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UnderLord
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Posted: 18th Jan 2007 02:37
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I'v been all over the web and cannot find this game for sale anywhere

Jet Fighter 4: Fortress America and F-22 Lighting 3. Can anyone help me?

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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 18th Jan 2007 04:55
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if these games are at least 7 years old, google "abandonware"

it is NOT legal, but the only way to get older games besides ebay.

i would normally not recommend this to someone, but I am doing alot of research and this looked like a good place to bring it up.

i have some question:

1. What is your opinion on the legality of abandonware?

2. Do you have any links to articles on abandonware or downloading old media in general?

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JerBil
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Posted: 18th Jan 2007 05:10
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Try a search on Amazon.com. Both are listed.

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Jess T
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Posted: 18th Jan 2007 09:53 Edited at: 18th Jan 2007 09:56
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Zaibatsu,

There's no such thing as "Abandonware" unless the copyrite has run out (it's 80 years for a copyrite, isn't it?), or the people who held the copyrite have released it to the public.

Please don't continue any more discussion on illegally obtaining games.

UnderLord,
Google: JetFighter 4: Fortress America buy
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=JetFighter+4%3A+Fortress+America+buy
Google: F-22 Lighting 3 buy

A simple search is all that's needed

[EDIT] First link wont highlight [/EDIT]

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indi
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Posted: 18th Jan 2007 10:11
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50 years after the death of the author is the usual for copyright material, however that does not count for family members picking it back up.

case in point JRR tolkiens family.

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Hobgoblin Lord
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Quote: "it is NOT legal, but the only way to get older games besides ebay."


Try contacting the company you never know what will happen. around 1995 I was looking for Bards Tale III for the PC, I had owned it for the c64, but could not find it anywhere. I actually called EA, the first person I got passed me to some unknown drone in the office and when I told him what I was looking for he said he thought he had a set of the disks around somewhere (they were quite old and the compilation was not yet released). He took my address down and just mailed me the disks and a codewheel for nothing.

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UnderLord
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Quote: "A simple search is all that's needed "


Thats the whole thing i did do a search for those games and found nothing of use to me though google. I don't want to buy them off the net im trying to find them in stores somewhere near me =

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 19th Jan 2007 16:18
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if they are old and out of "print" so to speak, you wont find them in stores, unless you find a store that has used/collectibles type stuff.


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Grog Grueslayer
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@ Hobgoblin Lord

That's cool! He might of been one of the guys that helped make it too.

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