I hope I don't get the axe for this but the resources of this List are really
missing out on making something we all want. Dave Shadoff and others have
been translating Turbo games and Mindrec has what I consider a label and some
(perhaps limited) means of getting a game made. I think it's time to combine
the two and start releasing english versions of PC Engine games. I mean what
is everyone afraid of? TTI is long gone and if you call Hudson in Seattle or
NEC and mention the Turbo Grafx 16 they'll just say "what's that?". There's
no reason at all to fear any copyright lawsuit from Japan. In all realism
here, this is what we want the most. Who in the Turbo world doesn't want to
play ManjiMaru, Dead of the Brain, Legend of Xanadu, Kabukiden, Emerald
Dragon, and Xak in English? Implode quality packaging would be nice too. If
anyone doubts that these would make money, think again...How many of us have
spent craploads of money for RPGs which we can barely read (if at all)? I
just recently spent $80 for Record of Lodoss War I & II.
This List has Japanese speakers/ readers, programmers, and so on.
Copyrights be damned. Start with easy roms and make some fairly easy money.
THEN get into more complex titles and even original titles. If Mindrec went
through with this and did a Hudson game and say some jerk wanted to report it
to Hudson/ Konami of Japan. Do you really think they'd listen? Hell, Working
Designs got away with reprinting titles long after their license expired.
Just think about it, please? Imagine Land of Y's, Cosmic Fantasy IV
(oooohhhhh double disc set), Macross SLG, Gulliver Boy and others on CDs (even
with hucard sound, so what) playing on your US TG-16 in English! THIS is the
untapped side of the US Duo and the way for Mindrec and others to get the
funds together for bigger original projects. Will anyone second this?
--- Turbo List Information ---------------------------------------------
For the complete list of all PCEngine/Turbo games ever released (includes
titles and catalog information), be sure to check out pce.complete.catalog
available from the Turbo List Fileserver.
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