Kung fu on the new question

[maxdrive]

I have a dumb question but is Kung fu considered a first party game or a third party game on the NES its an orginal black box game but it also came out on other systems. With it being a port of an arcade title I wasn't sure on it.

[Video]

I think Activision made it, so third party? But that may just be on atari.

[mr_me]

The nes version says copyright nintendo. The original arcade game is copyright irem.

Edited November 16, 2018 by mr_me

[Tanooki]

Actually the NES one says both.

© IREM CORP.1984

© 1985 NINTENDO

 

Nintendo takes credit for it as a first party release, but they only published it basically, or bought the rights outright to sell it, either way, Irem is credited for it on the title screen.

 

 

I own the game, always have. The manual I still have with it says IREM inside it as well and Nintendo, same copyright and dates by their side. The copy of the manual up on digital press archives (PDF) shows it, but the old text file copy I made in 1996 I didn't copy that into it.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Tanooki

[mbd30]

Actually the NES one says both.

© IREM CORP.1984

© 1985 NINTENDO

 

Nintendo takes credit for it as a first party release, but they only published it basically, or bought the rights outright to sell it, either way, Irem is credited for it on the title screen.

 

 

I own the game, always have. The manual I still have with it says IREM inside it as well and Nintendo, same copyright and dates by their side. The copy of the manual up on digital press archives (PDF) shows it, but the old text file copy I made in 1996 I didn't copy that into it.

 

Much like how Snake Rattle n Roll was developed by RARE and published by Nintendo. I think of it as a RARE game, not a Nintendo game.

 

[Tanooki]

 

Much like how Snake Rattle n Roll was developed by RARE and published by Nintendo. I think of it as a RARE game, not a Nintendo game.

 

Roger Rabbit is like that too, credit to LJN but Rare made that turd.

[DragonGrafx-16]

A similar thing with Rad Racer... developed by Square and released by Nintendo.

[deepthaw]

Wasnt a later Mega Man released by Nintendo in the US?

[derFunkenstein]

Wasnt a later Mega Man released by Nintendo in the US?

Yeah, Mega Man 6. The box art shows no Capcom logo, but the game itself does.

[mbd30]

Roger Rabbit is like that too, credit to LJN but Rare made that turd.

 

I can't say that I'm too fond of Snake Rattle n Roll despite being a huge fan of Marble Madness on the NES.

[John Stamos Mullet]

I have a dumb question but is Kung fu considered a first party game or a third party game on the NES its an orginal black box game but it also came out on other systems. With it being a port of an arcade title I wasn't sure on it.

i was always under the impression that any port of an arcade game is third party, unless it is released on a console developed by the same company who made the arcade version.

[mr_me]

Roger Rabbit is like that too, credit to LJN but Rare made that turd.

No, nintendo has copyright on the kung fu game, nintendo might have developped the nes game and licensed the arcade game from Irem.

[mbd30]

No, nintendo has copyright on the kung fu game, nintendo might have developped the nes game and licensed the arcade game from Irem.

 

You're right. Nintendo actually developed the NES game themselves.

 

Irem developed the arcade game.

[Tanooki]

Did they? I know random stuff online says as much, so perhaps 10 Yard FIght which is Irem too was also done by Nintendo maybe as well.

[mr_me]

The famicom version of 10-yard fight doesn't have a nintendo copyright. So why was it added to the nes version. Maybe nintendo bought the nes game from irem after the famicom version came out. Nintendo could have contracted irem to develop the famicom/nes version of kung fu.

Edited November 17, 2018 by mr_me

[derFunkenstein]

The famicom version of 10-yard fight doesn't have a nintendo copyright. So why was it added to the nes version. Maybe nintendo bought the nes game from irem after the famicom version came out. Nintendo could have contracted irem to develop the famicom/nes version of kung fu.

Could just be like a bunch of other games, where the original publisher didn't intend to bring it to America so Nintendo did it themselves.

[DragonGrafx-16]

Nintendo World Cup also wasn't developed by Nintendo but by Technos. It's original title was: Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer.

[mr_me]

Unlike kung fu, nintendo world cup doesn't say copyright nintendo. It says copyright Technos licensed to Nintendo. Almost all third party nes games were licensed and manufactured by nintendo.

Edited November 17, 2018 by mr_me

[DragonGrafx-16]

Unlike kung fu, nintendo world cup doesn't say copyright nintendo. It says copyright Technos licensed to Nintendo. Almost all third party nes games were licensed and manufactured by nintendo.

It's called "Nintendo World Cup" It may say Technos on the title screen but it doesn't say it anywhere on the cartridge. Also there's a difference between "Licensed to Nintendo" and "Licensed by Nintendo" (third party games).

[mr_me]

If ownsership of the software stays with the developer than it's a third party game, licensed to/by nintendo from the owner. If nintendo owns the software, even if it's programmed by a third party developer, than I would call it a first party game.

[F34R]

This is one of the boards I still want to get. Still waiting for the right price though lol.

[maxdrive]

It's funny if this and 10 yard fight are thirds party. I always felt the black box games were first party. Because the Atari game uses the arcade name King Fu master. Where NES uses just Kung Fu.