23 April 2013, 21:57 | #1 |
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Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever Essentials for Android
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23 April 2013, 22:11 | #2 |
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Now they offer that stuff for 99 cent
Guess that's excellent news for everyone that always thought that Cloanto was way overpriced and still wanted legal emulation. |
23 April 2013, 22:35 | #3 |
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Seems like it's finally dawned on Cloanto that people would be happier with a simple roms-only package for peanuts rather than get all the fluff on top.
PSPUAE to receive an Essentials package next? |
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Looks like they still insist in XORing the damn ROMs as best as I can find. No, thanks.
I would enjoy being wrong, however. |
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Admittedly it would be a pisstake if the roms were still encrypted. They could take a leaf from RISC OS Ltd and release a whole collection of encryption-free system ROMs for one fixed price (though aping RISC OS's £10 asking price may still be a tad cheeky).
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Can't see any restrictions on the usage, so basically you buy this and get KS 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 3.0 and 3.1 plus WB 1.3 for 99 cent. You just need an Android phone and the means to transfer the files to your PC. Simply can't believe they never offered something like this for 5 $ or less to PC and Mac users before...
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Considering that the user doesn't suffer in any way from it, and that both developers and users benefit from the fact that this made it possible to release Amiga Forever in the first place, I don't see the big deal about it. |
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Plus it is really easy to dump the unencrypted ROM files through WinUAE.
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When you buy the app Google asks you to tick the box to accept their ToS. In short, the app is licensed for the Android devices under your account. If there is a conflict between the Google terms and those in the Amiga Forever Essentials EULA (included with the shared files of the app), Google's terms prevail.
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Which in terms means that once the files leave the Android device they are illegal. Guess it'll take you a while to find a way to release AF Essentials for PC and Mac users?
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cloanto if you there can you do a raspberry pi release that would be so cool ,that make me love my pi even more.
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That's REALLY cheap to get access to LEGAL ROMS for 65p!?
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