Vista - Game Exchange

Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit
versions of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or
other games for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do I
play that game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I need to wipe
my system, how do I get my game back? Thanks.

Don't know of a game exchange site. But, if you have a download service like
Steam. And you re-build you're system you can always re-download the content
again. The files you have a right to download is tied to your account with
that service and not to the machine.

The appealing thing about the download services, is that you don't have to
play with a CD or DVD

In the case of steam, they also give you the ability to backup files, so you
don't have to download 4GB of data. If you do look at the download service,
I would suggest getting a dedicated gaming disk (assuming you game alot). In
that case, if you lose your system disk, you don't have to download
everything from scratch. You just point the installer to where the files are
and it will see you already have the content downloaded

"John" <john_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit
> versions of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or
> other games for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do
> I play that game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I need to
> wipe my system, how do I get my game back? Thanks.

My main concern was the ability to both play without the CD/DVD and recover
the game. Good advice about the dedicated gaming disk, I will have to look
into that. Still wish I could trade in my "hardcopy" games...


"Dale M. White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
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>
> Don't know of a game exchange site. But, if you have a download service
> like Steam. And you re-build you're system you can always re-download the
> content again. The files you have a right to download is tied to your
> account with that service and not to the machine.
>
> The appealing thing about the download services, is that you don't have to
> play with a CD or DVD
>
> In the case of steam, they also give you the ability to backup files, so
> you don't have to download 4GB of data. If you do look at the download
> service, I would suggest getting a dedicated gaming disk (assuming you
> game alot). In that case, if you lose your system disk, you don't have to
> download everything from scratch. You just point the installer to where
> the files are and it will see you already have the content downloaded
>
> "John" <john_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O4d%23s9nmHHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit
>> versions of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or
>> other games for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do
>> I play that game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I need to
>> wipe my system, how do I get my game back? Thanks.
>

John expressed precisely :
> Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit versions
> of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or other games
> for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do I play that
> game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I need to wipe my system,
> how do I get my game back? Thanks.

GameStop

--

Mike Matheny

I checked it out thanks.


"Mike Matheny" <thomas.m.matheny@nasa.gov> wrote in message
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> John expressed precisely :
>> Does anybody know of a vendor, or gaming site, that will trade legit
>> versions of owned games for downloadable versions of the same games (or
>> other games for that matter)? Also, if I purchase a game via download do
>> I play that game without a CD/DVD? What if I my OS crashes, or I need to
>> wipe my system, how do I get my game back? Thanks.
>
> GameStop
>
> --
>
> Mike Matheny
>
>