Posted December 03, 2021
The game is actually being sold, in boxed copy, on John Romero's store now:
https://twitter.com/romerogamesltd/status/1466411746122477568
https://twitter.com/romero/status/1466501180385857539
And that one includes the first game. So clearly John Romero got hold of all the rights to make this bundle.
That said, Romero confirmed that the original game was always freeware:
https://twitter.com/romero/status/1466741223666987009
[edit]
The original sampler floppy it was released on seems to be preserved on archive.org, so for anyone who wants it... here's the link.
https://twitter.com/romerogamesltd/status/1466411746122477568
https://twitter.com/romero/status/1466501180385857539
And that one includes the first game. So clearly John Romero got hold of all the rights to make this bundle.
That said, Romero confirmed that the original game was always freeware:
https://twitter.com/romero/status/1466741223666987009
[edit]
The original sampler floppy it was released on seems to be preserved on archive.org, so for anyone who wants it... here's the link.
Post edited March 10, 2022 by Nyerguds