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03-17-01 | 05:32 PM

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From: Shackled

http://www.msnbc.com/news/545099.asp?0nm=N15P

Great article. I'm not going to post the links THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE because this is technically illegal. But lots of cool stuff.

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03-17-01 | 05:54 PM

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From: The Alamo Basement

Illegal, illegal? What is that?

Btw, thanks for that article.

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03-17-01 | 06:59 PM

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From: Shackled

I find it annoying that it is illegal. The games are completely discontinued, but the companies still hold the copyrights, thus. . .

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03-17-01 | 08:35 PM

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From: C-Ville, home of the Wahoo

The Washington Post had a great article on abandonware games on Friday. If you go to their website and look it up, some publishers are considering selling the rights to their unpublishable games to these sites for a song. Go here and do a search for abandonware: http://www.washingtonpost.com