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Aklaim goes under, so buy some gaming history!!!

smcd

Active member
Buy up a series (bust a move anyone? but it's already very high priced) and release it public domain? ;)
 

Miretank

Lurking
About the rights of other softhouses, well, I think the owner of title will need to try a deal with the right's owner. If not, they'll need to battle in the court to solve the problem =\

True, Aklaim had good games, such Extreme-G, Turok and that Ecco the Dolphin. I hope any good softhouse grab some of these great titles and make new games =)
 

WhiteX

New member
We could get Ecco and make a Johnny Walker version of it with all of us naked jumping out from the sea...did i said that out loud?

@ Jaz: dude why don´t you make a new avatar with the real thing now!
 

Miretank

Lurking
We could get Ecco and make a Johnny Walker version of it with all of us naked jumping out from the sea...did i said that out loud?
sheeeesh, don't give ideas! don't want to see you naked! :p only if we have some women members around! :icecream:
 

Jaz

Ex-Mod
I was thinking a little more seriously about this last night.

If we did happen to bid and win one of these games, I presume we then "own" the rights and therefore the royalties for that particular title/series?

I was listening to a podcast last night about the Xbox Live Arcade on the 360. It was an interview with a guy who was one of the managers behind the Arcade, and he said that part of his job was to send/receive emails from publishers who fancy putting their retro titles onto the arcade, presumably for a price. As an example, games like Smash TV and Joust are on there at the moment to download.

And it got me thinking.

Are there any really retro titles on that Acclaim list that have the potential to work on the Xbox Live Arcade?

I think we should do some research - this could be a great oppertunity.
 

Jaz

Ex-Mod
blizz said:
You should check what rights you're actually buying.

For sure.

But if all is well and good, is anyone actually interested in the Xbox Arcade idea?
 

MasterPhW

Master of the Emulation Flame
Jaz said:
For sure.

But if all is well and good, is anyone actually interested in the Xbox Arcade idea?
Yeah, but not only the xbox live idea, you could do a lot more, with the rights of these titles, because if you're the official publsiher you also should get the sources of the old games...
Interested in a new port of bubble bobble/bust a move for the n64?
A mass bid would be a funny idea...
 

Jaz

Ex-Mod
MasterPhW said:
Yeah, but not only the xbox live idea, you could do a lot more, with the rights of these titles, because if you're the official publsiher you also should get the sources of the old games. A mass bid would be a funny idea...

OK, well if we're all in, lets make some serious enquiries about this. The first problem that (some of us) have is the location.

The files associated with the above games may be inspected On Monday, December 19 & Tuesday, December 20, 2005 between the hours of 10:00 am & 5:00 pm at:

South Shore Records
3067 New Street
Oceanside, NY 11572

We need to contact them to see what it is exactly we're bidding on.

But I can't see any email addresses on there, only a telephone number.

Please call Bob @ 516-349-7022 to make an appointment.

So we're going to need someone in the US to do this.

Anyone?
 

Jaz

Ex-Mod
Also, I just noticed that the page was updated to include this:

The minimum initial bid on a title is $5,000.00.

This might be a tad out of our price-range, depending on how many people we get interested.
 

MasterPhW

Master of the Emulation Flame
Jaz said:
Also, I just noticed that the page was updated to include this:

The minimum initial bid on a title is $5,000.00.

This might be a tad out of our price-range, depending on how many people we get interested.
Oohh... Yeah you're right, I don't have 5000 bucks here...
That's really bad... sad... :(
 

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