People with the abilities to do good for retro gamers but waste those talents on crap

[TrekkiesUnite118]

I realize I'm picking one example out of dozens, but Snatcher didn't even sell enough to justify it's original print run 20 years ago. To think it would be worth Konami's time now is crazy. You might as well wish for reprints of RCA Selectavision discs while you're at it.

Yeah back in the 90's it didn't sell well. However now it's exploded in popularity. The game is in high demand that it's exceeded the supply and prices are going up on it. You can't use the original sales performance to gauge what the demand is now after the Internet has made these games more popular and well known.

Even then some systems had copy protection schemes that have been most likely lost, so good luck getting reprints from the PS1, Saturn or Xbox systems unless you are willing to do one for modded systems. Yes, some PS1 games had additional copy protection schemes especially in Europe (to the point where when Sony re-released the Spyro Trilogy on PSN, they used the American versions since it affected the games, especially Year of the Dragon, either that or the 50hz versions were poor).

Square Enix actually did reprint some of their PS1 games if I remember correctly. They are still available on their online store. They are silver bottomed discs instead of black bottomed. And doing google searches it looks like they started popping up around 2007ish.

Since it is a talking point, Panzer Dragoon Saga won't ever get reprinted and the only way it will get re-released in this day and age is either an emulation job (either GiriGiri that has been used in a couple of games but I don't know if that runs Panzer Dragoon Saga or get M2 to do it but I don't know if even the mighty M2 can do Saturn emulation) or a complete remake developed by Sega of China (like that NiGHTS remake that they did on the PS2 that was later released on PSN/XBLA/Steam).

If you are alluding to the source code being missing, I don't think that would be an issue here as they still do have the complete English version available.

[Azathoth]

While I agree with you for the most part that the best chance of a reproduction legally happening is if a publisher (big or small) decided to take it upon themselves to do it, I don't understand why you think they would have to warranty the hardware? That was Sega/Nintendo's Job to warranty the hardware. I've never heard of a publisher having to take a game console back because their software didn't work on it.

Recent example, prior to releasing Star Odyssey SFT asked for it to be officially licensed SoJ product. They said because they no longer support the platform they could not provide a license.

If you look back over the years you won't find any officially licensed game being reissued after the system hardware manufacturer quits supporting the hardware. Manufacturing or distributing yes, but hardware repairs = nope.

[retro nick]

and/or suffer from Assburgers

Or am I going to be cussed into oblivion?

I have aspergers. Very mild case, but it made childhood very difficult.
I raise 3 children, are 2 non-verbal autistic. It has made parenthood extremely difficult.
Use some basic respect when posting, otherwise, I could care less what you have to say.

[Segadream]

Oh how I'd love a repro/ reprint of Sim City for the NES

...IF the hog sitting on the cart would dump it already >:C

Wait.........what?
There was a Nes sim city?
No frickin way.
Find this person ,rob his ass, dump the rom and give it back to him.
That it has been under radar for so long warrants nothing less.
Now what kind of person would do such a thing, it makes me think of this internet hoax:
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Some guy claimed he had the prototype cart, and you was playing through with screen shots and all.
Needless to say he was a pretty good troll, and had either very honed hacking skills or a good friend with some.
It was meant to be a joke but it got drug out due to users on the forum he was trolling fighting with him to DUMP THE ROM, it was pretty EPIC stuff.
Here's a summary:
http://www.lostlevels.org/bio-force-ape/

And the original thread:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...-Bio-Force-Ape

[profholt82]

Some examples include Blackthorne for SEGA 32X, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and Saturn Bomberman. Wouldn't it be great if all of the people who work on fan games, graphics designers, repro makers, et cetera just put their talents to good use and find a way to get SEGA and/or other retro console makers to sanction 1 more print run of these hard-to-find games?

The Sega 32x and Saturn were 2 of the biggest commercial failures in the history of video games. Why on Earth would anyone want to re-release games for them that didn't sell worth a damn when their systems were actually supported? These games are rare for a reason. People never bought them. Today there are significantly fewer people interested in buying them and you want a company to spend money to reproduce them? That would be an act of charity, not business. And the only people who would be helped by this charity would be retro game collectors, and they comprise <1% of the free market.

I appreciate your idealism, but please never get into business as you will likely fail miserably.

[TrekkiesUnite118]

Recent example, prior to releasing Star Odyssey SFT asked for it to be officially licensed SoJ product. They said because they no longer support the platform they could not provide a license.

If you look back over the years you won't find any officially licensed game being reissued after the system hardware manufacturer quits supporting the hardware. Manufacturing or distributing yes, but hardware repairs = nope.

Capcom reprinted Gotcha Force in 2012 even though Nintendo ended Gamecube support in 2007.