@JessTheUnstill @bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @tomiahonen @fuchsiii
But I also consider why @torproject hasn't done so:
And lets be honest @tails_live / @tails / #Tails is way more important to maintain as with #TorBrowser, literally human lives depend on it!
@vetgaming @linuxmint It's just a necessity, according to @fuchsiii, as it's just not feasible longterm to collect rarer-and-rarer #VintageComputing hardware and rely on non-enforcement of copyright on #Abandonware.
It makes #TheSims and #FightingIsMagic just work on anything that is #amd64 and has enough resources to throw at it.
one of the most important mac applications i've had since the powerpc days is telestream's ScreenFlow.... which began its life as a simple screen recording app, and slowly transitioned into a full tilt video editing suite over the next 15+ years. i've paid for a couple of upgrades over the years, just because it's 100x more enjoyable than dealing with final cut pro 
screenflow has two cringe-inducing downsides:
- it requires activation (with a serial number)
- telestream breaks compatibility with older versions of OS X every single year and won't support older versions after a period.
they officially quit supporting anything older than v9.0 in 2021, which is tantamount to publicly announcing that v1.0 - v8.0 are now abandonware.
long story short: i spent the night archiving every single release of ScreenFlow from WBM and uploaded them to the mac garden. if you've got anything from OS X 10.5 to 10.14, you now have a working copy of screenflow.
they are uncracked at the moment - but i've contacted a fellow macgarden member who may know how to disable the activation on them.
ScreenFlow 1.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-1
ScreenFlow 2.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-2
ScreenFlow 3.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-3
ScreenFlow 4.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-4
ScreenFlow 5.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-5
ScreenFlow 6.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-6
ScreenFlow 7.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-7
ScreenFlow 8.x: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/screenflow-8
enjoy! :)
[Nouveau podcast] LHDG23. Les abandonwares
Souvenir d'une époque bénie où on ne parlait pas encore de « retrogaming » mais où on se partageait des vieux jeux librement…
Écouter ce podcast : https://grisebouille.net/lhdg23-les-abandonwares
Le livre best of : https://editions.ptilouk.net/gb10ans
Soutien : https://ptilouk.net/#soutien
@fennix personally, I think corporations should be mandated to guarantee a support lifecycle for a product and put that front and center on the product packaging.
I.e. "Updates guaranteed until 01/2038"
If it was my decision, @bsi would be pressibg charges against vendors who produced such #Abandonware and refuse to fix them!
Ooo I haven't thought about #SimTower in quite a while. https://homeoftheunderdogs.net/search.php?search_company=Maxis
Ultim@te Race Pro de 1998
La verdad es que no recuerdo nada de este juego, así como el Stunts o el Carmagedon los tengo grabados en la memoria a fuego, como el Need For Speed Hot pursuit, este si no es porque está el manual en la caja ni sabría de su existencia. Aún así, estaba en la caja así que merece su reconocimiento. Ademas por internet tiene buenas criticas.
Algo de info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Race_Pro
Disponible en Archive.org :
https://archive.org/details/UltimateRacePro
O disponible y con más info en MyAbandonWare :
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/ultimatte-race-pro-evj
Seguimos desempolvando las cajas de recuerdos de casa familiar. Hoy toca #DarkForces:
Star Wars: Dark Forces fue el primer FPS basado en el universo de Star Wars y uno de los primeros videojuegos en comercializarse en formato CD-ROM por las secuencias de video que incorporaba, que ocupaban un considerable tamaño para la época.
Debe ser de 1996 o algo más cuando estuve yo jugando.
Aquí un video de alguien dándole un repaso al juego via emulación:
https://peertube.fr/w/28ae5b0c-491e-4834-8a04-6514c4dafd6a
El tiempo va borrando los detalles pero recuerdo dispararle a los robots pequeñajos en plan Rumba, hoy creo que me daría pena.
Más info en la wiki
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Dark_Forces
O en el texto alternativo de las imágenes, que la verdad son para hacerte pensar, entre el servicio técnico, los métodos de contacto, las cosas a tener en cuenta...
Aunque la versión inglesa de la Wiki casi siempre tiene más datos, como por ejemplo que el año pasado sacaron el juego para plataformas actuales.
#Jabber/#XMPP client that runs on #Windows (or in browser), that supports #MAM (incl. #MUC-MAM), modern A/V (#WebRTC), message reactions and replies. And is not #abandonware.
Adhoc commands and OMEMO nice to have, not a must.
