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Jazz1's "FORMAT" is in turbo pascal which can NOT be run by a standard PC anymore without DOS and TPPATCH. TPPATCH modifies the game's actual binary data. This is called reverse engeneering and is illegal. Therefore it is impossible to run JJ1 on a current day computer without breaking the law making it fall under the catigorey of requiring hardwear not redily avalible in the market.
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It does not matter what programming language it was written for. All that matters is the system it runs on; in this case, said system is a Personal Computer. Said system is still on the market.
Additionally, this rule applies only to extreme cases in which running the came would be possible. TPPatch is also still available on the proverbial "market", and quite common. Besides, if the game is too old to be played on the system, this law only applies to distributing it through other systems, one would assume. Otherwise, what would be the point of the law?
~ Traft
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