As someone who never really got to experience many of the classic adventure games like Sam and Max, Space Quest, ect. I was wondering where I can get them legally these days? Are they available as freeware or something? Anyway, if someone could tell me, it would be much appreciated.
As far as I know, there're some adventure games that were released as free (like FOTAQ, BASS, etc.), however, the majority of them are still not free. I think apart from getting them in game paks released by their respective copyright holders, your best bet is to look for old game stores or places like ebay, etc.
Have you got Amazon for australia? At least on the uk one, I've seen sam n max, DOTT, the dig etc, and that's where i ordered simon the sorceror 2 for a couple of quid.
Unfortunately not.
I don't know if amazon ships items to Australia, but amazon USA does so in Greece! So I don't really see any reason why amazon UK or USA or Japan couldn't ship everything in Australia really.
99% of LucasArt's revenue comes from star wars... crap. Crap as in crappy games, crappy merchandise, crappy movies *cough* episode 3 *cough*. They don't even sell their classics in store anymore so the only reason, I see, that they would continue to hold copyright is to stop other people cashing in on their storylines, and ideas.
If one generic rubbish starwars game costs 80 USD and the market value for a 320x200 VGA point and click is about five bucks they'd need 16 sales to generate the same revenue as one sale of the generic game.
Anything post 1994 you should buy (provided its still sold).
Yes, Sythe, it is against the rules. Gonna edit your post.
Freeware games can still be copyrighted. Being commercial has nothing to do with that. They figure why give stuff for $0 when they can make $5? Ah, the almighty dollar/euro/etc.
The odd copy of the LucasArts Boxset thing (The Dig, Full Throttle, Sam n Max, Grim Fandango) still pops up in retail stores over here (Ireland).
Plus GAME still stocks Simon 1 and 2, Windows XP compatible versions, at the moment (like, right now! :D).
The DOTT/Sam n Max double pack pops up in HMV now and again. As does Curse of/Escape from Monkey Island. And single versions of The Dig, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango.
Dunno where they get them, tho. Presumably distributors still have some copies of them here and there. :-\
Quote from: LimpingFish on Sun 29/01/2006 21:16:19
The odd copy of the LucasArts Boxset thing (The Dig, Full Throttle, Sam n Max, Grim Fandango) still pops up in retail stores over here (Ireland).
Yeah, we got something similar, called "Zehn Adventures" ("Ten Adventures"), among other things with the Indiana Jones games.
But the stupid thing is: The grail diary is missing, wich means, that you have to guess, wich grail is the right wrong.