Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply
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Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply
Well, you could copyright it before sending it to them, and I really
doubt that they would attempt to market a game designed to run on a
processor that is employed by the Sega Genesis and no other systems.
Actually, I am not sur eif you can copyright it if there is some question
of its originality. :-/
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:47:30 -0600 "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
writes:
>
>Good idea, except; once they have the game, what's going to stop them
>from marketing it, and
>claiming it as their own? I don't think anyone would buy it from them
>(I'm not that good of a
>programmer, and this is a long-term project) because it will always be
>free on ticalc.org (unless
>NOA sues them also?!?!) and this mailing list.
>
>And about making a 64-bit game on a 8(I think)-bit system, well, I'm
>going to try to improvise, and
>I can bet money that it's not going to be the best StarFox possible,
>but it's going to be something
>I can play durring class, and get away with. Try bringing a SNES or a
>N64 to school to play StarFox
>and not get noticed... (I love StarFox, just in case you didn't pick
>that up)
>
>-Miles Raymond
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin M Bosch <justin-b@juno.com>
>To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 10:35 PM
>Subject: Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply
>
>
>>The only resemblance that would be there is the name and characters.
>How
>>could you possibly recreate in full a game designed for a 64-bit
>system
>>on a graphing calculator? So call it Star something, make up some
>>characters and get cracking. Also, I doubt he looked any further
>through
>>your letter once he got to the mention about using his company's
>>property. On top of that, he probably has no clue what a TI-89 is.
>I'm
>>not a lawyer though, so maybe when you are done, for your own safety,
>you
>>might want to send them the game and explain how they can run it to
>check
>>for infringement. I doubt they will bother going to all of that
>trouble.
>>
>>Justin Bosch
>>justin-b@juno.com
>>
>>On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:55:27 -0600 "Miles Raymond"
><m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
>>writes:
>>>
>>>Hey everyone! Take a look at the attached message and tell me what
>>>your opinions about it are. Do
>>>you think that means that if I make it, NOA will sue me? I wouldn't
>>>be making a profit out of it,
>>>but I don't think that Bill Reno recognized that all TI programs are
>>>free. Should I start on this,
>>>or should I avoid the risk of getting sued...
>>>
>>>And if you take a look at that second paragraph... Do you think
>there
>>>is anything going on between
>>>MS and NOA?? (next Nintendo platform will be running MS
>Windows64...)
>>> Scary...
>>>
>>>-Miles Raymond
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Nintendo Nintendo <NINTENDO@noa.nintendo.com>
>>>To: m_rayman@bigfoot.com <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
>>>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 4:03 PM
>>>Subject: StarFox -Reply
>>>
>>>>Hello Miles!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for contacting us before spending too much time on your
>>>>project. I could attach the extremely lengthy form-letter response
>>>>from our Legal Department to companies\individuals asking to
>>>>use our copyrighted/trademarked property, but I'll condense it to
>>>>one word: No!
>>>>
>>>>Any distribution or use of a game containing the properties you
>>>>suggest would prompt swift action. Our Legal Department
>>>>aggressively protects the company's property. As would the
>>>>Legal Department of any company. I'm sure if you were to contact
>>>>Microsoft, our neighbor, and ask if you could use the name
>>>>Windows for your OS, you would get that lengthy legal response
>>>>and possibly more! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>Nintendo of America Inc.
>>>>Bill Reno
>>>>
>>>>World Wide Web URL: | Power Line (Automated Product Info)
>>>>http://www.nintendo.com/ | (425)885-7529
>>>>
>>>>>>> "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com> 11/16/98
>>>>07:50pm >>>
>>>>Hello
>>>>
>>>>My name is Miles Raymond. I would like to know if I can make a
>>>>game for the Texas Instruments 89 (TI-89) graphing calculator
>>>>based on StarFox64. I am contacting you first because I would
>>>>like to know if I would be infringing on any copyrights that
>>>>Nintendo has on the StarFox name or the game play/design. The
>>>>title that I would like to make is called StarFox89 and it will be
>>>>programmed in assembly, for fast, efficient code.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for you time, and your response.
>>>>
>>>>-Miles Raymond
>
>
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