SNKP used a bootleg in PSP MS Anthology

[Hakkai]

Regardless, I don't think that SNKP will be going out and changing it since it is technically still their property. Its irony, most people have already downloaded it, and the ones to find out and complain are from the emulating/mame community. I see it if a person is able to just read and dump the roms from this easily, why would they bother putting in the official roms so that people would steal it. They're still making money and it plays just fine regardless.

 

[Tacitus]

It isn't a speculation, it is real.
The news in ENGLISH:
http://www.emu-france.com/?page=news_eng&id=13910

Seriously... does it work?

 

[Mutation]

Seriously... does it work?

The boot ? Yup, it works, as it's nothing more than a decrypted Metal Slug 5 game with some watermarks & a swap between the 2nd & 3rd seg of 1 Mb of P1, it has no bugs, that's not the real prob :/
The main prob's that SNKP used a boot (with watermarks, with the useless swap not needed in the "legit" decrypted P1)...

 

[Amano Jacu]

that's not the real prob :/
The main prob's that SNKP used a boot (with watermarks, with the useless swap not needed in the "legit" decrypted P1)...

Just where exactly is the prob in this?

 

[Mutation]

Just where exactly is the prob in this?

This helped to prove that SNKP included a boot in its compile : more exactly the first dump of the boot of Metal Slug 5 released on the Net.

 

[billd420]

Seriously... does it work?

I just wanted to chime in here...

Bootleg MVS carts "work" but you'd be damn pissed if you bought one thinking it was a legit game and it wasn't. I think the reason a lot of people are upset is they are paying for hacked/bootlegged code, and not the original version as they expected. I have to say though, this is SNK we're talking about here. Its not like its a secret that SNK cuts corners, recycles content at every chance, and in general doing EVERYTHING 1/2 assed.

Funny as hell IMO.
-Big Bill

 

[Tacitus]

I just wanted to chime in here...

Bootleg MVS carts "work" but you'd be damn pissed if you bought one thinking it was a legit game and it wasn't. I think the reason a lot of people are upset is they are paying for hacked/bootlegged code, and not the original version as they expected. I have to say though, this is SNK we're talking about here. Its not like its a secret that SNK cuts corners, recycles content at every chance, and in general doing EVERYTHING 1/2 assed.

Funny as hell IMO.
-Big Bill

I've bought and sold more arcade stuff than about 95% of people here.

I've bought boots and didn't know it and yes, I was pissed., but you're confusing two things here.

1. The product is owned by SNK.

2. The thing works.

As far as I'm concerned, it works and it's an official release and nothing worth complaining about.

You people REALLY need to stop trying to fake/manufacture an outrage or issue here. It's not worth it, this conversation is inane and it's a non-issue.

Who cares enough to go in there and actually find this? People who WANT to make a big deal about something and jews... dirty dirty jews.

 

[aria]

lol.

how much does anyone want to wager that the person complaining about the use of a bootleg file never bought the game, but rather downloaded it. I'd say the odds are good.

Too funny...

"Hey, this illegal download is a bootleg! I'm outraged!"

 

[evil wasabi]

This helped to prove that SNKP included a boot in its compile : more exactly the first dump of the boot of Metal Slug 5 released on the Net.

So what's the problem? Seriously. That SNK pirated back IP that was stolen from them. That's called ironic justice.

 

[Mutation]

So what's the problem? Seriously. That SNK pirated back IP that was stolen from them. That's called ironic justice.

I'm agree : "Ironic Justice"... it's hilarious to say that in buying MS Anthology for PSP, U'll own a bootleg in total legality.

I bought the game, but I don't expect getting indemnities from SNKP loool, first, it was a message to inform, nothing more.

 

[Amano Jacu]

I'm agree : "Ironic Justice"... it's hilarious to say that in buying MS Anthology for PSP, U'll own a bootleg in total legality.

Uh, no, a bootleg is released without the company's permission and its sales doesn't participate in the company's benefits. If it's SNKP releasing it then it's OK, wherever they got it from. It's the overall SNKP seal what it really counts, not the CRC in the fuckin' romz.

This is just quite a funny detail, nothing more. If somebody feels ashamed by this then don't buy the game or return it. It'd be gold to see an EB employee having to deal with such a return "the romz inside came from a b00t, d00d".

You guys are like this:

 

[Stifu]

I see VanillaThunder is still as pathetic as ever. You may need to get laid, that may release all the stress and animosity that you unleash on the net like a reject...

I love how you say the boot thing can't be confirmed, then once proven wrong, you're like "who cares" ?... What a ridiculous come back.

 

[Tacitus]

I see VanillaThunder is still as pathetic as ever. You may need to get laid, that may release all the stress and animosity that you unleash on the net like a reject...

I love how you say the boot thing can't be confirmed, then once proven wrong, you're like "who cares" ?... What a ridiculous come back.

I had "who fucking cares" attitude the whole time. If I tell you I'm german will you read harder for me next time? heh.

Getting laid? That's the best you've got? Are we 8th graders fighting in an AOL chat room? fuck.. man, you've got to come stronger than that.

