by Rachael » Sat May 23, 2009 8:05 am
PlayerLin wrote:EDIT : Wait, do you want to recreate
all of Duke3D? I think it is illegal and will be shut down by 3DRealms. If fact, 3DR don't like any projects that using their game's materials to other game engines and they'll shut it down...
Not that we need half a dozen more game clones ported for ZDoom (and yes, some of them ARE actually really good) - however - many already have been ported. Examples that I can name off the top of my head are Wolfenstein and PSX Doom, but I am sure there are many more. Anyway, point being, if it was ever going to be shut down, those mods would have been shut down long LONG ago and I know Afadoomer's Wolf clone is still running strong. Yeah, they might be illegal depending on how you look at them, but not so much that you couldn't even breathe a word of the idea. The way I see it, they actually help advertise the original games. I'd be surprised if Wolfenstein sales didn't spike when Afadoomer released his version of it, but I don't have access to the numbers so I wouldn't know.
Oh and secondly, last I heard, 3DR isn't really thriving right now... there are rumors that they are actually dead but I have yet to see that for myself.
[quote="PlayerLin"]EDIT : Wait, do you want to recreate [i]all of[/i] Duke3D? I think it is illegal and will be shut down by 3DRealms. If fact, 3DR don't like any projects that using their game's materials to other game engines and they'll shut it down... :([/quote]
Not that we need half a dozen more game clones ported for ZDoom (and yes, some of them ARE actually really good) - however - many already have been ported. Examples that I can name off the top of my head are Wolfenstein and PSX Doom, but I am sure there are many more. Anyway, point being, if it was ever going to be shut down, those mods would have been shut down long LONG ago and I know Afadoomer's Wolf clone is still running strong. Yeah, they might be illegal depending on how you look at them, but not so much that you couldn't even breathe a word of the idea. The way I see it, they actually help advertise the original games. I'd be surprised if Wolfenstein sales didn't spike when Afadoomer released his version of it, but I don't have access to the numbers so I wouldn't know.
Oh and secondly, last I heard, 3DR isn't really thriving right now... there are rumors that they are actually dead but I have yet to see that for myself.