Audiogenic's 1994 cricket game for DOS

[LilleeWilleyDilley]

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[weetabixharry]

I would be interested to know how you did these things. Will you be uploading any description of how you did them, and exactly what the changes to the game behavior are?

 

[weetabixharry]

Maybe I should contact Audiogenic again and ask them if they would be interested in buying the ownership rights for this information, if it's worth anything.

Given that the entire game has been surrendered as abandonware and can be downloaded for free, I think it is safe to assume they wouldn't pay anything for this information.

Also, as far as I understand, reverse-engineering and editing games is technically considered a copyright violation. It's something a lot of people enjoy doing (including me) and game developers generally allow it to happen (or even encourage it, if it generates community interest), but it's probably not something you should expect to earn money from.

Well, if you do upload a guide someday, I would probably read it.

 

[weetabixharry]

The last time I contacted Peter from Audiogenic, I only told him that I found a way to change the test matches from 60 overs per day to 90 overs. That was it. He then told me that he would not mind if I shared how this can be achieved publicly online. I then asked him if could I share this information to the public for a small fee, to which he replied "I don't see why not".

No problem. I guess if your guide becomes abandonware in 26 years then I might have a look then!

Whats interesting however is that, although Allan Border Cricket and Brian Lara Cricket for DOS appear to be abandonware, for some reason Jonty Rhodes II: World Class Cricket is still a copyrighted commercial title and not freeware as the site the download was linked to, claimed. I do not know the case for Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, though.

Yeah, I'm not sure. I wouldn't be surprised if, officially, they are all still under copyright, just no one really cares any more if the copyright is violated. Therefore, they can be offered as freeware (by anyone who happens to have the installation files) and no one will pursue legal action.