MTG game

[Mike230224]

Does anyone know of a free mtg game that i can battle the comp and build my own decks?

[Multani'sAcolyte]

Nope. The only mtg game out there that you can battle the computer is Microprose's Shandalar Game. For an MTG AI, it's pretty good (Except for the occational 'I block your 4/4 trample with a 1/1, and Giant growth your 4/4!' Seriously, the AI gets confused some times like that), but finding the game could be tough. It hasn't been for sale in quite some time. If you do find it, it'll probably be somewhere around 5-10 bucks.
Do a netsearch on Microprose MTG Shandalar Demo and you may find the free demo somewhere. It doesn't let you build decks, but if you stick with 4th edition cards, you can get around that by editing text files.

[Mayahesa]

Originally posted by Multani'sAcolyte
It doesn't let you build decks, but if you stick with 4th edition cards, you can get around that by editing text files.

I've got the full thing and it's a lovely piece of software - if you can find it I would definitely recommend it. I got it when Microprose released the 3cd pack of it - The original, Duels of the Plainswalker and Manalink. By the end of you had access to almost all the cards from Unlimited, Arabian Nights, Antiquities as well as a healthy selection from Legends, The Dark and Fallen Empires.

If you can edit the text files do you know if it's theoreticaly possible to add extra cards to the game. A wild guess says not, but ya never know until you ask.

I was thinking about looking into the idea of re-writing the Shandalar portion of the game and bringing it up to date - gonna have a word with a friend of mine about it to see what he says - I know next to nothing about computing, but hell, I'm willing to learn and I think it's a damn good game...

[thewanderingmage]

hello Mike230224, I have the full version of MAGIC THE GATHERING: DUALS OF THE PLANESWALKERS on cd and I will send you a copy of that cd for $5.00 U.S. (including Shipping & the price of the CD) if you e-mail me the address send it to.
If you do I will send you my PAYPAL information so you can pay me AFTER I send you the CD.

PS: It seem you can only use MAGIC THE GATHERING: DUALS OF THE PLANESWALKERS with the following three Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition also don't try and use Mana-Link it dosn't exist anymore.

E-mail Address: mikehorak@access4less.net

[Multani'sAcolyte]

If you copy the CD and sell it, that's piracy.
If you copy the CD and sell the original, that's also piracy.

And you offered on a public board. I'd be more careful in the future.

[thewanderingmage]

Who said anything about selling the original CD?

The money is just for the blank CD and S&H. I am willing to come down in price just how much depends on just where he lives.
Furthermore I don't think I am breaking any laws here because the CD will still have everything Microprose put on it (everything that was on it when I got will still be on it) and the CD is not being made anymore.

[Wiz]

thewanderingmage-

You are offering to burn(copy) your Duels Of The Planeswalkers onto a blank disc and sell the burnt copy. THAT IS ILLEGAL. Burning it and selling the original is also as stated above ILLEGAL. You could get banned from this, and in the future into major legal trouble. If I was you, I'd watch myself.

[Ventashar]

No blank cd costs 5 bucks dude, ur in deep s*** now

[bradleyjx]

For us, a small group of us shares one copy of the game, since it doesn't hurt the computer to not have the CD in it. I think we have one CD of the original Micropose MTG (Most of us have the additions on it) on 4-6 computers.

[ahalavais]

Illegal?

Selling a home-produced copy of a CD is illegal. However, Copying it for personal archival use and then selling the original is not. Also, it is perfectly legal for him to loan out the CD, let his friends make their own copies for personal use, and then take back the original. This is the silly state of affairs that US copright laws function under.

And yes, depending on where he lives and how well he shops, I could see him paying $2-$3 for the CD, and extra postage to make sure that it doesn't get damaged.

[Chicky]

I can see screaming foul on someone burning a new title, but DotP is old as dirt, just as cheap, but next to impossible to find.
I don't think the copyright stuff makes too much of a difference anyway. Microprose folded and was scarfed up by Infogrames, leaving most Microprose products in limbo, with the exception of Worms and a few other choice franchises.

Do any of you guys know where to get the file(s) to open the extra cards and sealed decks on DotP? I'm guessing it's the Spells of the Ancients crack, but I'm not sure. I had it at one time, but after a crash, I lost it. Better yet, where can I find SotA itself?
Preferably a legitimate disk...

[thewanderingmage]

Hello Chicky, I agree with what you said about Duals of the Planeswalkers, Microprose did leave all the own of that program in the lurch when they stoped making it and all support for the program along with it. Now as to your question Where can I find Spells of the Ancients? You should be able to find it at: http://teammtg.virtualave.net/downloads.shtml but be aware that if you have Duals of the Planeswalkers you already have Spells of the Ancients as it is included in DotP.

[thewanderingmage]

Hello Multani'sAcolyte, you said if I copy the Duels of the Planeswalkers CD it's piracy, well I don't think so and the reasons why I don't are listed below:

1. Microprose left all the users of DOTP high and dry when they stopped supporting the program.
2. The copyright was only for the year 1997.
3. After Duels of the Planeswalkers came out, Microprose was taken over by Hasbro then Hasbro was taken over by infogrames and they don't even know Duels of the Planeswalkers ever existed.
4. As has been noted a number of times on this forum (in more colorful language than I am going to say it), Duels of the Planeswalkers is as old as the hills.

So you see the name Microprose is still out there but the company is long gone. I am supprised you did not know these facts when you wrote your reply.

[Multani'sAcolyte]

Cool. I guess I can now copy every book written before 1998 onto CD and give them away for free, with a mere $10 handling charge (Gotta handle the books first, of course).

It doesn't really make a difference. You most likely won't ever see anything bad come of this, but MAKING AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF A GAME AND GIVING IT TO SOMEONE IS ILLEGAL. Microprose could be a dead company. Every copy of Shandalar except yours could have burned up in a big fire, and it could have been written in 1900 on those big drums they had before someone thought up LP records, and it wouldn't matter. IT IS ILLEGAL. Is it immoral? Doesn't matter. Is it wrong? Doesn't matter. Could you get sued for software piracy by Microprose, Hasbro, or whoever it is now? You bet your ass you could. Will you? Probably not, but that isn't my point.

[Tahl]

Copyrights last, what, 75 years? Regardless of whether or not the company went out of business, I believe.