Acclaim's few original IP (somewhere between 70 and 80 when I last counted them I believe) scattered to the winds, ending up mostly at Billionsoft along with Accolade, or at Throwback in Canada. Notably, Throwback has two Acclaim games on NSO: Extreme-G and Iggy's Wreckin BALLS.
I haven't heard any whispers of Throwback selling any part of their war chest, so I'm left to assume it's some or all of Billionsoft's section they got back, if anything.
Knowing the way these things work via precedent set by Atari and Piko it will be some time before we get any answers.
@slider1983 You just said the Crash game isn't real, therefore who's to say these ads were even made by Activision/Microsoft in the first place? Facebook doesn't exactly do background checks on ads.
I will still always be mad about never getting my Golf Story refund, and the pettiness. They had Clear River block me because I kept pointing out all the delays America has to put up with that Europe doesn't because they get sent from the main GOE hub like every other Embracer release from evey other company in the tree. It's only America that has to put up with the slip-slidding dates, despite the fact that Clear River does all the manufacturing AHEAD of pre-orders going live for BOTH regions.
I will go to bat for SuperDeluxe. They've proven to be less corrupt, more honest, and easier to work with than their American parent. Or even their European uncle that has taken on some of said American's bad habits: like kicking and ignoring anyone with any criticism of American company.
Achktucahally; Pang was never owned by Capcom. They were just international publishers. Pang was and still is owned by the Mirchell Corporation... or whatever holding company of it still exists on paper
@avcrypt Well yeah, that all makes sense. It's them admitting to it all is what threw me for a loop. I guess Freemode is okay them randomly delaying retail street dates in the Americas by 2 months to 2 years at a time with 0 warning ir explanation, but the second they start breaking NES' thats the bridge too far.
In all my research of obscure Japanese IP that only Hamster or City Connection would care about, i have found that there are more horny majong games than there are pictures of Sonic's feet.
I have stared into the void and seen the face of God. And he was weeping
I mean it makes sense. All the Bit Trip games are obstesebly Breakout but also a rhythm game. Even the Bubsy one, which by the way, I've been pointing this out on every other posting of this story but it's stupid yet on brand that the former Gaijan Entertainment would become the second AA Contract Studio (as I refuse to use any version of "indie" in anything related to a company as big as Atari) to work on two Atari IP in it's current form, but only in theost backwards amd legally retroactive way possible. The only one that could beat it would be THQNordic lending them back Black Forest to make Bentley Bear Goes to Nam
I wonder how it was decided that this would get a full translation while the two in Super Tecnos World would just be included there as straight "You figure it out" dumps
I wouldn't be surprised if Wade announced Atari Karts 2 this year... though that's probably suicide considering Mario Kart 10: The Death of Captain Falcon Again comes out this year
Given the five icons are for the series featured in the Power Surge promo, this may lend a distressing amount of credance to the theory that the games are for a Sega Streaming service, which, as has been illustrated by multiple film streamers over the past decade, is the exact OPPOSITE of Forever
@Rudjohns Okay, still not sure why Kid Chameleon isn't on the list, but I cannot find anything to say it isn't still at Sega so I've added it and those 2 Japan only ones I just straight up never heard of before have been added to the count; 558 (I reconsolidated the SMT and Sonic spin-offs)
@Rudjohns Aladdin refers to a series of Pachinko machines from the Sammy side, apparently. "...of Illusion" I have listed with an * but only because thats the one Disney series ive seen documentation that Sega owns original IP assests too. Tembo is owned by Gamefreak, but ill have to double check on the three you listed. i remember looking at Kid Chameleon but can't remember the exact reason why i skipped it.
@NatiaAdamo I try not add stuff that's directly based on outside licenses for the sake of avoiding feature creep. The only exceptions I've made are 1) Sports - Because of the legla precident set by EA and Piko (of all people) there is a clear delination of the rights ownership for the IP of the game vs. the players/league branding IN FAVOR of the game publisher.
