I thought you guys might like see what the DOS version of UFL looked like.
Here is the original DOS UFL Demo that got me hooked on UFL:
http://bensweb.no-ip.info/stuff/oldufldemo.zip
And here is the full version of UFL for DOS (I paid $30 for this originally!):
http://bensweb.no-ip.info/stuff/oldufl.zip
With both versions, run UFL.EXE to start UFL. The demo version only has an 8 team league and does not support new league creation. The full version has all of the features enabled. And they still work, even in Windows XP!
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Out of curiosity, what's the history of UFL? By that I mean where and how did you come across it, was Larry offering it for sale from his site? As for the $30, the reason why I think the first question I asked when I joined this forum about 18 months or so ago was "This _is_ free, right?". I couldn't (and still can't) quite believe a program this good was free. I used to have an Amiga and I had a text-based sim called Headcoach which if I remember correctly cost me something like £15 UK, and was nowhere near the quality of UFL.Ben wrote:And here is the full version of UFL for DOS (I paid $30 for this originally!):
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Well, originally Larry made a limited UFL demo (shareware) and posted it to various download sites like Shareware.com and Winsite.com. He also had his own UFL website on Geocities. I think I found the demo on Shareware.com, but I don't remember. The demo version came with one 8 team league and it could only play 1 season and new leagues could not be created. If you liked the game, then you would send $30 to Larry and he would send you the full version (with all of the features) on a floppy disk. After I played the single season 8 team league over and over and over again, I had my dad write a check to Larry and I sent it off in the mail. It was the best $30 I ever spent. Larry was even kind enough to email me the game so that I didn't have to wait for the disk in the mail.
After Larry finished the new version in 2004, he decided that the new version would be freeware. I think he told me that he only sold a few copies of the original anyway, so it's not like UFL had ever been any kind of a moneymaker for him. And I would have paid him a lot more than $30 this time around because he spent a lot of time migrating UFL from VBDOS to VB6 as well as adding a bunch of new features that I requested.
I posted the original demo and the original full version so you guys could see what UFL looked like in 1996-2003.
After Larry finished the new version in 2004, he decided that the new version would be freeware. I think he told me that he only sold a few copies of the original anyway, so it's not like UFL had ever been any kind of a moneymaker for him. And I would have paid him a lot more than $30 this time around because he spent a lot of time migrating UFL from VBDOS to VB6 as well as adding a bunch of new features that I requested.
I posted the original demo and the original full version so you guys could see what UFL looked like in 1996-2003.