Posted By
Luca
on 2025-02-05
04:59:44
 |  Re: Balatro
Unfortunately, that's the truth: Playstack delivered a takedown / cease&desist mail to @Ko-Ko. Unfortunately, the hyper active crackscene on C64 had already released all the three main previews of the game. The last of the series, V0.955, featuring the SID music by Jammer, has been published hours ago, but now the Blazon group has decided to remove it, whereas the older releases by Hokuto Force and Preview Release Group still stand.
Probably, if Ko-Ko would have cloned Balatro, changing logos, references and maybe triggered the rules a bit (not the graphics, come on, those are the usual playing card we all play with!) nobody would have felt "moved" in his own rights. But if I try to read the core spirit of his deed, I figure out a sort of celebration for their beloved creature, in a choice which doesn't damage their economy or copyrights at all. So, I can understand why Ko-Ko did his moves on it.
Briefly: MEH!  |
