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Marvel Heroes Emulation Project Unveils Playable GitHub Build Loaded with Features | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited September 8 in News & Features Discussion

imageMarvel Heroes Emulation Project Unveils Playable GitHub Build Loaded with Features | MMORPG.com

If you're a Marvel Heroes fan, you may be delighted to know that the game is back through an emulation effort by the MHServerEmu team.

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  • TalemireTalemire Member UncommonPosts: 842
    Dude I freaking loved this game lol. Let's go!
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  • TalraekkTalraekk Member UncommonPosts: 290
    I loved the game and cannot wait for it to be back. I feel though that Disney and the ip holders will make this a nightmare..
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,385
    Well I suppose the emulation project is based in a place they cannot get to them.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,271
    I will definitely play this once they have it up and running, how many times have we talked about MH on here, I have lost count!
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  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,674
    LETS FKN GOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,450
    edited September 9
    Trion doesn't exist anymore and i assumed most everything that Trion had went to Gamigo, which also shut down, Gamigo was picked up by MGI and VERVE investors. (i think?)

    Microsoft also had a partnership with Gazillion; so whatever this turns out to be, i hope it doesn't turn into the biggest legal clusterfuck we can imagine.

    Disney, Microsoft and Investment firms based in Sweden, what could go wrong?


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  • FrodoFraginsFrodoFragins Member EpicPosts: 6,050
    edited September 9
    cheyane said:
    Well I suppose the emulation project is based in a place they cannot get to them.
    The source is all on github and is designed for local emulation.  Others are taking that source and using it for actual multiplayer servers.

    I have zero knowledge of the legality of emulator code being saved to github.

    Neoyoshi said:
    Trion doesn't exist anymore and i assumed most everything that Trion had went to Gamigo, which also shut down, Gamigo was picked up by MGI and VERVE investors. (i think?)

    Microsoft also had a partnership with Gazillion; so whatever this turns out to be, i hope it doesn't turn into the biggest legal clusterfuck we can imagine.

    Disney, Microsoft and Investment firms based in Sweden, what could go wrong?
    I believe a former dev mentioned that Gamigo had the rights to most but not all of the source.  As some had been sold elsewhere.  I could be wrong there.

    I imagine it will face whatever hurdles SWG emulation has faced.  Which doesn't seem to be much.  

    Emulating a server from scratch is not close to the same as reusing the original source code.  City of Heroes server devs were given the actual source code which complicated things greatly.  SWG and MH emulator devs have written them from scratch and thus don't violate Gamigo's IP rights.

    All it would probably take is a legal threat from Disney to get the project removed from github.  But I don't see further development of it halting.  And of course any server hosted in countries that don't respect US copyright is safe.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,271
    "And of course any server hosted in countries that don't respect US copyright is safe."

    Got it, looking at a new home in sunny San Marino right now.
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