Streets of Rage Remake locked?

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:03

Why was it locked?, it's not a rom it was an indie remake :confused:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18260712

LokiS · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:05

Wondered that myself, at least post a reason :confused:

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:06

Streets of Rage Remake is a project created from scratch, it does not use reverse engineering nor a single line of code from the original games.

It's not even the original code with 8years in the making!

Dark_Angel · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:07

It's based on the old game though, including the story, the level design and much more.

Unless sega are happy for it to continue and they've got links to that on the site.

.Lethal · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:08

Neil79 said:
It's not even the original code with 8years in the making!

The guy even wrote to SEGA and has been given permission with this project. All this legal stuff has been asked numerous times and is all above board.

Whoever locked it should have taken 2 minutes to check them self.

.Lethal · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:08

Dark_Angel said:
Unless sega are happy for it to continue and they've got links to that on the site.

There is, read there forum.

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:08

Dark_Angel said:
It's based on the old game though, including the story, the level design and much more.

Unless sega are happy for it to continue and they've got links to that on the site.

IT'S LEGAL!!!!!

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:09

This game is an unofficial remake and is not affiliated with Sega (who know of it’s existence through a formal letter).

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:10

7- Did Bombergames contact SEGA about this remake?

Yes, they contacted SEGA about legal matters

I would like to say that we did actually contact Sega last year through an e-mail message regarding the use of copyrighted material, to which they answered asking us to send a formal letter to their legal department, so that's what we did.
We accepted the ESA policies regarding the DMCA as well, otherwise this website would not exist anymore.

Dark_Angel · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:11

Hmm, I'll bring it up with the moderator team.

Because of the no emu discussion thing we're just looking through any suspect threads ATM.

*EDIT*

Neil, making 3 or so posts in a row isn't needed. Please edit your first post. Calm down and discuss things calmly.

*edit 2* I was on the phone at the time of writing that, so forgive the stupid sentence!

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:14

Emulator Discussion which i've agreed to, no more emulator discussion but now Remakes are a grey area!. I'm going to have to be careful what i post in future regarding any games

ThundyCat · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:15

I have reopened the thread.

Gimpymoo · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:15

There is no reason to lock the thread, unlock it.

Edit:
Just seen post above.

Rant over.

Thanks

Can this thread be deleted? - lol

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:16

It's Dark_Angel who locks it, he jumps the gun way to fast!

Great mod but needs to step back a little

Dark_Angel · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Neil79 said:
Emulator Discussion which i've agreed to, no more emulator discussion but now Remakes are a grey area!. Can the person who came up with these rules step forward so we can discuss it as i feel more and more hardline rules are being enforced which don't need to be

I came up with the rules.

In there I'd written that unless the games have permission from the original developers, in which case fan remakes are fine. Since this does (it didn't when I'd last checked it out) I've notified moderators.

.Lethal · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Neil79 said:
Emulator Discussion which i've agreed to, no more emulator discussion but now Remakes are a grey area!. Can the person who came up with these rules step forward so we can discuss it as i feel more and more hardline rules are being enforced which don't need to be

Wait, it was locked for being a remake? Does this mean we cannot discuss the Half-Life remake that still hasn't been finished?

This would be a bit silly if is the case.

Neil79 · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:16

ThundyCat said:
I have reopened the thread.

YAY!, Thanks ThundyCat :cool:

james.miller · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:18

.Lethal said:
Wait, it was locked for being a remake? Does this mean we cannot discuss the Half-Life remake that still hasn't been finished?

This would be a bit silly if is the case.

probably

and goldeneye source for that matter. barmy.

Dark_Angel · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:18

Neil79 said:
It's Dark_Angel who locks it, he jumps the gun way to fast!

Great mod but needs to step back a little

I can't lock threads, I'm an UB.

I simply report things and go from there, occasionally I'm willing to admit mistakes will slip through and we can't catch everything. I appreciate projects like this as much as anyone, and in future if you can link the permissions page it'd be far easier.

ThundyCat · 5 Apr 2011 at 20:18

Neil79 said:
It's Dark_Angel who locks it, he jumps the gun way to fast!

Great mod but needs to step back a little

DA cannot lock threads, but I did. Apologies guys.