re:[OT] Space Exploitation Games & SciFi Books

At 8:13 AM -0800 1/25/01, Tony Christney wrote:
><x-flowed>I think that online distribution is great. It allows small
run
>games to actually be published. One of my all time favorite
>games ever is Escape Velocity Override, published by Ambrosia.
>Sorry to PC users, but it is Mac only. Now if I had a dollar
>for every pilot I named Han Solo...
>
>My point is that if all games were published in the same way,
>many really great games would never have a chance to see your
>hard drive.

Right now the major PC gaming websites act as distribution points for 
game demos and patches (www.avault.com) as well as news. If the 
distribution system for games changed to Internet only, then I think 
we'd see those sites listing and promoting games for online sale 
(think affiliate programs, wait ! they're patented !).

Of course, there are a lot of games now that should never see your 
hard drive (Star Trek New Worlds for one).
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