> > > > Wow. I'm the bad guy now? I didn't "disappear" to anywhere. Piss and moan? That's > how > > you see this? Everyone (literally, 2 people) were involved, Me and Aaron Giles. > There > > is no excuse for this to have been leaked. > > > > Yes, you are the bad guy. > > You're acting like you own the exclusive rights to a game you've ended up with a > board of. > > I've been doing commercial emulation work for people for a good few years now, and > you know one of the absolute worse things? When people like you hold boards for > ransom, even at times keeping them away from the true rights holders. > > There have been a number of releases people I've worked with would have liked to > make, and could even acquire proper licenses for, but situations like this cropped > up, where the one person known to have a board wouldn't cooperate, or wanted an > extortionate amount of money for what, if we're honest, is providing access back to > what was stolen property from back in the day. I could even point out how one such > game that leaked against the will of somebody like you, and for which they kicked off > because they no longer had exclusive access to it, is now an officially licensed part > of many Atari compilations. > > There are even a couple of NeoGeo prototypes that companies contacting me have had > permission to reissue on compilations, but the only known cart owners have asked > house prices for access to the ROM so nothing has happened. The same cart owners who, > in public claim they can't possibly share what they have due to copyright concerns. > > Even for this game, as it happens, you're not the only one to have the board / or > have dumped it. Somebody else dumped it, but their program ROMs had bitrot and the > PCB would not boot. Thankfully Aaron had previously uploaded your dump, so it was > possible to supply them with the fixed ROMs. They requested anonymity to avoid the > kind of shitstorm people such as yourself would kick up, but were likely going to > share their dump at some time in the near future anyway. > > Almost nothing is a "one-off" People were dumpster diving even back in the day, > unwanted PCBs that were sent off for recycling often were not. Nothing you have is > THAT special, it's just a case of how long you're going to keep inconveniencing > others for. While I will respect the wishes of people who wish to play this silly > little game myself, it is nothing but that. (and if I were to get hit by a bus > tomorrow, anything I am honouring such wishes over would probably just end up > everywhere as it ends up entirely out of my control - unfortunately this probably > means quite a few people would now like to see me hit by a bus) > > The project has matured in many ways over the years, but sadly for some people > outside of that it's still all about them, rather than the greater cause of ensuring > we carry forward what we can for the good of all.
Hear, hear!
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