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From: cs87fmc@cc.brunel.ac.uk (F M Cargill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Psygnosis Missed the Point!
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Date: 8 Jun 91 14:38:05 GMT
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In article <1991Jun8.031144.26864@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) writes:
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>In article <16792@darkstar.ucsc.edu> mcgowen@saturn.ucsc.edu (Richard McGowen) writes:
>                     I have to reiterate the MS-Dos problem again because that
>fact about Amiga games almost made him decide to get a 386 instead of a 500
>system. He was concerned about the fact that most Amiga games dont mount on 
>HD's and thats largely due to the perception that making them HD mountable 
>will make it easier to pirate, which I doubt it true. If companies can make the
>IBM versions mount on a HD, why cant the amiga port do so?
>Why why why why why.....

The excuse I heard was that there is the same proportion of piracy in both
the MS-DOS and the Amiga markets, but because the MS-DOS market is so big
there's a lot more games being sold, so the software houses can afford to not
put any key disk protection on the games.

I know, there are some important flaws in the argument, but some people
really think this way and use it as a justification for gronking your disk
drives.

My solution for HD installable games on the Amiga? Get the MS-DOS version and
run it off the BridgeBoard :-)