Re: Old Apple II games

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

Is there a way to get these 5.25" deprotected games (I've many) onto
3.5" disk or better somehow onto a HD, with a loader app or something?

Thanks.  (5.25" floppies are HARD TO FIND these days...)



bp

Rubywand wrote:
> 
> Charles Forbin writes ...
> >
> > mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message news:<20010809033448.06506.00000983@mb-fc.aol.com>...
> >
> > > Your easiest strategy is to find "deprotected" ("cracked")
> > > versions of the games you want to archive,
> >
> > Funny you should mention that... I have a ton of cracked A2 games on
> > self-booting DOS 3.3 disks, but a significant chunk of them are going
> > bad.  I intend to replace the games, but would prefer the cracked
> > versions to legit ones (mostly because I really enjoy the crackers'
> > start-up screens).  I wonder, is there's a good place to download
> > cracked versions?
> 
>      Asimov has the largest collection of deprotected 8-bit Apple II games.
> Another good collection is on Tarnover. For links to these and other A2 game
> sites go to http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs7GAMESITES.html .
> 
>      For information about file formats and related utilities, see
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FLUTILS.html .
> 
> Rubywand