What is the legal state of the Wizardry 1-5 games?

[Anonymous No.8929219]

I really want to play them legally but the physical copies are way too expensive and we are not even including the Apple II computer. I remember reading years ago that there was a problem with the translation and thus the reason they are not released but I can't find that post. My question is, who do I have to write to so I can ask them for an answer and hopefully a release of these games? It seems like the intellectual property is owned by Drecom and they are going to release new games but there is no mention about the older games.

[Anonymous No.8929228]

Are you retarded?
Just download and play. It's legal if you delete the rom after 24 hours.

[Anonymous No.8929232]

just light some dollar bills on fire in your backyard and it's cool

[Anonymous No.8929248]

>>8929219
>I really want to play them legally
But why? No one would sue you because you pirated 30-40 year old video games.

[Anonymous No.8929250]

>>8929248
Because it's illegal and thus immoral.

[Anonymous No.8929254]

>>8929219
Just download the DOSroms, JapDOSroms, PSOne bincues or whatever port strikes your fancy, retard. Buying this game is harder than learning Japanese as an unmotivated 4channel.org user.

[Anonymous No.8929273]

>>8929250
in this world, legality has very little to do with morality

[Anonymous No.8929279]

>>8929273
In this specific case, it does. If more people respected intellectual property we would have better games.

[Anonymous No.8929292]

>>8929219
Nobody involved with making the game gets paid when you buy a used game. Only scalpers who inflate the price of used games.

>>8929250
Utterly retarded. Copying something isn't "theft" just because corrupt lawmakers defined it so.

[Anonymous No.8929339]

>>8929219
They're legal in all 52 states

[P. Sevenleaf No.8929378]

>>8929219
Pirate them. Intellectual property isn't real.

[P. Sevenleaf No.8929386]

>>8929250
>illegal and thus immoral
lol okay Dwight

[Anonymous No.8929392]

A bit of old wisdom: When you copy a floppy, your life is snappy, when someone emotionally controls your morality, you become a fatality.

[Anonymous No.8929403]

More old wisdom: When in doubt, keep that old dvd of Oblivion handy.

[Anonymous No.8929447]

>>8929279
In a case like this where the hands directly involved in the game's development are no longer receiving payments, your morality is simply misplaced. ...But no, even if they were, no one cares about ancient ROM piracy.

[Anonymous No.8929752]

>>8929447
Sorry but that's not how it works.

[Anonymous No.8929763]

from my understanding, titles that are no longer supported by publishers are defined as "abandonware" and are legally shared among fellow gamers

[Anonymous No.8929779]

>>8929219
If they're not for sale on any online service like Steam or GoG, just pirate them. Buying used copies only feeds the reseller market.

[Anonymous No.8929780]

>>8929763
"abandonware" is as real as "delete the rom after 24 hours" anon.

[Anonymous No.8929787]

>>8929763
Abandonware is still illegal, but chances of being sued are slim at best

[Anonymous No.8929808]

>>8929780
>>8929787
explain how it's illegal to make use of software you have to source yourself, and there's no one to go after you for doing so?

there's laws in place for going to an abandoned house and making residence there for a few years and then the house becomes yours, so how is it that software is somehow not like that?

[Anonymous No.8929954]

>>8929219
You think people bought games in the 80s/90s?

[Anonymous No.8930002]

>>8929250
>the government says it's bad so it must be bad

I saw enough of this mentality at the aus federal election today. I came here to get away from this cringe

Also on the off chance you're interested in actually playing the game, emulate the Llylgamyn Saga on PS1. You can turn off modern graphics so all you have is wireframe dungeons and the old enemy sprites. Aside from that, it's pretty damn close to the original Apple II versions, and also has an automap feature if you're retarded like me

[Anonymous No.8930105]

Why is anyone taking this baiting retard seriously lmao.

[Anonymous No.8930120]

>>8930105
Probably because nothing else notable is going on. Also, as an observation, weekday /vr/ was pretty chill, and saturday morning /vr/ instantly has shit smeared on it. Underage /b/an really are the maggots eating the corpse of this site.

[Anonymous No.8930137]

legal =/= moral. If you were a 21 year old in Russia right now you might be legally obligated to shoot a 70 year old woman in the back of her head with your rifle. Does that make it the moral decision?

