Petition for Shogun/Medieval as abandonwares ?

**leviath** · January 02, 2012, 05:37 AM

Hey guys,

Like many of you, I started the TW serie with Shogun and Medieval. Now these both games are pretty old and also hard to find in shops for a decent price. I lost one of the thre CD's of my MTW, and I found the game for 20 euros in the nearest shop...

Do you think that Shogun and Medieval should be abandonwares now ?
It would give a great opportunity for the old fans who lost their cd's to play it back (<3 lovely paper map !) but also an opportunity for the new fans to see how the serie began.

**Reimu Hakurei** · January 02, 2012, 07:46 AM

Yes, definitely.
It would be awesome.

**Britainnique** · January 02, 2012, 09:20 AM

Sure, why not?

**Diocle** · January 02, 2012, 04:27 PM

Yes, sure it would be a good thing!
And maybe CA let we know how to play the game with the most recent video cards!!!!

LEGIONARIVUS HVUNGARIVS, does the text in your signature mean there are 10% of Nazi around here on the Forums?

**Robin de Bodemloze** · January 03, 2012, 07:06 AM

A petition about getting free stuff? How many people would say no I wonder

**Naisho** · January 03, 2012, 01:17 PM

abandonware is something which there is no clear owner like Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2.

Shogun 1 has a clear owner http://www.sega.com/games/shogun-tot...-gold-edition/
Before the Sega hack it was possible to purchase shogun 1 there as well.

Medieval 1 doesn't have a clear owner. I just checked the activision website and there is no mention of Medieval. I am pming one of the CA devs maybe they will know who owns it.

**leviath** · January 04, 2012, 05:28 AM

Well the elder scrolls Arena and Daggerfall have clear owners but they turned into abandonwares because Bethesda's will. CA could do the same with Shogun.

**Naisho** · January 04, 2012, 06:09 AM

That is a very different question, but one you will have to take up with Sega, CA doesn't own its products anymore.

**Xerrop** · January 10, 2012, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by leviath

Hey guys,

Like many of you, I started the TW serie with Shogun and Medieval. Now these both games are pretty old and also hard to find in shops for a decent price. I lost one of the thre CD's of my MTW, and I found the game for 20 euros in the nearest shop...

Do you think that Shogun and Medieval should be abandonwares now ?
It would give a great opportunity for the old fans who lost their cd's to play it back (<3 lovely paper map !) but also an opportunity for the new fans to see how the serie began.

Well I don´t have your problems cause all my CD's are still functional. But the game itself doesn't run on my PC anymore. So they would have to update the games compatibility with modern hardware. And I think no game company would work on this when the game will then be sold for free.

p.s. 20 €uros for these games are definitely too much. I can purchase them for only 6,99 €uros at my local shops (even the newer ones like Rome:TW and Medieval 2).

**A Demented Goldfish** · January 11, 2012, 12:34 PM

why not

**Stazi** · January 14, 2012, 12:42 PM

You can always try to vote for the MTW and Shogun I on GOG. They can make it work on a new pc for a very reasonable price. Eventually, CA could release a source code

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**Cyprian2** · January 15, 2012, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by Stazi

You can always try to vote for the MTW and Shogun I on GOG. They can make it work on a new pc for a very reasonable price. Eventually, CA could release a source code

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Good suggestion, Stazi.

This topic has been discussed extensively here.

It would definitely re-infuse some community interest in the game if CA released the source code. That CA would do this is unlikely, imo, since the game is part of the eras package –– still in stores –– and, thus, still a commodity.

All the same, it's good that these conversations are happening. Let's cross our collective fingers.

**GeorgiBG** · March 06, 2012, 06:57 AM

Im also agree, to become again popular one old game must be free!

I wonder what will say CA about this???

**Turin88** · March 06, 2012, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Stazi

You can always try to vote for the MTW and Shogun I on GOG. They can make it work on a new pc for a very reasonable price. Eventually, CA could release a source code

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I'd love for them to go on GOG and would buy them both without hesitation.

It would be a great chance for younger gamers who started out with Rome/MTW2 to play them and see what the series was like in it's peak before it started to decline.

**Martok** · March 06, 2012, 01:58 PM

+1

Simply fixing STW & MTW so that they could run on modern video cards would alone be reason enough for me to purchase them again. In turn, that might encourage those who started the series playing the newer games to check out these old gems as well (as you said).

**GeorgiBG** · March 07, 2012, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by Martok

+1

Simply fixing STW & MTW so that they could run on modern video cards would alone be reason enough for me to purchase them again. In turn, that might encourage those who started the series playing the newer games to check out these old gems as well (as you said).

By the way Im trying to run MTW:VI with Windows 2000 compatibility and I will post here if this works.

About this fix (probably future fix) Im agree also.