Prospect of Making Some OMG RAREZ! Game Boots

[thesteve]

as i see it boots discourage production, by diverting funds from rightful mfg.
however making boot of out of production items cant hurt production, because (production/production interest) has ended for the mfg.

[nat]

I agree with this, for the most part. My biggest problem with bootlegging music in particular is that it takes money out of the artists' pockets, and discourages them from creating new music in the future.

Just look at what has happened to the music industry over the past 15 years....

[Black Tiger]

as i see it boots discourage production, by diverting funds from rightful mfg.
however making boot of out of production items cant hurt production, because (production/production interest) has ended for the mfg.

Except that Turbo/PCE games are still currently being sold by the manufacturer in the popular format that music is mostly sold in today.

Yknow, Might and Magic 3 seems like a dumb idea all around unless you really want it for Turbob Collecting purposes.

The game exists for PC, easy to obtain, and then you DOSBox.

All Turbo/PCE games can be easily obtained and played on a computer as well and many can be purchased for Virtual Console, etc.

[DragonmasterDan]

Yknow, Might and Magic 3 seems like a dumb idea all around unless you really want it for Turbob Collecting purposes.

The game exists for PC, easy to obtain, and then you DOSBox.

Well I know someone else mentioned they don't like buying games for other platforms (which I guess PC could count as).
But the same situation exists for Dynastic Hero and Super Air Zonk as well, they can be obtained via the Wii virtual console. All you need is a Wii, an internet connection and some Wii points. It's more or less the same situation for Might and Magic 3 as it is for those two, they're available inexpensively if you have the hardware to play it and want to play it on that hardware, with that said some people on the forum have expressed that they aren't interested in that.

[Arkhan]

All Turbo/PCE games can be easily obtained and played on a computer as well and many can be purchased for Virtual Console, etc.

Oh, I didn't know every PCE game was ported to DOS.  My bad!     



I meant this, lol.  The full boxed PC game.  Complete. 

and I meant it mostly for M&M3 only because its not a PCE exclusive and it didn't originate on the PCE either.

and it plays far better on the PC anyways..

I guess I don't see the point in wasting time / resources bootlegging a game like Might and Magic III that was released elsewhere with better packaging and is obtainable... when we have games like Space Fantasy Zone that were never released.

Or PCE/TG exclusives that are retardedly expensive because of the big money gouging pole smokers.  Like Dynastic Hero. 

SFZ seems like the best choice since it would be the PCE community producing a PCE game that was never officially released, and making sure its done right.  If it works, we can always do this again for another game.

If it doesn't work out well enough to encourage another run with another game, it'll be a good thing we did it on a game that counts.

[Senshi]

as i see it boots discourage production, by diverting funds from rightful mfg.
however making boot of out of production items cant hurt production, because (production/production interest) has ended for the mfg.

exactly

[Lum]

Fantasy Star Soldier anyone? Maybe the Ys IV fan translation if that patch is complete enough. I'd like to see more games have competent yet obvious booties. Something readily told from an original, while still blowing away the ugliness of normal burned copies or the kind of crappy bootlegs often associated with Hong Kong/etc pirates.

[Arkhan]

Im down with bootlegging/pirating/spreading around stuff that is OOP/place that made it is defunct.

If the original crew isn't seeing the $$, I don't care.

Reminds me of the home of the underdogs.  They distribute games that are defunct, but anything thats still commercially available somehow, they wont let you download.

[thesteve]

perfectly stated arc

[Senshi]

I guarantee that anyone who disagrees with having these bootlegs made has them in their collection and wouldn't be so vehemently opposed to if they didn't. For the rest of us who can't pay $400 for Dynastic Hero these days this is great news.

P.S. I've downloaded games on PSN (not sure about VC) but they are emulated badly IMO. Especially the music.

[MotherGunner]

I agree with this, for the most part. My biggest problem with bootlegging music in particular is that it takes money out of the artists' pockets, and discourages them from creating new music in the future.

Just look at what has happened to the music industry over the past 15 years....

Agreed, and I was desperately wanting more K-Fed and Amy Winehouse albums!

Lol jk!

[Black Tiger]

All Turbo/PCE games can be easily obtained and played on a computer as well and many can be purchased for Virtual Console, etc.

Oh, I didn't know every PCE game was ported to DOS.  My bad!     



I meant this, lol.  The full boxed PC game.  Complete. 

and I meant it mostly for M&M3 only because its not a PCE exclusive and it didn't originate on the PCE either.

and it plays far better on the PC anyways..

I guess I don't see the point in wasting time / resources bootlegging a game like Might and Magic III that was released elsewhere with better packaging and is obtainable... when we have games like Space Fantasy Zone that were never released.

Or PCE/TG exclusives that are retardedly expensive because of the big money gouging pole smokers.  Like Dynastic Hero. 

SFZ seems like the best choice since it would be the PCE community producing a PCE game that was never officially released, and making sure its done right.  If it works, we can always do this again for another game.

If it doesn't work out well enough to encourage another run with another game, it'll be a good thing we did it on a game that counts.

People interested in bootlegs aren't looking to play a version of a game, they want to play the english Turbo version on real hardware.

Dynastic Hero is also available elsewhere, is easily obtainable with better packaging and most people consider the Genesis vetsion to be superior. I agree with you, but other people want these bootlegs for different reasons.

In response to you next post, most of the games we are talking about here are still commercially available. If we were talking about this five+ years ago it would be a different story...

[Arkhan]

Space Fantasy Zone is unfinished. 

The implications of that one are that we would be "finishing" the game, and then producing it.  Everyone in the PCE community's e-weener would grow by 12" once that happens!

The rest are finished.  Translations aside, obviously.

In a perfect world, we'd have them all.  But we don't.  Choosing wisely is important.

[Arjak]

I'd be so down for bootlegs of translated PCE games! Bring 'em on!

[Senshi]

"People interested in bootlegs aren't looking to play a version of a game, they want to play the english Turbo version on real hardware.

Dynastic Hero is also available elsewhere, is easily obtainable with better packaging and most people consider the Genesis vetsion to be superior. I agree with you, but other people want these bootlegs for different reasons.

In response to you next post, most of the games we are talking about here are still commercially available. If we were talking about this five+ years ago it would be a different story..."



Then i'll send you $12 for the game and shipping and you can send me your copy then download it on your Wii since they are equivalent.