[Q] Is this type of App legal? [Mario 64] - General Questions and Answers

I want to make a Mario 64 karaoke app where you play along with all Mario 64 songs. Heres the kicker, all art within app is made by me, hand drawn. and the music is fan made karaoke music being used with permission. will this app get suspended from Google Play? it contains no copyrighted content right? the karaoke songs aren't even accurate to the true in game songs of Mario 64. so some beats aren't even in there. i hand drew the mario 64 logo...its black and white and in pencil sketch. i was gonna color it but i figured it would then resemble the original logo too much. anyways, just wanna know if im safe or should i not do this? oh and am i allowed to call it "MusicBOP! Mario 64 Edition"????

OneHitGamer said:
I want to make a Mario 64 karaoke app where you play along with all Mario 64 songs. Heres the kicker, all art within app is made by me, hand drawn. and the music is fan made karaoke music being used with permission. will this app get suspended from Google Play? it contains no copyrighted content right? the karaoke songs aren't even accurate to the true in game songs of Mario 64. so some beats aren't even in there. i hand drew the mario 64 logo...its black and white and in pencil sketch. i was gonna color it but i figured it would then resemble the original logo too much. anyways, just wanna know if im safe or should i not do this? oh and am i allowed to call it "MusicBOP! Mario 64 Edition"????
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so you mean to say that you have everything made by you.. just the logo is matching (a bit- right? ) well if it's a new concept.. change the name and logo a bit.. and you are good to go!!

sralli said:
so you mean to say that you have everything made by you.. just the logo is matching (a bit- right? ) well if it's a new concept.. change the name and logo a bit.. and you are good to go!!
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Yes, all art and logos created by me. the music is all "karaoke" music of the popular mario 64 songs. so when you fire my app up, you see mario...drawn by me...you see mario 64 logo, pencil sketched by me, you play level and its in a GUITAR HERO fasion, and the famous music from mario 64 game starts playing. however, it isnt music FROM the game, its karaoke copy cats.

If your using 100 user created content then legally speaking you "should" be fine fair use allows for satire parody and the likes. But fair use gets scoffed at constantly and ignored by big companys. Nintendo has a nasty track record of doing this. So while "techniclly" you are fine if nintendo wanted to c&d you they could. Personally I would just not bother with Nintendo parody unless you are ready to deal with possible BS.

holytimes said:
If your using 100 user created content then legally speaking you "should" be fine fair use allows for satire parody and the likes. But fair use gets scoffed at constantly and ignored by big companys. Nintendo has a nasty track record of doing this. So while "techniclly" you are fine if nintendo wanted to c&d you they could. Personally I would just not bother with Nintendo parody unless you are ready to deal with possible BS.
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Would it be better to just rename the whole thing? Super Blario Hero? lmao. Still use the mario songs that are karaoke versions but put no image of a fake mario, just a logo saying whatever i come up with...MusicBOP! Blario Brothers lol
EDIT: I was planning on using the mario franchise to get people to download. Perhaps i should just start from scratch and use purely my own stuff. I have a friend who raps, hes actually good. he makes his own beats in frooty loops and all. he has his music free on many mp3 sites. i spoke with him about adding his music into a game thats guitar hero like. he loved the idea. will be free with admob ads. but because hes not known would anyone really download it? versus playing mario songs....

I dont know

sralli said:
so you mean to say that you have everything made by you.. just the logo is matching (a bit- right? ) well if it's a new concept.. change the name and logo a bit.. and you are good to go!!
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that flappy bird game looks like mario world lol
but i would think nintendo would be able to stop people from copying their intellectual property and profiting off of it.
sounds like a rad game though!

Well, before i could even start this project Google terminated my entire account....I had one app suspended due to copyright image, so i edited it and removed all images to comply and re uploaded new package name etc. BAM....banned. i think their automated process thought i was re-uploading a banned app. i have appealed it...dunno if it will work.
As of now, i am trying to jump over to Amazon Store and the Samsung Store. That and im torrenting my apps. my apps are free with admob ads so it doesn't matter where people DL em. however, i have been reading that once Google suspends your account they eventually shut down admob account too...
I wonder, IF Google refuses to reinstate my account, why couldn't i just sign up for a new one using my wife's info? Use her bank account, her social etc etc. just upload NEW apps non related to my old ones...? Would this work or would they detect my ip address. and if they will detect my ip, can i not just cancel my internet and have it turned back on to get a completely NEW ip?

