sh3-rg wrote:Oh I admire the logic - it's OK to run potentially harmful software from a SD as it's easy to restore or 'buy some new hardware to limit risks'... throw in 'solder a few wires' and you have the golden triforce!
Hmmm yes. Kinda... But then we are dealing with 20+ year old hardware. Personally, I get a kick out of implementing this gear into a vaguely modern world so while my ideas may seem convoluted or the proverbial "sledgehammer to crack a nut", they make sense within the context of how I like to manage hardware and systems (as is my job in "real life"). Different people use their machines for their own retro 'kicks' - It's all just having a bit of fun and sharing experiences/knowledge, isn't it??
sh3-rg wrote:Well, furry muff if they were called sd-patched-games-with-the-potential-to-bork-the-whole-device-adaptations, but they're called something to the effect of 'HD-adaptations', are they not?
True - but a simplistic view in my opinion. Without putting too fine a point of it, these are purely games that have been hacked in order to cheat whatever loading/saving routines are used. Whichever way you cut it, they will read and potentially write data to/from the mass storage device (hard disk/SD/CF). It *could* be that the methods used my some people may be superior/inferior when compared to the techniques used by others. The fact remains however that anyone who releases 'HD adapted' (or 'HD adaptationed'

) games certainly gets my utmost respect and kudos for doing so.
As a user of these games, I'm extremely grateful to those people but as a precautionary measure (and to be fair, not just because of adapted games), I like to have a backup of my stuff. And, if I'm completely honest with myself, if I run a piece of software on my Atari (official or otherwise) and something goes bang, I don't really have any cause to bitch about it especially if it's been created by somebody in their free time for the benefit of the community. If there's a fundamental and demonstrable flaw, then of course this should be highlighted to the person responsible and they may choose whether or not to fix it (again, in their spare time).
But some kind of witch hunt on a one-off? That doesn't sit well with my conscience.
Yes, PP may have upset a few people, but he's no longer on this forum and I wouldn't like to see this thread descend into a slanging match against someone who isn't here to defend himself.
sh3-rg wrote:Play the games, take whatever risks you're happy with, it's about as important in the grand scheme of things as any other time-squandering endeavour we choose to poo out lives away on
Yup - completely agree.