DataStorm Permission!

turk182 · 30 October 2002, 23:24

What Nice chaps at Visionary Design , They wandered onto
my website and asked if I had asked permission to have the game datastorm downloadable.
I said I would take it off straight away if requested & mentioned that most companies dont allow it & how I didnt even know they were still in business etc..
Thinking of removing the link just then I got this email read on...

Quote:

We give our permission for the game to be displayed on your site <blank>...
It is not a problem.

As for our site, well our .Com is down at the moment for a large overhaul,
but we run a mirror site in association with Epic, so take a look at it
as it will tell you about our on-going projects.

The address is....

http://www.epicarts.net/~vdiuk

Let me know what you think.

Regards

Simon

So I dont know if I'm the first but what the hey you can officially download Datastorm from my site now!....
Yaay!
*shush * just ignore the over stuff there !

7-Zark-7 · 31 October 2002, 15:23

A nice permission email, what a stunner! Makes a pleasant change from the legal-demand men-in-suit mentality that sadly seems to plague the retro obselete retro-gaming scene.

CPC464 · 31 October 2002, 16:52

Lets hope more and more companies follow suite

turk182 · 31 October 2002, 17:15

I doubt it , Some of them are very warey of the Intellectual Property on these Games. The IP may still be worth something to
someone somewhere , what with all these mobile phone games and GBA & GP32 coming along , we could still see Speedball or the like on them I guess.
The GBA is being deluged with back catalogue games and 'remakes' from older snes/nes titles already !.Some of them should have stayed in the past!.
Those 'big' titles are bound to be like that , Its the other ones that just sit there gathering dust bytes that concern most retro gamers....

icycool · 10 November 2002, 07:57

Datastorm is a Fantastic Defender clone, the best ever IMO

DDNI · 19 January 2007, 20:38

Datastorm WHDLOAD from KGs pack crashes on my A1200T. It goes through intro but then hangs as soon as ship appears on screen...

any fixes?

Adropac2 · 20 January 2007, 01:24

Datastorm is indeed a smart Defender clone and it even manages to introduce a number of additions as well.Actually even though it is a clone , it's hard to call it just that as it deserves it's own recognition much like Dropzone as well.Only thing i suppose you can quibble at slightly with Datastorm is the 25 fps - fast action games like this require 50 really but i can understand the technical limitation imposed at the time.

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31 October 2002, 15:23	#2
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	A nice permission email, what a stunner! Makes a pleasant change from the legal-demand men-in-suit mentality that sadly seems to plague the retro obselete retro-gaming scene.

31 October 2002, 16:52	#3
CPC464 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: York Age: 54 Posts: 393	Lets hope more and more companies follow suite

31 October 2002, 17:15	#4
turk182 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: london Posts: 188	I doubt it , Some of them are very warey of the Intellectual Property on these Games. The IP may still be worth something to someone somewhere , what with all these mobile phone games and GBA & GP32 coming along , we could still see Speedball or the like on them I guess. The GBA is being deluged with back catalogue games and 'remakes' from older snes/nes titles already !.Some of them should have stayed in the past!. Those 'big' titles are bound to be like that , Its the other ones that just sit there gathering dust bytes that concern most retro gamers....

10 November 2002, 07:57	#5
icycool Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne/Australia Age: 50 Posts: 203	Datastorm is a Fantastic Defender clone, the best ever IMO

19 January 2007, 20:38	#6
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Datastorm WHDLOAD from KGs pack crashes on my A1200T. It goes through intro but then hangs as soon as ship appears on screen... any fixes?

20 January 2007, 01:24	#7
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,079	Datastorm is indeed a smart Defender clone and it even manages to introduce a number of additions as well.Actually even though it is a clone , it's hard to call it just that as it deserves it's own recognition much like Dropzone as well.Only thing i suppose you can quibble at slightly with Datastorm is the 25 fps - fast action games like this require 50 really but i can understand the technical limitation imposed at the time.

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