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--- Quote from: vwalbridge on November 30, 2015, 12:55:35 pm --- --- Quote from: Slippyblade on November 30, 2015, 12:48:21 pm ---Well, I got a response in regards to my licensing question. --- Quote ---We are purchasing a license per game per Polycade. I can understand the confusion with my comment regarding commercial use. The Polycade itself is just an interface, and if you were to place a set of games to which you have a commercial license for, then it would be usable commercially. --- End quote --- So it looks like most of the cost of this urinal is licensing. --- End quote --- Huh? I'll be damned. Didn't know Capcom and Nintendo were selling licences to use Street Fighter and Sonic the hedgehog games. (Nintendo does have exclusive rights to Sonic right?) (According to them, both games come pre-loaded...among many others owned by dozens of companies) What a nightmare. It would have been so much easier to just ship it without games. --- End quote --- Why didn't they just call it Mamecade and be done with it? |
| Token:
Yeah, so I just saw this comment Tyler Bushnell made on the kickstarter page back in December: --- Quote ---The games are console versions at this time. We are looking into obtaining the necessary licenses for the arcade versions, so will use those if we can get them in time for shipping. You will be able to install the arcade versions yourself though, which will involve flashing your SD card with the RetroPie install. We will provide information on how to do this, it's pretty easy. The games are console versions at this time. We are looking into obtaining the necessary licenses for the arcade versions, so will use those if we can get them in time for shipping. You will be able to install the arcade versions yourself though, which will involve flashing your SD card with the RetroPie install. We will provide information on how to do this, it's pretty easy. --- End quote --- $1500 to play the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man on an LCD? :laugh2: You know, you can get 100 licensed 2600 games for $60. |
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