Turbo Laser Lynx Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) I don't know anything about the modern Halo game, but it's a nice/fun thing that he did it, however not only "big shots" should be able to do what they want or to license stuff. If a company is not interested or doesn't reply on a licensing request within a couple of months, then it should be legal to do some tiny production runs for old systems (and similar situations). Edited December 18, 2019 by Turbo Laser Lynx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) There are a lot of rules and regulations aroung copyright, trademark and such. It's a highly complex thema with as many legislation as there are countries, but with 3 big blocks basically: USA where all power is with the copyright owner (cf. Disney), the EU where there are some limitation, based on time and use of the license... and China, where all of that does not matter For instance, I'm a huge fan of Conan the Barbarian and because his creator has been dead for over 80 years, Conan and all the surrounding work should be in public domain, and anyone should be able to use the characters and the universe. Well guess what... it's not possible at all... (even though a comics book french company - Glénat - is publishing a new Conan comics without any of the rights... well because according to EU legislation you can... so far they have been left in peace by the "Conan Company", but they are never going to publish anything in the US - technically even as a private person, you cannot import those new comics books to the US). Back to MK, the licence is still pretty big and used on a regular basis (it's actually the biggest fighting game at the moment - they sold 11 millions of MK11), so you can't really claim that they are not using the brand... Only option is to try to get a deal, but why would they even do that? Why would they risk to "damage" the brand for zero income? Passion and prestige is not why they work and return on investment is how they think. But you never know... I'd try to contact someone at NetherRealm Studios, they are the MK game developers, so they understand the meaning of passion projects better than financial guys, and also they are in close contact with the publisher. Going through them might be your best chance to be able to semi-officially release the game. But the chance of a cease-and-desist are like a million time bigger. On a side note... there is a reason why Bombercats, my bomberman hommage game is not released yet... and guess why... Edited December 18, 2019 by LordKraken 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvirtuale Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 one day is missing! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 5:41 PM, LordKraken said: On a side note... there is a reason why Bombercats, my bomberman hommage game is not released yet... and guess why... because the comlink doesnt work reliable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Yes and no. I wasnt planning to have comlynx first so the only blocker was the potential IP infringement... this is almost solved but yes kow Id like to have comlynx in. I was blocked for a while with too many lost packet but now i know what i did wrong, so i have hope for this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 12:41 AM, LordKraken said: There are a lot of rules and regulations aroung copyright, trademark and such. It's a highly complex thema with as many legislation as there are countries, but with 3 big blocks basically: USA where all power is with the copyright owner (cf. Disney), the EU where there are some limitation, based on time and use of the license... and China, where all of that does not matter For instance, I'm a huge fan of Conan the Barbarian and because his creator has been dead for over 80 years, Conan and all the surrounding work should be in public domain, and anyone should be able to use the characters and the universe. Well guess what... it's not possible at all... (even though a comics book french company - Glénat - is publishing a new Conan comics without any of the rights... well because according to EU legislation you can... so far they have been left in peace by the "Conan Company", but they are never going to publish anything in the US - technically even as a private person, you cannot import those new comics books to the US). Back to MK, the licence is still pretty big and used on a regular basis (it's actually the biggest fighting game at the moment - they sold 11 millions of MK11), so you can't really claim that they are not using the brand... Only option is to try to get a deal, but why would they even do that? Why would they risk to "damage" the brand for zero income? Passion and prestige is not why they work and return on investment is how they think. But you never know... I'd try to contact someone at NetherRealm Studios, they are the MK game developers, so they understand the meaning of passion projects better than financial guys, and also they are in close contact with the publisher. Going through them might be your best chance to be able to semi-officially release the game. But the chance of a cease-and-desist are like a million time bigger. On a side note... there is a reason why Bombercats, my bomberman hommage game is not released yet... and guess why... WB Games, a division of Warner Media - apparently what Time Warner was renamed as - itself a division of AT&T, owns the Mortal Kombat IP, not NetherRealm. Release the game online w/o seeking a license. If there's interest in a physical card version, contact WB Games. If they ask for a pie-in-the-sky dollar figure for a license, go to Kickstarter for the publicity. Maybe they'd settle for an option to bundle it in any future Midway's Greatest Hits collection release. I'm sure they're already planning for such a version for the Nintendo Switch if they haven't released it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Any news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Actually, 512k version was released today: https://demozoo.org/productions/271609/ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, miker said: Actually, 512k version was released today: https://demozoo.org/productions/271609/ Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknior Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 WOAW thanks a lot for the link ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 22 hours ago, miker said: Actually, 512k version was released today: https://demozoo.org/productions/271609/ Awesome! I checked the AtariGamer website before cruising back here and they didn't have it posted yet. And now to find my USB SD Card Reader/Writer...and batteries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/25/2019 at 8:25 AM, miker said: Actually, 512k version was released today: https://demozoo.org/productions/271609/ Is it me, or does the download link not work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 hour ago, panzer said: Is it me, or does the download link not work? It's you. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Absolutely stunning work to all involved in making this possible. The scene never ceases to amaze me with the tricks and cool stuff that continues to be developed and released. This is incredible! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Amazing work! The whole scene is booming with life lately, very interesting! I think for homebrew & potential copyright infringement you can always decide to release a ROM into the wild where it'll live its own life. Once you receive some kind of cease & desist letter I'm not sure you should ever release it afterwards.. that could get you into legal trouble which for sure isn't worth your time and money. Then again, I'm not a lawyer or do I know a lot about copyright. It sucks how a lot of these fan-made projects are being stopped with cease & desist once it starts to gain traction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Which is why I would recommend that instead of waiting for a cease and desist, I would proactively ask, not the trademark owner because they dont care, but the current developers of the MK game. I'm working in the AAA game industry and believe or not, the people working on those big games actually LOVE games. So they might be able to help you getting some kind of agreement (lile ok release the game but dont make any money out of it). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I still haven't found my SD writer adapter. Does it support 2-player over ComLynx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Amazing. Hope this is completed and released on cart. Needs the special moves, tried Lui Kangs fireball (forward forward punch) with no luck. Great work though; pretty epic to see this on real hardware after all these years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Way better than the gamegear version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 @Rick Dangerous Your screen looks great. Is it modded? If so, BennVenn or McWill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 McWill Have had it for 3-4 (?) years now and really enjoy it. Great looking screen i hope it works for a loooong time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 My Lynx appears to be shot. So onto OpenEMU on the iMac. Selecting SubZero picks Scorpion. Does this happen on a real Lynx or is this an emulation issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laoo Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 5 hours ago, Lynxpro said: Selecting SubZero picks Scorpion. Does this happen on a real Lynx or is this an emulation issue? Yeah. It's by design in party version. Selection part permits you to select any character, but only few characters have assets (due to memory constraints). In such case Scorpion is selected by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 12/23/2019 at 8:36 AM, LordKraken said: Yes and no. I wasnt planning to have comlynx first so the only blocker was the potential IP infringement... this is almost solved but yes kow Id like to have comlynx in. I was blocked for a while with too many lost packet but now i know what i did wrong, so i have hope for this year Would it be possible to instead to use a WiModem to allow Lynx two player action without resorting to the comLynx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Blown away by how good this looks. Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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