[HN Gopher] Dos.Zone - interactive database of DOS games
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       Dos.Zone - interactive database of DOS games
        
       Author : emersonrsantos
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2021-03-06 18:05 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (dos.zone)
 (TXT) w3m dump (dos.zone)
        
       | eurasiantiger wrote:
       | This service only provides 30 minutes of "turbo time" per day,
       | and it is required to play any of the heavier games.
       | 
       | Also, how is this legal?
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       | Edit: The version of GTA they have includes the PARADIGM intro
       | video. It is a scene release. Not legit. Very warez.
        
         | jeroenhd wrote:
         | It probably isn't, but neither is the DOS game collection on
         | archive.org. Speaking of, I'm not sure what the advantage of
         | this over the archive.org DOSbox system is.
         | 
         | I think these services exist because most game studios won't
         | care about websites like these until they get too popular.
        
           | Splognosticus wrote:
           | There was an exemption made in the DMCA for archive.org's
           | software library back in 2006, so their use is legal.
           | 
           | https://yro.slashdot.org/story/06/11/29/1917234/internet-
           | arc...
        
       | sehhsucht wrote:
       | This is similar to https://classicreload.com/
        
         | armanboyaci wrote:
         | And also similar to
         | https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games
        
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