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?
I am, of course, obligated to celebrate Screamer, as both part of Plaion's (very slow and confusing) redemption arc, but also because it signifies that people are beginning to chip away at that rights squatting Interplay finally. (Though that actual chipping started in 2022 and I just didn't notice. Whoops.)
An extra note on Pac-Man, according to Harada the game is designed by former members of SNK and Capcom's Flagship. Specifically having the main designer of Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. So that's... Fascinating. Someone tell AntDude
So THAT'S why the Keighly's are such a slip shot mess. He's just copying that one time he got to work with Leslie Nielsen. You know, it almost makes the Keighly's beautifully tragic in a way. Almost.
@KitsuneNight boy, if you reading this article you know damn well Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear ain't got ***** on Dragon Slayer's 50 game across 8 generations timeline
@Sketcz I am not press. I'm an autistic and possibly schizophrenic walrus on the internet, but I'll reach out and see if they offer me any assistance. Or a restraining order.
@Sketcz This is the first time my insanity has been encouraged by an authority figure. The last acknowledgement was by NF Magazine editor Lucas Thomas. Who thought I was dedicated, but insane.
Said the man with 5 children.
This is the first I've heard of Mr. Redon specifically. Do you have contact information for him?
It's not a question of if, but when. Croc is such a complicated foot note of a character in the history of PlayStation that the fact the effort was put in legally to mention him at all means SOMETHING is coming down the line for Astro that includes him and, unfortunately, the French
@TheRealMW Thank you, based Gato. I follow Embracer for THQNordic and Freemode, so all the Eurojank Deep Silver and PC only stuff just gets lost in the mist for me.
It's nice that SOME good news came out of today. The announcement that they had given there most profitable branch to Tencent still burns.
Interesting they're not using the "Aeroboto" branding at all. Guess they don't consider it worth the extra coordination since the IP was never really much more than a blip outside Jaleco's homeland.
There's a BUTT load more leaks on here actually... wow they did a terrible job checking this
Amplifier has something called Project Expeditions to announce; Arc has a contract job "Fellowship" (probalby more Rings crap). There's this Tides of Tomorrow that's labeled as "Deep Silver/PLAION" which I have no idea what that means.
BUBSY is on this list. Normally LRG is not included at all on these lists because "there's just so much", but skipping ahead it seems one was added this year as they ramp up actual carbon engine development, but Bubsy is not in that section! He's in the "External publisher" section with the Amazon Tomb Raider (and Squirreled Away which is owned by Amplifier but not published by anyone internally? Even though Amplifier doesn't own the studio on this one. And Atari Part 2: Ziggurat's Rendering Ranger R² [Rewind]. Which tells me Wade is NEVER trusting Josh as a distributor ever again, and that is soothing to my soul.
Good that Prime Matter's still a thing. That's good. They're the good part of Plaion
The bad news is Painkiller's off the board. Meaning it was most likely quitely canceled in the divorce from Saber... And we still have no idea what "Final Form" is other than it's co-owned by Prime Matter
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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
Re: Round Up: Virtua Fighter, Onimusha, Okami, Ninja Gaiden... The Game Awards 2024 Was A Good Night For Classic Gaming Fans
I am, of course, obligated to celebrate Screamer, as both part of Plaion's (very slow and confusing) redemption arc, but also because it signifies that people are beginning to chip away at that rights squatting Interplay finally. (Though that actual chipping started in 2022 and I just didn't notice. Whoops.)
An extra note on Pac-Man, according to Harada the game is designed by former members of SNK and Capcom's Flagship. Specifically having the main designer of Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. So that's... Fascinating. Someone tell AntDude
Re: Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii Will Mark The Home Debut Of This Sega Light Gun Coin-Op
I think is funny that Yakuza has morphed into Saints Row featuring Sega Museum.
Re: Flashback: Before The Game Awards, There Was Cybermania '94
So THAT'S why the Keighly's are such a slip shot mess. He's just copying that one time he got to work with Leslie Nielsen. You know, it almost makes the Keighly's beautifully tragic in a way. Almost.
