System Shock 2

Speedway

i originally got this game around 4 years ago and played it for a week or too - disc got scratched and couldnt get it to run anymore.it's one the greatest games ever and i'm looking everywhere to find it again.amazon have it but its like €45 and i was just wondering if anyone knows anywhere online i could pick it up or alternatively in cork.I can dload it from ww.the-underdogs.org for free but its missing all the in game movies etc

RobertFoster

There are 4 on eBay available to Ireland.

swiss

Look at you hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine?

po0k

Seeing as you bought the game, if you've got broadband I highly recommend you download a backup of it for yourself.
I douhbt they still support the "faulty media replacement for a tenner" thing still.

Speedway

Thanks RobertFoster for looking on e-bay for me, v. sound.hopefully gonna get one from them.Excellent condition one for £9.99

Big Chief

just download it, if you look at the free games thread sticky you would see that its abandon ware and available to download

linkage - http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=3924

saves you buying it...

Kiith

You should buy the game, as the movies are cool. especially the intro and end movie. Shodan's voice freaks me out. as does Xerxes.

Speedway

thanks big chief i would download it but when you do you don't get any of the in game movies etc and prob wouldnt get the end of the game movie - which would kinda suck

po0k

Dude, if I had a CDR I'd send you a copy of mine.

amp

I just finished the abandonware version and yeah the movies would have helped. But I finished it and feel good about myself

patch

This will depend on Amp telling me if this is allowed or not, but I have a copy and a burner.
If anybody wants a copy of it, send me a cdr (or two, can't remember if its 1 disc or 2.....) and a stamped addressed envelope, and I'll send it back to you.
Send me an extra disc and I'll burn all the mods and enhancments I found as well.

Cheers,
Pat.

amp

Copying abandonware is fine. I'll revise the charter to reflect this.

Tusky

that be great patch as I cant seem to download it from underdogs , keep getting an error

po0k

Just one question:
Is there a reason (aside from making the download more manageable) that the Underdogs have left out the video?

patch

Right so chaps, anybody who needs a copy, send me an auld PM and I'll send on my address.

Mark

thanks big chief i would download it but when you do you don't get any of the in game movies etc and prob wouldnt get the end of the game movie - which would kinda suck

Download it and I'll send you the game movies compressed. In total tis about 13 megs.

Celtic Tiger

Any word on a System Shock 3?

Senor_Fudge

i hated that game
sorry lads

orangerooster

Originally posted by Celtic Tiger
Any word on a System Shock 3?

Unfortunately never-the developers are gone a few years now as far as i know.

Retr0gamer

Don't give up hope. The creator Warren Spectre is working with Ion Storm and is currently developing Thief 3. Lets hope that he decides to revisit System Shock for his next project.

Agent Orange

Originally posted by amp
Copying abandonware is fine. I'll revise the charter to reflect this.

Even though the games in question are still copyrighted and copying them is illegal?

Mr E

The whole point of abandonware is that the game can no longer be found in the shops, and the company are no longer making any revenue from it. Technically, its illegal, but realistically its a bit of a gray area.

- Dave.

patch

Originally posted by Agent Orange
Even though the games in question are still copyrighted and copying them is illegal?

Seriously Buddy..... Keep your helpful comments to yourself.

Tusky

Originally posted by Agent Orange
Even though the games in question are still copyrighted and copying them is illegal?

heh , your not screwing the company out of money as they are not selling the game anymore , they dont care if its copied - actually im sure they'd like as many people as possible to play it. Whats the point in comments like that

po0k

R.I.P. Looking Glass

Squall

Mark, think you could set up somwhere to download those movies from?

feylya

It'd be really handy if you could. www.freewebs.com have 50 megs free space if you need somewhere.

Redshift

I have the video files uncompressed available for download, as I have limited bandwidth available I don't want every fecker on the web downloading it as it's 88mb as a .rar file but if any boards members want to download it pm me for the url.

stormkeeper

Originally posted by TmB
The whole point of abandonware is that the game can no longer be found in the shops, and the company are no longer making any revenue from it. Technically, its illegal, but realistically its a bit of a gray area.

- Dave.

Yeah, this is quite true. Emulation is a somewhat grey area as well I find. I'm fully supportive of old systems emulation, but I frown on emulation of more current systems, but I'm okay with the actual emulators themselves. Saying that though, provided you have the actual games CD legitimately, I don't see the problem with playing it on a PC via an emulator, as you've already paid for the actual game. However, with more modern emulation, you have to tweak the emulator to work well...

stormkeeper

Originally posted by Tusky
heh , your not screwing the company out of money as they are not selling the game anymore , they dont care if its copied - actually im sure they'd like as many people as possible to play it. Whats the point in comments like that

There's probably a lot of people who never got to play certain games, and abandonware is an excellent way of actually being able to play the games you missed first time round.

Tusky

yea thats my point kennet... :dunno:

stormkeeper

A lot of games companies frown upon the Abandonware scene, I find.

Tusky

Im not sure what point your trying to make exactly , if they are not selling the game then there should be no problem downloading it ,

I just tried to load my systemshock 2 save and the screen went completely black , restarted and loaded again and same thing =/ any ideas ? i really dont want to play through the first two hours again.

tman

aye, i'm having the same problem Tusky.
worked fine for half an hour or so, i quit the game, came back a couple of days later & it wouldn't load or let me start a new game:(
can't apply the final patch for the game seeing as its using a cracked executable

Tusky

I was enjoying it tman , I WAS ENJOYING IT *cries* hold me..

Rnger

its downloading at 10kb/s only 7 hours left!

anybody know any alternate sources for this? i could just leave it on overnight... but i wanna play now! /spoiltkid

Tusky

I got it off Emule

Mark

This plays at the very beginning:
http://dsl-33-69.dsl.netsource.ie/storage/cs1final.avi

This before you start at the train:
http://dsl-33-69.dsl.netsource.ie/storage/cs2final.avi

This plays when you win (And don't watch it till then or I'll piss on your eyebrows you rogue)
http://dsl-33-69.dsl.netsource.ie/storage/cs3final.avi

There are two other fmvs in the game not included here, however these just show your shuttle taking off between the training missions: They don't progress to the plot or anything so you're not missing anything.

Lex_Diamonds

I like cheese.

Mr. Fancypants

Ill take it off your hands Lex.