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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:54
by RoboBlue
Holy crap, Wisdom Tree has a website?
Also... how did Wisdom Tree manage to not get sued by ID for this?
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 14:07
by VikingBoyBilly
RoboBlue wrote:Holy crap, Wisdom Tree has a website?
Also... how did Wisdom Tree manage to not get sued by ID for this?
Id would sue someone who paid to use their engine? Wouldn't put it past carmack.
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 14:09
by Lunick
RoboBlue wrote:Holy crap, Wisdom Tree has a website?
Also... how did Wisdom Tree manage to not get sued by ID for this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_3D_Noah%27s_Ark
Connection to id Software
According to rumours, id Software, angered with Nintendo of America's censorship in the SNES version of Wolfenstein 3D, gave the source code for that game to Wisdom Tree as part of a kind of "revenge" for the company to make an unofficial clone to mock them. The fact is that Wisdom Tree purchased the license to the engine themselves from id Software, with both Wolfenstein 3D for the SNES and Super 3D Noah's Ark being developed at the same time. The game was not a commercial success, and is considered a clone of Wolfenstein 3D. It was most commonly sold in Christian bookstores.
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 20:51
by RoboBlue
Wow, the real story behind that sounds much more interesting then simple theft or revenge. Too bad there's never been an official statement. :/
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:52
by VikingBoyBilly
The real story is Wisdom Tree asked for the license and id sold it to them. That's it.
Or the shorter story is Wisdom Tree asked for the license and Carmack (because tom and romero weren't equal partners in their own company that they founded with blood and sweat) let them buy it because he's a money grubber.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 14:11
by RoboBlue
Was it really that cheap?
How much could an unlicensed christian game developer reasonably afford to pay?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 15:24
by VikingBoyBilly
It's all nintendo's fault for rejecting dangerous dave in copyright infringement! If Id made nintendo ports, Commander Keen wouldn't have been born and Super Noah's Ark 3D wouldn't exist.
I's all Commander Keen's fault.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 15:00
by Lunick
Not sure if many of you guys here have a Steam account but the game now has a Steam Greenlight page and could use some votes!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =287164593
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:17
by Levellass
RoboBlue wrote:Was it really that cheap?
How much could an unlicensed christian game developer reasonably afford to pay?
It can be; the company gets to set the rates and if it's for some unrelated thing that won't be associated by many people with the original and nobody cares about then why not hock it on the cheap?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 2:10
by Lunick
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by Lunick
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by Lunick
