Quoting: JudasIscariot

Quoting: InverseTelecineDoes anyone know if the version of Alladin is a PC port of the Sega Genesis title? I mean, was it at the time of the original release; I know GOG can't sell new Genesis ports (how cool would that be! :D )

I know the SNES and Genesis games were basically two totally different games, and I know this isn't a port of the SNES version because I played that one and he never carries a sword in it. In the screenshots he's carrying a sword, which makes me think maybe it's was a port of the Genesis version.

I was a SNES kid and the television advertisements for the Genesis versions used to taunt me, because it looked better than the SNES game! Ah, the old console wars. Good times! For some reason they never felt repulsive and horrible like modern console wars.

People have been mentioning that since Aladdin holds a sword in the PC version it must be the Genesis version that has been ported to the PC and that is the version that we have :)

As long as there wasn't any nebulous 3rd version of the game on PC at the time! But probably not! Thanks! :)

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Quoting: liamdaweAbandonware is basically a made up term for pirates, it's not a real legal thing.

well yes and no, abandonware is software/games which aren't being sold anymore. if the company is not selling a product they can not make any money from it, therefor they don't lose any money if you download ( "pirate" ) it.

i would not consider this piracy since you wouldn't steal anything from them. You're not denying them their money. they simply don't give you an option to pay for it.

But GOG couldn't just swoop in, make the game run on modern systems, and sell it. GOG would get in a ton of legal hot water for doing something like that, even with most old games. GOG, like every other (legitimate) digital games store has to acquire the rights to sell any game from the original publisher, creator, copyright holder, or whatever. Compensation is definitely paid by GOG to the publisher/etc for the rights to sell the game; either a portion of every sale, or another arrangement. So by downloading these games for free instead of buying them on GOG, you definitely are "denying them their money."

In the few cases where GOG offers a game for free, the original creators might have put the game in the public domain of their own free will, or some other unusual situation like that. But no video game is anywhere near old enough to be put in the public domain automatically yet. It has to be done intentionally by the owner of the property. These being Disney games, they definitely were not given to GOG for free.

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Urgh! That's not good to hear. I'd like to speculate on other reasons why it might not be getting as good Linux sales as other games, but maybe we just didn't buy it! I didn't, but not because I didn't want to! :(

I think it looks like a great game, and I'd love to play it, but the price is a bit high for me (even though it's not high), especially for an Early Access game.

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Does anyone know if the version of Alladin is a PC port of the Sega Genesis title? I mean, was it at the time of the original release; I know GOG can't sell new Genesis ports (how cool would that be! :D )

I know the SNES and Genesis games were basically two totally different games, and I know this isn't a port of the SNES version because I played that one and he never carries a sword in it. In the screenshots he's carrying a sword, which makes me think maybe it's was a port of the Genesis version.

I was a SNES kid and the television advertisements for the Genesis versions used to taunt me, because it looked better than the SNES game! Ah, the old console wars. Good times! For some reason they never felt repulsive and horrible like modern console wars.

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Quoting: STiATRECOMMENDED:
OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 15.10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4590
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 980
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 12 GB available space

Well, those settings are pretty challanging for my old rig. Especially the graphics card :D.

I know the feeling! :(

Still looks cool though. I'll have to watch out for this one. It's been a long time since I've played an RTS with really nice graphics... even if I'll have to run it at the minimum quality settings.

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Quoting: wolfyrionAll of these I consider them abandomware and I am not gonna spend a penny on them.

Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available. Although such software is usually still under copyright, the owner may not be tracking or enforcing copyright violations.

Okay. That means they are not abandonware because GOG has them and is offering the really pretty good support that GOG gives all their games. The fact that they've been abandoned by the original publishers is irrelevant. The term "abandonware" is not some sort of status that a game gets and always holds indefinitely; it means it was literally abandoned. GOG fixed that.

5 or 6 years ago I would have agreed with you that this would fall under abondonware, but with GOG and other modern porters taking the time to makes these games run without problems on modern systems, it's just not an argument that makes sense anymore. I've played many non-GOG ported games in Dosbox, and there are a ton of problems you can still run into. GOG fixes those as part of its support, and is providing a service to people like me who don't have the know-how, or time, to fiddle with Dosbox configuration.

And I'm personally very excited to see more older games ported to Linux. I really don't care if they use Dosbox or another wrapper; as long as they work properly on Linux and count as a Linux sale I'm happy. :)

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Looks like it's available on Itch.io too! I've been wanting to try to get something on Itch, since I tried their store app on Ubuntu recently and I have to agree with Liam that it's pretty slick. If the price is right though... still lacking in cash.

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Me, at left, trying to farm open source gaming crops, but being inundated with the dreadful choking spread of locked-down operating systems and app stores.



Edit: Hmmm. I should clarify: my choice of colors for the metaphorical closed-source goo was NOT intended as a subtle jab at Canonical or Ubuntu! :D It just occurred to me; "hmmm... that's Ubuntu's color scheme isn't it!" Not intentional; just an arbitrary color choice! I like Ubuntu.

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Ow! My wallet!! I almost never insta-buy even indie games any more due to money woes. Not because $15 is an unreasonable price for a game (it is reasonable) but because $15 can buy a decent amount of food/gas/things-to-live. But I feel morally obligated to support certain Linux ports of certain extreme case scenario games... first Undertale and now Stardew Valley?? Need bandages and rubbing alcohol for wallet!

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Quoting: Halifax

Quoting: InverseTelecineI just went to Humble Bundle to check to see if the promised DRM-free version was available. It is! I was afraid they'd forget that they promised that on Humble Bundle too; not just GOG. But it's available!

I can't believe I'm finally going to get to play the full release (after being a bit let down by the Early Access version due to its "Early Accessiness.")

Then I saw my original pre-order purchase date... December 10, 2013. Holy crap. But hey! In this day and age I'm just really glad they didn't abandon it! It's kind of an impressive accomplishment itself to be in Early Access for so many years, and live long enough to come out of Early Access!

That's probably because Starbound was one of the very few EA games lucky enough to make tons and tons (and tons) of money while in EA. Most EA titles don't make a single percentage point of the same money Starbound did in EA. That's a large part of why many EA games fizzle.

It's not the only reason, just a major reason - I've read many of the more honest game devs post on their Steam game forums they simply weren't making enough money to finish their EA title. Or, they finish it "early", and call it 1.0 with a fraction of the content and/or features they planned initially.

I think you're right. If an Early Access game doesn't get an audience then it sucks for the honest developer who can't afford to continue and it sucks for the customer who never got their money's worth. Sucks all around.

But going off topic... we seriously need a new acronym for "Early Access!" I read a few of your paragraphs in a state of complete confusion thinking "Wh... what is he talking about?? Electronic Arts didn't publish Starbound!" :D

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