Re: Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 2 Is Out This Week On Nintendo Switch
@KitsuneNight boy, if you reading this article you know damn well Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear ain't got ***** on Dragon Slayer's 50 game across 8 generations timeline
Re: Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 2 Is Out This Week On Nintendo Switch
The origin point of the most convoluted series in gaming
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
@Sketcz I am not press. I'm an autistic and possibly schizophrenic walrus on the internet, but I'll reach out and see if they offer me any assistance. Or a restraining order.
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
@Sketcz This is the first time my insanity has been encouraged by an authority figure. The last acknowledgement was by NF Magazine editor Lucas Thomas. Who thought I was dedicated, but insane.
Said the man with 5 children.
This is the first I've heard of Mr. Redon specifically. Do you have contact information for him?
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
@Daniel36 Atari and Piko do NOT make it easy. Neither does the complete lack of Phonician alphabet coverage of a majority of Japanese arcade games
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
@Daniel36 well someone's gotta keep track. And it's not every game ever.
Indies don't count
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
@Daniel36 Stare into the mouth of madness and see in its gaping abyss that the madness stares back at you, while also pointing out Capcom is actually REALLY small compared to even some Adv-A publishers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHp_wqa1tNWa8DpeRRH-KGp3rSU4fmYLtIr86Z7f7og/edit?usp=drivesdk
Re: Linda Cube Rights Transfer Reignites Hopes That The Cult Classic RPG Could Get A Remaster
Note to self: remove Linda from Kadokawa/ASCII section of spreadsheet
Re: Evercade And SNK Are Joining Forces To Celebrate "The Artistry And Legacy Of Neo Geo"
They don't have a Neo Geo emulator already?
Re: Argonaut "Can't Comment" On The Chances Of Croc Joining PS5 Hit Astro Bot
It's not a question of if, but when. Croc is such a complicated foot note of a character in the history of PlayStation that the fact the effort was put in legally to mention him at all means SOMETHING is coming down the line for Astro that includes him and, unfortunately, the French
Re: "The Most Mysterious Game On The Internet" Has Been Found
Who owns NEC Interchannel's IP now anyway?
Re: Atari Is Releasing A New 7800+ Port Of The Miner 2049er Sequel 'Bounty Bob Strikes Back!'
I thought this was announced a while ago...
Re: Embracer Group Interim Report Leaks 'FZ: Formation Z' Western Release Plans
@TheRealMW Thank you, based Gato. I follow Embracer for THQNordic and Freemode, so all the Eurojank Deep Silver and PC only stuff just gets lost in the mist for me.
Re: Embracer Group Interim Report Leaks 'FZ: Formation Z' Western Release Plans
It's nice that SOME good news came out of today. The announcement that they had given there most profitable branch to Tencent still burns.
Interesting they're not using the "Aeroboto" branding at all. Guess they don't consider it worth the extra coordination since the IP was never really much more than a blip outside Jaleco's homeland.
There's a BUTT load more leaks on here actually... wow they did a terrible job checking this
Amplifier has something called Project Expeditions to announce; Arc has a contract job "Fellowship" (probalby more Rings crap). There's this Tides of Tomorrow that's labeled as "Deep Silver/PLAION" which I have no idea what that means.
BUBSY is on this list. Normally LRG is not included at all on these lists because "there's just so much", but skipping ahead it seems one was added this year as they ramp up actual carbon engine development, but Bubsy is not in that section! He's in the "External publisher" section with the Amazon Tomb Raider (and Squirreled Away which is owned by Amplifier but not published by anyone internally? Even though Amplifier doesn't own the studio on this one. And Atari Part 2: Ziggurat's Rendering Ranger R² [Rewind]. Which tells me Wade is NEVER trusting Josh as a distributor ever again, and that is soothing to my soul.
Good that Prime Matter's still a thing. That's good. They're the good part of Plaion
The bad news is Painkiller's off the board. Meaning it was most likely quitely canceled in the divorce from Saber... And we still have no idea what "Final Form" is other than it's co-owned by Prime Matter
Re: Check Out These Awesome Street Fighter Soccer-Style Jerseys
Wait, I thought British sites weren't allowed to use the word Soccer under penaty of death?
Re: "We Need To Sell At Least 75" - Nuon Game 'Ring Flyer' Needs Your Help To Make It "Worthwhile"
@slider1983 I mean the goal being THAT low and they still can't hit it