Hey, hopefully this is the appropiate place for such a topic. I would like you to have a quick look at these topics: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?38528-Lindbergh http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?44051-Help-with-Lindbergh - I was wondering why these topics were closed. In my opion both of these topics did not deserve to be closed. Their quality of posts and brag aside, they did not harm anyone. If the topics were closed because of this particular post from AndyGeezer, that would be very sad: Andys contribution to the arcade seen aside, this post is shameless marketing and anti-marketing at once. If hacking the Lindbergh is not allowed here, why is discussing the xbox 360 allowed here (A system more recent than the Lindbergh. Microsoft also monitors these discussions)? Why is the Ringwide (Lindbergh successor) allowed to be discussed? This is pretty ridiculous. To me, it is obvious that Andy wants to secure his market. I can understand that, but think its wrong to give up the freedom of speech for that. I, myself, have been looking at how to modify and improve the Lindbergh for Home-Use. Before I started that I made sure that what I was doing was legal. None of the topics above were sharing copyrighted work or infringe anyones copyright. As long as no-one is releasing copyrighted material but only modifies or extends it, without redistributing it, modifying or "hacking" the Lindbergh (or any other system, as a matter of fact) is perfectly legal. There are various cases which have proven that. While SEGA certainly won't like what people like me do, they must accept it. Probably they wouldn't even care about home-users anyway. Personally, I believe that AndyGeezer (as a Shopowner himself) should be happy that the Arcade scene is still alive, extending the possibilities and gaining new potential customers - wether he likes the way its done or not. And I belive Assemblergames should support these threads instead of closing them - Arcade gaming is a huge part in the history of gaming and will be for years to come. Thanks for reading
who cares about lindbergh and what you have patched ? System has been bootleged for about 4 years now, no1 really cares, move on ...
Lindbergh is still seen in arcades, so Sega would probably object to anything that might harm sales or tamper with their IP. Incidentally, hacking and reverse engineering IS in breach of copyright. Serantes - alecjahn is right. Be more polite when you reply, please. This isn't the only time I've seen you being rather rude. I appreciate that English isn't your first language, but you need to address how you speak here.
Kev, I appreciate closing the hack thread, but the following thread had NOTHING to do with hacks: http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?44051-Help-with-Lindbergh As you can see, the OP has a GENUINE Lindbergh and wants help with it. It wasn't until Jackalus hijacked the thread that talk turned to hacking. Why not remove those posts and ask that the thread remains on topic? Are we not supposed to help members with legitimate queries? As for Andy Geezer, I appreciate his concern. However, he's running a business. If he's going away on holiday, that's fine - but it would be a good idea to make use of his e-mail's auto-reply function, as any other business would. Likewise, I appreciate he must get a lot of enquiries, and such concern as was voiced in the thread about slow response could also be avoided with the addition of a simple clause on his contact page: "I receive a lot of queries, so aim to respond to all e-mails within 2-3 days. Please be patient, as it may take longer during particularly busy periods." Or, he could have a contact form with "we aim to respond within 2-3 days", as per many businesses. Or he could use his auto-response feature to send an e-mail stating that - at least the user knows with either of those methods that the message was sent.