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30,000+ apps and no Bridge Card game?

Or can someone please point me in the right direction? Happy to pay.
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actually it's 50000+ .. i couldn't find any bridgecard game
On the same sort of topic, I've not been able to find a stand alone texas hold'em poker game. Plenty of online games, but I want something to play single player - kinda like PokerTH on the pc!!
And no scrabble !
But this I can understand, it is copyrighted
gogol said:
And no scrabble !
But this I can understand, it is copyrighted
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There is Scrabble. It's not on the market, but you can buy it off of EA Mobile's website or find it in some dark corner of the internet
It's actually a really high-quality app.

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Thanks for sharing.
Cheers mate
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Asphalt 5 for Android Released
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mods delete this post as asphalt is a paid game and i think xda doesn't allow piracy..
realunited123 said:
mods delete this post as asphalt is a paid game and i think xda doesn't allow piracy..
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There is a free version.
instigator008 said:
There is a free version.
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In that case.. sorry
thnx for sharing ..
I bought it at gameloft, and its running GREAT
I have had to uninstall this game.
For some reason my media players, including Mediscape pics up the sound files from the game, so when listening to music on shuffle, I get a blaring horn noise, or revving engine sound, or screeching tire effects in my ears, and because there are a lot of game sound files, I get more game effect noises then actual music!
skydirt said:
I have had to uninstall this game.
For some reason my media players, including Mediscape pics up the sound files from the game, so when listening to music on shuffle, I get a blaring horn noise, or revving engine sound, or screeching tire effects in my ears, and because there are a lot of game sound files, I get more game effect noises then actual music!
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or you could have created a blank text document , name it ".nomedia" and place it in the folder containing the game files
realunited123 said:
or you could have created a blank text document , name it ".nomedia" and place it in the folder containing the game files
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Or also used something like mortplayer which only plays files from folders you specify.
How do I install this. This is not .apk but the files.