As far as games go if the people who made the game originally are not being paid I would argue that you actually have a moral obligation NOT to pay the people who are currently making money off of it who had nothing to do with it's development. With the current excesses of streaming services, venture capitalists buying up all the IPs, Disney etc. There hasn't been a better time to stick it to the copyright faggots.

[Anonymous No.8930143]

>>8929763
>from my understanding
You know that's shorthand for "I'm an ignorant tard but am so desperate for (You)s that I'll shitpost and embarrass myself anyway. Yes I really am that thirsty", right?

[vitosu No.8930163]

>>8929219
If you want, I'm pretty sure some of the old Wizardry games are on GOG for a cheap price.

[Anonymous No.8930184]

>>8930163
6-8 are but numbnuts specifically chose the ones not available on any digital storefront for his shitpost.

[Anonymous No.8930205]

Woah, 3 games for 21 bucks? That sure is gonna break the bank!

[Anonymous No.8930208]

>>8930205
And don't even get me started on THIS scam.

[Anonymous No.8930236]

>>8930205
I wonder if you could take a repro with the rom here and apply the balance/translation patch to it with no hardware issues.

[Anonymous No.8930252]

>>8929219
We have enough games. Abolish copyright. Snowflake "content creators" can ask for donations, do works for hire or kill themselves.

[Anonymous No.8930256]

>>8930143
i am completely irrefutable, it's why everyone backed down when i pushed them

[Anonymous No.8930264]

>>8929752
Okay. Tell us how buying a used game from a random guy 30 years later is helping the original developers/publishers?

[Anonymous No.8930281]

>>8930264
Easy, here's how that works, dickfuck.

It doesn't and OP is a fag. Abandonware should have no implication or restriction upon use, because there is no licenser. You make agreements to use software, and if the licensing party is no longer in existence, this means the agreement cannot be enforced. If no one bids or takes over the contract, then this means that software now has no terms of use. Essentially, there is no issue downloading any Wizardry episode at all from the original developers. It is not piracy if the developer no longer exists, because the software's license expires and cannot be enforced. This does not apply to releases on something like Steam or Rereleases but those are pretty goddamn uncommon.

[Anonymous No.8930290]

if you read 90s Usenet posts piracy of games was a widely controversial topic and pirates were violently hated by many. it wasn't taken as casually as today.

[Anonymous No.8930297]

>>8930290
different time. PC gaming was a cottage industry in those days that didn't make big bucks and piracy did genuinely hurt developers. today nobody cares about stealing from EA and other faceless megacorporations.

[Anonymous No.8930298]

>>8929250
Of course it is, but then you get to play the game for free!

[Anonymous No.8930305]

ITT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI

[Anonymous No.8930309]

>>8930305
Based retro edutainment enjoyer.

[Anonymous No.8930365]

>>8930205
There is a difference between the platforms.

[Anonymous No.8930445]

>>8930290
>pirates were violently hated by many.
No, it was the same group of crybabies. Piracy is more accessible to normies now, new games are worse and there's more abandonware exists. Just more reasons to pirate and more people can do it.

[Anonymous No.8930471]

>>8930290
There was a legendary Usenet incel named Charles Doane who would threaten to hunt down and kill pirates, and he could bury their bodies somewhere where no one would ever find it.

[Anonymous No.8930742]

>>8930365
Well if OP is gonna be a gay boy about legality then turn around and cry about prices not many other options for him.

[Anonymous No.8930759]

>>8929250
Just send Sir Robert 5 bucks on PayPal you dumb faggot

[Anonymous No.8932134]

>>8930256
>no one wants to argue with a literal tard
>i am completely irrefutable
>everyone backed down

[Anonymous No.8932224]

>No tutorials
>No cutscenes
>No voice acting
>No waifus
>No minigames
>No online
>No in-game purchases
These games are unsellable today. No one is going to pay a lawyer to go after you for pirating them, because no one can make any money selling them anymore.

[Anonymous No.8932465]

>>8929808
>so how is it that software is somehow not like that?
Because nobody has given enough of a fuck about software to create such a law. If you're a law=moralsfag you can just never enjoy old games.