Copyright and takedown
This archive names games and studios that belong to other people and shows screenshots of their work. This page sets out on what basis, what is deliberately never reproduced, and how to have something removed.
Names, and why they appear
Game titles, series names and studio names appear throughout this archive because there is no way to document a game without naming it. They are used to identify the thing being described and for no other purpose: no name here is used as a heading for unrelated material, to imply that a studio endorses this archive, or to suggest that this archive speaks for anyone.
Where a studio still trades, its entry links to its own site so that a reader can go straight to the source rather than relying on a third party. That is deliberate. An archive that documents a company and then makes it hard to reach the company is doing half a job.
No developer or publisher logo is used anywhere on this site. The only mark used is this archive's own, and it appears in the header and footer of every page.
Screenshots
Small, in context, for identification, and never as a substitute for the game.
The screenshots on the game entries are recovered images that this site carried when it covered those games. They are reproduced at the size they were published at, scaled up with hard pixel edges rather than smoothed, because the alternative is describing a 1986 puzzle screen in prose and expecting the reader to take it on trust.
They are used to identify the game an entry is about, in an editorial context, alongside written commentary. They are not offered as downloads, not presented as this archive's own work, and not used decoratively on pages that are not about the game in question.
Where a game entry needed an image and no period screenshot was recoverable, the entry says what it has rather than substituting a picture of something else.
What is never reproduced
- Executables and disc or tape images. No game binary, installer, ROM, disc image or emulator bundle is hosted, mirrored or linked to. Where a title is still commercially available its entry links to whoever sells it; where it is not, the entry records that and stops.
- Publisher marketing copy. Descriptive prose here is written for this archive. The original pages were first-person sales writing and are not reproduced, quoted at length, or paraphrased closely.
- Manuals, level packs and other supplied material. None of it is hosted here, including for games whose publishers have gone dark.
- Logos and brand marks belonging to any studio, publisher or hardware manufacturer.
Commercial unavailability is not a licence, and this archive does not treat it as one. A game whose publisher has stopped answering is still somebody's work, which is precisely why the audit records where it stands rather than filling the gap by other means.
Asking for something to be removed or corrected
If you hold rights in something reproduced here and want it removed, write to [email protected]. Say which page and which item, and confirm that you hold or represent the rights. Requests are acted on rather than argued with: a screenshot is removed on request from the rights holder without requiring a formal notice first.
If a factual claim is wrong, the same address takes corrections and they are more useful than complaints. A confirmed correction changes the entry and the entry gets a new check date, because a silent edit that left the old date in place would assert that the old check verified the new claim.
If a studio has come back, or a game has become available again, that is the most welcome message this archive receives. Several entries here record that no current source could be found, which is a statement about what was checked on a date and not a claim that none exists.
Copyright questions
Names, screenshots, what is never reproduced, and how to ask for a removal.
On what basis are game screenshots shown here?
They identify the game an entry is about, at the size they were originally published, in an editorial context alongside written commentary. They are not offered as downloads and are not presented as this archive's own work.
Can I get a copy of a game from this archive?
No. Nothing is hosted, mirrored or linked as a download — not executables, not disc or tape images, not emulator bundles. Where a game is still sold, its entry links to whoever sells it.
A publisher has gone dark. Does that make its games free?
No. Commercial unavailability is not a licence and this archive does not treat it as one. That is why the audit records where a title stands rather than filling the gap another way.
How do I request removal of something I hold rights in?
Email [email protected] naming the page and the item and confirming that you hold or represent the rights. Requests from rights holders are acted on rather than argued with, and no formal notice is required first.
Does this archive claim any connection to the studios it names?
None. Names are used to identify what is being described. No logo is used, no endorsement is implied, and where a studio still trades its own site is linked so a reader can go to the source.