Could Steam please take an interest in old Amiga games

[8-The-General-8]

Been perusing gog and the focus is mainly prepackaged dos emulator games, I am pretty sure?

I miss some Amiga titles such as :

Original Pirates!
Overlord
The Battle of Britain
Lords of the Rising Sun
Blood Money

Various games for sure.

Found a few publishers on Steam for a few classic Amiga titles but none of the great ones...

Emulators are tricky as at times... I would pay 5 bucks at least, hands down, for a *working* classic Amiga game for convenience of play.


I hope Steam can consider endeavouring into this.

Any advice on getting above titles to enjoy again I would appreciate greatly.

Thanks!

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

hehehehe I disagree

And thusly you illustrate my point.

Anyway, as much insight as you fellas have given me there is still the question.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Can we please get Amiga old real classics on Steam. And, according to responses, how does one approach a publisher/developer to get it to happen?

First is to find out who currently owns the IP.
Many of the companies back then do not exist anymore and their assets were sold off to various other parties.

Once you figure that out. EMail them. and hope. Best bet would be to get a bunch of like mindded enthusiasts and work together. Reach out to various fan communities that currently exist for these games.

If there are enough it may be seen as a quick qay to ear a few sales, by just bundling it with an emulator. Because no. No one's gonna rewrite that for amiga. That starts bumping up costs and investment big time. If the emulated version sells well enough they might see that as a way to justify a full remaster.

[8-The-General-8]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

hehehehe I disagree

And thusly you illustrate my point.

Anyway, as much insight as you fellas have given me there is still the question.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Can we please get Amiga old real classics on Steam. And, according to responses, how does one approach a publisher/developer to get it to happen?

First is to find out who currently owns the IP.
Many of the companies back then do not exist anymore and their assets were sold off to various other parties.

Once you figure that out. EMail them. and hope. Best bet would be to get a bunch of like mindded enthusiasts and work together. Reach out to various fan communities that currently exist for these games.

If there are enough it may be seen as a quick qay to ear a few sales, by just bundling it with an emulator. Because no. No one's gonna rewrite that for amiga. That starts bumping up costs and investment big time. If the emulated version sells well enough they might see that as a way to justify a full remaster.

Yes, true...

You have an interest in old Amiga games? Have you tried to play Batle of Britain in an emulator? Chaos man... chaos... got it to load but couldn't save progress



I think people oblivious to the fact are missing out on some money. Passive, easy, money.

Not millions, just a little trinkle.

The only experience I have similarly is tracing deceased estates in real estate and I called a bloke to do it. Didn't do it myself. Such as an empty lot near a shopping centre in a cbd or something...Could make the inheritor a bit of money whilst they decided what to do with the property. Markets and carparks, mainly.

What would you suggest as a first step then?

Edit:

How to trace these devs of old I mean.. ?

I hope Gog does it first but I hope Steam can consider it as well.

Old games do have value. They were the progenitor of modern gaming.

And as stated above, many are empty these days. No replayability, copy/paste dev/ milking and running/ etc., etc..

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:

And thusly you illustrate my point.

Anyway, as much insight as you fellas have given me there is still the question.


First is to find out who currently owns the IP.
Many of the companies back then do not exist anymore and their assets were sold off to various other parties.

Once you figure that out. EMail them. and hope. Best bet would be to get a bunch of like mindded enthusiasts and work together. Reach out to various fan communities that currently exist for these games.

If there are enough it may be seen as a quick qay to ear a few sales, by just bundling it with an emulator. Because no. No one's gonna rewrite that for amiga. That starts bumping up costs and investment big time. If the emulated version sells well enough they might see that as a way to justify a full remaster.

Yes, true...

You have an interest in old Amiga games? Have you tried to play Batle of Britain in an emulator? Chaos man... chaos... got it to load but couldn't save progress

I have never had an interest in Amiga games. Never. Amiga had no market presence in my geopolitical region.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

I think people oblivious to the fact are missing out on some money. Passive, easy, money.

Not millions, just a little trinkle.

Yeah see that's the thing. Anything more than slapping it in an emulator is going to start bringing in an investment cost at which point it's a numbers game. Will spending the money on this yield a greater return than spending it on something else.

