Sorry for any confusion that was created in the shit storm yesterday. I really wanted to offer these in a way that gave as many interested people a chance at a set as possible, but things obviously didn’t go according to plan. At all. I pulled the auctions down, requested that the Nintendolife article be removed (thank you, Damien), and shelved the sets for the moment (don’t ask, they aren’t going anywhere right now).
I guess the idea of reproduction carts is far too offensive for some folks and many of them have proven themselves to be quite outspoken about their opinions. I have a really hard time understanding why something like this is so offensive to any non-involved party, but I guess it doesn’t really matter.
Where does RCG go with repros from here? Don’t know, but I’m gonna put ’em on the back burner for a bit while I rethink the process of producing, licensing, marketing, etc.
cheers,
wiggy
P.S. If you plan on posting a comment that’s either insulting or belligerent, then consider that this is MY domain, and I have control over what happens and what is said here. Intelligent discussion is welcome, but acting like a ass will get your ID, email, and IP banned and I’ll most likely edit your post to better reflect your level of maturity.
Rose Colored Gaming 
If only money were no object…
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Dying over these. Absolutely dying. I’m telling you, man… I’ve got my eye on these something fierce.
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I came in here to call Wiggy names and didn’t realize that doing so won’t get me very far, seeing that this is a private blog where the owner has control over what gets posted and what doesn’t.
So, my IP has been blocked and my post edited.
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so now watz the plan 4 these carts?
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What a douchebag
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Sorry to hear about this manno, the hard work and craftsmanship put in to these should be admired…
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That guy Abe Vigoda is nothing but a fat, keyboard hero was has no life. He’s pulled shit like this before, get some friends and get away from the keyboard you freak.
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OMG these are beautiful
i really wish they where still available, i would love these sooo much
real shame about what happened 😦
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Really a shame. Such elegant work you’ve done on these. It’s unfortunate people like that feel a need to ruin things for others. Hope you continue doing what you’re doing, still wish there was a way to purchase these.
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I wish I could have one of these. Too bad I spend all my money on My Little Ponies.
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I’m sad to hear this.
I am a huge collector of official zelda games (US, JPB etc). And normally mods aren’t in my collection. But what you have created is a true fan art masterpiece.
I don’t see it as a ripoff, as nintendo doesn’t make money off of the physical carts anymore and it is a game mod. But a true testament to fandom.
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Nothing for the moment.
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Thanks!
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Thanks! That’s how I feel about it, obviously, but I guess a really tiny run of what amounts to an artistic tribute is just too controversial for some folks.
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I think you should still sell them.
Someone is going to get butthurt somewhere over anything anyone else does. It is the internet after all.
Obvious care and passion went into them, and I think you should deal with Nintendo giving a shit only when you need to cross that bridge.
Or just set a price for them on your site/mailing list.
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Which sucks. Because obviously we all know they are REPROs and there are LOTS of Repro’s out on the market. People want them and want to play them on the real system to have an Authentic feel.
No one mistakenly thinks these are REAL Nintendo Products(Especially for the SNES).
And it’s not like they were Mass Produced. It’s just a limited thing that takes a LOT of effort and time to do for fans from fans.
Sucks some kid in the class has to come in and ruin everything for everyone else.
Any chance you can just sell them directly here for those who want them?
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Dude, go for it. Haters gonna hate.
My motto is, “If they don’t have your back, they can suck on ya sack.”
Besides,people want them, anyone who thinks they can dictate whats “acceptable” can jump of a bridge.
Create a donation thing here, so if people want to help fund a donorless pcb, or a custom cartridge, they can.
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If anything, Nintendo should be thanking guys like you, the people over at Starmen.net (for doing the Earthbound 2 translation), and others that are making retro systems and games cool again. If that weren’t for you, people (like me!) who grew up on these systems wouldn’t buy a Wii or DS in the hopes that those systems will even slightly resemble the experience we had at a younger age.
And yes, this marks the start of my campaign for Reggie’s job : )
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LOL, thanks man!
I’ve got donor carts out the yin-yang thanks to some awesome local shops 🙂
Like I was saying, gonna put repros on the back burner for now, let things settle a bit, then take it from there.
As always, stay tuned. There will be updates 😉
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LOL! Well, Reggie 2.0, thanks for the support!
