They didn't 'let' us port the game. This is officially licensed, bought and paid for. First Star Software, Inc. and Classic Game Publishers, Inc. in association with Elektronite are co-publishing the game. We aren't 'homebrewers'. I've said it many times, but people insist on calling us 'homebrew'. We are a real company. As real as First Star Software. This is a graphic of the First Star logo running on a real Intellivision.
Great game! Great looking graphic! The homebrew comment should be viewed as a positive. Electronic Arts is a real company. Lately, I have seen homebrew games that are better than the dribble EA releases.Use it for your advertising. "Elektronite! We are not homebrewers, but we are the next best thing." Gamers trust the small guy who cares, over the big corporations that could care less.
"I love Boulder Dash, congrats Intellivision fans! FSS are great, letting homebrewers port this awesome game to classic consoles is a very nice move."They didn't 'let' us port the game. This is officially licensed, bought and paid for. First Star Software, Inc. and Classic Game Publishers, Inc. in association with Elektronite are co-publishing the game.
Quote from: "Elektronite""I love Boulder Dash, congrats Intellivision fans! FSS are great, letting homebrewers port this awesome game to classic consoles is a very nice move."They didn't 'let' us port the game. This is officially licensed, bought and paid for. First Star Software, Inc. and Classic Game Publishers, Inc. in association with Elektronite are co-publishing the game. Well, any re-licensing and release of a really good game can only be good. Intellivision gamers must be absolutely delighted with this news and you are to be applauded for proving that retro gaming is a viable business. Some here have spoken about different platforms as it is only natural that such good news will ignite interest globally. The Boulder Dash series were well received in their day, as I'm sure you are aware. We all hope, I'm sure, for more releases like this however it is classified. Thank you and well done, good luck for the future.
I appreciate that. However, this project should not be viewed as FSS being 'good guys'. This is business. Yes, we love what we do. Yes, we care. We are going to make an awesome port. However, it isn't going to take 10 years like the Atari 2600 guys took. Ours will be out in less than a year.This is not a 'limited' release.
Alberto 2k,I am not trying to be arrogant. I just think that since I started a legit business, pay taxes, pay my programmers, pay for licenses, use all new materials, and do not make limited runs, that we are not what people think of as 'homebrew'. We aren't doing it as a hobby. We love our work, but we are taking it seriously and are being professional as a small business can be. I spoke with the president of First Star Software, and told him that people call us 'homebrew'. He said 'you aren't homebrew!'. If we are homebrewers, then so are First Star Software. Anyhow regardless of what you want to call us, we are excited about working with First Star Software, and will be doing our best to bring out a great game! Hopefully, I will be able to show an Intellivision Boulder Dash (R) title screen soon!
I think that our licensing choices are based on a few factors.1. Availability of programmers.2. Popularity of the program being licensed.3. Limited resources of our company to fund development.4. Trying to reach the critical mass to make our model (Rebooting active 3rd party publishing for defunct systems) viable.And, most importantly,5. The cost of the license.We have the following licensed games coming.Hover BovverThe Lost Caves of KrozDefender of the CrownBoulder Dash(R)We have a few more titles that we can do. We are hoping to publish original stuff too.
We have the following licensed games coming.Hover BovverThe Lost Caves of KrozDefender of the CrownBoulder Dash(R)We have a few more titles that we can do. We are hoping to publish original stuff too.