Legal Amiga Software

[SilverZguru]

@SilverZguru

I will definitely put that site in my do not go there bookmarks and will never use it to download software missing from collection...

:lol:

And thanks from the links lionstorm!
IT'S TOO SAD THAT XENON 2 IS NOT FREEEE!!!!! WHYY!!!!:furious:
Xenon 3 is legally free, but what's wrong Bitmap Brothers??? That's good that Lotus 2 is free, but still I need to get Xenon 2, Giana sisters and Bubble Bobble to my collection... (And maybe Turrican 2 and 3, because of good music :hammer: ). And nobody doesn't sell those games in my country!

-Eemil

[Thorham]

99% of all the software can't be bought anymore (2nd hand is just as bad as piracy, of course), so why even worry about it? Just try and find out if the software you want can still be bought somewhere properly. If not, copy it, otherwise there will be no way to get it.

[runequester]

:lol:

And thanks from the links lionstorm!
IT'S TOO SAD THAT XENON 2 IS NOT FREEEE!!!!! WHYY!!!!:furious:
Xenon 3 is legally free, but what's wrong Bitmap Brothers??? That's good that Lotus 2 is free, but still I need to get Xenon 2, Giana sisters and Bubble Bobble to my collection... (And maybe Turrican 2 and 3, because of good music :hammer: ). And nobody doesn't sell those games in my country!

-Eemil

was Giana sisters actually sold legally to begin with? I thought due to the nintendo legal hassle, it was pulled?

[SilverZguru]

was Giana sisters actually sold legally to begin with? I thought due to the nintendo legal hassle, it was pulled?

You're maybe right. Nintendo made Giana Sister's illegal, but I think it was commercial software. I am not sure, but anyways, could it be legal to download Giana Sisters from illegal site? There is Wikipedia thread about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters

Thanks -Eemil

[SilverZguru]

was Giana sisters actually sold legally to begin with? I thought due to the nintendo legal hassle, it was pulled?

You're maybe right. Nintendo made Giana Sister's illegal, but could it be legal to download Giana Sisters from illegal site? There is Wikipedia thread about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters

Thanks -Eemil

[SilverZguru]

Oops!!! :eek:

Sorry about double post! There was something wrong with my browser :shocked:

[paul1981]

Without "classic Amiga" software piracy, all of the applications and games that have been made throughout the 80's and 90's will eventually be lost due to corrupted floppy disks or cd's.  Even worse, people just throw all this "old junk" away if they have no interest for it.
So for me, I see it as a necessity in preserving the Amiga and it's software for future generations and even for historical reasons.
If for example in 100 years time, there's an Amiga computer collection in a computer museum then how can anyone understand what the machine truly is without software?  The software tells the story.  A computer is an ornament if not for software.