Phantasy star game

[Chaos_Fury]

I was wondering if I can get tiles, and sprites resembling the 1988 phantasy star game for sega master system. Thank you.

 

[taarna23]

This is way too big of a request for here. This section is for small things like a monster, or a character sprite, or a couple of item icons.

For something this large you will need to make a writeup about your game with details about what you are looking for as part of a team, and can be done in the Project Recruitment section.

 

[Sharm]

We might be able to direct you to existing stuff like this if you could tell us what it is you want most from something similar. Like if you're looking for a retro pixelated look, we could direct you to some good retro tilesets. If you want tall sprites we could direct you there too. If it's the scifi setting, that gets a little more difficult, the only scifi pixel art stuff that I know of is one of the DS expansions sold here. You have a few more options if you don't need the retro pixel look.

 

[Chaos_Fury]

We might be able to direct you to existing stuff like this if you could tell us what it is you want most from something similar. Like if you're looking for a retro pixelated look, we could direct you to some good retro tilesets. If you want tall sprites we could direct you there too. If it's the scifi setting, that gets a little more difficult, the only scifi pixel art stuff that I know of is one of the DS expansions sold here. You have a few more options if you don't need the retro pixel look.

Thank you, I just want to make a game that will look like the original phantasy star as far as maps, towns,etc. The monster or character sprites is not a big deal since I know how to do that myself. BUt I also just realized that game had 3d/first person view dungeons which im not sure is possible in MV.

 

[Chaos_Fury]

This is way too big of a request for here. This section is for small things like a monster, or a character sprite, or a couple of item icons.

For something this large you will need to make a writeup about your game with details about what you are looking for as part of a team, and can be done in the Project Recruitment section.

I was just looking for tiles that would allow me to make towns, and maps that will resemble phantasy star. Thank you.

 

[Sharm]

[dpost]Chaos_Fury[/dpost]

There's possibly something in the works to make that exact style of dungeon. There was recently an official poll to gage interest. I don't know if that means they'll make it but it's looking good.

I'm still not clear on what you want in the tilesets. Pretty much every tileset out there has towns. Overworld map tiles are slightly less common but easy to find depending on what tiles you end up using. If you're trying to find tilesets that look exactly like the Phantasy Star tiles then that's not going to happen. We do not support rips or any other form of copyright infringement on this site. So you will need to let us know what it is about the Phantasy Star tiles that you're interested in so we can help you find the next best thing.

 

[Chaos_Fury]

I'm sorry about the double post.

I didn't know it was copyright infringement. I thought it was ok as long as you weren't planning on making any money off of it. But thank you anyway, I appreciate the help.

 

[Sharm]

It's a common misconception, but no, non-commercial just means you'll probably get a cease and desist letter instead of a lawsuit when you're caught. It doesn't change the legality of the infringement.

 

[Chaos_Fury]

It's a common misconception, but no, non-commercial just means you'll probably get a cease and desist letter instead of a lawsuit when you're caught. It doesn't change the legality of the infringement.

Then how is it that I see many fan made games featuring mario and other nintendo characters on the internet? Are these people getting permission?

 

[Sharm]

Nope, just haven't gotten bugged by Nintendo yet.

 

[bgillisp]

Right. A common misconception is because you see others doing it, it is legal. For example, here in the US many people speed. That doesn't mean that if you speed, you won't still get a ticket, even though you see others getting away with it all the time.

Basically, the internet is a huge place, and since copywrite law is a civil law, it requires the holder to file suit against the offender. That takes time, which they may not have a lot of. So, many times, a fan game has nothing done to it unless it becomes popular enough to get the attention of the company, then they take action.

So really if you use their stuff, you are actually hoping that your game has no popularity at all, else it will get the attention of the copywrite holder, and then you're in trouble.

Myself, I've only seen two types of fan games that have avoided legal trouble (and case 2 has even still hit trouble later):

1: They got permission from the company to make the game.
2: The company is bankrupt or no longer exists, and/or the copywrite/trademark has expired. However, you can still get in trouble later on for this, like the Kings Quest 9 Fan game did, as the IP was sold off by the now no longer in existence company to another company who took issue with the fangame, and they took action to shut it down, even after it had been around for years.

 

[Chaos_Fury]

Right. A common misconception is because you see others doing it, it is legal. For example, here in the US many people speed. That doesn't mean that if you speed, you won't still get a ticket, even though you see others getting away with it all the time.

Basically, the internet is a huge place, and since copywrite law is a civil law, it requires the holder to file suit against the offender. That takes time, which they may not have a lot of. So, many times, a fan game has nothing done to it unless it becomes popular enough to get the attention of the company, then they take action.

So really if you use their stuff, you are actually hoping that your game has no popularity at all, else it will get the attention of the copywrite holder, and then you're in trouble.

Myself, I've only seen two types of fan games that have avoided legal trouble (and case 2 has even still hit trouble later):

1: They got permission from the company to make the game.
2: The company is bankrupt or no longer exists, and/or the copywrite/trademark has expired. However, you can still get in trouble later on for this, like the Kings Quest 9 Fan game did, as the IP was sold off by the now no longer in existence company to another company who took issue with the fangame, and they took action to shut it down, even after it had been around for years.

I see, I will have to rethink everything about my game now. Thanks for the help.

 

[zephar123]

Your best to always ask permission if you can find who still owns the work. be surprised how mean some are and how others are more then happy.

 

[Kes]

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