Matrox games /game bundles included with Matrox Video Cards questions/ ideas

[stevenscott]

(Note: also posted in Hardware Forum)
I have an idea that will help those people that receive video games when they order a video card from Matrox and would prefer a different game. I was curious if people that, recieve a video game that comes with the software bundle they recieve with the card, might not want that game but may be interested with other software that is bundled with other card people order. In Other words, say I order a video card, say a G400/G200 that has a game bundle.
The game software may have features designed in for bump mapping. But, I decide I do not care for that particular game, but see that there is another game that comes bundled with another card, with the features made for my card, example bump mapping, 3D, and enhanced for Matrox video cards, or patched available for this purpose for those features. We then can exchange this information with other Matrox users that ordered a Matrox G400/G200 video card, and exchange the software/game software that was sold in the bundle for the matrox card and it's features for matrox cards. other software of course could be exchanged/sold/whatever, depending on the parties involved and the laws and agreements.
I hope I explained my idea clearly enough. On the Internet I did see a web site where people can sell, exchange software. of course this can be done in other ways, but here is a central point where Matrox users gather and share information. Ideas? comments? Would this require a new 'Forum' made and added to the server? I don't want to make Ant and others work any more than they do, and I do not want to create any legal hassles, as no one is making any money off of this idea, and the idea is not intended to make any legal problems. Thanx for your time gang.
------------------



------------------
Home:
Server:
I run a Matrox Marvel G400 AGP with an:
Abit BE6 MotherBoard
Win98
Adaptec CD Creator 4
Pentium III 450
128 MB Ram
SB Live
Maxtor 13 GIG HD
2 3com Nic cards
Wingate 3.05
1 Symbios SCSI for my HP Photo Scanner
Boca 56K Int. Modem
Mitsumi 4801-TE CD-R
MS Precision Pro Joystick
Surfboard SB1200 cable modem
Shamrock 17" Monitor
HP OfficeJet Pro 1175Cse 4/1 printer/Scanner/Fax/copier
Note: I have the Matrox Mystique G200 16MB AGP Video Card, stashed away,
That I took out and replaced with the Marvel G400 on 10/13/99.
-------------------
Client1:
AbitBX6 MB
Win98
Celeron 300a
Maxtor 6.4 GIG HD
128 MB Ram
Netsurf NIC
SB Live sound card
Teac CDRom
Hercules Thriller AGP Video Card
Boca 56K Int. Modem
MS Precision Pro Joystick
Shamrock 15" monitor
----------------

[stevenscott]

Hey gang, I really can't believe no on else is interested in the ability to have aplace to swap games that come with video cards. I get games with cards that I don't care about, but then I see games that come with other cards I wish came with mine. I know this must happen with other people not being totally happy with the s/w and/or games that come as a bundle with a card/video card they order. Not one person thought this as a good idea. I know people could do it on their own, but since lots of traffic comes through a site like this, I would have thought it was a good idea. Some of the software that comes bundled with matrox cards is written and/or enhanced just for a specific matrox product. As with other video card manufacturers. Oh well, I may be beating a dead horse here.

[This message has been edited by stevenscott (edited 05 November 1999).]