I have a really hard time believing that repros, especially on the scale that I’m talking about producing, have a negative impact on anything that Nintendo does, no matter what all the self-appointed Internet police say.
I also hate when people liken repro making to burning a DVD, especially in light of the work that I did. Give me a break! Are these people blind?! First there’s the investment in the equipment to flash the ROMs, then the price of the chips, which, needless to say, is far greater than that of DVD-Rs, original hand-drawn and rendered artwork, custom hand-made packaging, etc. I spent countless hours on these sets. It’s beyond insulting and ignorant.
I’m far from the first to offer the service, and I sure won’t be the last, and if you look at what people are selling these same games for on eBay right now, you’ll see that my price for the sets was far from unreasonable. There are copies of Parallel worlds for sale right now with BIN prices that are more than half of what I was asking for the sets, effectively making them MORE expensive per game. That’s fine. I’m not saying that I have a problem with that, but rather that I was only asking 250 per set and I had a ton more invested into the games. I was selling MY work and time investment, which was considerable.
Anyways, I’m ranting at this point.
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I covered this on my site, but I edited it with a link to this blog post. I hope its ok if I keep it up? They’re really awesome and its a shame that some idiot commenters ruined it for you.
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I was really looking forwards to these reproduction carts. I do not see how they could ever anger or upset anyone. What you made is a piece of art 😀 scratch that its more than that those were a revolution of craftsmen ship xD and no one should throw out incessant and arrogant insults. I really think you should continue the auctions for these carts. You put allot of time into those, don’t let random internet users impact the progression of this investment!
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Sorry, but I don’t get it. You probably can’t / won’t be able to elaborate but what exactly was the problem with you doing this? Also, why let a small minority ruin all your hard work? Surely you wouldn’t be doing this if there were legal ramifications for you.
I don’t have the money floating around for these, but if I did I’d definitely be after one.
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I’m not sure why you’re shelving them. Of COURSE there were going to be people pointing out legal issues with these, how could you not have seen that? But the point is that it’s the sort of weird legal issues that no one actually cares about. Could Nintendo shut you down? Sure? But would they? Not likely. To get people hyped up and then pull back and say “nah, too much negativity” is remarkably immature.
And to those who say “no one would ever confuse these for actual Nintendo-created games” you clearly don’t know how some people can be. There are people out there who are convinced that Secret of Mana 2 was officially released in NA because they saw carts and boxes for it on eBay. There will be dummies out there thinking Parallel Worlds and Goddess of Wisdom are just super rare SNES games that somehow no one knows about. I’ve already encountered people who actually think Parallel Worlds is official, so carts of it would only compound the issue. Not that I actually care (and I should point out that I don’t care and would rather that and to be able to purchase a fan-made cart than not at all) but it’s ignorant to say that it wouldn’t become an issue.
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Nintendo’s primary issue with something like this is (and why they have no qualms with shutting down fan-made stuff that gets big enough) is that they don’t want people to get confused with what is and is not a Nintendo-made product. To us, it might be obvious that Parallel Worlds and Goddess of Wisdom are fan-made hacks of A Link to the Past, but the world is filled with morons, unfortunately. I’ve already encountered plenty of people on Zelda forums who think Parallel Worlds was some Japanese-only official game that got a fan translation. Having it on an actual cart is going to only increase the misunderstanding. So why is this an issue for Nintendo? Because if a fan game sucks (not saying that Parallel Worlds does) and is mistaken even by one person for a Nintendo-made product, that reflects poorly on Nintendo. They’d rather have no fan games at all to prevent that possibility.
I also think it’s a bit odd that you didn’t try to contact those involved in the hack to see if they minded (they might very well have said: “No, do not put this on a cart, please) or if they requested that if you did that you price them such that you’re making no profit (because these hack communities are largely populated by the sort who would refuse to make a profit themselves and would view you as making a profit as contrary to that theme) or maybe they would (rightfully so) want a cut of that profit.
Yes, there are other people out there doing this as well, but that doesn’t make it legal. You had to have known that it wasn’t legal when you started. And you had to have known that at some point someone would point that out. So to back out now only after someone has pointed that out to you seems a bit odd to me. I’d just wait for the C&D from Nintendo if I were you.
