Sierra games on the iPad

[DrJ]

Without the need to jailbreak your iPad:

http://ipad.sarien.net/

Launch above URL in Safari on your iPad (or iPhone/iPod touch but smaller screen obviously).

Brilliantly done!

[endre1952]

I'm gonna check out ScummVM on my Android phone. SCI games are now supported.

[DrJ]

ScummVM works as well on the iPad but you'll need to have it jailbroken and add the ScummVM repository in Cydia. This works directly in a browser!

[Marten]

After the recent publicity, Activision has C&D'd Sarien.net.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/27/unauthorized-sierra-adventure-games-portal-sarien-net-ceases-upo/

[MusicallyInspired]

Sarien.net is coming back with ActiVision's authorization. Apparently they're letting him have the first games of each series online and then a link to the Steam page so people can buy the rest of the series. He was also asked not to put the games on the iPad, though, as ACtiVision may or may not choose to put them for sale there themselves.

ActiVision didn't mention LSL, however, because apparently they sold that IP to CodeMasters. Martin is double-checking to see if they or CodeMasters care whether or not the LSL games are ok on Sarien.net and the iPad.

http://www.martinkool.com/2011/01/sariennet-full-story.html

[jharris01]

So when they had the flash version, no one noticed. Now that they iPadded it Activision complains.... tsk-tsk * rolls eyes *

[MusicallyInspired]

It wasn't flash, actually. It was HTML5.

[jharris01]

You missed the point. The site went unnoticed for a long time until they added iPad support.

It wasn't flash, actually. It was HTML5.

[MusicallyInspired]

I know what the point was. I was just making a correction is all.