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celerystalker
10-28-2015, 01:42 PM
I understand it when there are licensing issues, but it baffles me how some companies seem to ignore games and franchises that they seem to care little about.

What got me thinking was the Thor games, Beyond Oasis and Legend of Oasis. Maybe the best action RPGs Sega ever made, and yet aside from Virtual Console and an eventual inclusion in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Cillection for Beyond, Sega seems to just not really give a shit. These games should be real legacy pieces for Sega, but get less remebrance than games like Altered Beast and Wrestle War.

I know Saturn games were never really simple to emulate, but still... Sega has made a lot more than Sonic, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, and Shining games, but games like Oasis, Alien Storm, Dragon Force I & II,etc. easily hold their own with the best work Sega ever did, and other than Dragon Force I regularly see around at very reasonable prices.

What are some other games/franchises from companies that are every bit as great as the games they use to define themselves, but they don't seem to care about proudly including them as legacy titles?
sfchakan
10-28-2015, 02:30 PM
I love the Thor/Oasis games. I wrote a FAQ for one of them way back.

I wonder how many games from the mid to late 90s are lost due to their source being scraped for data storage.

Thank Bira Bira we have emulation.
Daria
10-28-2015, 02:34 PM
I love the Thor/Oasis games. I wrote a FAQ for one of them way back.

I wonder how many games from the mid to late 90s are lost due to their source being scraped for data storage.

Thank Bira Bira we have emulation.

It's amazing no one learned anything from film restoration efforts.
ccovell
10-28-2015, 08:23 PM
Well, the Thor games also have licensing/royalty issues because the music (and code in these cases too?) is copyrighted Yuzo Koshiro / Ancient.

Probably anytime Revenge of Shinobi gets put on a collection, Sega has to pay royalties to Marvel & Yuzo... so they might not want to do that so often.
sfchakan
10-28-2015, 10:27 PM
Koshiro loves the Mega Drive still (https://twitter.com/yuzokoshiro/status/654151068666871808) and would likely always okay every use. I think he likes additional monies for decades old work, too.