A CIB release isn’t going to happen unless all coders agree to it 🙂
There isn’t room on the rom for any improvements to the code…and I think some of the coders would rather work on their projects a bit more before a public release.
They would still have to do something about it. Capcom would have to protect their trademark/copyright. Even thou the code wasn’t copied. The graphics and sound are protected under audiovisual work.
By allowing anyone to sell street fighter as a clone on any console without being licensed, they aren’t defending their copyright. By not defending their copyright they have less legal standing in future copyright infringement cases and could eventually lose their copyright.
Capcom might be fine or even happy if fans flock to a small demo on a system like the virtual boy. It shows how much their fans love the street fighter series and they want to support that. But, when a website or a post is made to sell a full game that violates Capcom’s trademark/copyright mark. A line has been crossed and they must take legal action.
Some people might think that Capcom wouldn’t care for such a small following the virtual boy has. You would be incorrect. For a more recent precedent you could look for further then ‘princess rescue’. For those of you that don’t know..a programmer was able to create a Super Mario clone for the Atari 2600.
Nintendo’s legal team got involved and you can’t purchase this game on-line anymore. Why ? Nintendo had to protect their Mario trademark/copyright, or risk losing it.
That is why Richard/tusk and I decided against making and selling the game early on. None of us do this as a living..it’s just a hobby to help support the community. We can’t afford legal troubles.
Now it seems as thou someone HAS made some games to give to friends so people can actually enjoy the game on hardware. There are prob 4 or 5 on this site that have the hardware ability to do it..and lord knows how many that don’t post often and aren’t on this site. It is nice that this game can actually get played on hardware after so much work was put into it. But, I can’t picture this game getting made in any large quantities or being sold online (maybe 1 will pop up on ebay after a few years..who knows).
I think having the coders get a certain % or dollar amount from the games sold would be an easier way to fund projects…just a way to say think you to the coders for their time….
Have you given any more thought to a midi converter ? or converters from other audio formats ?
It seems (not sure) that your engine will be for composers that are programers working on virtual boy games 🙂
That’s a specific set a criteria needed. If there was a converter for another audio format…programmers could get midi’s or wavs online, use your music tools to get rid of pops and static (from the source) and add it to their games.
But, i’m not a coder..so I might have misread the whole idea 🙂
