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| February 3, 2008, 14:21 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
Upon searching through some old hard disks, i've found what looks like a 100% backup, (including forum) of the complete div-arena.co.uk site from the second it was turned off. So if anybody wants their wip.. or game.. let me know I may invest some time in putting it online, I may even re-enable the forum if anybody cares (which I doubt) All the best Mike 
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| February 3, 2008, 14:26 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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I think we'd very much appreciate the games at least so we can mirror a bunch here. Not sure anyone would be too interest in rejoining the website, especially since we've all moved on from DIV and the Fenix users are based here and elsewhere. But It's great that you've found it all and we're more than happy to keep all the content here. 
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| February 3, 2008, 14:45 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
I've just tried the div trial that was hosted on the site under dosemu and everything works perfect, although a little slow as my laptop sucks. If anybody wants their games contact me saying what games you want and i'll give them to you. If the general consensus is one of no interest in div-arena being put back online then i'll just leave it on my local machine, for another day. ____________ So long and thanks for all the fish. |
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| February 3, 2008, 14:45 | |
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Htbaa
Perl 368 posts 
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Cool to hear! So Mike, what have you been up to for the last few years? DOSBox works as well. It runs the DIV2 games pretty fast on my PC (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz). [Edited on February 3, 2008 by Htbaa] ____________ blog.htbaa.com |
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| February 3, 2008, 15:02 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Long shot, but you don't happen to have a copy of that Windows interpreter that you used to get some competition games and other stuff (Bert The Barbarian for instance) working in Windows do you? Even if you did I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to do anything with it legally, but you can't blame me for trying. [Edited on February 3, 2008 by Fiona] ____________ laffo |
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| February 3, 2008, 15:13 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
Quoting Htbaa: Cool to hear! So Mike, what have you been up to for the last few years? DOSBox works as well. It runs the DIV2 games pretty fast on my PC (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz). Been doing loads of different things.. too much to going into here Quoting Fiona: something about the windows compiler Erm. If I do have that (which i suspect i do somewhere) I doubt I could release it as a) its bugged to fuck and b) it isnt mine to release! ____________ So long and thanks for all the fish. |
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| February 3, 2008, 15:18 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Aww, oh well.
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| February 3, 2008, 18:31 | |
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Eckolin
Quite Whiskered 388 posts 
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Make a torrent for the entire gamebase. It's only a few GB.
____________ Maker of Games... Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Need help with coding? I probably wrote something similar. |
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| February 3, 2008, 18:55 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
Quoting Eckolin: Make a torrent for the entire gamebase. It's only a few GB. Well, as they aren't actually my games to do that with, no. This is why i've said I'll give the games to the authors, then they can do with them what they like. ____________ So long and thanks for all the fish. |
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| February 3, 2008, 19:19 | |
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Eckolin
Quite Whiskered 388 posts
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In that case, I would like a copy of my own games, then.
____________ Maker of Games... Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Need help with coding? I probably wrote something similar. |
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| February 3, 2008, 19:19 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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They did make them public in the first place...
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| February 3, 2008, 20:26 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
Well, like I said just tell me your games and i'll give you them. yes they were made public, but i dont recall anytime saying "the games you upload will be made available in one big torrent someday" Anyways its a non starter and i'm not doing it, sorry. ____________ So long and thanks for all the fish. |
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| February 3, 2008, 22:55 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1548 posts 
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Mike, that sounds like corporate piracy paranoia - no DIV user will sue you for enabling people access to their once uploaded DIV game again through a torrent, I can guarantee you that, unless someone got the idea from this thread of course. ;-) Putting everything back online however would be far more convenient than a torrent - nobody would seed such a torrent in the first place. It would be nice for those that want their games and nice for those that want to browse the forum in a nostalgic mood, and it might even come in handy with coding. In case you put up the site, you probably should put up news that DIV DX won't be finished, just for a clear closure. Otherwise you'll be haunted forever and ever! ____________ Personal website: http://www.loijson.com |
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| February 4, 2008, 00:27 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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I think the only people that will be interested anyway are the people who visit this site - i.e. ex div arena regulars who still use Fenix. I think the best thing to do would be just to post a news item about it and refer people to this forum thread where they can request their games from Mike.