I don't give a fuck if I'm "proven wrong" on this or not. I will restate what I said earlier which is : This is the worst manufactured drama I've ever seen.

 

[Mobius]

I wonder how something like this happens. Did someone at SNKP just think "Man, I don't feel like tracking down a cart and doing a real dump, or finding source code and recompiling it. I think I'll just download this sketchy rom from usenet" or what?

Also chiming in with "who the hell cares"...

 

[topher]

return it then go and buy the pcb, mvs, or aes cart so snk gets no money from you...that will teach them to do whatever they want with their franchises...


seriously, is it really that big a deal in the grand scheme of things?

 

[KaedesDisciple]

Just to be clear, this doesn't affect my copy of MS5 on the xbox right? I mean, I had fun playing it the other night, but I don't want my fun soured with the thought that I might be playing with some dirty dirty bootleg code.

 

[Mark of the Wolves]

Haha.

 

[Kazuya_UK]

Not really sure if I should jump into the middle of this thread, but I'm just gonna repeat what I said on my site... I really can't see how this happened - did they download the roms or something rather than find the code from their backups that they surely must have somewhere? Unless they are so disorganised at SNKP that they lost them!


I'm not too fussed so long as the game works properly, and I'm still buying it, but it does seem incredibly unprofessional to me. The main thing to remember though: it's their intellectual property, so they can do what they want with it. However, if I was SNK I'd be trying to do everything possible to stay in touch with the fans and to gain/keep their respect... surely they know how many people still don't trust them, and not only that, how fussy many SNK fans are... so something like this really doesn't help their cause.


It just seems to me that for every step they take forward (good games like NGBC, great games like KOF XI), they take another step back with either shoddy conversions (Last Blade on the PS2) or silly little things like this. Their PR department needs improving in my opinion, but hasn't that always been the case with SNK?

Kaz

 

[Nesagwa]

Not really sure if I should jump into the middle of this thread, but I'm just gonna repeat what I said on my site... I really can't see how this happened - did they download the roms or something rather than find the code from their backups that they surely must have somewhere? Unless they are so disorganised at SNKP that they lost them!


I'm not too fussed so long as the game works properly, and I'm still buying it, but it does seem incredibly unprofessional to me. The main thing to remember though: it's their intellectual property, so they can do what they want with it. However, if I was SNK I'd be trying to do everything possible to stay in touch with the fans and to gain/keep their respect... surely they know how many people still don't trust them, and not only that, how fussy many SNK fans are... so something like this really doesn't help their cause.


It just seems to me that for every step they take forward (good games like NGBC, great games like KOF XI), they take another step back with either shoddy conversions (Last Blade on the PS2) or silly little things like this. Their PR department needs improving in my opinion, but hasn't that always been the case with SNK?

Kaz

SNKP didnt make this port. Everyone should keep that in mind.

 

[Mutation]

SNKP didnt make this port. Everyone should keep that in mind.

U're right. the compile was done by another studio for SNKP. Btw, SNKP logo & copyrights 're used.

 

[ken_dong]

An italian member already told me about this... luckily it doesn't make a difference for me, i'm really enjoying this collection ^

BTW, can someone explain the MS6 gameplay system? I mean, those new four bars... what's the point in filling them? Tnx.

 

[Amano Jacu]

BTW, can someone explain the MS6 gameplay system? I mean, those new four bars... what's the point in filling them? Tnx.

When they fill, for a while all enemies leave coins whe killed. If you collect them in a row you keep multiplying points.

Also remember Ralf & Clark have special attacks pressing []+R+

 

[Fighter123]

Bootlegs = Free
Real Thing = Money

See the difference?

 

[evil wasabi]

Not really sure if I should jump into the middle of this thread, but I'm just gonna repeat what I said on my site... I really can't see how this happened - did they download the roms or something rather than find the code from their backups that they surely must have somewhere? Unless they are so disorganised at SNKP that they lost them!


I'm not too fussed so long as the game works properly, and I'm still buying it, but it does seem incredibly unprofessional to me. The main thing to remember though: it's their intellectual property, so they can do what they want with it. However, if I was SNK I'd be trying to do everything possible to stay in touch with the fans and to gain/keep their respect... surely they know how many people still don't trust them, and not only that, how fussy many SNK fans are... so something like this really doesn't help their cause.


It just seems to me that for every step they take forward (good games like NGBC, great games like KOF XI), they take another step back with either shoddy conversions (Last Blade on the PS2) or silly little things like this. Their PR department needs improving in my opinion, but hasn't that always been the case with SNK?

Kaz

The totality is: big fucking deal. And really, what would a PR department do here? Make a press release? Talk to the fans and make them feel better?

SNKP released an official game to the fans. Who cares about the code. What's important is that they can keep releasing new games.

 

[Giga Power]

Yeah, I'm actually amazed that some people seem to be pissed off about this. I mean another development team ported this over, and even with the way that they went about it the fact is that SNK owns the property.

Seeing a problem here is just silly.