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Offline NFSRacer

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FreeSpace 2 Retail: Removed or Forgoten?
on: April 15, 2009, 11:28:27 am
I reinstalled FreeSpace 2 SCP hoping to fix a problem I was having with the game and I found that FS2 Retail is no longer included with the installer.  Was it left out by accident, or was there a different reason?  I don't have the retail version any more since I uninstalled the SCP, so I just would like to know if this is temporary or not.
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Re: FreeSpace 2 Retail: Removed or Forgoten?
Reply #1 on: April 15, 2009, 11:31:57 am
No, it wasn't an accident. FS2 Retail had been included in the Installer because there was no way to get it easily and legally. Ever since the folks at goodoldgames put up a legal, and rather good offer for FS2 online, the retail files have been removed from the installer.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: FreeSpace 2 Retail: Removed or Forgoten?
Reply #2 on: April 15, 2009, 01:01:30 pm
Correct. The retail files are not distributed, because buying FS2 from Good Old Games has the following advantages:
- it's legal
- it's cheap
- the license holders get profit (FS2 failed commercially because of poor sales; let's not let it happen again)

There is no need for further discussion, so locked.
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