Looking to Buy PC Game....

Scrat

Scrat

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I'm trying to find somewhere i can buy a copy(original) of the game "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders" by LucasFilm Games ...for PC.

Unfortunatly, i can't find anywhere to buy it.... not even the Lucas Games website ;(

Anyone got a copy lying around they don't want any more?
 
If it's abandonware (games after a certain amount of years are, 10 methinks) you can download it (pretty sure legally). Might be different for some games though depending on the manufacturer.
 
Lord AnthraX said:
If it's abandonware (games after a certain amount of years are, 10 methinks) you can download it (pretty sure legally). Might be different for some games though depending on the manufacturer.
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I thought the law was 75?, but it ccould be shareware. or at leasst for consoles...or at least for newer console games, maybe the law was different for PC's and older, and maybe im just thinking of it wrong.


but its a DOS game made in 1988 no one is going to care.

I was going to try it untill i saw

"(notice: this will not work with NTFS partitions)."
 
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I thought the law was 75?, but it ccould be shareware. or at leasst for consoles...or at least for newer console games, maybe the law was different for PC's and older, and maybe im just thinking of it wrong.


but its a DOS game made in 1988 no one is going to care.
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If it was 75 no game would ever become abandonware.
 
I dont think he wants to download it. As said by him "buy a copy(original) of the game "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders"". Note the "original" part.
 
Fuzz said:
I dont think he wants to download it. As said by him "buy a copy(original) of the game "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders"". Note the "original" part.
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Well eh can buy the original off ebay for basicaly nothing. And postage to anywhere in the world is only $3. So well his problem is solved.
 
Jon Boy said:
You can also download it here. I hope this is leagle if not I won't download it or will delete it if I have. You make your own floppy thing how cool is that lol.

http://www.abandonia.com/games/315/ZakMcKrackenandtheAlienMindbenders
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Yeah... already tried that site.. but it seems you can't actally download it from there either ;( and also when i did a bit more digging around it seems the game or rather LucasFilm Games are protected by some Legal Agreement that i think means they dont bcome Abandonware....i think...didn't read it all :D


BTW.. has anyone here played it before???
Heres a link to a fan site about it http://www.zaksite.co.uk/
 
Scrat said:
Yeah... already tried that site.. but it seems you can't actally download it from there either ;( and also when i did a bit more digging around it seems the game or rather LucasFilm Games are protected by some Legal Agreement that i think means they dont bcome Abandonware....i think...didn't read it all :D


BTW.. has anyone here played it before???
Heres a link to a fan site about it http://www.zaksite.co.uk/
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Well I downloaded it there (when putting it onto disk though had abit of a problem) but if you say there is a law against it I will delete it (im not too bothered lol).
 
Jon Boy said:
Well I downloaded it there (when putting it onto disk though had abit of a problem) but if you say there is a law against it I will delete it (im not too bothered lol).
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are you sure you downloaded the game?...the only thing i could find on that page for download was a utility to run old games with. what link did click?
re the legal bit i'm not sure.
 
Well I think I downloaded it lol. Maybe im mistaken, but I clicked on what lookedlike afloppy disk with "C:/" written on it. Then after you downloaded it it asks you run it then inserta floppy then it creates a disk of some sort.
 
Also if you were to say go on this site.

http://www.c64.com/

And click on "Z" im sure you would find the game to download anyway.

Ohh Technicaly due to new licensing laws, the game isn't abandonwear. But the company nolonger produces, sells, or gains any for of revenure from the game. So you would not be putting the business at any financial unbenifit if you were to download this game.
 
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