Re: What about an Apple Gamebase ?

[exegete@nunya.biz]

Rubywand wrote:

> Laurent writes ...
>
> > Hello.
> > I'm new to this group and a Google Usenet search didn't give 
> > anything so I'm asking the question. I'm really impressed about
> > what the Commodore 64 community did with Gamebase 64 database. 
> > The Sinclair Spectrum, Atari ST communities are also using
> > James Burrows MS Access database. Wouldn't it be nice making a 
> > database about Apple II gaming? I have fond memories about
> > playing Snapper, Epoch, Stellar 7, Skyfox, Aztec, Lode Runner, 
> > Drol, Ta�pan, Crypt of Medea... but I'm no Apple II specialist.
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Laurent
>
>
>
>      Neat sounding idea. Dr. Tom was interested in creating something like
> that on his Cabi-net site back in the late 1990's. So were Modus (Asimov) and
> Celt (Tarnover). 
>
>      The main reason something like a comprehensive Apple II and IIgs
> gamebase didn't happen years ago is that every time someone started to put
> one together the person was attacked as a "pirate". In some cases, the sites
> were also hacked into and wrecked.

And, because sometimes software that was still being sold was listed, 
people contacted ISPs and got the sites shut down.

Roy

>      Maybe today it's doable. In the mean time, we shall muddle along with
> multiply redundant game and docs/hints/solves/cheat/crack sites-- works
> pretty well. We have flexibility and variety; plus, there's plenty of backup.
>
>      For links to Apple II/IIgs game and game info sites, see the FAQs:
>
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs7GAMESITES.html
> ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/Formatted/Csa21MAIN3.txt
> ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.sys.apple2/
>
>
>
> Rubywand



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