OX. Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Imanoid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Howabout- "Taitoareabunchoff**kinguselessc*ntsanoid"? Kind of rolls off the tongue, don't you think? Edited January 27, 2015 by am1933 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I harbor no ill feelings toward Taito on this matter. I truly want my rendition to be an homage and tribute to the original game and its authors. But irrespective of the intention of the developer, there are original rights to respect and reputations to protect. In particular, Taito has a very good following for Arkanoid, well enough that is has seen a few successful releases recently to various modern platforms. Given that history and following, there must also be the concern that something produced outside of Taito's control could be, well, crap. Guiding a project, be it professional or hobbyist, to ensure product quality standard would require a team or at least a contact, either of which would be expending company resources on a non-company project while they could be doing other profitable work. I certainly do not hold Taito in any disdain. This is all I have to say publicly about the subject. Just know that I am continuing my journey to create my first legitimate game for the TI-99/4A. I am blessed with a pretty persistent and determined personal nature, not to mention an awesome community of similarly-minded people, and I am not by any means disenchanted. So keep an eye out. I will have other news as time rolls on. I appreciate everyone's support and enthusiasm. I promise not to disappoint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Arcamoid Arpaloid Arkavoid Arvanoid .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 No, needs to be sufficiently different, while I believe that "-noid" cannot be forbidden because it is part of "paranoid". About a decade ago, some former collegues and I set up a small company which we named "ACCSIS". When we heard of ongoing legal cases because of naming conflicts we decided to officially register our name. It did not take very long until we were informed by the German Patents and Trademark Office (DPMA) that an objection had been filed by another company which offers a software product "ACTIS". In the eyes of DPMA, our named indeed infringed the rights of the other company so that they acknowledged the objection and deleted our registration. Of course, we had the option of bringing this to the patents court, but as a pretty small company we decided not to follow that path. Anyway, I guess there was not really a problem, as the name clashed in section "Software" but our name was a company name. Maybe it did not even make sense to try to register a company name in that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperious Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Interestingly I wonder if Taito originally had to get permission from Atari to do a Breakout clone? as that is what Arkanoid is. I would say just turn it into another variation of Breakout, but one that is more like Arkanoid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Interestingly I wonder if Taito originally had to get permission from Atari to do a Breakout clone? as that is what Arkanoid is. I would say just turn it into another variation of Breakout, but one that is more like Arkanoid. Funnily enough I was thinking exactly the same thing, it's a bit rich of Taito to protect the "intellectual property" of a game that is in fact a souped up rip off of Breakout. (all though, it is a damn good one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OX. Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Texanoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Texanoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Funnily enough I was thinking exactly the same thing, it's a bit rich of Taito to protect the "intellectual property" of a game that is in fact a souped up rip off of Breakout. (all though, it is a damn good one) They do not, actually. Not by the cited message. "... to approve your use of Arkanoid." In my eyes this should more clearly read: your use of "Arkanoid". They do not say that it is illegal to create a similar game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) <snipped> (double posting) Edited January 29, 2015 by Willsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 They do not, actually. Not by the cited message. "... to approve your use of Arkanoid." In my eyes this should more clearly read: your use of "Arkanoid". They do not say that it is illegal to create a similar game. Indeed. They have stopped short of saying you can't do it. They're only saying that they do not sanction it. However, that does not change the (possible - I haven't checked) fact that Arkanoid may well be (for example) a registered trademark. That could be a little sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I like the style of that title, OLD CS1. . .pure TI roots with a totally Arkanoid feel to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 4Anoid sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Maybe you could change the topic title to "4Anoid - An Arkanoid clone". There certainly seems to be many spins on the name, graphics, sounds etc., and all through the years. Here's a few: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/remember-arkanoid-4-breakout-clones-you-can-play-today https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=magory.brick http://magory.net If you're sticking with the TI-99/4A, you're effectively doing a "demake". Arkanoid is 1986. TI-99/4A is 1981 to 1984 (Texas Instruments officially left the home computer market on March 28, 1984 when the last machine was produced and the assembly lines were shut down forever). Not that this puts it in the clear, just thought Taito should know (assuming they're on to this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Kind-of a bummer, since I really like the look of this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 4kanoid sounds closer to Arkanoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 4kanoid sounds closer to Arkanoid I had a list of possible names when I initially made contact. "4kanoid" was on the list, but dropped due to the inevitable homophone progression of "4k" to "fork" and so on. At least in my mind. Plus "4Anoid" retains elements of the original name together with the "4A" model smooshed in. Not that it matters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hehe.. I had just read it as "Forkanoid" for the first time... but... what's wrong with that? It rolls off the tongue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OX. Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Then how about 4Akanoid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Then how about 4Akanoid? Fakeanoid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I think you should call it "UP YOURS!" or "DO ONE!" and be done with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 4Annoyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OX. Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just call it TaitosAtariBreakoutRipOffWithSomeExtraBitsBoltedOn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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