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Posted March 28, 2012
I was browsing through Abandonia and noticed couple of games that GOG could put in the free games here (yes I can download from Abandonia,but I prefer the shelf and extras here).

Blood Omen - Legacy Of Kain
Call of Cthulhu - Shadow of the Comet
Nightmare Creatures
Discworld

From the info on Abandonia it seems there is no problem with GOG releasing this games
Post edited March 28, 2012 by spinefarm
Posted March 28, 2012
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spinefarm: ...
The fact that game is on Abadonia doesnt mean Abadonia has proper rights to distribute it.
Posted March 28, 2012
And I would at least remove the [url= tags as well since posting links to abandonware games could be seen by someone as posting a link to pirated software.
Posted March 28, 2012
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Lexor: The fact that game is on Abadonia doesnt mean Abadonia has proper rights to distribute it.
Yep, indeed :)
Posted March 28, 2012
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spinefarm: I was browsing through Abandonia and noticed couple of games that GOG could put in the free games here (yes I can download from Abandonia,but I prefer the shelf and extras here).

Blood Omen - Legacy Of Kain
Call of Cthulhu - Shadow of the Comet
Nightmare Creatures
Discworld

From the info on Abandonia it seems there is no problem with GOG releasing this games
I would never expect to see Blood Omen on here for free, but I would jump at the chance to pay $5.99 for it
Posted March 28, 2012
I didn't even know Nightmare Creatures had a PC version. Huh.
Posted March 28, 2012
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spinefarm: I was browsing through Abandonia and noticed couple of games that GOG could put in the free games here (yes I can download from Abandonia,but I prefer the shelf and extras here).

Blood Omen - Legacy Of Kain
Call of Cthulhu - Shadow of the Comet
Nightmare Creatures
Discworld

From the info on Abandonia it seems there is no problem with GOG releasing this games
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Rodzaju: I would never expect to see Blood Omen on here for free, but I would jump at the chance to pay $5.99 for it
This is not the same Blood Omen you think mate...
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JudasIscariot: And I would at least remove the [url= tags as well since posting links to abandonware games could be seen by someone as posting a link to pirated software.
If a GOG personel came in and say the links are problematic I will remove them.
Post edited March 28, 2012 by spinefarm
Posted March 28, 2012
Well, considering that Activision is already on board one can only hope that they will allow the Blood Omen game on here.
Posted March 28, 2012
At lease Blood Omen is still controlled by Eidos and thus Square, and could come here.

In any event the very idea of abandonware is often in the instance that licensing malarkey stops the games from being properly distributed, including for free.
Posted March 28, 2012
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spinefarm: This is not the same Blood Omen you think mate...
If this is the predecessor to Soulreaver, it definitely is!
Posted March 28, 2012
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StingingVelvet: At lease Blood Omen is still controlled by Eidos and thus Square, and could come here.

In any event the very idea of abandonware is often in the instance that licensing malarkey stops the games from being properly distributed, including for free.
The strangest thing is that a lot of the games sold on GOG are pointed as abandonware by the developers but yet the publishers want money for them... that's a bit anoying
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spinefarm: This is not the same Blood Omen you think mate...
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Rodzaju: If this is the predecessor to Soulreaver, it definitely is!
Yeah my bad... i guess i'm still sleepy :D
Post edited March 28, 2012 by spinefarm
Posted March 28, 2012
Abandonware is not a legal term. You may download these games and expect nobody will sue you. But GOG can't host them , because lawsuit will be delivered right away.

Well, it's a way to see who holds the rights to some game. For example, if GOG hosted System Shock 2, lawsuits would show which company holds the rights for it :D and the court would decide once and for all who can distribute it legally :D
Posted March 28, 2012
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keeveek: Abandonware is not a legal term. You may download these games and expect nobody will sue you. But GOG can't host them , because lawsuit will be delivered right away.

Well, it's a way to see who holds the rights to some game. For example, if GOG hosted System Shock 2, lawsuits would show which company holds the rights for it :D and the court would decide once and for all who can distribute it legally :D
In my head Abandoware means.. that the developer released the game/source for free in the web. I still don't get the whole lawsuit by greedy publishers for games like that.
Posted March 28, 2012
Nope. If company released it for free in the web, it's freeware. Like GTA or Comand & Conquer.
Abandonware is a term to describe games that are not avaible anymore any any company wants to sell it.
Post edited March 28, 2012 by keeveek
Posted March 28, 2012
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spinefarm: The strangest thing is that a lot of the games sold on GOG are pointed as abandonware by the developers but yet the publishers want money for them...
Can you provide a link to that? And what do you mean by "a lot"?
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