[My Lynx Flash Card / What do you think?]

I'm guessing you're referring to a forum where its members, en masse, don't actively encourage piracy then?

You might want to spend some time reading what has actually happened on the long commercially dead beloved systems of this board that have had flash or other digital storage devices designed and sold for them, and see how they've had positive effects and people still buy up homebrews when they're released and respect the authors.

 

Or you could just ignore all the reality of history here, it would probably support your argument better.

 

All I'm trying to argue is that surely the few developers that are involved in Lynx may not potentially make sufficient money back on their investment to even recoup their development costs. ... This may well put them off altogether as I have previously stated.

Please go save another system and/or community. We really don't need your help. Or at least confine it to the Jag forums where people expect nonsense.

 

This sounds like the kind of nonsense propogated by any such pirate trying hard to convince themselves that stealing software is somehow a good thing for all concerned. I'm sure all homebrew developers, AKA game developers such as Songbird et al, will be rejoicing at the news their intellectual property will be downloaded illegally without them earning a penny from it...

 

Regarding your claim, "We really don't need your help", well if you're so self-centred and short sighted enough to believe Lynx owners, and by that I mean the law abiding ones, don't need their beloved console protecting from piracy then that's your opinion and although I may not necessarily agree with you on it we are at least entitled to hold our respective opinions.

 

What of course won't be a matter of opinion, if the proposed flashcart ever sees the light of day, is that anyone downloading existing Lynx games will be breaking the law...

[My Lynx Flash Card / What do you think?]

Besides... Most people using legacy equipment like the Lynx or Jaguar are collectors. So they want the real cart also even if they have a flash cart.

 

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Karri

 

Do you honestly think that developers will still be keen to invest their own valuable time and money into coding new Lynx games in the belief that they'll supposedly see a decent enough financial return when the game could be potentially pirated so easily?

 

Yes.

 

For example the next big project I am working on is Hero Quest. It is a total conversion of a Gamers Worshop title released by Gremlin a long time ago. The small print in their legal pages gives the right for enthusiasts to make new total conversions of their old games. But it does not give the right to take money for it. So how can I release it? Only as a free lnx file on the net like Yastuna 2.

 

It may come as a surprise but money is not the driving force for Lynx development. Some people just like playing games or coding games. Perhaps it is some kind of insanity.

 

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Karri

 

 

Fair points one and all and respect for the Hero Quest project and your rational response.

 

My point was never to criticise this kind of activity, i.e. new game development - far from it!

 

All I'm trying to argue is that surely the few developers that are involved in Lynx may not potentially make sufficient money back on their investment to even recoup their development costs. I'm aware that Lynx coders nowadays would never reallistically expect to make a fortune from releasing Lynx games but a device such as the proposed Lynx flashcard would lower any such hopes, however unlikely, even further. This may well put them off altogether as I have previously stated.

 

If your passion for the Lynx community is such then have you considered releasing Hero Quest on cart like Songbird manage to with their current games therefore making the "need" for a flashcart redundant?

[My Lynx Flash Card / What do you think?]

Rejoice in your theft.....

You're either a very clever satirist, or have simply created an account to come here and troll. I'm guessing the latter, so back to 'the other forum' with you, thanks!

 

Yes sir, I'll immediately go back to "the other forum" thank you.

 

I'm guessing you're referring to a forum where its members, en masse, don't actively encourage piracy then?

[My Lynx Flash Card / What do you think?]

Besides... Most people using legacy equipment like the Lynx or Jaguar are collectors. So they want the real cart also even if they have a flash cart.

 

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Karri

 

Do you honestly think that developers will still be keen to invest their own valuable time and money into coding new Lynx games in the belief that they'll supposedly see a decent enough financial return when the game could be potentially pirated so easily?

 

I for one am not convinced that that their returns on investing in game development will be the same or close to as they would be if a Lynx flashcard didn't exist.

 

Yes, many Lynx (and Jaguar) owners these days may well be "collectors" who would ideally prefer games on the real cart but are you seriously suggesting that many Lynx owners won't be tempted into downloading games for free to a flashcart instead when/if that opportunity is created? Get real!

 

So, all those people in this thread who've so far rejoiced in the knowledge they'll be potentially able to illegally own/steal all Lynx games made to date will have their short-term jollies. It would be too much to hope that such self-centred individuals would actually stop to consider the consequences of their actions, i.e. they'll actually kill off the Lynx for good leaving it as a truly dead system with no realistic prospect of any new games ever appearing on it ever again.

 

Rejoice in your theft.....

[My Lynx Flash Card / What do you think?]

And how on earth does this admittedly cool piece of tech in any way seek to encourage the still existing small community of Lynx developers to continue making games today when they know people will find a way of simply PIRATING their games via internet downloads much like the Nintendo DS?

 

If you don't follow the logic then simply do a little research into what much of the Atari Jaguar coding community think of the proposed Jag CF (Compact Flash) device.

[How is made a Lynx cartridge?]

The above pic is as close to "Lynx porn" my eyes have ever witnessed!

[Ign Retro gave Rampage for the lynx a 8.0]

Saw that. After they review the bulk of the Lynx games, they'll wonder how the he// the Gameboy won.

 

Saw that. After they review the bulk of the Lynx games, they'll wonder how teh Gameboy won.

[Even more classic Jaguar scans! ADS]

Awesome scans!

 

Now I have a Jag screensaver!