Some of you guys are much more pissed than I am. Matter of fact, I wasn't exactly pissed or angry (just a little bit upset). And I can't speak for any other repros that are being sold without permission (this is a huge problem in the SNES scene right now). I felt more sad, and foolish, than anything else. Tobias has seemed to gauge public opinion on the matter and has stuck with just untouched PCE CD games. So it's not him that's a concern, but somebody else that has no scruples about taking Dracula X, Xak III, Ys IV, or the upcoming games (Spriggan Mark 2, Xanadu, etc). There are plenty of people, like Sniper, that could care less as long as they have a product in hand. I'm actually really surprised Ys IV with the recent dub, hasn't become prime candidate #1. I understand that CD-Rs suck for more people (older Duo's not running, the hassle of trying to get a good burn, etc) or don't want to use emulation. I honestly don't have an answer to that.
Anyway, lets move on. I'm sick of discussing the MM debacle (it's beginning to feel narcissistic - lol) . I don't think anything more can be said on it. Thankfully, it was the only one and not something like Ys IV (I hope BL does more dub projects).
That said, I'm not against community based pressings or hucard stuffs of anything that I work on (though I can only speak for myself and not co-work) - as long as they are non-profit in fashion. I think that would satisfy both the need/desire to have the game and the greater issue of profiting/etc. Well, this community/forum anyway. Yeah, there will be people like <forget his name> that will resell it for bank (like what happened to Ark?). The difference is the greater purpose; getting the game to the fans without making a business out of it. Originally, this was brought up about Dracula X (community pressing) and I said no. Not because I was against it, but I feared that my name would be attached to it and legal action taken against me (my field is Computer Science, so that wouldn't be a good thing). Looking back now, it was probably kind of irrational to think that. And I wouldn't have a problem now (non-profit community pressing). But, I still can't speak on behalf of Fragmare, BL, and others that were involved in that project.
