How do older games get put onto steam?

[G1NG3RCL4U5]

I really want to know how games get put onto steam. My favorite game is Legend of Legaia and I think my PS copy was stolen. I would really like to play this game again. Seeing it on here would make me really happy.

[HLCinSC]

The owner of the game submits it to Steam

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

I know that a few of the "older" games are Japanese PC games that have had console/handheld ports in English but only recently got English PC versions released. This is basically all of Falcom's games on Steam. (all the Ys games, Trails in the Sky, and Gurumin)

The Sega Genesis games on here are, I've heard, basically just a ROM packaged with an emulator. (I have not verified this personally.)

Does anyone know how Valkyria Chronicles got onto Steam? Did it also have a PC version or was its dev/publisher intending to go multiplatform anyway?

I mean, I know I'd love to see a bunch of older console games get released on PC. All the Summon Night games, the Atelier games, the Mother series (though Nintendo seems really hesitant about playing ball with PC), Enix's (now Squenix's) SNES oddities like E.V.O. and the Soul Blazer trilogy, the Taito's obscure SRPG called Energy Breaker, all the Castlevania games, and FF Tactics the Lion War...

[SugarSniper]

See here: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486849997575/

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by SubtleRhino:

See here: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486849997575/

That will not get the game on Steam, that is for users to post that is all...

If someone want it to happen they need to get the publiusher/dev to put it here

[MainframeMouse]

Would this help?
http://game-oldies.com/play-online/legend-of-legaia-sony-playstation

[G1NG3RCL4U5]

sounds like if i want to play a legit version of the game i would have to try to contact the devs but i think contrail is gone. MainframeMouse- i feel like that site would be riddled with viruses.