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| BlueRainbow (bluufoxx) wrote Re: A 360-degrees-of-freedom game that really should be in PlayDeb. | #3 |
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(Get the code!)
The game can be has for free, from source, at http://
The IRC channels where you can get more info from the developer, if He is still around, is #forsaken and #6dof on irc.freenode.net (https:/
No license is explicitly mentioned on the website, or within the source code. This may be an issue that requires resolution.
Redistribution is allowed as the game can be downloaded and compiled, to my knowledge. It's just a pain in the neck for a greenhorn like Me to compile, and I think it would make for an AWESOME title for playdeb. There is one caveat that may stop it from becoming material on there;
It was known then as Forsaken, and anyone who used Win9x and receives the chance to play the game on Linux as ProjectX will recognize it as Forsaken. Despite the game being ported to an open platform, the Forsaken look and feel was all property of the now-defunct Acclaim Entertainment. The Nintendo 64 port of Forsaken was taken up by related Acclaim affiliates Iguana Entertainment and Probe Entertainment.
It is uncertain whether or not the Forsaken license still exists after Acclaim's bankruptcy in 2004, but as of present, the original Forsaken is recognized widely as "Abandonware", and since no updates were to be made for it in the foreseeable future, Methods of freenode's #forsaken and #6dof channels attempted to give the unique and thrilling shooter new life by creating ProjectX in SDL. needless to say, the porting of the game impressed Me enough to give it a nod and recommend it for compiling, to make it more easily accessible to the general public.