Re: Robot Odyssey

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Didn't we just have a post about a website dedicated to Robot Odyssey
and something about it being legal to download it from Asimov?
Paul Francis Gilbert wrote:
> 
> Sergei Frolov <sergei@i.am> writes:
> 
> >Hello!
> 
> >Some years ago I play in very interesting game on Apple ][ - Robot
> >Odyssey.
> >Is anybody known about emulators it on PC/AT?
> 
> >Thank's
> 
> >Sergei Frolov
> 
> >2:5030/219.9, sergei@i.am, lautenaus@geocities.com.
> 
> Well, this will probably get me labelled as a vicious pirate by Nothin ;-),
> but:
> 
> - First of all you need an Apple //e emulator. What you get depends on what
>   system you run. I run Win95, and have used AppleWin, which seems fairly
>   robust. There are others available. Some of them don't come with the Apple
>   ROM images included due to copyright problems, so if you get one which
>   doesn't, try downloading other packages to see if they do, or visit some
>   of the Apple // websites. Only ask for the ROMS in the newsgroup as a last
>   request, as certain people live for trolling in this newsgroup and consider
>   such requests prime flame material (not naming any names ;-)).
> 
> - Next you need an image of Robot Oddyssey. Presumably you don't want to go
>   to the trouble of trying to get a kit to download your old RO game disks
>   from the Apple, so you can take a shortcut. Go to Asimov
>   (ftp.apple.asimov.net) and take a look in their appleII game section.
>   I can't remember what exact game category it's under (adventure perhaps),
>   but you should be able to find it.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> As a side note, does providing this information make me a scum sucking
> pirate who has destroyed the Apple // industry? It'd be a neat trick
> certainly, since I first got my Apple //e when the market was all but
> dead and had to make do mainly with programs I inherited [I got mine
> secondhand]. ;-)
> 
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