Moroboshi876

OK, but enough with the AT Games factor. The Mega Drive Mini development was pushed back precisely because Sega fired AT Games in order to handle the Mini itself. Let's see what they do before judging.

@MeloMan Same here. A year ago I wouldn't have believed it LOL

This story fascinates me and I come back from time to time to read it again, and I'm glad to say both DK and DK Jr. were released finally in Arcade Archives series.

But a single word about Ikegami or how did Hamster manage it has arisen up to now, which makes those releases mysterious. As @MeloMan said the agreement probably included a stalemate because of which not Nintendo nor Ikegami would further benefit from that ROM, but now it has changed. And maybe this clause never existed, so why didn't those 2 games get released until 37 years later?

Looks like I won't buy it then. I wasn't expecting Windjammers for the aforementioned problems -but still hope to see it on ACA Neo Geo, if Donkey Kong legal issues were solved this definitely can be done too-, but so many brawlers... I just don't want them. No variety, not for me.

I'll stick to ACA Neo purchases. And if the emulation, as the review says, is worse in options than in NES and SNES minis, we need to buy a mini-HDMI and there's only one controller (and tiny)... well, I'll pass on it.

I've always wanted to have a SG-1000, out of curiosity, although I know importing one is expensive, getting the games too and also I'd have to modify it to properly use it in a PAL TV.

I have a friend who preordered it and I was thinking about it myself before abandoning the idea for lack of money, but now I'm worried for my friend's money.

Despite being a failure, if I had the money I'd totally buy it, along with several games.

But we're talking about a lot of money, even more for complete games, and I'm not willing to spend it, so it will have to be if I win the lottery, in which case I'll buy a villa and have lots of space for my current systems along with a basement with arcade cabinets and a pool table. Then I'll be able to buy a 32X with games, and a Virtual Boy. And more Mega-CD games, because they're expensive too and I only got a handful back in 2009-10, when the peripheral and some games were still relatively cheap on eBay.

Look, guys, in this thread they discuss about the Donkey Kong 64 version of DK arcade. In short: as I recalled, it's not the actual rom, but a port with differences.

[url=http://donkeykongforum.com/index.php?topic=1475.0][/url]

So, the original Donkey Kong as it was has never been playable on any Nintendo console. And it must have to do with that settlement, but seems absurd if Ikegami Tsushinki doesn't even acknowledge their gaming history.

And if there isn't a "no Donkey Kong arcade" clause in that settlement, then I don't understand why it hasn't been re-released and why it's not one of the flagship games of this slowly releasing Arcade Archives line. It should be a best-seller.

@gaga64 Yes, I'm aware of that version, but I read somewhere that it also was a reverse engineering thing and not the original ROM. So if this is a matter of Nintendo not being legally able to use that ROM as it was, I think is kinda stupid at this point, and having reached an agreement with Ikegami so many years ago.

Anyway, if they were able to use that ROM it most certainly would be one of the games that are due to launch on the Arcade Archive series. And it's not.

I read about this story some time ago, and there is something I don't understand. If there was a settlement, which must have included permission to Nintendo to do whatever they wanted with DK, why is the original arcade Donkey Kong's ROM yet to be emulated on any system, especially the Switch, which has a list of previously-never -released-outside-the-arcade games under the Arcade Archives seal?

And if Ikegami Tsushinki doesn't even mention DK in their website, I understand it even less.