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| February 4, 2008, 08:48 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Quoting Rincewind: In case you put up the site, you probably should put up news that DIV DX won't be finished, just for a clear closure. Well now it's more of a case of "can't" be finished. There's nothing stopping you making your own DIV derivative though. (ala Fenix) [Edited on February 4, 2008 by Fiona] ____________ laffo |
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| February 5, 2008, 12:38 | |
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Xenthar
None 5 posts |
I would like to play Hero The Realm, Bert the Barbarian and Galactic Assault once more... But i guess i wouldn't be able to run em anyway with windows XP, would i? Still, it would be great if this site could host em.
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| February 5, 2008, 12:39 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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I'm interesting if the site be put online, if only for a short period of time.
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| February 5, 2008, 13:20 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Quoting Xenthar: I would like to play Hero The Realm, Bert the Barbarian and Galactic Assault once more... But i guess i wouldn't be able to run em anyway with windows XP, would i? Still, it would be great if this site could host em. Various DOS emulators can play DIV games successfully as Mike has already proven with a screenshot. (The complete IDE works, not just the games) ____________ laffo |
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| February 5, 2008, 19:04 | |
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Htbaa
Perl 368 posts
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Galactic Assault, by far one of the most fun DIV games to play :-)
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| February 5, 2008, 19:25 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts 
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I don't mind Hero going up on booleansoup. It's for the best as far as I'm concerned that people still play it. Everyone can vouch for me that i am Mith. Right guys? Rincewind, you can't take everyone's hard work and bung it up on a torrent without their permission. I think Mike is right. ____________ |
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| February 5, 2008, 20:13 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1548 posts
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Yes, I agree with you here Squarepusher, it's much better for everyone's old DIV work to remain swept from this planet and never be played by anyone ever again except by the creator. Mike is right theoretically, but that does not make it a useful stance in practice. The same theory probably dictates that Mike isn't allowed to have a backup at home at all not to mention putting it up, as he isn't an Avanquest employee anymore. Eh.
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| February 5, 2008, 20:15 | |
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(. )( .)
top pussy 447 posts 
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Quoting Squarepusher: Rincewind, you can't take everyone's hard work and bung it up on a torrent without their permission. I think Mike is right. If he keeps them as they are and don't ask money, he can. Mike's just been the lazy git that he is again. This torrent idea is magnificent. Maybe Mike could send em to someone else who'd put up a torrent. Or make it a closed one. Or just make it work. Goddamnit. ____________ gay |
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| February 8, 2008, 11:54 | |
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Mike Green
Gone forever 23 posts |
Quoting (. )( .): Mike's just been the lazy git that he is again. This torrent idea is magnificent. Maybe Mike could send em to someone else who'd put up a torrent. Or make it a closed one. Or just make it work. Goddamnit. I didn't say that *YOU* or anybody else couldn't take the div games and make a massive torrent out of it, I just said that *I* wouldn't. Lots of ex-employees of places have stuff they probably shouldn't have, but that doesnt mean they should make a big torrent out of it and bung it online. My biggest problem with it right now is that I can't actually tell who's game is who without putting the site back up, something that's already proved an unpopular choice, so a better way may be to provide a site where you can put your div username/password in and it gives you links to your games. ____________ So long and thanks for all the fish. |
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| February 8, 2008, 12:03 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Why don't you just put the site back on your local machine and search from there? [Edited on February 8, 2008 by Fiona] ____________ laffo |
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| February 8, 2008, 12:22 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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Quoting Mike Green: I didn't say that *YOU* or anybody else couldn't take the div games and make a massive torrent out of it, I just said that *I* wouldn't. How large is the grand total? I might host it. ____________ BennuWiki Yes, my avatar has grey borders in IE (so get a decent browser) ROOFLEZ ROOFLEZ |
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