Talk:NetStorm: Islands At War

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This article is poorly written and has no references period. For example, it mentions that Netstorm has recently become abandonware. This needs a reference as to when this happened. Linking to a page on abandonware is not a reference. Not only doesn't this page verify whether Netstorm is abandonware but is also provides a link to a site where you can illegally download the game. Not only this, but there is no mention whether Activision has given their permission to download this game.

Right, this is an old article from the time when Wikipedia was not very strict about references. If anybody cares enough to find some sources, that would be great. --Apoc2400 (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck. You won't find any "recent" sources for Netstorm becoming abandonware. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.125.128 (talk) 06:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about now (2011)? I am pretry sure somewhere in 2009 (or 2010) NetStorm was offically declared abandonware. Naki (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NetStorm became abandonware when Activision announced that they are turning off their last server and drop all support to netstorm. This announcement as official written statement does not exist anymore since they removed all support from their official sites. Everyone is free to contact Activision about it (if they manage to confirm Netstorm's ownership) but there's no reference to be found, only private messages from few contributors and supporters.

NOTE: This game has some US style war propaganda going on. It could be marked for having such a design. Every enemy is an evil tyrant. The player is of course good and freedom loving; surrendering is made a big deal in a mission, while letting your units die is ignored and killing off the enemy is cheered on.

Turning demo into the full version

I'm aware you can download the full game online now for free(and I have done so), but I'm curious if anyone knows how the glitch that turned the demo into the full game worked. Strictly from a point of curiousity, I'm interested in this.

There were two versions of the demo - one that contained EVERYTHING, which was quickly revoked, and one that just had a few missing bits of data. One was just a simple matter of "flicking the switch", the other you set it to a full version inside a confusing file full of unlabeled options and it was then a "Full" version that took downloaded the missing peices to the pc from the server. 125.254.101.16 (talk) 09:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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