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    #35: Super Illegal and Super Awesome

    May 18th, 2017 · 50 minutes

    Fan made games, and how copyright owners react to these projects.

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    Links and Show Notes

    The World of Pokémon Fan Games Has Become A Minefield - Kotaku
    After Nine Years Of Work, Fans Release Their Own Pokémon Game - Kotaku
    Pokémon Uranium NEW Full Game Trailer - Explore Tandor Region! - YouTube
    Pokémon Essentials Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia
    Pokémon Uranium Creators Pull Game After A Reported 1.5 Million Downloads - Kotaku
    Twitch Is Playing An Unreleased Pokémon Hack That Took Eight Years To Make - Kotaku
    Black Mesa (video game) - Wikipedia
    Here's What The Creators of Pokémon Sun and Moon Think About Fan Games - Kotaku
    Pokémon Prism | Rijon Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia
    RPG Maker
    How To Make a Pokemon Game in RPG Maker - Part 1: Getting Started - YouTube
    To the Moon
    Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
    Adventure Creator
    Arcade Game Studio
    Arcade Game Construction Kit - Wikipedia
    Metroid 2 fan remake finally released, quickly hit with copyright claims - Polygon
    AM2R Fan Trailer - YouTube
    Nintendo slaps Metroid 2 remake and 500-plus fangames with takedown orders - Polygon
    Here's What Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Looked Like In The Early Stages - Kotaku
    Zelda Fan Game Turns Breath of the Wild Prototype Into Thing You Can Play - Kotaku
    Zelda Fan Game Changes Course After Nintendo Issues Takedown - Kotaku
    Nintendo threatens diehard fans; Sega hires them - Kotaku
    Taxman and Stealth: The Story behind Sonic Mania's Fans Turned Developers - YouTube
    Sonic Utopia Reveal Trailer - YouTube
    Sonic CD Demonstration - YouTube
    Sega gives Sonic fans the okay to make games - Destructoid
    The new Sonic basically lets you play as fan art - The Verge
    Sonic Forces: Custom Hero Trailer - YouTube
    Roblox
    Pokémon Brick Bronze Wikia | Fandom powered by Wikia
    Pokémon Brick Bronze | ROBLOX - YouTube
    Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones (CK2:AGOT) mod - Mod DB
    Super Mario 3Mix for NES Review - Nintendo ROM Hack - YouTube
    Hack flips Super Metroid on its side, makes game even harder • Eurogamer.net
    Pokémon ROM Hacks - YouTube