Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply

To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply
From: Daniel7073@aol.com
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:23:15 EST
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When I said public domain, I was referring to the fact that you don't have to
pay for them.  (freeware)  I deleted the first half of the Starfox
conversation because my mailbox had about 100 messages, so could you fill me
in?  I don't even know what's going with the whole Starfox discussion.

Like an earlier message said, probably Nintendo and other companies just don't
know about it.

Daniel Imfeld

In a message dated 11/19/1998 7:21:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Jkhum98@aol.com writes:

> "The TI Versions are..."  Can you talk about the legal stuff a little more
on
>  that part...?  How come those games are able to be made, and StarFox89
can't,
> 
>  both being from NOA right...? =P  Was this settled a long time ago about
the
>  generalness of these two types of games? Well theyre still used by name...
=
> P
>  
>  Someone made a good point that if they called Tetris, "Falling Blocks", it
>  would not be the same. The name IS very important to a game also, and so is
>  everything associated with that Name... I'm sure we as programmers can 
> invoke
>  our creativity and originality more, but its just good make a "Port" of 
> those
>  great games from higher systems that we all grew up with and loved, as
close
>  to the original as we could, to the Calculator... 
>  
>  So, well, the TI Community should just be allowed to make anything without 
> any
>  threats such as this. An obvious reason that we do not charge for programs 
> and
>  its just a hobby, BUT another main point that those higher companies just 
> dont
>  get is that the games are going to a Calculator!  I mean, we are doing this
>  stuff to the best of Our and our Calculator's ability... You should not
even
>  have to ask NOA for permission to do this... Ok, THEY should feel honored 
> that
>  we continue to like that game, and we [Miles] were influenced enough by it 
> to
>  want to write a port of it to the 89... ;)  Hmm, here's an option that can 
> get
>  you by all this: Just get hired by NOA real soon and you can do anything
you
>  want with it!  ;)
>  															--Jason K.
>