Mame4droid - New MAME emulator on the market

Haven't tried it yet, but grab it quick... emulates 0.37b5 ROM list. Yes, it supports Xperia Play buttons.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4all&feature=search_result
Project page: http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/
Nice find. Testing romset now
I prefer this to jrioni, it has a better user interface.
Games run at good speed, just as good as jrioni, and I find the sound better in this.
Still no save states that I can see though.
Posting for tiger kings emulator to own them all. Mame needs save states to be functional imho. I play for 5 minutes at a time at work and can't progress in games without save states.
The good thing about this emulator is that it saves all your high scores. with Jromi you have to manually save and load your high scores.
My Metal Slugs and CPS2 games dont seem to work though.
dsswoosh said:
I prefer this to jrioni, it has a better user interface.
Games run at good speed, just as good as jrioni, and I find the sound better in this.
Still no save states that I can see though.
Posting for tiger kings emulator to own them all. Mame needs save states to be functional imho. I play for 5 minutes at a time at work and can't progress in games without save states.
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They are *arcade* games. They're only meant to be played for 5 minutes at a time. Only purpose for savestates is if you are cheating your way through a game with infinite quarters.
zerojay said:
They are *arcade* games. They're only meant to be played for 5 minutes at a time.
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Totally disagree with this.
Some games take 30+ minutes to beat and complete. Some are even longer taking 1 hour+ to beat.
You forget that this is a mobile device. Which means you are playing games on the move.
People playing on trains, aeorplanes, cars, 10 minute work breaks, sitting at the bus stop, sitting on the toilet (yea i do this ), etc etc etc
You want to continue your game, but at a later date.
zerojay said:
Only purpose for savestates is if you are cheating your way through a game with infinite quarters.
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This sentence makes zero sense if you sit to think about it.
"Infinite Quarters" are there whether you have save states or not
Completing metal slugs, alien vs predator, final fight, street fighter, strider, rampage, ghould n ghosts, heck LOADS of games take ALOT longer than 5 minutes.
If you played ghould n ghosts for 5 minutes at a time, you would forever be playing the first level.
What is the point in that?
Yes, it is inconclusive, save states ARE needed.
However i have some unfortunate news, MAME4ALL will NEVER have save states, since it is based on a version of MAME that doesnt have them either.
Our only hope is to see what magic Tiger King can produce.
Anyway, no disrespect to Jrioni, i was one of the people that loved and bought his version of Mame.
I support him ALL the way.
But this version of Mame i prefer, the UI is superior to Jrioni. And since it is free, there is no need to purchase Jrioni anymore.
Anyone who wants to play Mame games, this is now the best version.
Glad I held off from buying Jrioni now. Was waiting for save states.
This seems better, though without save states as well.
...and to say Save States are not needed on a mobile device is well...I'm not going to get into it again...but its pretty stupid.
Red_Kop said:
Glad I held off from buying Jrioni now. Was waiting for save states.
This seems better, though without save states as well.
...and to say Save States are not needed on a mobile device is well...I'm not going to get into it again...but its pretty stupid.
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does Mame4droid support dip switches?
reason why i ask its pointless playing mame games for me on medium setting, i like to crank the difficulty up on games, otherwise no challenge !
harlzden said:
does Mame4droid support dip switches?
reason why i ask its pointless playing mame games for me on medium setting, i like to crank the difficulty up on games, otherwise no challenge !
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No it doesnt.
Which is quite annoying because i cant change the analog sensitivity for games like Paperboy, which is unplayable on Mame4Droid because he steers to the left all the time.
Jrioni's graphics seem to be a bit better too. Mame4droid is a bit blockier.
Sound and speed works best on Mame4Droid though. And Mame4Droid is far more user friendly in setting up screen sizes etc.
mame4droid support dip switches u can enable it during in games by pressing select+start at the same time will bring up the menu, only the bad side is the graphic blockier but enable smooth graphic the games lag if it can fixed this then this is the best emu u can get for play.
Does the APP comes with roms or do you have to download them if so from where?! does the app run well on the sony play?
Teku
squall12 said:
mame4droid support dip switches u can enable it during in games by pressing select+start at the same time will bring up the menu, only the bad side is the graphic blockier but enable smooth graphic the games lag if it can fixed this then this is the best emu u can get for play.
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Yes!
Dip switches work.
This is hands down the best Mame emulator for Android. The only thing that can top this is save states or support for newer ROM sets.
Guy above. Don't ask for roms here. They are easily findable with any search engine.
for the roms to work with this Emulator what file type do the roms need to be?
It tells you on the market download page
dsswoosh said:
No it doesnt.
Which is quite annoying because i cant change the analog sensitivity for games like Paperboy, which is unplayable on Mame4Droid because he steers to the left all the time.
Jrioni's graphics seem to be a bit better too. Mame4droid is a bit blockier.
Sound and speed works best on Mame4Droid though. And Mame4Droid is far more user friendly in setting up screen sizes etc.
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I must be doing something wrong because even though sound is a bit better than Jrioni's, this emus is much slower, almost unplayable. So I will stick to Jrioni.
rugalb said:
I must be doing something wrong because even though sound is a bit better than Jrioni's, this emus is much slower, almost unplayable. So I will stick to Jrioni.
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What games are you seeing that are slower?
For instance Three Wonders, and Mortal Kombat 2 does not work. On a second attempt I uninstalled it and downloaded from Market and works fine now.
FYI Three Wonders works perfectly in Tiger Arcade 2.20
I'm trying to put this on my ATT Captivate and I can not get the games to show up on the program. I know that I have the right versions of the games. After installing the program, I checked the SD card to see if a ROMs folder was created. There wasn't any so I created a ROMs/Mame4all/roms folder which didn't help. I tried to move the program to the SD card, but I couldn't see the folder when I put the card in a reader. What am I doing wrong?
Never mind. It was on the phone. I was able to see the folder after plugging the phone directly into the computer.

