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Re: Secrets of Dragon Pass

James

>Has the option of Good Old Games come under consideration? They're
>making a go of selling older games, complete with whatever necessary
>wrapper to make them work smoothly wuth current Microsoft operating
>systems.

Not them in particular, but it won't work. KoDP has to be run from CD.
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:06 pm

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Okay my open source suggestion seems to have opened a can of worms, and people seem to have focussed on the intellectual property issues, and who would make or... 		waferthinninja
Offline Send Email 		Jun 22, 2009
9:26 am

I don't understand why you want to find these things out by reading the code instead of by playing the game. Surely the whole *point* of the game is to get a...
Meredith Dixon
hebeti
Offline Send Email 		Jun 22, 2009
11:51 am

... I've been playing the game for 10 years on and off, and have a good feel for how the world works, but I'd still love to *know* how the world works, which...
waferthinninja
Offline Send Email 		Jun 22, 2009
1:13 pm

... Ditto for me. Not everybody has the same kind of curiosity. There are those who enjoy a good magic show, but also many who'd be even more thrilled to see...
outis02
Offline Send Email 		Jun 22, 2009
3:47 pm

... Sounds like relentless Godlearnerism to me, but then again I've never really had a problem with that myself (barring Cosmic Incidents). :) -- John Machin ...
John Machin
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 22, 2009
10:39 pm

"No, sorry, not going to happen" -- at least not without a compelling argument for how it would let more people play the game. (Don't forget that releasing...
David Dunham
alakoring
Offline Send Email 		Jun 23, 2009
4:10 am

... Thanks for taking the time to listen. I can only reiterate the arguments that have already been put forward. Opening the source *might* extend the life of...
waferthinninja
Offline Send Email 		Jun 23, 2009
7:32 am

... One final comment then I promise I'll leave you in peace! This list has had as many messages in the week or so since I raised the open source suggestion...
waferthinninja
Offline Send Email 		Jun 23, 2009
7:49 am

... Just out of curiosity, do you still have a closet full of KoDP boxes, or is it starting to get scarce? How quickly is your supply dwindling? I imagine...
Douglas Seay
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 28, 2009
12:25 pm

... I'm not David, of course, but I can answer that. About, hm, five years or so ago, I bought a replacement copy of KoDP, and David told me that I'd...
Meredith Dixon
hebeti
Offline Send Email 		Jun 28, 2009
12:30 pm

Doug ... There are no boxes or manuals left. Or original silk-screened CDs. I think Meredith's timetable is about right. I admit I haven't checked lately, but...
David Dunham
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 28, 2009
5:01 pm

Has the option of Good Old Games come under consideration? They're making a go of selling older games, complete with whatever necessary wrapper to make them...
James Sterrett
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 28, 2009
8:10 pm

James ... Not them in particular, but it won't work. KoDP has to be run from CD. -- David Dunham A Sharp, LLC Voice/Fax: 206 783 7404...
David Dunham
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 29, 2009
4:28 pm

... At least on a PC, KODP will execute from a drive whose volume label is "KODP" (as I recall -- I know I've done it, and the instructions were out on the web...
James Sterrett
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 29, 2009
4:57 pm
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