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| MrTroy:
Well it all depends on how you do things. If I were creating an iRom type of service. I'd make an iTune style interface. And have it where you "stream" the game to your computer. You actually would pay the quarter to play the game. It wouldn't be that hard. All he has to do is build a front end around the already exsiting MAME(tm) applications out there and go from there. Who would take part in it? Pfft. Sell "The Hammer" and find some company dumb enough to run those stupid buy a pepsi win a free song things. You'd be surprised what people would be willing to buy and do to be "Cool" much like the 12 year old kids with Nintendo shirts on saying "Know your roots" |
| danny_galaga:
i agree that one buck is a sweet spot in pricing. people will pay for a rom at that price. hell, i paid for some starroms a while back and was more than a buck each, forgotten now but it was maybe about 4 bucks a pop. a dollar sounds good when you consider that i saw a cd in the supermarket the other day which had 12 classic genuine atari games on it (for pc) including asteroids and centipede. i think the price was $9.99 australian. and bear in mind there would be a little bit of work to adapt them for pc where as just a rom on its own as someone else has mentioned needs zero development to make it ready for sale. |
| Crazy Cooter:
I wouldn't give Foley a penny, much less a dollar. Anything he offers I plan on contacting the companies direct to: 1) See if Foley really has the rights to sell it. 2) Find out if I can buy it direct from them because I simply refuse to do business with him. If enough of us complain, another source will become available. ;) |
| RayB:
He'll never get the rights to Namco games, and not the Donkey Kong trio either. Just visit Namco Arcade website, and you will see they have a Donkey Kong multi-game cabinet for sale, as well as they are soon releasing a 25th anniversary Pacman cabinet. Namco sells these cabinets for over $3000 each. Imagine if they grant a license to Fooley so he can sell the ROMs for $10 each. Joe hobbyist buys the $10 roms, then puts his multi-cab for sale on Ebay with these legit roms. All of a sudden, Namco's trying to sell their $3k cabinet against Joe Hobbyist's $600 home-job that has even more games on it. Nuh uh. Won't happen, at least not until Namco determines no one is buying their cabs anymore. |
| rackoon:
I agree with RAYB. Namco isn't going to give Foley irom selling rights. I'm hoping that Namco is looking towards the commercial market. Example: theaters, 7Elevens, casinos. I think they know that most hobbyest couldn't afford there cabs. Although I could see how they might see the cab making industry as a small threat. But on the other hand, these cabs are going in residential basements not commercial establishments. For example, I doubt that we will ever see a Ultracade cab in a movie theater (not without legal roms that he cant get the rights to anyway). So how of a threat does the cab making business pose? I doubt they barley noticed until Foley brought it to their attention. |
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