The Disclaimer and FAQ

Disclaimer

• The Apple IIgs commercial gaming market is dead, just like the 8-bit Apple II or Commodore 64 market. Whoever would have bought IIgs games from between 1986 and 1992, the games held within this archive, would have already done so by now. How would copying these IIgs games in 2001 effect either the companies, distributors or retailers that had once brought us IIgs games last decade? It doesn't affect anyone. Except that now many more people can now enjoy IIgs gaming than just IIgs users. And that an archive of these games be made for posterity, preventing them to disappear into the mists of time. I think that's aiming for the greater good, instead of leaving these games to rot, languishing in a heap of red tape. Having said that, however, it is up to the discretion and responsibility of each individual user as to what they will download.

• I realise that many in the Apple II online community frown incredibly upon "pirating" IIgs software. I would just like to say I respect your opinion, as long as you respect mine. We should agree to disagree and leave it at that. The only person or people who have a right to pick a bone with me are those who developed the game, and if they disapprove that their software be made publicly available for free, please contact me. I have made every effort to respect IIgs game developers within this archive, to the point where I've made great efforts in removing all crack screens and researching who worked on each game. Each developers' efforts have not been exploited, as I will make no profit from this venture whatsoever. As a matter of fact, it's been at my expense: the expense of time.

• I also realise that some people worry that such public distribution of no longer available IIgs games will lead to the public distribution of IIgs games that have recently been developed and are still being sold. You have no need to fear. I'll be checking everything that is submitted to this archive and it will not be made publically available if it is still sold by a distributor, assuming it was released after 1991. You will not find LemminGS or Kaboom! (when it's released) within any part of this archive.

• OK, so there is one place on the Net (that I've found) that still sell their remaining stock of mainstream IIgs games dated between 1986 to 1990: Wayne's Computer Store.

• This page is more dedicated to emulating the IIgs, not necessarily catering for users of real IIgs machines. It's no use complaining to me if you can't view the page properly with the text browser Lynx or the Spectrum Internet Suite. The page was designed to take advantage of 'modern' graphical browsers and isn't meant to be viewed with anything else.

• Everything is based on opinion, whether it be slagging off a game or praising another. They're just that, opinions. Look the word up in the dictionary.

• Some information may not be entirely accurate. I do specialise in useless, trivial knowledge and I do cross reference my memory with Apple II journals. If errors are found, I would appreciate corrections from other users, as long as they're presented in a tactful manner :-)