Play it to the end where you end up being "I Am Not Rich", as it drains your bank account.Oh, I hope the "I Am Rich" app is part of this. It was pulled from the App Store before I had a chance to buy it 🤣
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If you remade this with a subscription Apple might take it...Oh, I hope the "I Am Rich" app is part of this. It was pulled from the App Store before I had a chance to buy it 🤣
This is such great news. Yeah, technically this is copyright infringement, but that's become the only way to preserve software these days with all the DRM and copy protection out there. It's also not really harming anyone financially since these are older apps that aren't on the market anymore.
We have a fairly complete archive of software that came out prior to the 2010s that we can still mostly run due to emulation and retro hardware. But since the 2010s it's become harder to preserve software for historical record. Companies don't care about keeping their stuff accessible, and closed ecosystems prevent complete and future-proof downloads.
We have a fairly complete archive of software that came out prior to the 2010s that we can still mostly run due to emulation and retro hardware. But since the 2010s it's become harder to preserve software for historical record. Companies don't care about keeping their stuff accessible, and closed ecosystems prevent complete and future-proof downloads.
- Most likely Biden might intervene. This is too much of economic and competition risk if ban is instituted.
- This is huge security risk and glad Apple put an end to it.
- This isn’t Apple related directly but would not surprised if Apple intervenes and sues the Wayback Machine people.
- This was expected, as rumor was going around he was planning to leave Apple soon and potentially join Ives at LoveFrom.
Most of these people disagreeing with you are android users okay with beeper hacking iMessage. Enough said
I think most people won’t even bother downloading any game, everyone is having fun remembering old and fun iOS games and the person’s comment felt like a party crasher. Hopefully with AI, devs will be a thing of the past.
they dont want side loading because in app purchase subscription garbage wouldn't be able to compete with 10 year old games
Is it that big a deal? I can still download the released versions of most old games directly from the app store. The challenge is running them.
Having unreleased beta versions is interesting for historical research more than for preservation of the game. But only exceptional master pieces get that kind of in-depth behind-the-scenes research.
Very nice. Is there anything like Airport Mania, though? I like levels with actual objectives and scores to chase for 3-stars etc.
I never got a chance to play those because I was on Android back then. Couldn’t afford any iOS devices back then, either.
I only ever saw the castle demo Epic released to demonstrate Unreal on mobile devices. That was such an exciting thing back then.
Awesome!
This is kind of good news imo. We finally have a cache of this time period, which otherwise would have been erased by apps being locked down by the App Store.
This is kind of good news imo. We finally have a cache of this time period, which otherwise would have been erased by apps being locked down by the App Store.
All those files became the intellectual property of Apple as soon as the sale of Testflight was complete. I doubt Apple will take kindly to having someone find the files and release them to the public.
Being beta's, unfinished projects and others, I have no doubt Apple will claim there is a security and privacy it at play and thus they need to shut down access to the files to protect the security and privacy of it's users.
Being beta's, unfinished projects and others, I have no doubt Apple will claim there is a security and privacy it at play and thus they need to shut down access to the files to protect the security and privacy of it's users.
I used to play the ship/boat version - can't remember what it was called!!!
EDIT : It was called Harbour Master!
So much good stuff has disappeared. Including stuff we paid for. Stuff we loved.
But of course Apple doesn't care ("Developers should just update their apps"-style).
But of course Apple doesn't care ("Developers should just update their apps"-style).
So all the time that someone spent on sites like RAR BG (rest in peace) was actually a social duty to archive potentially lost media? 
I love that game and discovered it’s still out there. There’s an exact copy in the App Store.
As already mentioned, (according to the MR article) this wasn’t an Apple mistake nor even a recent oversight/slip up:
Makes you remember how many good games got lost by the wayside do to no longer being updated or supported. Some of these would have stood the test of time even now.
The 64-bit era really was a death knell for a lot of these.
The 64-bit era really was a death knell for a lot of these.