2) Series that while tied to a pre-existing IP at first have characters and stories that have been proven they can stand completely seperate as a franchise divorced from those non-game origins; Super Robot Wars, Kingdom Hearts (in fact there are multiple Disney series that have been shown to have notable assests owned by publishers. That's why there's Disney Afternoon, Of Illusion, Tron is a bit of a chicken and the egg situation since there's conflicting reports on if the game was concieved first or the otherway around. Eitherway, there's MUCH more Tron game media than anything else).
Warner Bros' "LEGO" series is included with a giant * on it becasue it has both of these things going for it, though it is City and Dimensions doing the heavy lifting in that regard.
I don't have Toontown on here because it's a game that, one cannot be divorced from the source material in anyway, unlike the 3rd and 4th Gen games, and two Disney seems to have actually ABANDONED their hold on the trademark on some level; casue there's no way Toontown Resurrected would be allowed to exist if they still had some level of control over it.
Has anyone order LRG's Sega stuff specifically? What's the gap between orders and actual receivable product? Are they better or worse than when you get an LRG "numbered" release?
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Re: Namco's 45th Anniversary Plans For Pac-Man Include Games, Accessories, Live Events, & More
I can feel the pain Jack had when having to type Soccer.
It amuses me greatly
Re: Random: This Teacher Challenged His Students To Hook Up An NES To An Old TV
Well that's a much needed reassurance that The System isn't failing ALL the children. Just most of them.
Re: "Might Be Time To Go Back To A Corporate Job" - Trump's Tariffs Come Into Effect
@ElkinFencer10 That sentence with that profile pic os a riller coaster from start to finish
Re: "Might Be Time To Go Back To A Corporate Job" - Trump's Tariffs Come Into Effect
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Re: More Than 20 Years Later, Acclaim Is Back From The Dead, And WWE Legend Jeff Jarrett Is Involved
Acclaim's few original IP (somewhere between 70 and 80 when I last counted them I believe) scattered to the winds, ending up mostly at Billionsoft along with Accolade, or at Throwback in Canada. Notably, Throwback has two Acclaim games on NSO: Extreme-G and Iggy's Wreckin BALLS.
I haven't heard any whispers of Throwback selling any part of their war chest, so I'm left to assume it's some or all of Billionsoft's section they got back, if anything.
Knowing the way these things work via precedent set by Atari and Piko it will be some time before we get any answers.
Before the demons will let me sleep again.
same as it ever was
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
@slider1983 You just said the Crash game isn't real, therefore who's to say these ads were even made by Activision/Microsoft in the first place? Facebook doesn't exactly do background checks on ads.
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
@slider1983 Well now I just have further questions. Namely, are we sure this is even actually Activision?
Re: Bandai Namco Is Launching A New Initiative To License Out IP Like Ridge Racer & Soul Calibur
Wait, I thought Kadokawa had full ownership of Elden and Dark Souls now?
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
There's a new Crash mobile game?
Re: Interview: "We’ve Certainly Made Mistakes" - Limited Run's Boss On Winning Back The Trust Of The Community
@Steel76 As great-granma used to say "Tales one to know one"
Re: Interview: "We’ve Certainly Made Mistakes" - Limited Run's Boss On Winning Back The Trust Of The Community
I will still always be mad about never getting my Golf Story refund, and the pettiness. They had Clear River block me because I kept pointing out all the delays America has to put up with that Europe doesn't because they get sent from the main GOE hub like every other Embracer release from evey other company in the tree. It's only America that has to put up with the slip-slidding dates, despite the fact that Clear River does all the manufacturing AHEAD of pre-orders going live for BOTH regions.
Re: Superdeluxe Is Giving Us Serious FOMO With These Castlevania Deluxe Editions
I will go to bat for SuperDeluxe. They've proven to be less corrupt, more honest, and easier to work with than their American parent. Or even their European uncle that has taken on some of said American's bad habits: like kicking and ignoring anyone with any criticism of American company.
Never meet your heroes kids.
Re: King Of Fighters '98 Is The First 'Arcade Archives 2 Neo Geo' Coming To PS5 & Xbox Series X|S
How many ways are there to buy 98 now? Is it more than Sonic 2?
