PikoInteractive Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I have not made an official announcement on our website. But last year in Oct, we closed a deal with Atari SA to purchase the rights of about 60 game IPs. These new titles added an influx of games we can/want to port to Jaguar. At the time, we were looking for someone to take on our Jaguar Releases so we could concentrate on monetize these games digitally as soon as possible. Unfortunately we couldn't find anyone that would be the right partner. The reason I needed some other company/team to take on the releases is because so far, we've been doing the Jaguar releases by hand. Man, it is a lot of work compared to other platforms which we pretty much get the PCBs fully assembled with the games loaded. Our fulfilling times were longer for Jaguar, as every PCB was soldered and tested by hand, and on top of that, we needed to program and solder 2 Flash eeproms on the PCB, almost doubling our assembling time. This added extra pressure that resulted in a bit of drop on quality on our second release. However, since we couldn't find anyone to take on the Jaguar projects, I found my self forced to keep on doing them ourselves. But I just will not do them by hand. So yesterday we sent some publicly available documentation to a trusted factory so they can start making a new Jaguar PCB which would come pre assembled and pre programmed. At the same time, this week we will dispatch a Cart sample so a new tooling for a cart is made and we can get the pcbs already in a cart, ready for packaging and shipping. This will lead to Jaguar released (hopefully!) to be done in pairs, so (hopefully) there will be 2 releases in 2018 of a total of 4 games. As I mentioned on previous announcements, our pricing will not pass the 54.99 mark for a complete in box game. However, we are planning a separate venture called Replay Pass that would allow paid members to get our games, general retro gaming products and other benefits at up to 50% off the MSRP. Replay Pass would be a separate announcements so there would be details later. As Always, we want to bring the highest products possible at the lowest possible cost for our consumers. Thanks for your support on previous releases and I hope we can serve you all in the best possible way in 2018! Happy New Year! 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Sounds interesting. I look forward to hearing more on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Agree. Sounds interesting. Look forward to future announcements. Will the Replay pass be an annual subscription of sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Put me on the pre-order list for all 60 please. Let me know when you need that $3,299.40 sent over your way. Edited January 2, 2018 by travistouchdown 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikoInteractive Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Put me on the pre-order list for all 60 please. Let me know when you need that $3,299.40 sent over your way. Can we find 250 clones of you? lol! Unfortunately just part of those 60 would be considered for Jaguar ports. But still good stuff. In regards of replay pass, yes is a yearly membership, but we want to offer more stuff besides our games. So working with console and retro products distributors etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmbe Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Can't wait to see what titles will be appearing on the Jaguar in 2018. Congratulations on your acquisition. Looks like exciting times ahead for Piko Interactive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagCD Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 You guys are amazing. The Piko releaases for Genesis and SuperNintendo has been pretty epic, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Put me on the pre-order list for all 60 please. Let me know when you need that $3,299.40 sent over your way. I actually cracked out laughing out loud =D Thanks for that... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 This sounds great. I look forward to hearing more. One question - did you buy the IP outright from Atari or are these just certain/specific use licenses? Always curious to know where IP is going like with BattleZone now under Rebellion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Really cool! Looking forward to what you bring for the big cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikoInteractive Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) This sounds great. I look forward to hearing more. One question - did you buy the IP outright from Atari or are these just certain/specific use licenses? Always curious to know where IP is going like with BattleZone now under Rebellion. Out right! I don't like handling licensing anymore. So starting 2015 and on we just did full buy out =D. Btw, there should be more info here: http://pikointeractive.com/blog/ Edited January 2, 2018 by PikoInteractive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hopefully the cart edges will be beveled correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDork3000 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Please release something that's actually fun to play and not just a collectors piece 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladR Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 The titles included in this new catalog have mainly original IPs from the following developers: Infogrames Ocean Software Legend Entertainment Beam Software Accolade Hasbro Interactive GT Interactive Microprose/Spectrum Holobyte Damn, that's some pretty exciting news! Congratulations ! I understand you don't want to just shout out all the IPs acquired, just yet. Have you guys considered the option of sublicensing certain specific game to a third-party developer for a specific platform/release ? Out of 60 games, there's gotta be some racing games there I could use with my 3D engine Coupled with sharing the factory for pre-assembled PCBs with the developer (effectively, double-tapping), this just might make business sense for you, at minimal effort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Out of 60 games, there's gotta be some racing games there I could use with my 3D engine You'd have to figure he'd probably want them finished, though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Ooooooooh, Accolade. Maybe the Jaguar will get a Baseball game yet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Ooooooooh, Accolade. Maybe the Jaguar will get a Baseball game yet! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredifredo Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hardball please 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) By the time the Jag still doesn't have any Operation Wolf like nor any Bomberman... Ocean is listed so there is a hope but that's dead again for Bomberman... Edited January 6, 2018 by Felyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sargon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hardball please As much as I would love to see a baseball game on the Jaguar, the original Hardball looks really rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 As much as I would love to see a baseball game on the Jaguar, the original Hardball looks really rough. Yeah, with some exceptions, old sports games generally do not age very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapicco Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 An RBI baseball game like the original NeS one with better graphics but similar game play would be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) So.. Where time stood still North and South Advantage Tennis Lost patrol And of course.. Epic Edited January 7, 2018 by Christos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 An RBI baseball game like the original NeS one with better graphics but similar game play would be fun. Not sure how well this has held up, but RBI 2 for the ST looks like it might be fun: Not sure if the ST ever received aka Bo Jackson Baseball - but that's a good game on the Amiga. Then there's and , but... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sd32 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Damn, that's some pretty exciting news! Congratulations ! I understand you don't want to just shout out all the IPs acquired, just yet. Have you guys considered the option of sublicensing certain specific game to a third-party developer for a specific platform/release ? Out of 60 games, there's gotta be some racing games there I could use with my 3D engine Coupled with sharing the factory for pre-assembled PCBs with the developer (effectively, double-tapping), this just might make business sense for you, at minimal effort Well, MicroProse is on the list, so maybe this would make a good candidate?: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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