Thread: JJ1 on Ebay
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Violet CLM

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May 28, 2010, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Dermo View Post
It is for an ancient DOS game. Nobody's even heard of it,
Okay, so, I dare you to do a google search for Jazz Jackrabbit sometime. Except look at the sites that aren't download sites. Notice how, every single time it comes up in a forum topic of old games that someone used to play, people jump on it and say how great and what a part of their childhood Jazz was? Same in other, non-forum contexts? Essentially, anyone who was around for PC gaming in 1994 or not long thereafter is going to know about it. JJ1 was the next big release from one of the two PC gaming titans at the time -- it didn't just slip under the radar. You also stated that the shareware "wasn't all that inviting to begin with," and, you know, that was and is also patently untrue.

I, for one, think it is very confusing how we are trying to argue about several different points and often using arguments about one point against arguments about another. Here is what I have noticed:
  • Is $25 a fair price for JJ1?
  • What is morality? (o.O)
  • Is it possible to find sites to download Jazz games at without J2O providing links to them?
  • For that matter, at this point is it possible to find sites to buy Jazz games from legally?
  • Should J2O link to and endorse illegal downloads?

Regarding the last question, there is also the matter of "if not, why not?" If we justify the removal of warez links on grounds of legality, then, as I think Dermo was trying to point out, why do we permit so many things which outright violate the TOS? If we justify it on grounds of availability, because we think the games are worth buying, then where does that leave 1.00g, 1.10o, and any (either?) version of the JJ3 alpha?
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