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I did look into contacting the guys that made the hacks (which was covered in the interview), but really have no idea where to look for them, not to mention that both games have been worked on by a large number of people at this point
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There’s no need for me to further explain my decision. I haven’t harmed anyone by doing so and I feel that I’ve made my rationale clear enough.
Of course I saw the trolls coming, but not to the extent that they did and with so much fervor. I feel that it’s in MY best interest to but this sort of thing on the back burner for the time being. Should I have waited for the auctions to be pulled? Would that have been acceptable to you? I’m pretty sure they would have been pulled based on all the “reporting” that was going on by the trolls in question.
Immature? I would call it being cautious. It’s easy to say things like “Not likely” when there are zero potential repercussions for you. If you’d like to make of your own reproduction carts, sell them as you will, then sit and “wait for the C&D from Nintendo”, then go for it! I don’t recall soliciting any advice on the subject.
That said, do you have some grand plan for how I should offer these for sale and how do so without making people feel excluded?
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Nobody’s ruined my work. As I said, I’m just putting these on the shelf for now and I’ll make a decision about what to do with them later. I’d prefer to let the dust settle before I do anything else with them.
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Thanks, and sure! That’s fine with me.
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Really hope you can do more with these man. I would love to add them to my collection. Keep up the good work.
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So say you were to sell them. How much would you charge. >__> ALL hypothetical of course. As a person with a SEVERE Zelda addiction, the artwork on these alone is a must have. To all who are getting butthurt over this: WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER TO YOU? Seriously. How does it effect you? Answer: It does not effect you. So whiny butthurt people, please get over yourselves!
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I don’t know where I am in the Internet, but I really need to come back. This is just… There are no words, and my joy and sorrow are just too extreme. I can’t believe the negative fuss made over these, even if you’re not a Zelda fan. It’s genuos like this that made video games possible in the first place.
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I don’t have any intention of questioning your decision to put this stuff on hold, but reading the comments here and on the facebook links that led me here have painted a foggy picture at best of what exactly happened when you tried to put these up the first time? For someone who’s only just found out about this, what exactly happened, I’ve just heard a lot of talk about people “being butthurt” and talking about it such a way that it seems you had to be there to get what they’re referring to specifically.
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These are soo frakken amazingly beautiful and I am so bummed right now. Dude, I need to play these. As a seriously avid collector of the LoZ franchise I feel the need to tell you that this artwork is absolutely stunning. I will be patiently waiting for you to hopefully change your mind and release these man, I am so stoked.
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These look amazing. I can’t stop staring at it.
. . . I wish some people weren’t pansies and just admit their jealousy.
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I think your project is amazing. I’m in the process of making my own 16 bit games and think you are doing a great thing here. I hope you sell them in the future. If I can afford them I plan on buying a set.
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Have you thought of using a kickstarter to raise enough funds to lease rights to release them? That is the only idea I have. Hope you aren’t to shaken up by all the trolls on here and I sincerely hope to see more from you in the future.
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This sounds amazing. My Super Nintendo needs a new cable, but I would have more incentive to fix it if I had a cool new game like this to play. ❤
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I don’t know exactly what happened, but as a huge fan of The Legend Of Zelda series, when I saw your cartridges I thought to myself, “I must have those now!” They look AMAZING and people need to get over themselves. Please, please, have them for sell soon. I would love to have them!
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Well stated, wiggy.
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Oh man… I sent you a message through the how to order about these not having seen this post and now I kind of feel like a jerk having not gone over your site as much as I should have. Bummed that there was a blow up over this, I’d still love to see you do something where we can send an old cart and you do this on a smaller customer basis. That way later you have the game setup for other people in the future.
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Bah, don’t worry about it. The site is still sorta unorganized, so I totally understand. Don’t worry, we’ll have some new offerings soon. Just picked up some new equipment for this stuff and we’ve got some unique ideas coming along 🙂
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Weighing in on this late, but sad to see these haven’t seen the light of day yet. I’m sure you’ll find a way. Hang in there!
Ooh, and I have no idea how you burn these to physical existence, but any chance of GBA versions???? Even if not, consider this a preorder ^_^
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I trying to get GBA mother 3 repros going, but we’re just not there yet.
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