Author Topic: Freddy Pharkas  (Read 4502 times)

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Offline Nick Sonneveld

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2002, 11:26:45 PM »
we care because the big companies have more money to spend on legal people.  legal people shut down websites who post pirated software.

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Offline Brian Provinciano

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2002, 11:53:32 PM »
Exactly. Small guys like us don't stand a chance against large companies. People go against large compaines all the time in legal battles, who could win and still lose everything, including our savings, house, etc. The only people who really win are lawyers. The companies milk the small people for all they're worth. I don't want to get involved in that.

Offline Grover

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2002, 01:30:40 AM »
If Al Lowe really didn't mind he would have it on his site

The way I got to www.freddypharkas.com was a link from Al Lowe's website, which only had good things to say about it.  He was also kind enough to put on his site the Modern Day Book of Health and Hygene--required for beating the game.   I'm sure after 10 years Sierra doesn't give a damn about who does what with FPFP...It would probably cost them more to do anything about it than let it slide.  

Grover

« Last Edit: September 11, 2002, 01:31:25 AM by Grover »

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Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2002, 05:52:52 AM »
If you're really that scared of what's said about piracy here, join Blue Ribbon.

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Offline CapTAmerik@

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2002, 06:33:17 AM »
Most important of all:

LET'S JUST DROP THE WHOLE PIRACY-ISSUE!

Are we here to promote AGI and SCI or are we here to kill it off? Piracy is illegal, accept it!

Thank you for your time,
This is CaptAin AmeriK@ signing off...
I am mentally divergent, in that I am escaping certain unnamed realities that plague my life here. When I stop going there, I will be well. Are you also divergent, friend?
~ Mentally ill, 12 Monkeys

Offline juncmodule

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2002, 10:02:03 AM »
Sierra is a IDSA member. Therefore, ANYTHING they have released is still owned by, and more importantly actively protected, by them. For the next 75 years all of their software is protected under international copyright laws. There is no such thing as abandonware. Only if a company "releases" software to the public domain does it become "abandonware" or more accurately "public domain software". The IDSA monitors websites for piracy activity and shuts them down. They work in conjunction with the FBI. So, PLEASE! PLEASE! Regardless of your personal opinions on software piracy, do NOT voice them on this message board. I am not a moderator nor do I have any "official" say on what is posted here, but, I do have a personal interest in keeping this site and Brian's work alive and well. So PLEASE, take the pro-piracy stuff elsewhere.

Offline Te Rangi

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2002, 10:53:33 PM »
The ISDA is evil. My dad bought a legal copy of Manhunter II. 10 or so years later, I lose the disks. I go to http://www.the-underdogs.org, expecting them to have it for download. They do, but it is blocked by the ISDA.

I go to Sierra, send them an e-mail regarding availability of the game, and they politely tell me to fuck off.

I wouldn't pirate if companies gave a crap about their customers.
« Last Edit: September 12, 2002, 10:34:32 PM by Mr. T »

Offline juncmodule

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2002, 07:27:30 AM »
ummm....yeah....anyway...

the topic back on topic...So, is Freddy sort of like Jones in the fast lane as far as what it was made with? Isn't Jones in the fast lane just SCI0 with a different exe(which supports 256 colors?)

I've never played Freddy. What's all the hub bub about? I guess being made by Al Lowe that's a pretty stupid question ;D. There is this big slot of Sierra games that I never played. It's weird because most of the ones I didn't play are SCI games. Yet, I like the engine more than any other.

later,
-junc

Offline OmerMor

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2002, 10:39:53 AM »
Freddy is a funny adventure game by Al Lowe about a pharmacist in the wild west. It was done in SCI1 and it's as good as any other adventure game by sierra.

Offline MusicallyInspired

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2002, 12:33:22 PM »
its not just SCI1 but whatever the next step was cuz it has colored cursors and its unviewable with SCI Decoder (like SQ5, SQ4CD, KQ6, PQ1VGA).
« Last Edit: September 12, 2002, 12:38:09 PM by MusicallyInspired »
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Offline HWM

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2002, 01:29:58 PM »
Well... Actually it's SCI11... SCI11 interpreters mostly have a version number like 1.001.xxx (instead SCI1 has 1.000.xxx)...

However, SCI1 version numbers are really a mess, lots of interpreters have strange/faulty version numbers... The interpreter included with FPFP for example has version number 1.cfs.081...

Offline OmerMor

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #26 on: September 13, 2002, 01:38:17 AM »
I know it's not realy an SCI1, but I didn't want to confuse him. after all from SCI1 up until SCI32 it's all pretty much the same from the player's point of view.
Much like SCI01 is almost the same as SCI0 from that point of view.

Offline MusicallyInspired

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2002, 01:23:35 PM »
ive been wondering. how come there was never a decoder for the SCI11 games? is it too difficult/impossible to make?
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Offline HWM

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2002, 01:51:39 PM »
Actually, there is one... It's called SCIRESDUMP... It's compatible with SCI11 and SCI32...

Offline MusicallyInspired

Re:Freddy Pharkas
« Reply #29 on: September 13, 2002, 09:18:51 PM »
really...where can i find this! does it also compile? or probly not eh?
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