainly true. Although the only reason the time-limit keeps being
extended is that Disney is terrified of losing the copyright of Mickey
Mouse. It's a powerful lobbyist...
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250042 ] Do, 27 April 2006 05:55
FlameStrike  
In article <27c0525du04ua02tgi1l7c9vaf8cefjs9q [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...
>Certainly true. Although the only reason the time-limit keeps being
>extended is that Disney is terrified of losing the copyright of Mickey
>Mouse. It's a powerful lobbyist...

Never thought I'd be grateful to Disney, but this may well change things.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250044 ] Do, 27 April 2006 06:54
zilladon  
Lol i wonder how many people have actually downloaded the above game...
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250046 ] Do, 27 April 2006 07:30
zilladon  
Lol i wonder how many people have actually downloaded the above game...
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250048 ] Do, 27 April 2006 11:04
Rai  
Quoth FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net>:
>rai [at] dev.nul says...

>>Disney is terrified of losing the copyright of Mickey Mouse. It's a
>>powerful lobbyist...
>
>Never thought I'd be grateful to Disney, but this may well change things.

In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250049 ] Do, 27 April 2006 11:51
FlameStrike  
In article <h621529acgnspct0hnp2s57feiom24pgvk [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...
>In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
>too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
>intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.

As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to control
the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it. If I live longer than
75 years after I write or publish something, I should still have the exclusive
rights to control my creations.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250050 ] Do, 27 April 2006 13:05
Zarris  
zilladon wrote:
> Lol i wonder how many people have actually downloaded the above game...
>

did but havnt opened it yet....

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250051 ] Do, 27 April 2006 13:07
Zarris  
FlameStrike wrote:
> In article <h621529acgnspct0hnp2s57feiom24pgvk [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...
>
>>In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
>>too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
>>intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.
>
>
> As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to control
> the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it. If I live longer than
> 75 years after I write or publish something, I should still have the exclusive
> rights to control my creations.
>

those numbers come in after one has died...

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250056 ] Do, 27 April 2006 13:15
Pegasus  
FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:tu04g.70338$H71.6068 [at] newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> In article <h621529acgnspct0hnp2s57feiom24pgvk [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul
says...
> >In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
> >too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
> >intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.
>
> As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to
control
> the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it. If I live longer
than
> 75 years after I write or publish something, I should still have the
exclusive
> rights to control my creations.
>

Have to agree there. I think it should depend on exactly what is being
copyrighted as well.

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>
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250059 ] Do, 27 April 2006 14:30
Rai  
Quoth FlameStrike <flamestrike [at] flame.strike.sbcglobal.net>:
>In article <h621529acgnspct0hnp2s57feiom24pgvk [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...

>>In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
>>too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
>>intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.
>
>As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to
>control the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it.
>If I live longer than 75 years after I write or publish something, I
>should still have the exclusive rights to control my creations.

I think you'll find that most countries' laws actually set the time
period for the expiration of copyright a certain number of years after
the author's /death/. I certainly don't approve of estates retaining
control of dead artists' work in perpetuity, since trustees' decisions
about the use of that work is ofter very different to what the creator
would likely have wanted.

In any event, we'll agree to disagree on this one. The legal
establishment is currently on your side more than mine, anyway.
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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250065 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 00:13
FlameStrike  
In article <2dSdnSvsTrx6OM3ZRVn-uQ [at] comcast.com>, WaterfallFinder [at] aol.com
says...
>
>
>FlameStrike wrote:
>> In article <h621529acgnspct0hnp2s57feiom24pgvk [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul
says...
>>
>>>In my view, 75 years is as long as copyright should extend -- possibly
>>>too long. There are plenty of very convincing arguments for
>>>intellectual property laws being in serious need of an overhaul.
>>
>>
>> As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to
control
>> the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it. If I live longer
than
>> 75 years after I write or publish something, I should still have the
exclusive
>> rights to control my creations.
>>
>
>those numbers come in after one has died...

Yes, but if you look back, I was responding to the idea that 75 years was too
long, which would mean that, under a system that didn't last that long at all,
I might wind up losing control before my death. Under the current system,
that's not a concern, though, you're right.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250066 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 00:20
FlameStrike  
In article <esd152hvf4fbnks6bnum12j719bkgvtncq [at] 4ax.com>, rai [at] dev.nul says...
>I think you'll find that most countries' laws actually set the time
>period for the expiration of copyright a certain number of years after
>the author's /death/. I certainly don't approve of estates retaining
>control of dead artists' work in perpetuity, since trustees' decisions
>about the use of that work is ofter very different to what the creator
>would likely have wanted.

I was referring to your contention that 75 years is too long to begin with,
which sounds like you wouldn't object to an author losing copyright within his
own lifetime. I cannot support that.

As for an estate retaining control after my death, I've already decided that
I'm going to make all my work public domain starting one week after my
funeral. After I'm dead, I'm not going to care anymore, so why not. But, that
should still remain, exclusively, the author's decision.

>In any event, we'll agree to disagree on this one. The legal
>establishment is currently on your side more than mine, anyway.

I can respect that. Out of curiosity, though, why do you think 75 years is too
long?

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250069 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 01:11
zilladon  
75 years after the author's death is probably a good period 'cause then
the corrupt people who would steal the copyright after it expires would
be either dead or too old.
Anyone else notice how most topics in here can change to a diff topic
really fast?
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250072 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 02:40
FlameStrike  
In article <1146179514.169933.261450 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>Anyone else notice how most topics in here can change to a diff topic
>really fast?

I don't believe i've been around, or read enough of the topics, to notice
that, no. I can easily believe it, though.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250081 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 03:30
Lord Flame Stryke  
On 27 Apr 2006, zilladon was found to have scratched this message on a rock
in alt.fan.dragons:

> 75 years after the author's death is probably a good period 'cause then
> the corrupt people who would steal the copyright after it expires would
> be either dead or too old.
> Anyone else notice how most topics in here can change to a diff topic
> really fast?

It's because of tides in the Sea of Sparklies.



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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250087 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 04:39
Draco18s  
In article <1146112202.245350.225680 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
zilladon [at] hotmail.com says...
>Lol i wonder how many people have actually downloaded the above game...

Did and hated the controls and stopped playing after a few minutes.

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250101 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 07:22
zilladon  
Actually, I found the controls good. Or maybe that's just me. Anyway,
you can change them if you like.
Re: Dragon Strike [message #250106 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 13:50
Zarris  
FlameStrike wrote:

>>>As a writer, I cannot agree with that. Only I should have the right to
>
> control
>
>>>the work I create, or to decide who makes money off it. If I live longer
>
> than
>
>>>75 years after I write or publish something, I should still have the
>
> exclusive
>
>>>rights to control my creations.
>>>
>>
>>those numbers come in after one has died...
>
>
> Yes, but if you look back, I was responding to the idea that 75 years was too
> long, which would mean that, under a system that didn't last that long at all,
> I might wind up losing control before my death. Under the current system,
> that's not a concern, though, you're right.
>

ah,,, somehow forgot or missed that.... or something

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Re: Dragon Strike [message #250116 ] Fr, 28 April 2006 22:46
FlameStrike  
In article <v_mdnYUE5dAwnM_ZnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d [at] comcast.com>,
WaterfallFinder [at] aol.com says...
>ah,,, somehow forgot or missed that.... or something

That happens.

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