Sid scores one for gamers

[Urban Ranger]

Today, when I went to the Home of the Underdogs, there's an announcement saying Firaxis had bought a number of old MicroProse games back from Atari (formerly Infogreed) and allows them to be downloaded.

Two thumbs up for Firaxis's sensible approach to the issue

[Ecthy]

[Ecthy]

do they say which games those are?

[Kuciwalker]

Where can they be downloaded from?

EDIT: they aren't on the firaxis site

[Skanky Burns]

Press release.

Atari has transferred to Firaxis the rights to several classic properties, including SID MEIER'S PIRATES!®, SID MEIER'S COLONIZATION®, COVERT ACTION, GUNSHIP®, SILENT SERVICE: THE SUBMARINE SIMULATION®, F19 STEALTH FIGHTER, F15 STRIKE EAGLE and SID MEIER'S CPU BACH(TM).

[Ecthy]

F15 strike eagle, does that include the whole trilogy?

[Nubclear]

I've always wanted to play colonization

[Ecthy]

you could have downloaded it before

[Kuciwalker]

Please, does anyone know where they put it up for downloading?

[Skanky Burns]

Editied by Ming
Actually... no you can't "legally" down load them from the site your provided.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
you could have downloaded it before

Couldn't find it. I do admit i did not look too incredibly far, but every site I went to either had a broken link or said "Locked by Some Organization"

[Urban Ranger]

Yup, you cannot legally download it before.

[Ecthy]

Edited by Ming...

And that site offers illegal software down loads as well.

[Dauphin]

Does this mean that Firaxis can now legally use those names for sequel projects?

[Ecthy]

BC