454391 No.13657836
How much would it cost to buy the rights to an old obscure videogame? I was thinking if it would be profitable to just get a few games, give them full screen support and put them on steam.
fc3912 No.13657862
How much more effort would it be to type this shit into a search engine and then do it instead of looking for spoon-feeding here?
d416f4 No.13657872
Like Earthworm Jim? A lot I would say.
454391 No.13657936
>>13657872
No, something a bit more obscure like Captain Claw which doesn't even have a GOG or steam purchase link.
c6ab68 No.13657975
>>13657854
I will never tire of this meme
17acde No.13658028
>You will never be an eccentric millionaire who funds a new Karnov game and only makes 5000 bucks off of your $100,000 investment but it was all worth it
04e109 No.13658033
Bubzyfag and his tranny fetish did it.
e473f6 No.13658074
>>13658033
The new Bubsy game doesn't have that shit, does it?
2d1fb9 No.13658123
The problem with old games is: companies go bankrupt, rights get sold and resold or taken over by investors and creditors, contracts get lost, and ultimately they often don't even know who owns what.
Look at NOLF's crazy situation: https://archive.is/hiAYy
c6ae71 No.13658160
>>13658123
>Look at NOLF's crazy situation: https://archive.is/hiAYy
Archive.is is dead right now, (((he))) can't.
c6ab68 No.13658177
>>13658028
What the fuck kind of game is this anon?
87561f No.13658202
>>13658177
You're better off finding the arcade rom and playing it on MAME.
17acde No.13658253
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>13658202
The NES version is still rad and had a better final boss.
c6ae71 No.13658344
c0ee3a No.13658358
>>13658123
>Look at NOLF's crazy situation: https://archive.is/hiAYy
There is also the tangled mess that Goldeneye 007 was mixed up in as well: https://archive.fo/UX3Ih
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2008/01/goldeneye_not_coming_to_virtual_console_after_all
>So basically Nintendo wants GoldenEye. Microsoft wants GoldenEye. Rare wants GoldenEye. Activision wants GoldenEye. And players yearn for GoldenEye. But thanks to the first ones, nobody gets GoldenEye, unless Microsoft or any company without strong commercial ties with Nintendo obtains the Bond licence someday.
eea902 No.13658402
You can't buy the rights to old japanese titles.
And western obscure games that are good are too abstract to qualify as an IP
d274a9 No.13658420
>>13658344
I kinda just meant what the game is and what its about but this works I guess
Thanks anon
791f62 No.13658435
>>13657836
Depends on who owns the rights. If its still owned by a small studio or even an individual then its possible. If its owned by a medium to large developer then no, unless its a lot of money. Even if its a worthless title with no new games in the last 10-20 years. If you see value to it, they will too, and they will jew you to bankruptcy simply because you THINK it has value! See pic related.
1439a4 No.13658465
It's my dream to make a sequel to Beetle Adventure Racing.
2d1fb9 No.13658558
>>13658465
That adds a complication: you will need to make a deal with Volkswagen.
1439a4 No.13658584
>>13658558
That's the beauty. No beetles.
408093 No.13659172
there was an anon on here who bought the rights to earthworm jim
1439a4 No.13659342
>>13659172
I don't believe you. Earthworm Jim isn't that much of a trash IP.
f88397 No.13659370
>>13659342
I could see it being possible, a quick google search shows they were trying to sell it about a year ago. Some rich anon with nothing better to spend it on could have nabbed it for sure.
a2801a No.13659447
>>13658028
Holy fuck I loved that game when I was a kid. Totally forgot it existed.
b35636 No.13660457
You're better off creating your own shit.
fb415d No.13660507
>>13658074
>People actually fell for the "Bubsy is now a tranny" meme
464672 No.13660681
>>13658033
The bubsytranny never actually got the rights to it
6bcae8 No.13660728
>>13660507
>>13660681
too bad he couldn't make it bubsy, it would have been far more interesting than any real bubsy game
e4e949 No.13660745
>>13657836
Low five digits to do what you said. But that would be a license (to modernize etc.), not to purchase the IP entirely.
660533 No.13660875
>>13657836
I don't think you've thought this through far enough anon. If we're talking Dos game, then i can literally do what you describe by attaching dosbox to it, and either hitting a f4, or by creating a ini file. What more can you do? Now to be fair, there is possibly a market or marketing opportunity here by supporting Linux and Mac along with contacting gaming sites for those OS.
As for making modifications, you should expect to make some really low level edits after you decompile the code. Are you up to the challenge anon?
42f6c4 No.13661352
>>13657836
It depends. If you're acquiring them from a bankruptcy trash auction, obscure properties might go pretty low. If you approach a holding company that's just sitting on the rights, they'll probably either demand an unreasonable price or offer a shitty publishing contract.
246525 No.13661397
>>13660875
>after you decompile the code
Yeah, there's a vast gulf between games the source is still available for, and games that now exist only in dumps from torrents. Especially if you can contact somebody with source though, there are probably a lot of games where you could be the middleman between preexisting modder communities and players.
Regarding DOSBox and other emulators, or just simpler shims like GLIDE or EAX translators, there are a lot of commercial Steam games (and Mac/Linux "ports") that use them, not to mention outfits like GOG that rarely do anything else.
Even just being able to tell people "I untangled the rights to this game" can be worth money.
ef3c6a No.13661426
>>13657836
congratulations OP, you've discovered what I like to call "the nightdive effect"
4b9096 No.13662802
>>13657975
it's not just a meme, kike anon
d274a9 No.13662941
>>13662802
anon pls
Its a meme, I didn't imply it was untrue
cc32bf No.13663250
A lot of those old obscure games are probably public domain now. Especially PC games from the 80s and early 90s.
21248c No.13663283
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>>13658558
He can always base it on the Australian version since Holden is fucking dead.
cb70b5 No.13663673
>>13662941
>low reading comprehension
hi tyrone
d274a9 No.13663784
>>13663673
please stop bullying me, I don't understand
6a085d No.13663835
>>13657836
more than you think, you are better off making an offer to the rights holder to modernize and put on steam for a share of the profits. Less risk. Make good money, then buy a sorely missed title and give it a full make over.
>>13658028
fantastic game
01a3d1 No.13664048
>>13663784
It's hard to understand what you are trying to say.
8669b9 No.13664454
>>13658465
That is also my dream, no lie.
I would have the old tracks remastered alongside several new ones, and add the Volkswagen single cab pick-up truck. Maybe a bus as one of the gag vehicles.
I think the vehicle balance would need to be reworked, though, especially for online multiplayer. My father was complaining to me about how when he uses a better/newer unlocked vehicle, the AI racers don't actually get any better to match him. He viewed the stats similar to difficulty settings, and that a better car should mean higher difficulty AI (or at least better cars to match yours), like in the Cruisin' USA N64 release.
6b038b No.13675591
>>13658358
>There is also the tangled mess that Goldeneye 007 was mixed up in as well
Wasn't that all the Jap's fault though, from what i heard, NoA and everyone else liked the idea, but the Japs shot it down.