Re: Capcom's SNES Shooter 'Super Pang' Is Getting An Unofficial Mega Drive Port
Achktucahally; Pang was never owned by Capcom. They were just international publishers. Pang was and still is owned by the Mirchell Corporation... or whatever holding company of it still exists on paper
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
@avcrypt Well yeah, that all makes sense. It's them admitting to it all is what threw me for a loop. I guess Freemode is okay them randomly delaying retail street dates in the Americas by 2 months to 2 years at a time with 0 warning ir explanation, but the second they start breaking NES' thats the bridge too far.
Re: Lewd N64-Powered 'Super Real Mahjong VS' Gets English-Language Patch
In all my research of obscure Japanese IP that only Hamster or City Connection would care about, i have found that there are more horny majong games than there are pictures of Sonic's feet.
I have stared into the void and seen the face of God. And he was weeping
Re: "This Cartridge Is A Tiny Time Bomb" - Limited Run Accused Of Selling Carts Which Can Damage Your NES
Really whats most surprising is LRG owning up to their mistakes
Re: Tiger-Heli And Drift Out Join The Polymega Collection
Visco working with someone other than Hamster? Now that's different
Re: Hands On: Quarter Arcades' BurgerTime Is Good Enough To Eat
Marvelous needs money
Re: 14 Percent Of North Americans Still Play Gaming Systems Released Before 2000
I'm concerned that the number of private, home fax machines is still in the 7 figure count
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta Trailer Leak Reveals Return Of Fan-Favourite 'Snake Vs Monkey' Mode
https://youtu.be/W13hGnYCAGw?si=W6U66zYVSeqLeEiB
Re: Atari Announces 'Breakout Beyond', A New Game From The Devs Behind The 'Bit.Trip' Series
I mean it makes sense. All the Bit Trip games are obstesebly Breakout but also a rhythm game. Even the Bubsy one, which by the way, I've been pointing this out on every other posting of this story but it's stupid yet on brand that the former Gaijan Entertainment would become the second AA Contract Studio (as I refuse to use any version of "indie" in anything related to a company as big as Atari) to work on two Atari IP in it's current form, but only in theost backwards amd legally retroactive way possible. The only one that could beat it would be THQNordic lending them back Black Forest to make Bentley Bear Goes to Nam
Re: Over 30 Years Later, The Famicom Board Game RPG 'Sugoro Quest' Is Finally Getting A Western Release
I wonder how it was decided that this would get a full translation while the two in Super Tecnos World would just be included there as straight "You figure it out" dumps
Re: Saucy Shmup Steam Heart's Is Coming To Modern Consoles, Along With The Equally Naughty Advanced Variable Geo
Tiddy all day every day
Re: What's Happening With Forever Entertainment's 'Panzer Dragoon II Zwei' Remake?
And these are the guys that got the contract to remake Donkey Kong Country 9 in the Unity engine
Re: Atari Jaguar Mario Kart Clone 'Atari Karts' Is Getting A New Limited-Edition Reprint
@KGRAMR From my experience with Atari 50 it's a game that NEEDS original hardware to make sense
Re: Atari Jaguar Mario Kart Clone 'Atari Karts' Is Getting A New Limited-Edition Reprint
I wouldn't be surprised if Wade announced Atari Karts 2 this year... though that's probably suicide considering Mario Kart 10: The Death of Captain Falcon Again comes out this year
Re: City Connection's Next 'Saturn Tribute' Title Will Be Announced This Week
I am the City Connection sycophant and even I'm confused how JALECO are doing more for Saturn reselling than Sega has ever attempted
Re: Sega's Retro Channel 'Sega Forever' Appears To Be Rising From The Dead
Given the five icons are for the series featured in the Power Surge promo, this may lend a distressing amount of credance to the theory that the games are for a Sega Streaming service, which, as has been illustrated by multiple film streamers over the past decade, is the exact OPPOSITE of Forever
Re: Random: Dreamcast's Ad Campaign Finally Comes True In 2025 – The Console Really Is "Thinking"
Well at least the singularity will like The Offspring
Re: Gimmick Is Getting A New Arranged Album, Featuring An All-Star Line Up
And its even on CD LIKE GOD INTENDED
Re: Become A Travelling Salesman In 'Merchant 64' - A Cozy N64-Inspired Adventure For PC
CAPITALISM, HO!
