I successfully dumped the PAL version of the game.
How does the new game differ from the widely available prototype? Can you post screenshots or a description of the differences, please?
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I will not distribute the game. Piko Iteractive has made it clear that they do not want their games to be shared for free on the web.
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?29373-Water-Margin-The-Tales-of-Clouds-and-Winds-(by-Piko-Interactive)&p=726967&viewfull=1#post726967
So buy their stuff and thanks Piko Interactive for this game !
It's great that you're not going to distribute the rom, as pirating the new 40 Winks would discourage Piko or anyone else from working on new games for the N64. If Piko and other companies realise that there's a fairly small but viable group of loyal N64 fans who are willing to pay for new games then they might be encouraged to write new games, and hopefully make them available as downloadable roms for those of us who want to play the games on flash cartridges such as the Everdrive 64 or the 64Drive
Even if Piko/etc don't want to spend too much time or money creating new games, then they can port older, open source games to the N64, such as
System Shock. If you've not played this (and very few people have), it's a fantastic first person explorer/shooter, that was well ahead of it's time when it was released (1994). Unfortunately, it wasn't advertised too well, and had problems running on some PCs, so few people played it (or even heard of it), which was a real shame, as it's a complex, compelling, atmospheric mix of thought and action, as you fight to survive and learn what happened and how to stop it.
Other open source games that I think would be good on the N64 include
Shadow Warrior 3D, the
Marathon trilogy of first person shooter games,
Cave Story, etc.
I know I'm probably just dreaming, but wouldn't it be brilliant if the N64 did start to get new (or ports of old but great) games, download ready, and for a reasonable price?
And really, the N64 deserves to be able to play System Shock! Here's a review of System Shock on the PC. Note that the game is described as the "Enhanced Edition", which is just the original game made to run on all PCs and with better controls (the original controls were difficult to use, it was released before the WASD + mouse control setup became the default standard amongst PC gamers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr28o6Q28MkSystem Shock is also being remade into a modern PC game, with up to date graphics etc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdiaIRkjpI0&t=682sWhich, if anyone ported the original game to the N64, would perhaps also serve as a small advert for the N64 version.
