question about backing up games

[john121]

I backed up my copy of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, perfect copy so I wouldn't have to worry if it got smashed or scratched to hell. I tried installing it a few days ago, installed great! but, when I tried playing it, it said that I had to have the original in the CD drive to play it.. so what's the point in making a backup?

I have the same beef with FarCry, although I did like the fact that it said on the box that if you had CD copying software it wouldn't play. I can understand if the CD backup software was illegal, but if it's legal then how can these companies say, "if you want to play our game, then you have to uninstall such and such software"? It's like buying a car and then having it stop in the middle of the freeway because you put in a CD-R of your backed up copy of a CD you own... it's perfectly legal, at least in the U.S. to copy your music, movies, and software at least once for backup purposes, or am I wrong? :frown:

 

[JellyWorld]

You can't back up games. Screw copyright protection.

 

[Ti133700N]

It works for some games and a software like Alcohol 120% and a little tweaking.

 

[Reaktor4]

I can understand if the CD backup software was illegal, but if it's legal then how can these companies say, "if you want to play our game, then you have to uninstall such and such software"?

Simply because theyre ****ing wankers. Just warez any game that uses this type of 'protection'. Maybe if enough people start doing that theyll take their heads out of their asses (yeah right)

 

[john121]

so if i have some games on my system, and i make some backup disks for my entire hard drive, i've violated the law?

 

[Reaktor4]

No. Whered you get that from?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Simply because theyre ****ing wankers. Just warez any game that uses this type of 'protection'. Maybe if enough people start doing that theyll take their heads out of their asses (yeah right)

Let me get this straight, the hours, months, years put into games they don't deserve anything and should pull their head out of their ass? Kid, you are un****ingbelieveable, I really hope one day someone scams you.

 

[WhiteZero]

Burned games usualy wont work if you need to have the CD in the drive. Thats what no-cd cracks are for.
www.gamecopyworld.com

Reaktor4 --- Most ignorant comment... ever.

 

[xLostx]

im surprised someone actually still plays rollercoaster tycoon :|

 

[Reaktor4]

Let me get this straight, the hours, months, years put into games they don't deserve anything

If theyre telling people theyve to uninstall other software, then they deserve **** all. Obviously the coders have nothing to do with this but get paid their wages anyway.
Imo, publishers are greedy ****wits who can go sit on a spike.

Kid, you are un****ingbelieveable, I really hope one day someone scams you.

Thats very, very unlikely to happen. I can smell a scam from miles away. Unlucky.

Reaktor4 --- Most ignorant comment... ever.

**** off racist.
edit: hes not really a racist (probably ).

 

[Chav]

Let me get this straight, the hours, months, years put into games they don't deserve anything and should pull their head out of their ass? Kid, you are un****ingbelieveable, I really hope one day someone scams you.

shut up disturbed moron, he ownz your lamo ass and hes right!

 

[Reaktor4]

shut up disturbed moron, he ownz your lamo ass and hes right!

I am right but please refrain from discrediting my arguments with your presence in future. Tia.

 

[Chav]

I am right but please refrain from discrediting my arguments with your presence in future. Tia.

suck my ding dong?

 

[WhiteZero]

Calling people racist for no reason at all? I think that discredits you plenty.

*sigh* immaturity breeds stupidity...
Come back when you grow up, Reaktor...

Chav, your not helping either.

 

[Reaktor4]

Calling people racist for no reason at all?

I dont do that actually. The reason was that if you think all the racist comments ever made were less ignorant than what i said, the only explanation is that you are a racist yourself. So again, **** off racist. :cheers:

 

[Reaktor4]

suck my ding dong?

What ding dong?

 

[WhiteZero]

I dont do that actually. The reason was that if you think all the racist comments ever made were less ignorant than what i said, the only explanation is that you are a racist yourself. So again, **** off racist. :cheers:

*yawn*
People trying to get rep using backwards logic, in attempt to slander others are the scum of the internet.

Sayonara, kasu-gaki...

 

[Reaktor4]

*yawn*
People trying to get rep using backwards logic,

People trying to make points by exaggerating the **** out of something arent any better.

in attempt to slander others

You shouldnt take everything i say so seriously :thumbs:

are the scum of the internet.

I thought racists and the like were.... you disagree? That can only mean one thing....

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

shut up disturbed moron, he ownz your lamo ass and hes right!

Really I can't wait to see you banned....again. And he is wrong, he probably says publishers are greedy because he cannot afford the $50 for games today, pathetic.

 

[Reaktor4]

Really I can't wait to see you banned....again. And he is wrong, he probably says publishers are greedy because he cannot afford the $50 for games today, pathetic.

I am fortunate enough to be able to afford it actually, and i do buy good games. However many, many, many people arent that lucky and have no choice but to warez or miss out.
I say it because games are overpriced and publishers force developers to stick to extremely tight schedules which not only makes the life of a coder hell but is also the reason why so many buggy pieces of shit are released prematurely nowadays. Oh yeah, and also because publishers are greedy fatcat ****s.

 

[john121]

wasn't this thread about having to uninstall software to play games?

 

[WhiteZero]

You dont have to uninstall the software you have running (I assume it's something like Daemon Toolz where you mount an image of the software?)

Just exit the program.

 

[Raziaar]

Backing up PC games is easy, if you do plenty of research into which types of copy protection it has. In multiple disc games, only cd 1 tends to have the copy protection. I'm not going to tell you how to bypass particular copy protection methods, but a great program that tells you what type of protection a game has, is called a-ray scanner.

Just remember, reading/writing at the lowest speed, 1x preferrably is your friend when burning stuff like games.

I recently got into the whole x-box game backup thing, with my modded xbox.