[HN Gopher] Royal Mail's new video game stamp set
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Royal Mail's new video game stamp set
Author : wallflower
Score : 37 points
Date : 2020-02-02 18:22 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.digitalartsonline.co.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.digitalartsonline.co.uk)
| grenoire wrote:
| Insanely cool and they look very well designed. Might order from
| outside the UK..!
| pbhjpbhj wrote:
| >"All the screenshots were taken using a PC running emulators
| which 'emulate' the original system," Sam continues. "From here,
| we could play through the games and take multiple screenshots at
| key moments.
|
| >[...]
|
| >"We also worked with a guy who was an expert in ripping assets
| from games such as fonts, which were then used as the game titles
| where possible."
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| I'd like to have seen something about how they approached the
| companies for copyright permissions, what emulators the companies
| endorsed for them to run the games on, etc., whether the
| companies who owned the copyright currently had the assets but
| they weren't usable or didn't have the assets (kinda weird to own
| the copyright on something you don't even have a copy of
| yourself).
|
| Seems like there's a few interesting bits (heh!) of information
| there.
|
| Note that even for personal use these things are _verbotten_ in
| UK copyright law.
| random-dude wrote:
| Omg... I can't believe they have Wipeout!
| bmsleight_ wrote:
| Loves these, memories!
|
| Available from source:- https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-
| issues/video-games
| bmsleight_ wrote:
| Love that Elite is 2nd Class. Very clever.
| erk__ wrote:
| UK YouTuber Ashens made a video showcasing and talking about the
| set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0eLZGtfHDE
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