Re: Street Fighter, Resident Evil And Xenoblade Veterans Are Making A "Plunder Battle Game" For Cave
I didn't think Cave still published games. Didn't think they had a division...
Re: Namco's 1987 Title 'VS. Family Tennis' Is Heading To Arcade Archives This Week
The beginnings of Famista
Re: Capcom And Bandai Namco Are Joining Forces For This Massive Handheld
Another one, but at least it's a bigger variety?
Re: Retro Computer Museum Hit By "Devastating" Flood Damage
This is why we shouldn't have museums in Europe. We should move them all to the Desserts of Arizona
Re: IP Owners, Hamster Wants To Release Your Classic Games To "Future Generations"
Meanwhile, at the rotting corpses of Interplay and Majesco
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@Rudjohns Okay, still not sure why Kid Chameleon isn't on the list, but I cannot find anything to say it isn't still at Sega so I've added it and those 2 Japan only ones I just straight up never heard of before have been added to the count; 558 (I reconsolidated the SMT and Sonic spin-offs)
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@Rudjohns Aladdin refers to a series of Pachinko machines from the Sammy side, apparently. "...of Illusion" I have listed with an * but only because thats the one Disney series ive seen documentation that Sega owns original IP assests too. Tembo is owned by Gamefreak, but ill have to double check on the three you listed. i remember looking at Kid Chameleon but can't remember the exact reason why i skipped it.
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@avcrypt I do not know how to respond to positive encouragement
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@rtmreader To be fair, would you want to interact with Josh Fairhurst or Throwback more than you have too?
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@rtmreader D is a weird split case according to Limited Run apparently. Sega only owns 2
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
@NatiaAdamo I try not add stuff that's directly based on outside licenses for the sake of avoiding feature creep. The only exceptions I've made are
1) Sports - Because of the legla precident set by EA and Piko (of all people) there is a clear delination of the rights ownership for the IP of the game vs. the players/league branding IN FAVOR of the game publisher.
2) Series that while tied to a pre-existing IP at first have characters and stories that have been proven they can stand completely seperate as a franchise divorced from those non-game origins; Super Robot Wars, Kingdom Hearts (in fact there are multiple Disney series that have been shown to have notable assests owned by publishers. That's why there's Disney Afternoon, Of Illusion, Tron is a bit of a chicken and the egg situation since there's conflicting reports on if the game was concieved first or the otherway around. Eitherway, there's MUCH more Tron game media than anything else).
Warner Bros' "LEGO" series is included with a giant * on it becasue it has both of these things going for it, though it is City and Dimensions doing the heavy lifting in that regard.
I don't have Toontown on here because it's a game that, one cannot be divorced from the source material in anyway, unlike the 3rd and 4th Gen games, and two Disney seems to have actually ABANDONED their hold on the trademark on some level; casue there's no way Toontown Resurrected would be allowed to exist if they still had some level of control over it.
Re: Sega Admits It Doesn't Know How Many Games It Owns
Somewhere around 567 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHp_wqa1tNWa8DpeRRH-KGp3rSU4fmYLtIr86Z7f7og/edit?gid=639918701#gid=639918701
@avcrypt Let's compare
Re: The Star Wars Holiday Special Gets Its Own (Unofficial) Genesis / Mega Drive Game
My favorite thing about the Holiday Special is the more Star Wars Disney makes, the better thr special gets
Re: The Elusive Programming Genius Behind Final Fantasy And Secret Of Mana Breaks His Decades-Long Silence
He got ROYALTIES?!
Re: Four King Of Fighters Classics Are Getting Limited Editions Across PS4 And Switch
@firenze ...How do you tell an ongoing arc across multiple fighting games?
Re: Four King Of Fighters Classics Are Getting Limited Editions Across PS4 And Switch
What's the significance of 98 and 2002 again?
Re: Virtua Fighter 2 Is Getting A Physical Release On Xbox
Has anyone order LRG's Sega stuff specifically? What's the gap between orders and actual receivable product? Are they better or worse than when you get an LRG "numbered" release?
Re: Virtua Fighter, OutRun And Shenmue Creator Reveals His Next Game, Steel Paws
I await the Inin console port