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[–] Admiral_Greyfield [S] 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
My submission from /r/KiA
TxK is a game that is supposed to serve as a spiritual successor to Tempest. It was released on PS Vita late last year and Sony even made it a PS+ title. It received critical acclaim and a warm reception, but flew under most people's radars due it being on an essentially dead system. Minter, the developer, intended to release this game on more platforms (PC, PS4, VR, Andoid) but Atari apparently sent Minter threatening legal letters preventing this. Eurogamer Article (Archive)
Here is Minter's response to Atari. (Pastebin) Very relevant section at the bottom where he talks about how Atari did the same thing they're accusing him of to deny him royalties for Tempest 2000.
So Atari:
What we can do about it:
Buy TxK on Vita/PS TV if you're interested. If you know someone that would like it, show it to them. (If it does get pulled, Sony still allows re-downloads of prior purchases.)
Put pressure on Atari to back off. Send tips to other outlets to cover this, post on any other forums you visit about this. Spread the story around on twitter or other social media.
Crazy Idea: Make Tempest clones (or clones of other Atari games, Pong is really easy) in a show of solidarity and a way of saying "Fuck Atari".
Update: Atari's Response (Archive because of Gamasutra)
TL;DR: We [Atari] own the gameplay of Tempest.
Gameplay isn't copyrightable, or Cities would have been sued out of existence by EA/Maxis.
[–] shirtlords 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This Shirtlord would like to add, that the current 'Atari' is in no way the same company as made the classic arcade and home games, it is 'Atari' in name only, and the name has been sold at least twice that I can remember.
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[–] Admiral_Greyfield [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Huge Vita fan myself. I end up only playing jRPGs and Indies because that's all there is though. Most AAA devs have abandoned ship, but PS Vita is still cool.
[–] RangerSix ago
Crazy idea, but it just might work.
[–] tonberry2 ago
I thought Atari went out of business for good a few years ago? Here was an article talking about it:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-atari-once-and-for-all/1100-6402808/
Hoe can a bankrupt company sue someone for copyright?
[–] Admiral_Greyfield [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They keep going out of business, then being bought up by lawyers to enforce their large pool of IP because they own a ton of iconic games. It's apparently been happening since the crash in the '80s. It's stupid and makes great argument for copyright only lasting 15 years.