MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin

> > Never heard of it. It appears to be a group of people stupid enough to break a
> > Nintendo copyright on the internet and then give them a full month countdown clock
> to
> > have it taken down by their lawyers so it can never be released and their efforts
> be
> > wasted. But I can't be bothered to read it.
>
> Yeah, I've never really understood people doing this sort of thing myself.
>
> "Hey Steve."
> "Yeah Jon?"
> "We've got a bunch of capable programmers, artists, and sound guys. What should we
> do?"
> "That's a tough one, Jon. We could make a pretty good indie game, right?"
> "Are you serious, Steve?"
> "Haha, fuck no, of course not, let's make something we can't get paid for, which we
> won't be able to release on any major non-PC platforms or storefronts, which could be
> taken down at a moment's notice with one cease and desist, and which uses characters,
> environments, settings, and an entire in-game universe that was made by another
> company."
> "Fuck yeah, Steve, now you're talking my language! Let's do another line and get
> fucking started!"

They could always change all the graphics and release it as Project Meteoroid: SCamus' Adventure.

Really though. They should've just released it without any countdown. Like Smitty said, they're just opening themselves up to a takedown notice.