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- From: dpn2@po.CWRU.Edu (Damien P. Neil)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Maxis extortion? (was:Re: ATTN. MAXIS GAME OWNERS!!!!! (SimXXXX, etc.)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:44:51 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
- Lines: 21
- Message-ID: <dpn2.102.722043891@po.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <BxuB6n.1Go@acsu.buffalo.edu> <Nov.17.17.45.04.1992.8455@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
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- Keywords: maxis, simsity, simant, simearth, simrobots
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- In article <Nov.17.17.45.04.1992.8455@ruhets.rutgers.edu> zweldron@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Matthew Charlap) writes:
- >>uprades to their DOS games for only $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping. Some of
- >>the new versions have new features, bug fixes and AdLib/SoundBlaster
- >>support. The offer is available until 12/31/92. Oh yeah, you have to send
- > ^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >Maxis doesn't release bug fixes to registered users for free? Does this mean
- >that if I buy a game from them that doesn't work properly, it will cost me
- >an ADDITIONAL $25 every time a patch comes out? I hope not. I haven't
- >purchased any Maxis software as of this time, and if this is true, I never
- >will.
- >Will someone please shed some light on this?
-
- If you had read the first post a bit better, you might understand...
-
- What Maxis is offering is the _Windows_ versions of the games as an upgrade
- from the DOS versions. This is _not_ a bug-fix patch, it is an entirely new
- program. (Porting to Windows is a non-trivial task.)
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- | Damien Neil | dpn2@po.cwru.edu | Case Western Reserve University |
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