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I hope you aren't suggesting the only way to play the game is to build it yourself first. This is not the case.

No he's stating that getting the executable is the easy part.

That isn't at all what they are saying. They are saying that you need to provide all the game assets. Exactly like you do if you want to play the original Doom with modern source ports. Since the game is not available to buy, this means either pulling those assets from an original retail copy, or pirating them.

Since the game is not available to buy, this means either pulling those assets from an original retail copy, or pirating them.

Even if you don't want to pirate it, there are lots of copies for multiple platforms available to buy just on eBay. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> preservation & the ability to actually play a 25 year old game is more important than its capitalization

> Even if you don't want to pirate it, there are lots of copies for multiple platforms available to buy just on eBay.

This feels like a contradictory position.

On the one hand the important thing is the preservation and availability of a work. On the other hand it's okay if the it is only available as 20+ year old used copies and pirated copies.

And any preservation or restoration project is under the shadow of 3 companies (Warner Bros., Activision, and 20th Century Fox) which have all recently "complained that they may have rights to [NOLF] and may sue over it"

That a company should be able to profit from something they made 20 years ago (and didn't touch since) feels wrong.

I don’t think they’re even profiting from it anymore. This is just grifting at this point.

“We made it, you’ve enjoyed it and now fuck off”

They like it when old games are unplayable because if gamers can't find or play the old games they'll have to pay (and pay more) for their newest games. Why compete with your own back catalog? Especially when your old game isn't full of bullshit like day one DLC, lootboxes, season passes, and microtransactions.

My first reaction to the steam machine was “you’ll own nothing and be happy about it” but yeah everyone seems happy about it… I like how old games were sold on physical cartridges or discs. Much more fun to know the experience can be relived. Kids growing up today will never have nostalgic experiences in their middle aged years since so many games are internet linked and drm locked.

> On the one hand the important thing is the preservation and availability of a work. On the other hand it's okay if the it is only available as 20+ year old used copies and pirated copies. And any preservation or restoration project is under the shadow of 3 companies (Warner Bros., Activision, and 20th Century Fox) which have all recently "complained that they may have rights to [NOLF] and may sue over it"

No, it’s not. Warner, Activision and 20th Century can collectively suck my balls and lick deez nuts. Literally no one benefits from this.

Since the game is not available to buy, this means either pulling those assets from an original retail copy, or pirating them.

Not true [1]. It’s available on a bunch of platforms!

[1] https://doom.bethesda.net/en-US/doom_doomii

“the game” is No One Lives Forever, not Doom

Let me quote the person I was replying to for you:

Exactly like you do if you want to play the original Doom with modern source ports. Since the game is not available to buy, this means either pulling those assets from an original retail copy, or pirating them.

They are clearly stating that Doom is also not available to buy, which is not true.

In the post you were replying to, perhaps inserting a paragraph break before "Since the game..." might help, more than selectively quoting from it. It might then be more clear that the phrase "the game" is referring to the same game both times it's used.

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