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Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmagedd...

by xd 14y ago

Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmagedd... $15 for a copy of the game has to be worth it.

SquareWheel 14y ago
Keep in mind it's a potential copy of the game. Nothing is guaranteed, even if the goal is reached.
- xd 14y ago
  True, but maybe they could release the original game onto steam as a consolation; I'd be happy with that. Wait a minute , why didn't they do that in the first place, surely that would have raised a fair amount of money in itself.
  - adventureful 14y ago
    They obviously need millions of dollars to build a good version of the game (perhaps millions just to build part of the game given the cost of B titles these days). If you could sell 100,000 copies of the original at $5, I'd be shocked. It's extraordinarily dated at this point. Short of raising $3 to $5 million plus, I'm guessing Kickstarter will be used to get the product to a point where a larger publisher can fund them across the finish line.
  - redthrowaway 14y ago
    I imagine porting it to keep it working with modern systems would be non-trivial. I know I can barely get most games from that era to run on my laptop.
    - pygy_ 14y ago
      That's where Good Old Games (aka GoG) comes to the rescue... They sell vintage games, updated to run on modern systems. AFAIK, they adapt the games themselves (DOSBox for DOS titles, patches and custom settings for Windows titles.) The prices on the home page span between $3 and $30. The problem in this case is that the authors don't own the game, Square Enix does. http://www.gog.com/ http://www.gog.com/ http://www.dosbox.com http://www.dosbox.com
      - redthrowaway 14y ago
        Thanks, I'll check it out if I ever stumble across any of that much-fabled "free time".
  - notatoad 14y ago
    As the article says, they don't own the old games. Squeenix does. If the games were released on steam, it would have just raised money for their old publisher.

by xd 14y ago

SquareWheel 14y ago

Keep in mind it's a potential copy of the game. Nothing is guaranteed, even if the goal is reached.

xd 14y ago
True, but maybe they could release the original game onto steam as a consolation; I'd be happy with that. Wait a minute , why didn't they do that in the first place, surely that would have raised a fair amount of money in itself.
- adventureful 14y ago
  They obviously need millions of dollars to build a good version of the game (perhaps millions just to build part of the game given the cost of B titles these days). If you could sell 100,000 copies of the original at $5, I'd be shocked. It's extraordinarily dated at this point. Short of raising $3 to $5 million plus, I'm guessing Kickstarter will be used to get the product to a point where a larger publisher can fund them across the finish line.
- redthrowaway 14y ago
  I imagine porting it to keep it working with modern systems would be non-trivial. I know I can barely get most games from that era to run on my laptop.
  - pygy_ 14y ago
    That's where Good Old Games (aka GoG) comes to the rescue... They sell vintage games, updated to run on modern systems. AFAIK, they adapt the games themselves (DOSBox for DOS titles, patches and custom settings for Windows titles.) The prices on the home page span between $3 and $30. The problem in this case is that the authors don't own the game, Square Enix does. http://www.gog.com/ http://www.gog.com/ http://www.dosbox.com http://www.dosbox.com
    - redthrowaway 14y ago
      Thanks, I'll check it out if I ever stumble across any of that much-fabled "free time".
- notatoad 14y ago
  As the article says, they don't own the old games. Squeenix does. If the games were released on steam, it would have just raised money for their old publisher.