If the people who stand to make money don't see it as worth their time...then it's even less likely Valve will see it as worth sticking their necks in. Heck the fact that GoG doesn't seem to have picked them up is evidence of a superbly niche marjket.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

The only experience I have similarly is tracing deceased estates in real estate and I called a bloke to do it. Didn't do it myself. Such as an empty lot near a shopping centre in a cbd or something...Could make the inheritor a bit of money whilst they decided what to do with the property. Markets and carparks, mainly.

Property is kinda different because in many places property taxes are a thing. Plus the Returns are typically quite significant.

THhios is niche games for a relatively niche system.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

What would you suggest as a first step then?

Edit:

How to trace these devs of old I mean.. ?

I hope Gog does it first but I hope Steam can consider it as well.

Old games do have value. They were the progenitor of modern gaming.

And as stated above, many are empty these days. No replayability, copy/paste dev/ milking and running/ etc., etc..

STart with google and follow the rabbit hole.

The fact that GOg hasn't already done it is kinda telling. And they're unlikely to go hunting now since, quite frankly they've kinda lost interest in retro games.

[8-The-General-8]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

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The fact that GOg hasn't already done it is kinda telling. And they're unlikely to go hunting now since, quite frankly they've kinda lost interest in retro games.

Fair points above but what?!

[8-The-General-8]

Farkin formatting, you know what I mean... lol

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Farkin formatting, you know what I mean... lol

FIgure out who to contact. COntact them and then hope they see it as worth their time. Hence why I recommend worjking with the fan communities for the various games.

[8-The-General-8]

The gangster game I discovered yesterday is a treat. Definitely buying that on Gog but needs a serious fix for my O.S. Many games of old can inspire many modern game devs I am sure.

ANy communities you recommend to work with?

Does anyone in the world have Battle of Britain, Amiga 500 version, working on their current day PC... In the world?

[feytharn]

Perhaps getting the amiga mini console, that allows integrating other games than the preinstalled could be worthwhile for you.

[8-The-General-8]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von feytharn:

Perhaps getting the amiga mini console, that allows integrating other games than the preinstalled could be worthwhile for you.

Sounds cool! Where do I get that from?

The emulators are really hit and miss. I do remember that Battle of Britain was two discs back in the day.

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

The gangster game I discovered yesterday is a treat. Definitely buying that on Gog but needs a serious fix for my O.S. Many games of old can inspire many modern game devs I am sure.

ANy communities you recommend to work with?

Does anyone in the world have Battle of Britain, Amiga 500 version, working on their current day PC... In the world?

You're the Amiga Fan.
Get to Googling as they say

[8-The-General-8]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

The gangster game I discovered yesterday is a treat. Definitely buying that on Gog but needs a serious fix for my O.S. Many games of old can inspire many modern game devs I am sure.

ANy communities you recommend to work with?

Does anyone in the world have Battle of Britain, Amiga 500 version, working on their current day PC... In the world?

You're the Amiga Fan.
Get to Googling as they say

; S

Well, I tried.

There is still a lot of value there. And, here, now.

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Start_Running:

You're the Amiga Fan.
Get to Googling as they say

; S

Well, I tried.

There is still a lot of value there. And, here, now.

Have you tried?
Seems you're balking at the fist sign of actually having to do some neetworking and legwork.
Value is there yes. But is there enough to make it worth the time? That is the question.
As said though. Steam isn't going to stick their noses in it,. If the owners don't see the value, and they would be making the lions share, then there's even less value for steam.

[8-The-General-8]

Matey I am busy with a fella that has issues lol

Undertaking a task like this takes planning and procurement of contacts.

I waited 20 years or so, I can wait further.

[8-The-General-8]

Actually, lets do it now!

I am going to trace licence holders and see who I can email.

I was going to spend my afternoon getting more skills in coding but whatever...

[feytharn]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 8-The-General-8:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von feytharn:

Perhaps getting the amiga mini console, that allows integrating other games than the preinstalled could be worthwhile for you.

Sounds cool! Where do I get that from?

The emulators are really hit and miss. I do remember that Battle of Britain was two discs back in the day.

It came out somewhat recently, I guess you could find one on Amazon.