Posted September 06, 2015
It appears that Night Dive "might" be releasing System Shock 1 in the near future!
Quote from the link found below for those who do not wish to travel off-site:
"""
Hello Larry,
I have removed the download of System Shock Portable, into which a whole community including myself have invested years of work.
This game was once created by a bunch of extremely smart people in Boston who favoured individual thinking and personal skills over capitalism and following the rules. Have you played it?
The laws that you are using now to make money from their and our work were once put in place to protect creative workers and those who invested in their endeavours to ensure that they get paid.
But your company never created anything. "Night Dive" is just a device to misuse the legal system and fill Stephen Kick's pockets.
Go get a real job, Larry. Do something that isn't just enough to pay the rent. Write. Draw. Create something. Be more than a leech.
And play System Shock.
Sincerely,
Nicolai "Kolya" Sandow
"""
Found that comment on the Steam forum here:
Link.
From what I've read the people who made System Shock Portable unfortunately didn't have the legal rights to distribute System Shock. If Night Dive has forced them to stop their distribution perhaps that means they've acquired the rights for it and we'll soon see it on GOG!
GOG Wishlist: System Shock
Quote from the link found below for those who do not wish to travel off-site:
"""
Hello Larry,
I have removed the download of System Shock Portable, into which a whole community including myself have invested years of work.
This game was once created by a bunch of extremely smart people in Boston who favoured individual thinking and personal skills over capitalism and following the rules. Have you played it?
The laws that you are using now to make money from their and our work were once put in place to protect creative workers and those who invested in their endeavours to ensure that they get paid.
But your company never created anything. "Night Dive" is just a device to misuse the legal system and fill Stephen Kick's pockets.
Go get a real job, Larry. Do something that isn't just enough to pay the rent. Write. Draw. Create something. Be more than a leech.
And play System Shock.
Sincerely,
Nicolai "Kolya" Sandow
"""
Found that comment on the Steam forum here:
Link.
From what I've read the people who made System Shock Portable unfortunately didn't have the legal rights to distribute System Shock. If Night Dive has forced them to stop their distribution perhaps that means they've acquired the rights for it and we'll soon see it on GOG!
GOG Wishlist: System Shock
Post edited September 06, 2015 by SpellSword