Rom Hack Reproduction

A place that you can discuss reproduction of classic titles or "licensed-for-reproduction" homebrew for personal use.

Moderators: B00daW, Moderators

Forum rules
1. NO BLATANT PIRACY. This includes reproducing homebrew less than 10 years old, with the exception of free software.
2. No advertising your reproductions, with the exception of free software.
3. Be nice. See RFC 1855 if you aren't sure what this means.
Post Reply
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Rom Hack Reproduction

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

I finished a project of mine that took longer than expected (mainly because I'm picky), & it turned out to be better than expected:

http://questgames.blogspot.com/

Now I'd like to distribute them on cart, but don't know much at all about rom writing & know nothing about soldering.

Would it be to much trouble to have someone do the rom work, or is it simple enough to learn?
tepples
Posts: 22708
Joined: Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:12 pm
Location: NE Indiana, USA (NTSC)
Contact:

Post by tepples »

If you develop a game based on the Journey to Silius program, reproduce it in cartridges, and distribute it, Sunsoft might sue you. Sunsoft is still around, and your ROM hack would cut into revenue that Sunsoft would have earned from selling copies of Journey to Silius on Wii Virtual Console. Get a good lawyer first.
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

So it's a no-go for selling?

Okay, then what about as a give-away? Will that still work?
User avatar
blargg
Posts: 3715
Joined: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:33 am
Location: Central Texas, USA
Contact:

Post by blargg »

Okay, then what about as a give-away? Will that still work?
See tepples' comment above. The copyright holder is the only one who can decide how the game and derivitive works can be legally distributed. About the only legal thing you can do is distribute an IPS patch that the end-user can apply to their legal copy of the original game.
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

Which is exactly what I didn't want to do, since either people don't know enough about ips patching or don't care enough to do so.

But since there's this legal matter behind it, I won't take the risk. But I'd still like one made for myself.
User avatar
hap
Posts: 355
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:17 pm
Contact:

Post by hap »

Submit it to http://www.romhacking.net/
Its userbase cares, and has the know-how on patching.
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

I'm aware of that site already; infact, it's where I feed on for knowledge.
tepples
Posts: 22708
Joined: Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:12 pm
Location: NE Indiana, USA (NTSC)
Contact:

Post by tepples »

User avatar
Bregalad
Posts: 8056
Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:49 pm
Location: Divonne-les-bains, France

Post by Bregalad »

This page is kind of cool. I ask myself why he put "none" as available donator carts for Just Breed. Gemfire should be the only card able to be rewritten as it with Just Breed.
Useless, lumbering half-wits don't scare us.
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

Yeah, that was my first (& last) resort, if that makes sense.

Anyways, thanks all for not letting me do something stupid, like pirating my favorite NES company. :lol:
Cybergoth
Posts: 29
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:35 am

Post by Cybergoth »

tepples wrote:nesreproductions.com?
Is this the only source for NES homebrew productions?
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

Cybergoth wrote:
tepples wrote:nesreproductions.com?
Is this the only source for NES homebrew productions?
Yeah, what the heck? You guys didn't answer my question whether I should have someone reproduce it for me or if this kind of stuff can be learned pretty easily.
Cybergoth
Posts: 29
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:35 am

Post by Cybergoth »

Jedi QuestMaster wrote:
Cybergoth wrote:
tepples wrote:nesreproductions.com?
Is this the only source for NES homebrew productions?
Yeah, what the heck? You guys didn't answer my question whether I should have someone reproduce it for me or if this kind of stuff can be learned pretty easily.
Uhm... but I don't know the answer. I registered here a week after you. Personally I never touch anything hardware if there's another way.

That aside, I think burning an EPROM is no Rocket Sience if you really want to do that. I'd just think it's way to expensive for a single cartridge, as a good EPROM burner alone already should be over $50...
User avatar
Memblers
Site Admin
Posts: 4044
Joined: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:04 am
Location: Indianapolis
Contact:

Post by Memblers »

Desoldering the old ROMs is kinda tricky. Rewiring it isn't too hard, if you have a multimeter to check it. If there's a 128kB ROM, rewiring might be a little more annoying (connecting 32-pin ROM into a 28-pin socket).

If you just want one cart, going through nesreproductions.com would be a great deal. If you want a few or more, it'd be worth learning how to make them. I can burn some EPROMs for you for free, if you cover the shipping and ROM cost (or supply the blank ROMs to me).

There was another person doing cart reproductions, I don't know if he still is or his site address. It was the same cost as LeonK's service, if not a little more.
User avatar
Jedi QuestMaster
Posts: 688
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: United States
Contact:

Post by Jedi QuestMaster »

Yes, I plan on making more that are not this hack. Memblers, I think the person who you are referring to is the person I'm having make me a reproduction now. Except his prices were lower. :?
Post Reply