Would you purchase officially licensed and produced reproduction games

[DragonmasterDan]

Aren't these all Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree games?

I didn't follow the links because I know my crappy religious video games. 

Yes, but there have been other terrible unlicensed games that have received legal reproductions with consent/rights obtained from the IP holders. That was the case with a few other NES titles as well.

[esteban]

Aren't these all Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree games?

I didn't follow the links because I know my crappy religious video games. 

Yes, but there have been other terrible unlicensed games that have received legal reproductions with consent/rights obtained from the IP holders. That was the case with a few other NES titles as well.

I hear you

I'm all for legal repressings.

[Necromancer]

The games already released on PSN/VC or in reboots (like Dracula X Chronicles) would be good candidates for official re-releases, seeing as the legal legwork of determining who owns what has already been done.

[Gredler]

Thanks for making me not feel crazy for desiring the improbably and nearly impossible hahaha


This dream born of naivety will not die easily!

[Gypsy]

Official ones probably, it would depend greatly on the game and the price.

Regular old repros never. I may be on my high horse about this but I don't like people making money off of someone else's work without the legal means to do so.

[Black Tiger]

Official ones probably, it would depend greatly on the game and the price.

Regular old repros never. I may be on my high horse about this but I don't like people making money off of someone else's work without the legal means to do so.

What if you're only buying a nice looking cart/case/manual set using new original artwork? How is that different from someone profiting from an unofficial strategy guide or youtube gameplay videos?

If you pay someone to swap out the rom chips in a Japanese cart with an English translation, how is that different from taking your console, TV, or any other electronics device to a repair shop? Do you also refuse to buy used copies of games (your PCE collection would be pretty small otherwise)?

Don't forget how often 8 & 16-bit gen games used unauthorized art/story/misc properties that they didn't have the legal rights for. Snatcher is the ultimate blind fanboy production which absolutely does not take into consideration intellectual property rights whatsoever.

Game developers and publishers aren't saints and there's way too much gray area in profiting off of the work of others. Even if you never  buy used games and only download roms and plag on emulators, someone is profiting from the ads on those host sites. Just as posting in this forum takes part in creating profit for the unauthorized use of the PCE/PC-FX names, logos, artwork, etc.

[Desh]

I think it would be amazing if something like this ever happened and I totally would.  I think it would be best to change up the original artwork so one could easily distinguish between the original release (i.e. Nintendo's Classic Series in the early 90's).

This is certainly never likely to happen but, I would finally be able to own legit copies of games like Little Samson, Dynastic Hero, Beyond Shadowgate, Dungeon Explorer II etc.

Having different artwork and new releases would likely affect the value of originals to some extent but collectards will still always pay more to have the "original".

[DragonmasterDan]

Having different artwork and new releases would likely affect the value of originals to some extent but collectards will still always pay more to have the "original".

They'd be in the same category as "Greatest Hits", "Best of" or "Players Choice" copies of games.

[Gypsy]

Official ones probably, it would depend greatly on the game and the price.

Regular old repros never. I may be on my high horse about this but I don't like people making money off of someone else's work without the legal means to do so.

What if you're only buying a nice looking cart/case/manual set using new original artwork? How is that different from someone profiting from an unofficial strategy guide or youtube gameplay videos?

If you pay someone to swap out the rom chips in a Japanese cart with an English translation, how is that different from taking your console, TV, or any other electronics device to a repair shop? Do you also refuse to buy used copies of games (your PCE collection would be pretty small otherwise)?

Don't forget how often 8 & 16-bit gen games used unauthorized art/story/misc properties that they didn't have the legal rights for. Snatcher is the ultimate blind fanboy production which absolutely does not take into consideration intellectual property rights whatsoever.

Game developers and publishers aren't saints and there's way too much gray area in profiting off of the work of others. Even if you never  buy used games and only download roms and plag on emulators, someone is profiting from the ads on those host sites. Just as posting in this forum takes part in creating profit for the unauthorized use of the PCE/PC-FX names, logos, artwork, etc.

Straight off the deep end. I mean I guess I using broad speech but come on now...

I am well aware that the game industry (or Hollywood for that matter) aren't saints but I will not support repros. I get that there are people that will, and it's cool if they want to do that, I won't judge them it's just where I personally draw a line.

And I predominantly buy used games and I am painfully aware that there are people that put it akin to piracy.

[xelement5x]

I think it would be amazing if something like this ever happened and I totally would.  I think it would be best to change up the original artwork so one could easily distinguish between the original release (i.e. Nintendo's Classic Series in the early 90's).

This is certainly never likely to happen but, I would finally be able to own legit copies of games like Little Samson, Dynastic Hero, Beyond Shadowgate, Dungeon Explorer II etc.

Having different artwork and new releases would likely affect the value of originals to some extent but collectards will still always pay more to have the "original".

You know it's funny too, because from a collectible standpoint there are some Greatest Hits versions of games that actually have a smaller print run than the original version.

[Necromancer]

They'd be in the same category as "Greatest Hits", "Best of" or "Players Choice" copies of games.

I always thought those were stupid, akin to watermelon posterior editions.

[Gypsy]

I think it would be amazing if something like this ever happened and I totally would.  I think it would be best to change up the original artwork so one could easily distinguish between the original release (i.e. Nintendo's Classic Series in the early 90's).

This is certainly never likely to happen but, I would finally be able to own legit copies of games like Little Samson, Dynastic Hero, Beyond Shadowgate, Dungeon Explorer II etc.

Having different artwork and new releases would likely affect the value of originals to some extent but collectards will still always pay more to have the "original".

You know it's funny too, because from a collectible standpoint there are some Greatest Hits versions of games that actually have a smaller print run than the original version.

There are plenty of instances where they have added content or bug fixes too.

[Mathius]

Voted Yes. I've had this silly dream now for years.

[MrBroadway]

Voted Yes/doesn't matter, and Necromancer pretty much summed up my opinion on it.

[Dicer]

Voted Yes/doesn't matter, and Necromancer pretty much summed up my opinion on it.

Bingo...