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Post by kal on Feb 25, 2014 2:47:23 GMT -5
It'd be a shame to lose it, if he can't release it hopefully he can at least get it into a digital archive somewhere until the legal problems are over.
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Post by Super Orbus on Feb 25, 2014 9:49:34 GMT -5
It entirely depends who owns the copyright at this point. If it's owned by Microprose (or a successor company), and he distributes it, free or not, I imagine he'd be liable. Particularly if he's the only one who has the game. He'd be an easy target if it suddenly popped up online.
But, I'm not a lawyer, and it's been a long time. He may have the rights by now.
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Post by kal on Feb 25, 2014 10:28:08 GMT -5
It entirely depends who owns the copyright at this point. If it's owned by Microprose (or a successor company), and he distributes it, free or not, I imagine he'd be liable. Particularly if he's the only one who has the game. He'd be an easy target if it suddenly popped up online. But, I'm not a lawyer, and it's been a long time. He may have the rights by now. It'd depend if it was copyright or trademark, one lasts significantly longer than the other...although since I am also not a lawyer I don't know how it applies to things that weren't released. Xerxes might know but it's quite hard to summon him. |
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lightingman
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Post by lightingman on Feb 25, 2014 16:18:45 GMT -5
I AM HYPE AS FUCK DYCATIE DUDE AWESOME!! I hope if he can invest time in it or someone else, he can explain whats glitched/not finished. I hope the game is completable.
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Post by dycaite on Mar 3, 2014 2:50:37 GMT -5
Great news! Daniel Auld replied to me and not only is he willing to send a copy of the game to me, he is going to do so for free!  Check it out: Ahh ok, I see. Thanks for your speedy response  So, am I able to perhaps purchase a copy of the 95% completed version from you, or is the game still technically tied up in legal issues? No need to purchase, if you give me an address I'll try to get a copy out to you (it will be a burned copy of the beta version that was being tested before the project got shelved). Dan This guy is a legend. Get excited guys |
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Post by kal on Mar 3, 2014 5:19:47 GMT -5
I am shocked if this happens because it seems so simple, a completely lost game been made available suddenly.
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Post by dycaite on Mar 3, 2014 5:22:16 GMT -5
I am shocked if this happens because it seems so simple, a completely lost game been made available suddenly. I know right? I fully expected him to tell me that he couldn't release it for one reason or another, was totally surprised. Anyway I will let you guys know if/when (hopefully when) it arrives. Edit: Decided to take a screenshot of our correspondence to dispel any doubts there may be about its legitimacy:  |
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 3, 2014 9:47:23 GMT -5
Holy crap, great internet sleuthing!
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Post by dycaite on Mar 13, 2014 0:09:31 GMT -5
BAM! mega.co.nz upload (240MB .zip)Straight from Daniel Auld himself! For the record, he's happy for me to share the game around online. This dude is awesome, he even printed off a cover inlay for me (high-res scan available in above .zip, along with the actual .iso file).  Enjoy, guys! P.S. For those curious, the disc is labelled "Necrobius Beta - Circa 1996, May". |
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Post by kal on Mar 13, 2014 2:12:01 GMT -5
Well I tested it and it works, there's instant game overs though so save regularly still I'm a fan of early mid 90s surreal video games so this is pretty amazing. Interesting the copyright information in the game is from 1993, suggesting it was 3 years in development I guess...there seems to be a framing device plot that isn't explained in the game.
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Post by elmajikos on Mar 13, 2014 7:09:33 GMT -5
Thanks for going the extra mile making this available! I'm going to test it in DOSBox running 3.1 Well I tested it and it works, there's instant game overs though so save regularly still I'm a fan of early mid 90s surreal video games so this is pretty amazing. Interesting the copyright information in the game is from 1993, suggesting it was 3 years in development I guess...there seems to be a framing device plot that isn't explained in the game. You might like my next article then. Zeddas: Servants of Sheol. Here's a screenshot I managed to find of the long-lost second game that never came out of Japan, known as Horror Tour 2.  |
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Post by kal on Mar 13, 2014 9:14:28 GMT -5
Thanks for going the extra mile making this available! I'm going to test it in DOSBox running 3.1 Well I tested it and it works, there's instant game overs though so save regularly still I'm a fan of early mid 90s surreal video games so this is pretty amazing. Interesting the copyright information in the game is from 1993, suggesting it was 3 years in development I guess...there seems to be a framing device plot that isn't explained in the game. You might like my next article then. Zeddas: Servants of Sheol. Here's a screenshot I managed to find of the long-lost second game that never came out of Japan, known as Horror Tour 2.  You'll need to relink that, try a different web host but Servants of Sheol looks pretty cool. Played a little more Necrobius - got stuck but I'm sure the game is going to be fairly obtuse. |
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 13, 2014 10:57:31 GMT -5
Will be interested to check this out when I get the chance! How well does it work on XP and/or Windows 7?
Zeddas sounds really cool. It's sparking another hunt for some lost Japanese games - there are three games in the Horror Tour series, but the second seems extremely difficult to find, and the third seems to exist in no place outside of a listing on Amazon Japan, so it might not have been released. Hopefully when I publish this article it will spark some people to begin hunting for it.
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famicommunist
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That's a pretty nasty tan you have there SNES-tan.
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Post by famicommunist on Mar 13, 2014 16:54:31 GMT -5
Really cool. Thanks for sharing this!
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Post by kal on Mar 13, 2014 17:00:37 GMT -5
Will be interested to check this out when I get the chance! How well does it work on XP and/or Windows 7? Zeddas sounds really cool. It's sparking another hunt for some lost Japanese games - there are three games in the Horror Tour series, but the second seems extremely difficult to find, and the third seems to exist in no place outside of a listing on Amazon Japan, so it might not have been released. Hopefully when I publish this article it will spark some people to begin hunting for it. I ran it through an instance of VMWare, it uses Macromedia director (I believe) so it should probably run okay in XP regardless with some messing around - I didn't bother trying it on Win7. Worth noting the audio mix might be not-final as some of the dialogue is almost inaudible under the music. |
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Check it out:
So, am I able to perhaps purchase a copy of the 95% completed version from you, or is the game still technically tied up in legal issues?