Drag racing app/game play on android and iphones

try this Free addictive drag racing game by Creative Mobile.
Android users download here.
https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5jcmVhdGl2ZW1vYmlsZS5EcmFnUmFjaW5nIl0.
app store here
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drag-racing-free/id470867961?ls=1&mt=8
Great youtube channel with Tunes, Guides and tips.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes
Playlist of videos with Tunes here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes#grid/user/FA27B48D606182B6
android app with more tunes here.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Pro+Tunes
Playlist of guides here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes#grid/user/F6B0CA3E874EB13D
Check out the forum for drag racing here.
http://dragracingforum.net/index.php
here is one of the videos with tunes so you can see what you'll can expect to find on the youtube channel.
enjoy the links guys. Im sure you'll love this game.
This game is worth a bump. Give it a try if you love cars.
Bf plays this a lot.
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I love this game add me and try to beat my lvl 10 half mile time. (Vtakz)
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I love it, but very addictive
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I love this game add me and try to beat my lvl 10 half mile time. (Vtakz)
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10.894 is my record you?
paigow said:
10.894 is my record you?
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I have ran 10.894 also a few times but it never posted that time. .895 is what I have posted. Not sure why the better time wont post.
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03civicdx said:
I have ran 10.894 also a few times but it never posted that time. .895 is what I have posted. Not sure why the better time wont post.
Sent from my DROID X2 using xda premium
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sometime the game just wont record your time, its happen to many people.
I've had to run the time over and over in each category before it would record.
such as, in a pro league race, or bet to race and so on.
even now i have a couple times that won't record correctly in friends list.
but if you check your garage of car stats it will show your best time correctly.
I've hit 12.358 on level 7 half mile with the Novitec Rosso about 10 times and it hasn't recorded it.
here is a tune for 7.602 on the level 9 Ferrari FXX enjoy guys.
you could also check out the playlist of tunes here.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA27B48D606182B6
I play this game all the time
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same here Joescan, this is pretty much the only game i play on my phone.
here is another popular car, my first car to hit 5000 before losing my data and starting over.
playlist here
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA27B48D606182B6&feature=view_all
Fan requested tune enjoy guys.
drag racing
First time to run it I got force close error, uninstalled it
as requested from the facebook fans a tune out of the drag racing pro tunes app.
The Bugatti Veyron 7.257 tune.
http://www.facebook.com/DragRacingProTunesOfficial
visit the youtube channel dragracingprotunes for more videos and tunes
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes
here is the latest tune of the youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes
subscribe so you dont miss the new videos
here is a new tune to share guys, feel free to post the youtube link on any forum, site, blog
http://youtu.be/W3WatxAyusQ
http://www.youtube.com/user/DragRacingProTunes
i play this game all the time but once you buy the venom the game will get boring fast at least for me it did although i cannot complain it helped me fix my boredom problems at school etc
This game is so much fun i had to uninstall
check out the video of a pretty fast level 3 skyline doing 9.947 pretty much never loses a race in pro league and very easy to drive once you get the hang of it. even if you get a bad launch you can still get below 9.999
if you want the tune is on the app drag racing pro tunes.
add racer name Pro_Tunes to your friends list if you want to race the ghost.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Pro+Tunes
Awesome game!
I actually made something like this using HyperStudio back in 9th grade (for a final project, I think)
By the way, props for including the E36 BMW

Cool game mainly for two players

At the time I was searching in the G PLay i found interesting app for two players which i wanted. This app has a single player mode too, but multiplayer is funny. I try it with my friend, because i knew it from my school ages and i liked it. You have to destroy opponent's points erlier than he. Try it, maybe you will like it as i like it . I organize a tournament in this and it's cool thing, I was trying invisible mode and that was funny enuogh.
Try :
Tap &Drag :good:
Any others funs here?
I don't know why it has so small popularity.
Another one
I find another one !
4 Player reactor
Do you know about any games for two(or more) players on one device?

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