Petition for Konami to reissue physical MSX games

Signed that petition, just wondering what's the English translation for French "voeu pieux".

I prefer that Konami forgets the MSX forever, and does not bother MSX users (cf. Konamito).

haha! .. good idea but maybe it is better to do it in Japanese

I would be interested but not sure how it is supposed to work. Would each person who signed the petition buy all the requested games? Moreover the demand for these old titles will probably be high again in a few years. Konami would have to republish, say, 100 cartridges each year for the next decade.

Well, as a konami collector myself, I would always prefer the original games over re-releases. It just doesn't feel the same. And agreed, I have seen Konami Synthesizer on ebay for over 1000 euros and, like many others, are not willing to pay so much, still let's say, 100 euros for a re-release, wouldn't be interesting either. You will always have the knowledge it's a re-release. But then again, apperently there are people thinking otherwise, so good for you and I hope your are successfull.

I kind of had the same feeling, it's definitely a long shot and chances are very small.... but you never know. If a few clicks to sign a petition help set that in motion: great. If it doesn't work out nothing is lost.

Perhaps someone is willing to translate the petition to Japanese and bring it under attention there as well?

That petition would be killing for traders on eBay that make 100's of dollars on Konami Games. Finally MG2, Kings Valley2 (MSX 2), Space Manbow etc for decent prices
Konami's strategy is away from console games, towards mobile games, so I would be truly amazed if they were to do anything with this.

The video already has option to see it in English subtitles, many thanks !!!

promotional video

It's obvious the prices of the old releases will stay as high as they are.
In any case, produce something just for the fans is not in the style of the Japaneses. That must make money too.

@TroMax: I gave it my best in Dutch. And like I know the members of this forum, probably they have some additions to it, but anyways, here it goes:

Campaign held on Change.org. A petition to Konami
Campagne gehouden op Change.org. Een petitie gericht aan Konami.

An initiative by José A. (Konamito) and David F.Gisbert (Tromax)
Een initiatief van José A. (Konamito) en David F.Gisbert (Tromax)

As active MSX system users, we would like to express the following
Als actieve gebruikers van het MSX systeem, willen we het volgende verklaren

We are tired of the high prices in recent years
We zijn de hoge prijzen van de afgelopen jaren moe

In addition to that, each day the situation worsens
Elke dag wordt de situatie slechter

and we want to say "stop" to this situation
dus willen we deze situatie een halt toe roepen.

We ask all of you
Wij vragen iedereeen

Lovers and supporters of MSX standard
Liefhebbers en supporters van de MSX-standaard

Join Into our campaign and passion!
Sluit je aan bij onze campagne en passie!

For the re-release of cartridges from Konami, the mythical videogame company
Voor de re-release van cartridges van Konami, het mythische videogame bedrijf

Those games that impressed us much back in the 80's and early 90's
De games waarvan wij zo onder de indruk waren terug in de jaren 80 en begin jaren 90

And today they are part ot the videogame history
en die hedentendage deel uit maken van de videogame geschiedenis

It does not matter what country of origin you are from
Het maakt niet uit welk land je komt

because we share a unique passion for more than 30 years
omdat wij al meer dan 30 jaar dezeflde passie delen.

It is a unique language and is called MSX
Het is een unieke taal die MSX heet

It is said that the union makes force
men zegt eendracht maakt macht

So...
Dus..

together we can make it happen!
samen kunnen we het te laten gebeuren!

What might motivate Konami to republish the cartridges is the positive publicity such a deed might elicit. On the other hand Konami might also benefit somewhat from its cartridges achieving high status in the collector world (I would not have known about Picasso if his paintings did not sell for millions). But then Konami might not like being pushed to do something it would not do otherwise. The petition sounds like "we are too cheap to buy stuff on our own so we would like you to buy them for us".

Wondering: has there already been an "official / establishment" company re-releasing 80's games in their original form (not talking about CD / internet / modern consoles / etc... versions) ?

Why asking for re-release of pshycal cartidges?
I think it's better asking Konami to re-lease the copyrights of all MSX games -> make these old games freeware!

or give one of our cartridge makers the rights to distribute their games?

FPGA implementation. It's already done

Sounds realistic. Konami may not even know, MSX carts are still manufactured, so they may think the re-relasing idea impossible. If informed about it, and that another company would do all the work for them, might have a chance.

I still have doubts, because Konami hardly sees any business case here. And they would still have to have some way to inspect the products, to make sure they comply their standards.

If they did it, it would be for goodwill and PR value.

request of the change, in the languages English, Portuguese / Brazilian, Polish and Japanese

and would be great if some kind of Flashback (fpga) could be distributed in the market as large scale (not misregretting those initiatives like Zemmix-Neo or One-Chip MSX, obviously) - perhaps Konami would consider releasing a MSX-based console like that filled up with their MSX games

I don't think konami will do anything about this, they are focused on mobile phones now.
And even in the case they do, the price for first releases will remain the same.
Just look at Neo Geo AES games. Conversions of some games worth a few hundred euro but the original games still worth thousands of euro and people still buy them.

Ome geerdink you make no sense

Ok, start a project for boycotting Konami and to destroy all MSX Konami games(except the ones Kojima worked on). Good example: http://www.shaqfu.com/main.php

Yes, I saw it in the news.
Reminds me of the 300in1 gamecontroller I bought in China about 10 years ago. It had 300 NES games built inside. Just hook it up to the TV-set and power and play. Costed about 15 euro's back then I think I still have it lying around somewhere.
I used it quite a lot when I was on businestrips. A good way to spend the evening in your hotelroom

One can always hope... but about that device they made at Nintendo: It just shows there is some market and some money to be made in simple-to use devices, that are really sub-standard, actually. In this case: it is probably an emulator in small plastic package; and even if it wasn't, you can not install real cartridges into it or even buy any in digital format; in the most optimal case, it is hackable and may contain a header to install your own cartridge slot, similar to one of those C64-in-a joystick, which actually had one insíde, as opposed to an emulator (but 90% of the case in the retro-thing-in-ajoystick devices, it is a sub-standard emulator!). Also, if your favourite games are not in the 20 or so that come with it, well ... too bad...

Point in case: I think Konami couldn't care less (given the newst in the past year, they are more interested in making a good result & money). One can still hope that Konami would be different I think it is more probable they'd license the games for some third party (hobbyist / semi-professional group) to make them, than they'd do it themselves.

Wow, this has nothing to do with Kojima directly or maybe even indirectly, maybe not even the people behind that drama decide over this petition, lets not guess and leave that negative black hole in the past.

I have respect for the guys for trying this whatever the outcome.

LOL.. I wouldn't gold my breath

Konami agreed, I just received Cabbage Patch Kids instantly by mail

Sooooo, any response from the giants yet?