[Clownacy]

That's why my hack has a screen on bootup warning about this shit...

[.Luke]

This guy selling reproductions doesn't sound much better than the average bootlegger from Asia trying to make a few extra bucks. Unless it came with a case, manual, and maybe some fold out precaution pamphlet written in three different languages for laughs, you might as well just sink in the cash and get a flash cart.

Even the best romhacks aren't exactly in a complete state anyway, like Megamix. The reproduction would become irrelevant come the next release. No way I'd ever waste money on an unfinished game.

Tanks, on 07 August 2014 - 08:24 AM, said:

I mean... We all know ROM hacking is in this gray area all to its own. The fact companies haven't put the hammer to us more often than usual is surprising. Like what Black Squirrel's been saying, there's no means to enforce and protect hours of work that ultimately is content based on properties other than your own creation. I think the only game that could get away with it would be Sonic Megamix, due to the fact that its undergone so much editing that it hardly even resembles the code it was originally based on, but that would need heavy graphical editing alone just to get rid of the Sonic references.

From what I read years back on Sonic Retro, it still wouldn't matter if the ASM used official spec sheets of the CPU and other hardware as a reference, which wasn't made open for public use. (Still copyrighted?) I'm not sure what this means for original Mega Drive games being sold and produced these days, unless they're using all their own libraries and drivers from scratch.

[flamewing]

You can get better selections by looking at other sites, there are many people that do this sort of thing.

For example: http://www.snkcollec...!megadrive/cjqc has Metal Sonic Hyperdrive, {Amy,Knuckles,Mighty,Sally Acorn,Shadow} in Sonic 1, S Factor, Megamix, Sonic 2 Lost Worlds and Classic Heroes... all at €36 a pop.

I bet you can find other hacks in other sites if you look hard enough.

[N!NJA]

flamewing, on 07 August 2014 - 11:09 AM, said:

You can get better selections by looking at other sites, there are many people that do this sort of thing.

For example: http://www.snkcollec...!megadrive/cjqc has Metal Sonic Hyperdrive, {Amy,Knuckles,Mighty,Sally Acorn,Shadow} in Sonic 1, S Factor, Megamix, Sonic 2 Lost Worlds and Classic Heroes... all at €36 a pop.

I bet you can find other hacks in other sites if you look hard enough.

Those appear much better, I noticed a different version of the Sonic Megamix pirate on there too.

http://static.wixsta...3fcbfbf0d2d.jpg

Could one of the wiki editor's add this?


Offtopic, Noticed a few things missing from the Wiki such as high res scans of carts/coverts etc or simply missing altogether I.e Korean versions of Sonic 2. I spoke to someone in Korea today who says there also might be a Korean version of Spinball which doesn't appear to be on the Wiki, He said it's been sold but I did ask if he could possibly give photos or scans if possible. He also sold me a version of Sonic Classics and Sonic 3 and Dr Robotnik's Mean bean Machine so I can also scan these once I get them from him. Still offtopic but I have a mint version of the Asian Sonic 3 in the post so can scan this too as the Wiki scans torn up on the edges.

[MathUser]

The best thing about these repros is that they've been tested by someone to confirm they work already. All you have to do is buy them and not waste chips burning games and trying them and seeing if they crash. I do think that the label art should reflect what version the hacks are though. This would come in handy later for people if major revisions come out.

I always wanted to see my hacks repro'd. So far the only one I think that would be close is Super Mario Adventures. I had someone ask me to make repros but I think he mistook it for Super Mario Adventure.

[Aerosol]

Nova, on 07 August 2014 - 06:55 AM, said:

muteKi, on 07 August 2014 - 02:08 AM, said:

TimmiT, on 07 August 2014 - 02:00 AM, said:

JaxTH, on 07 August 2014 - 01:52 AM, said:

It's called having a flashcart.

This. Just get one of those instead of paying people who are profiting from the work of others without permission if you really want to play hacks on your actual Mega Drive/Genesis.

well don't ignore the fact that making a repro cart is work itself, it's not like selling rom downloads of robotnik's revenge or whatever

I'm confused, are you justifying their work?

No he isn't. He's just pointing out that it's not as simple as selling other people's work.

[doc eggfan]

I'm just offended that none of my works have been repro-ed

[Flygon]

doc eggfan, on 08 August 2014 - 02:52 AM, said:

I'm just offended that none of my works have been repro-ed

As am I!

Spoiler

Though, Sonic 2 and a Half crashes on-boot in hardware, and once managed to BSOD a computer via emulator.

[E-122-Psi]

I'm flattered so many of my hacks have gotten used (wished they'd used different box art though, why SA styled art for characters that have perfectly fitting classic art?).

[Overlord]

doc eggfan, on 08 August 2014 - 02:52 AM, said:

I'm just offended that none of my works have been repro-ed

I know, right? =P

(God knows if my crappy ROM hack would even boot on HW)

[Jen]

Mine would probably blind anyone that tried to play it to be honest, it's got some absolutely horrific colour palettes going on, I literally have no idea what past me was even thinking (we're going back about 12 years here) =P Although someone did a Youtube video of it last year for some bizarre reason (I wish the hack would die, but it's literally everywhere on Google).

If I'd ever produced a ROM hack that was anywhere near good enough to get a repro made of it, I think I'd be in two minds about the whole thing. I mean, it's cool that someone likes your work enough to go to all that effort - but not so cool because they don't love you enough to credit you for it I guess.

[Trunks]

Black Squirrel, on 07 August 2014 - 07:12 AM, said:

When you put something on the internet, it becomes public domain.

You don't have any idea what you're talking about. If that were true, every single song, video, and picture on the internet would be free to use.

Go get familiar with copyright law.

[Flygon]

Trunks, on 12 August 2014 - 01:10 AM, said:

Black Squirrel, on 07 August 2014 - 07:12 AM, said:

When you put something on the internet, it becomes public domain.

You don't have any idea what you're talking about. If that were true, every single song, video, and picture on the internet would be free to use.

Go get familiar with copyright law.

He wasn't being literal, dude. It's a common method of saying "Anything you make and upload to the internet, is now completely out of your control. Whether you want to control it or not".