# Tribes 1 and Tribes 2 - Soon to be free.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 14, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927 "2004-04-14T05:46:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927/1 "2004-04-14T05:46:58Z")

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[In case anyone still wants to play.](http://pc.ign.com/articles/505/505560p1.html)

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> Vivendi is stirring up Tribes fever again by offering the original two titles free.
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> Where to find them? The June issue of Computer Gaming World will feature them on a pack-in DVD when it hits newsstands **May 4**. But you’ll also have the option of downloading the games from our very own FilePlanet at the same time.

Fileplanet may restrict the download to paid subscribers but it’ll probably be avaible for free on [GamersHell](http://www.gamershell.com).

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927/2 "2004-04-14T05:52:09Z")

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They made a Linux version (according to [linuxgamers.com](http://linuxgamers.com)); if they release that free, too, I’ll be happy. (Don’t see why they wouldn’t, but still…)

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**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927/3 "2004-04-14T06:15:15Z")

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[Linux version might be made available.](http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286654)

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> We licensed that to Loki, and the resulting game belongs to them, and not us (the intellectual property is ours, but we can’t sell the Linux version). So it won’t be made available. If we had the legal right to give it away, we certainly would.

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> I checked with one of the guys from Loki and he thought that all rights had been returned to the original licensors at the time that loci shut down. I’m checking that out right now.

Might want to check that thread tommorow/later today.

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**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribes-1-and-tribes-2-soon-to-be-free/239927/4 "2004-05-09T01:59:34Z")

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> **[FilePlanet - Starsiege: Tribes (Free Game)](https://www.fileplanet.com/archive/p-16145/Starsiege-Tribes)**
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> To celebrate the release of Tribes: Vengeance, Vivendi...

> **[FilePlanet - StarSiege: TRIBES v1.8 to v1.11](https://www.fileplanet.com/archive/p-55559/StarSiege-TRIBES-v1-8-to-v1-11)**
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> Fixes several client-side cheats...

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