[gameprogrammer] Re: Enough, already!

  • From: "Sam Nova" <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:21:47 +0200

I would much rather suggest Virtual Drive. They do support Age of
Empires III and 2 and the gold edition.. So might be worth to check
http://www.farstone.com/software/virtualdrive.htm

Enjoy,

Sam
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jake Briggs
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:59 PM
> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Enough, already!
> 
> 
> http://torrentspy.com/ or http://www.demonoid.com +
> http://www.utorrent.com/
> 
> Let someone else do the hard work for you.... I know it sucks
> to have to 
> resort to this kind of activity, but that is just how it is :(
> 
> Grant Hallman wrote:
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I've been lurking the last while for a variety of personal
> RL reasons,
> > but Bob may remember me. I thought someone here might be
> able to help
> > an old-timer ;) with a problem i'm having with M$
> anti-piracy vs media
> > backup.
> >
> > I confess up front, i'm seriously addicted to Age of Empires, 
> > developed by Ensemble and sold by Microsoft. And i understand big 
> > companies' concerns that people don't copy their games and hand 
> > freebies out to their friends. But i am pi$$ed that i cannot make a 
> > working backup of the software i paid for and have the
> legal right to
> > use.
> >
> > Awhile back, my game CD started showing a hairline crack off the 
> > center spindle. The crack got longer, then another one
> started on the
> > other side, and finally the game went dead. Microsoft's answer was
> > "buy another game". My position is that i already bought 
> and paid for
> > the dang game and it's their media that failed, and their paranoia
> > that kept me from making a playable backup, so a non-evil company 
> > would at a minimum offer to exchange a broken media for a working 
> > replacement. Not M$, unfortunately.
> >
> > So now i've paid twice for this game, and i /still/ can't make a 
> > playable backup, and i wonder whether anyone here knows how to get 
> > around their fool copy protection? Because i'm still gonna
> be playing
> > it in 2019, and it will eventually go out of stock, and i'm
> not giving
> > anything away or doing anything illegal, and dammit i have
> the right
> > to back up my own media.
> >
> > Now i've heard lots of theories, and i've tried CloneCD,
> and i'm only
> > looking for advice from people who AKS (Actually Know
> Something), like
> > how to copy the dang thing, and off-list reply is fine if we don't
> > want a bunch of high-school kids being naughty (like they'd 
> need help
> > from us anyway). So if u feel like u can trust me that you're not
> > being accessory to a felony and i just want a backup for my 
> own use,
> > and you AKS, please reply, on or off list as u see fit.
> >
> > TIA for any assistance - grant
> >
> > PS: It's Age of Empires II, Conqueror's Expansion. AoE III will only

> > play on XP, and i won't accept the EULA for that piece
> of... software.
> > I run W2000, and have Nero, CloneCD and AnyDVD, all of which i use
> > legally.
> >
> >
> >
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> 
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> Wellington
> Phone +64 4 801 2252
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