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I made an update on the OP. Found Source of Harlequin Genesis.

When I came out of college, I interviewed to this workplace that sold Trucking parts and hauling stuff. They needed someone in Maerketing and e-commerce. When I spoke with the guy that interviewed him, he told me the story of the place. At the time (and still till today) there was about 6 different businesses right next to each other selling the same stuff (Trucking parts and hauling stuff). He told me their business was the first one to put a location there, and business exploded! Then a ton of other people saw the success and started to open places right next to them. However, they lived off the scraps. Since they were the original trucking parts place in the area, they built a reputation and a know-to place to go. The rest, as mentioned lived off their scraps. We just entered this era for retro gaming plug and plays where Nintendo is the original business in this case, and everybody else is going to live off their leftover. To answer your statement Bill on Atgames, there is no anger at all! They have been successfully selling $6 cost products from Dichroic Cat/Hamy Game, the factory that handles makes the Hamy stuff (I think they do Retron stuff too right? Correct me if I am wrong) for a 500% mark up; they are in all major retailers, you got to give them credit for that, my only criticism is that they've been selling the same technology which clearly has problems for 5 or 6 years now, it was due for an upgrade since year 1 I'd say . This is key for Retro-bit if they want to stay in the game and not be benched indefinitely. On the Sega license, I just mentioned some rumors that already 3 people have told me. Actually one stated "I can't believe how Atgames has been able to piss off everyone in the industry, including Sega". One claim was even because they were being shady about their royalties. But yeah at the end of the day only rumors. You are in their payroll so you should know more inside info. Piko Interactive is a free agent and only content provider (honestly we are barely building a portfolio and will never be as popular stuff even compared to Jaleco which is the content provider with the least popular stuff in my opinion) so unfortunately my hands are tied on this one, but again since the shelve space now will be up for competition for 5+ plug an plays (Atari, Genesis, Nintendo, Generations and the Dream Gear stuff) everyone will need to up their game. Even Nintendo will add more games to their PNPs Im sure.

On Atgames, I've heard they pissed of Sega and might/are losing the license. On RetroFreak, stay way on US distribution unless you want to be sued by Hyperkin. The RetroFreak Is the Retron 5. They both were made by the same Hong Kong Software developer just sold the world wide but Japan license of the system to hyperkin and the Japan distribution to that other Japanese distributor. It is still the same thing inside. That's why Hyperkin had no response with the Retroarch stolen code, because it wasn't them it was the developer etc. Generations definitely is not aimed to retro gamers at all, more to like casual gamers or people that remembers a bit some of these games and see the console for sale at a pharmacy. There is a lot of room for improvement which I'm sure it can be acquired. Atgames has been selling the same crappy firecore hardware for the Genesis one and still you see them every year on Target. However once there is more competition for shelve space we'll see who can survive the cut!

Is definitely not cost effective and the defect rate is very high, is good for prototyping.

The thing about shells; we are using for this release original Atari Licensed shells from an official distributor. The license to use those shells has been paid off back in the day. Using clear shells (I think they still have the Atari Brand) would not be ok because those were made recently without Atari license. So in the future when the shells are available with no atari logo from vendors we will definitely do it. Unless Albert sells me the mold and I move them close to where I live, then I could make the changes and have more of this stuff available. =D Regarding the chips - the board is compatible with the PSOP44 chips for 16Mbit AND 32Mbit. Still I we have to split the roms in 16Mbit chunks to get it to run (couldn't figure out how to make it work with a single 32Mbit file). So these 32Mbit were use because I have a ton in stock (because I use them for SNES and Genesis as well). But will also go with cheaper options like 16Mbit ones which I will stock soon.

I want the DICE unreleased Genesis game by Psygnosis!

That 3 pin square is a level shiftier, we use them for SNES and Genesis boards too. @82 -T/A We will start shipping mid January, Will send an announcement. If have moved etc you can request it to be sent out to other address =D

No news on Bomberman Jag, and honestly I see it long shot as it is a Konami IP.

And these flash PSOP44 Chips are not even modern. We can go all the way to TSOPs and would be even lighter, but quality would still be high.

Just Wanted to post the board!

Hey! Yeah we might look into selling boards, however would not be branded. As far as shipping we are still scheduled for mid to the end of January 2017 Although we might be able to do it sooner as mentioned =D. Cheers!

bump!

Nope, I offered a lot of money for it, and more money for the main dev to finish it. The declined the offer. Now with the ROM out there has even less value in our eyes unfortunately.

It was meant to be kemco not kaneko. Contact with kemco yes.

on the OP I wrote Kaneko when I meant Kemco.

Most of the cases, person was company owner/founder/etc, also you got to check with publisher owner as well if they retained rights. Very little times a single person made the game and wasn't even paid etc, game cancelled so he retained any right (the case of indigo) is a complicated process which involves talking to several people involved, sometimes even asking for waivers from them.

Usually you find the person, and go on a quest online and bug a bunch of people until you find the one. Social Media is 80%+ of all this work.

Yes on Jim; but would be in a special crowdfunding project for Jim in all retro platforms.

Hey Guys, so lately we have been working on full force to acquire prototypes along their rights to finish the games and publish them. I want to keep this thread open to discuss the games that we have acquired and the status of each game (usually we get games incomplete). -Game Name - Status - Description -Dorke and Ymp SNES - Fully Playable - New World added from source code acquired, New music, bug fixes, and additional boss fights. Available for purchase at http://pikointeractive.com/store.htmland Steam. - Pinkie SNES - Fully Playable - debug mode turned off - Currently WTB CD32 and Megadrive protos. Scheduled to release in 2017 -Indigo ST/Amiga - Fully Playable - Game fully playable dumps available online. We are planning GBA/GenesisJaguar ports along physical CD32 physical release. -Tyrannosaurus Tex GBC - Fully Playable - Proto Rom acquired from fellow Assemblergames member, seems to be fully playable working on a couple of small things that need polish. Physical release for GBC planned for 2017. PC Remaster planned as well as Genesis port planned. -Jim Power The Lost Dimension Genesis - Fully Playable - Optimized to work on both PAL and NTSC, fully playable with all songs, will be released in a planned Jim Power Crowdfunding campaign along with every physical version of every Retro platform. -Video Kid SNES - NOT FOUND - Unfortunately the programmer and sub-publisher lost all data of the SNES version. WTB SNES prototype. Hoping Kaneko Japan has a back up somewhere. -Switchblade II NES - NOT FOUND - Developer who coded mentioned he may have a back up but lead went cold. Currently WTB prototype of the NES version; hoping Kaneko Japan has a back up. -Madness House of Fun Genesis - FOUND - Found the source code which seems to be complete or almost complete. No Binaries. This version is called PJ in the Dreamland. Hoping to get it compiled somehow. -ODEMA GBA - Found /WIP - Found the source code for part of the games, art assets for the full game and very early build of the game. Game will be re-written from scratch it seems. Have a lead of a collector that owns a later proto but not willing to sell. WTB Proto for ODEMA GBA I've been very busy, this is time consuming and expensive, but I'm glad there is progress. Any comments or questions please let me know. Any lead of attainable license/rights protos would be appreciated!

Thanks for your support Piter!

Yeah, that price tag will only stay for this first release to recoupe initial investment costs. But it comes with a $10 off coupon on our site (the first 150 copies) for future releases or overall anything on our website =D. Cheers!

Thanks for the support!

My beer is too strong for mortals! Lol JK!

I am around the North by 281 and 1604! let me know! And yeah I can sign it, although, it would be best if Chris would sign it, but he lives in the UK (I think) =D

No extra cost, but we do this we all releases gice extra presentation .