Holy Cow!

SeGaFrEaK NL · Post by **SeGaFrEaK NL** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:31 am

We'll see but so far this is excellent news

Imerion · Post by **Imerion** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:11 am

Ill say a silent prayer that all this will go through. If it does, the Dreamcast will be more alive than in many years! Thanks for going through all this Dan!

goatdan · Post by **goatdan** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:08 am

[SNIP]

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:16 am

karsten wrote:i'm pessimistic. i guess as soon they really understand what could be going on they'll take their word back.

anyway i could be wrong

I'm sure that it's exactly like Dan described. The folks at Sega just want to be sure that their intellectual property isn't being stolen. As long as that condition is met, I don't see them giving anybody any grief. If they wanted to, they could have tried to give the GOAT store and Cryptic Allusion trouble over Feet of Fury. They didn't do that, did they?

Captain Skyhawk · Post by **Captain Skyhawk** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:34 pm

Whatever comes out, I highly appreciate the work you already have done Dan. It reminds me of the Bleemcast days where eventually Bleem tried just to get Bleem released (and on the market) rather than earning a big profit. Rand even kept us informed in those hard days for Bleem.

I got the same feeling here and it's great that you and the GOAT store stick there neck out for the Dreamcast community and keep us informing about it. It would be great if this happens, it also means a finally official stand from Sega about the active Dreamcast community.

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:45 am

Here's a few possible reasons for why homebrew coders will need their approval before releasing commercial games:

- Most people, when they see a commercial console game, automatically thinks that it was licensed, because they usually don't read the small letters in the box, the EULA, and stuff like that. So I think that Sega wants to check the games to be sure that the package and documentation was made properly.

- Also, there will still be people who will think that it is an official game, and if the game sucks or is plagued by bugs this could hurt Sega, because there will be people saying that Sega don't care about the quality of the games licensed for their systems.

- If Sega had just said that there's no problem with commercial homebrews and that they wouldn't get involved in this, some people would probably start making games with illegal or "grey area" content (example: BoR) and sell it, and then if someone tell them to stop they would say "you can't blame me, because Sega said that there's no problem". Something like this would make Sega/Sammy look very bad in the game industry, and it would give the impression that Sega doesn't care if people do illegal things with their consoles.

If Sega want to get some royalties from the homebrew games, I think that the best would be to do this on a percentage of the sales, nothing more. This is the only way that they could get something without increasing the financial risks for the developers and publishers.

In the end, if Sega puts this "approval system" to work, it will be the best thing that ever happened to the Dreamcast after the year 2000. And Sega will surely be remembered as one of the coolest game companies ever.

goatdan · Post by **goatdan** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:28 pm

[SNIP]

X525 · Post by **X525** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:47 pm

wow.. this is big news!!!
i cant wait to hear the outcome from this.. i pray its good.. everything u guys are doin is extremely appreciated

Mikey242 · Post by **Mikey242** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:52 pm

Fantastic news dan. I hope Sega dosent dissapoint us with this one.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:19 pm

Sweet. That's the first mega-long post that I've read in its entirety while still hanging on every word. Just let us know what's going on, and when/what news we can take outside DCEmu walls.

Grimlock · Post by **Grimlock** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:46 am

So...an update here? Any news?

goatdan · Post by **goatdan** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:59 am

[SNIP]

Grimlock · Post by **Grimlock** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:48 pm

So if all this works out, does that mean Tryptonite will finally come out?

mankrip · Post by **mankrip** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:45 am

DaMadFiddler wrote:Dan finally figured out how to do a hadouken that travels more than two inches.

I only got this joke right when I changed my avatar.

<(00<)bluepunk(> · Post by **<(00<)bluepunk(>** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:16 am

This is the best news i heard sense well all eternity Thanks Dan!

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:26 am

Grimlock wrote:So if all this works out, does that mean Tryptonite will finally come out?

Well, that depends on Tryptonite getting finished first

Grimlock · Post by **Grimlock** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:22 am

DaMadFiddler wrote:
Grimlock wrote:So if all this works out, does that mean Tryptonite will finally come out?
Well, that depends on Tryptonite getting finished first

True, but does this all mean it will get finished..soon?

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:42 pm

Grimlock wrote:True, but does this all mean it will get finished..soon?

This has nothing to do with Tryptonite's development.

Check The CAGames messageboard to see how development on Tryptonite is doing.

impetus · Post by **impetus** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:03 pm

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:27 pm

Dan requested that I lock this, so...

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