Subject: Re: [stella] Perfect BIN copy protection From: Manuel Polik <cybergoth@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 00:40:58 +0100 |
Hi Chad! >One problem I see is the lack of advertising. I personally didn't see a >lot of press about these games outside of the Stella list, which isn't read >by much of the classic gaming community at large. Compare this to say Qb, >which had a lot of advertising in rgvc and sold well. See, that's a point where we're almost thinking in the same lines. And I can assure you, that I spent way more of my time/energy for changing that, than for any _thoughts_ (How often shall I say that?) I spent about this'n'that protection. >See above out the timing of Jammed. And if you're really looking for just >for $5.00 commission, why not use the Cuttle Cart to your advantage and >just sell the ROM for $5.00, kind of like shareware. Hm... people not wanting to spend 16$ for a real cartridge would spend 5$ for receiving _nothing_ instead? >>So be the Cuttle Cart the homebrew to end all other >>homebrews and Chad being the only one to get some $$ >>back for his (admittedly) hard work? >If that was my intention, I would simply give people a patch to allow them >to play Gunfight. I'm not working against you Manuel. I don't distribute >ROMs and I've never done anything to help people obtain or play your games. Thanks. >I personally do not like your policy. I think it's very silly to release >the ROM for play on emulators or for burning onto carts, but not for play >on the Cuttle Cart / Supercharger. If you want people to buy to play, use >the Ebivision model that you only sell the game and it's not freely >available to anyone. Singling out one sector shows a personal bias against >that sector (and those products) in my opinion. I think my wish that people wanting to play my game on real hardware should buy a real cartridge isn't that bad a policy. >I'm also very annoyed about Gunfight because I had been told by you that >you would remove the anti-Cuttle Cart code before releasing the ROM. Then >I start getting all these "Gunfight doesn't work" complaints. So much for >removing it eh? To quote myself on that particular message, I said: "The more I'm thinking about it, the more I think about fixing that code." Which actually is not quite the same as "I'm removing that code for sure." Apart from that, the BIN _was_ already released by then, even on Atari Age. So much about timing... >>Think Ebivision or other guys doing "homebrews". From >>Ebivison games you don't even see a screenshot, before >>you buy them... >True, but they also don't come to the public community for assistance in >developing and play testing their games. You are saying that I'm taking more from [Stella] than giving? Greetings, Manuel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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