cool new genesis games?

[Royce]

Actually we were slowly moving away from the topic because there is no way this will go anywhere.

Sure I agree that there are only so many cool new games you can talk about, and the guy could of found all the information in about 5 minutes looking through topics, but if you want to talk about legal stuff and repros go make your own topic.

[retrospiel]

"that topic" = copyrights, fair use and what applies to what action

[108 Stars]

Both Bratwurst and Playgen definitely did a fantastic job with their repros. Their work was the reason I signed up to Sega-16.

Now that's something we can agree on. So you don't share Brandon's dislike of repros in general, but the making of profit and low quality.

That's what I mean when I say repros, although illegal can be a great thing for gamers. These two are prime examples of quality work for little money, and I find that acceptable from a moral standpoint when the copyright holders even today with the possibility of cheap publishing through the Wii Virtual Console for example still do not make their old games available to western audiences.

[Royce]

"that topic" = copyrights, fair use and what applies to what action

Oh sorry for the misunderstanding On the topic of "cool new games" I read that Pier Solar is going to back on sale next week. The only problem is I can't find where I read it. So is it true?

[CMA Death Adder]

I'm all for big new genesis releases, but come on why do you have to turn this thread into a legal debate? You guys are all incredibly headstrong so these arguments will go no where.

To quote my favorite movie, Glengarry GlenRoss: "He's right, Williamson!"

The legal discussion was interesting for a while, but we've all stated and re-stated our points of view, and I figure that's more than enough. After all, we're not all going to settle on the same viewpoint, and... that's okay.

So, to get back on course -- cool new Genesis games = <3

[madcrow]

You missed something here. I doubt it would be THOUSANDS as you say. More like a few hundred but then piracy takes over.



This pretty much explains my thoughts. I've noticed it lots in home console communities. They are a fair bit less respective than on home computers. It's an odd phenomenon.

As for the C64 disk writing, I thought the process was similar to the Apple II and other related computers, which tends to be pretty simple and cheap.

Writing C64 disks requires either a serial cable that tends to work poorly on modern computers or an expensive PCI card that allows old 5.25 PC disk drives to write to C64 disks.

[Jesse813]

I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring here when it comes to my thoughts on the subject. I consider Pier Solar & Hangman SG to both be new games for the Genesis. as for Beggar Prince, Legend of Wukong, and Star Odyssey its all just a matter of opinion. my view on those 3 games simply is Technically they are new since there new to anyone outside of China and/or Japan, and Technically there not new since they were originally published years ago.

as for reproductions. I have absolutely no problems w/ them as they provide a way for people to play games in English that they might otherwise might never be able to play and there also useful for expensive games such as Eliminate Down at good cheap price. what I do have a problem w/ is people trying to pass Repros off as the real deal and ripping people off by selling them for tons of $$$

[retrospiel]

So you don't share Brandon's dislike of repros in general, but the making of profit and low quality.

I never said I'd share anyone's dislike towards repros. I said that one should (and Brandon did) distinguish between translators and bootleggers which you seemed to have overlooked.

Repros are an excellent way to complete your collection, although I'd really wish that these games would have been released bitd.

And if you consider that for a repro you need to invest material and time which needs to be calculated into the final pricing, I don't care if anyone's making profit. Whatever is left can't be that much anyway.

[BeaglePuss]

I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring here when it comes to my thoughts on the subject. I consider Pier Solar & Hangman SG to both be new games for the Genesis. as for Beggar Prince, Legend of Wukong, and Star Odyssey its all just a matter of opinion. my view on those 3 games simply is Technically they are new since there new to anyone outside of China and/or Japan, and Technically there not new since they were originally published years ago.

as for reproductions. I have absolutely no problems w/ them as they provide a way for people to play games in English that they might otherwise might never be able to play and there also useful for expensive games such as Eliminate Down at good cheap price. what I do have a problem w/ is people trying to pass Repros off as the real deal and ripping people off by selling them for tons of $$$

This X1000! I couldn't have said it better myself.

[buytradegames]

I heard they still making Sega Genesis games in brazil that will work on USA consoles. Is that true? These games look pretty sweet.