I'm *almost* there, but not quite 
#Dino: Windows port abandoned.
#Gajim: No modern A/V calls yet.
#Movim: Needs PHP server installation. Also not the right tool for my use-case.
#Prose: No A/V calls yet. Would be by top choice otherwise.
Looking for some more advanced techies to help me out here. I was browsing the files of old abandonware (as one does) and came across the .zym file format in a game called Gubble 2. Does anyone have any idea what this file format is? Is it something proprietary by the gubble devs? Something that just isn't used anymore? The only thing google brought up regarding .zym was some mods for quake.
Testing j2me SDK Win XP QEMU VM via VNC in Termux Android.
Why? Because I love coding on phone, and I want to write stuff for old phones on new phones.
#foss #windows #abandonware #j2me #java #programming #android #termux #necromancy #deviations #insanity ...
Dinge, die man auf Mastodon niemals sagen sollte:
"Natürlich hat #Nintendo das Recht gegen #Emulator|en der aktuellen Konsolengeneration vorzugehen, wenn dabei geistiges Eigentum verletzt wird. Das ist gerade auch dann legitim, wenn der Hersteller die Emulation von noch nicht veröffentlichten Titeln hinter einer Bezahlschranke anbietet. Hier ist der Fall ganz anders gelagert als bei #Abandonware und bei der #Emulation von historischen Systemen."
En 2005, comme j’utilisais beaucoup (trop) le Win98 familiale, j’ai eu mon premier PC à moi sous WinXP.
Avec était fourni un jeu EAgames qui m’avait bien occupé à l’époque, sans jamais ne l’avoir fini.
Maintenant je suis sous #Linux.
Grâce à abandonware et à @lutris j’ai occupé ma fin d’année 2024 en y rejouant et en le finissant !
En plus j’ai trouvé un patch pour le rendre HD et 16/9.
C’était franchement pas terrible, (d’où le fait que je ne cite pas le jeu) mais j’ai clos un chapitre de mon passé 
#abandonWare #retroGaming #gamingLinux #gamingLinuxFR
@gnemmi @methuselah @daniel whichever they are, #NameThemBlameThem would be essential for #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec - alongside the messages of them saying they don't give a shit.
#Trnapsarency is essentual here!!!
Creo que va siendo hora de deshacerse de algunas cosas de casa de mi madre que no voy a volver a necesitar más.
En concreto la #3Dblaster #Voodoo2 la recuerdo con mucho cariño por las horas que pude jugar con aquel ordenador y la sensación de añadir a la t. gráfica normal una extra para el 3D! (Creo que es de 1998)
El Joystick no es que no lo usará unas cuantas horas también, pero instalar esa gráfica creo fue un punto de no retorno en el camino de ser informático.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/creative-labs-3d-blaster-voodoo2,59.html
https://www.duiops.net/hardware/tarjgraf/creat3dv2.htm
@tokyo_0 #TrueCrypt is #abandonware with serious security issues.
Use #VeraCrypt or even better: migrate machines to #Linux and use #LUKS / #dmcrypt instead, as it's the best option at hand.
@tbernard the #Fedora #flatpak repo has a fair deal of #Plasma packages in it, and that's probably because the Fedora community has been porting desktop apps over to it.
I have a cynical take though. I believe that #designers and #UX experts gravitate more towards #Gtk/ #Adwaita because it is more modern. Plasma/ #Origami has come a long way, but is still not as enticing as Gtk/Adwaita. This becomes a little barrier to entry in of it self, IMHO. It also means there is more Gtk #abandonware.
tangent.
if people do #romhacking for vintage consoles, reversing some #proprietary #x86 #abandonware should also be within the realm of the possible, right?
and so, yours truly, already in bed, loads up an ancient #32bit #VST plugin called #SQ8L, into #Cutter, to have a look-see. 500KiB code section... that's over half a fuckton of opcodes!
and the cutter only cat half of that. wazzat even mean... it means to #rtfm i guess
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en
Gamers unite!
We're losing our gaming history. Classic titles are disappearing. This isn't just about nostalgia. It's about preserving a vital part of our shared cultural heritage. Sign this petition to #SaveOurGames & build a digital archive to celebrate video games as the cultural icons they are! #StopKillingGames #Abandonware #CulturalHeritage #GlobalCulture #GamingHistory #RetroGaming #GamePreservation #DigitalPreservation #VideoGameCulture #DigitalArt
