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Read the full thread at Dreamcast Talk here. The game was technically too big for the Dreamcast, and since 3DO / NewWorldComputing and thus Ubisoft only wanted to see it published as a 1:1 conversion on the Dreamcast, eventually a point was reached at which the Dreamcast was basically just technically overwhelmed." " Heroes of Might and Magic III was not canceled because the Dreamcast was discontinued or anything, but because it failed due to the technical limitations.
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If you're not sure what that last sentence even means, here's an info dump: Heroes of Might and Magic III was a best-selling PC strategy game featuring a fantasy setting in which players could command armies across a vast campaign and was scheduled for a Dreamcast release back in the early 2000s before Sega ditched the Dreamcast, everything was cancelled and the entire house burnt down.or so you might think.Īccording to the developer it was actually because the game was too big for the Dreamcast system to handle:
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Anyone who feels differently is welcome to put their money where their mouth is and fund the fundraiser themselves to acquire and release the game for free to everyone else.We recently covered the fundraiser that was set up to release the long lost Dreamcast port of Heroes of Might and Magic III for the Dreamcast. Those who choose to release games out of their own pocket are a privilege, not a right, to the community. We should be thankful that the game ended up with someone who's willing to release the game at all. The author's asking for a return on their investment before releasing the game is just the final transaction for the game, no different from going from single party to single party, it's just now going from a single party to a distributed party. Just because the game goes from existing on a GD-R to existing on a hard drive doesn't suddenly mean the cost of acquisition goes away. The post's author clearly states the game cost the author $600 (~£355) at the time of purchase.
The moment that single unique game is distributed online, it potentially loses a lot of its value because now it exists in multiple. Up until the game is released, the game is sold from one party to another for a single, usually significant, price for a single physical copy of the game. I would like to thank thedoctor45 for providing me a DC with DreamShell used to rip this - The reason for a fund-raised release is simple. Some more rare or unreleased material can be released in the future. I have some problems capturing audio from DC with the capture card that I need to solve. I can upload soon a video of the game running on retail Dreamcast to my YouTube channel ( FatalistDC ). Heroes III is considered the best game in the saga. For me this game would have been one of the best Dreamcast games in terms of quality. In addition to the reason why so many games were canceled. In my opinion I think maybe this game could be canceled due to memory problems. The original GD-R has always been like this. There are options or menus where the game always crashes, for example going to the Thieve's Guild in the Tavern always crashes the game. It can crash on the FMV intro or when loading. It's a beta, version 0.800, not a final version. I have ripped the game and my question is if people would be willing to make a community fundraiser for this game to be distributed. Now I am willing to make a public release. He sold me Heroes III for $600, £355 at that time. I bought Heroes of Might and Magic III and Test Drive Cycles from him. Years ago, in 2005 I bought GD-Rs and Dreamcast promos from a member of Assembler Games (LeGIt). I am another (sadly) former member of Assembler Games.