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Originally Posted by bman654
I think it depends on how you buy it.
GamersGate - download as many times as you want. Requires online activation once you install it for the first time on a computer. Supposedly there is a limit after which you need to email GamersGate to reset the limit.
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My main problem with online activations is that I only buy great games that I will want to whip up even 10 or 15 years from now for nostalgia's sake... and the servers for their online activation may not exist anymore. I guess this rules out GamersGate as an option to buy it from.
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Atari Download - I believe they only give you 30 days to download it. I don't know much else about it.
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But once you donwload the game once... can you use the downloaded copy to install the game without an install limit and without the need for online activation?
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D2D - I think they are selling it. I don't know anything about them, though I have learned to avoid them on principle.
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Why? Bad DRM? Or simply unreliable?
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Retail Disc - I'm not sure where you can buy it in a real store. I bet you can order it from places like gogamer or amazon. I don't know the DRM used for it though.
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Thanks
- it seems like the retail disc remains my best hope for a game free of online activations and limited installs. I hope somebody comes here and clears up whether that is actually the case or not.