The main grudge I have with HOTU is that sone (or most) of their games are not in working order.
Main example: Stars! I wanted to play that game since I lost my copy several years ago, and I certainly don't want to pay for such a game. I found it on HOTU before finding it wasn't Abandonware... However, the game is not playable because they don't give the registration code with it.
I think that's their way to go around the ESA law... But in my own point of view, this force the users to hunt down actively a registration code or to hack the game themselves... And that's in no way better than warez for me.
There is a very big difference between sites like HOTU and Abandonia, and it's easy to see: HOTU strive on quantity (which is not a bad thing, mind you) while Abandonia strive for quality. And when I need to choose between the two, as well as IRL, I always go for quality if I can.
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