[mckenziehaut]

Hello All. My name is Mckenzie, and I am a huge fan of the 80s, early 90s Dos and abandoned games of yesterdecade. Like many avid gamers I grew up, started a family, developed a career and generally forgot about the amazing stories I played through in my youth. Im currently in a time in my life where Im successful enough to branch off and invest in other fields of business. Being so, Ive given serious thought about considering launching a small gaming company that would start to develop IOS games from old forgotten relics of the past. The problem is, I have absolutely no experience within this field but an abundance of passion. If you have any experience or advice or pointers whatsoever to the following questions please do not hesitate to reply. Thanks All!

1. Apart from the US Copyright Office, where can I research and find exactly who owns the copyrights to some of these older games? Please list links or names of companies if you know them.

2. What games would you PAY for if they were revitalized with new graphic art and gameplay on a modern IOS or Android gaming platform? Which old games do you feel would have the greatest fan base for that were not created and owned by one of the largest game companies still in existence?

3. What game companies do you know of that have brought an old Dos or windows game back to life on the IOS platform?

4. What software out there is made directly for this type of project? Are there development kits or open source code available for creating this type of project? Basically anything apart from having a coder write the IOS compatibility from total scratch?

5. What communities or websites out there connect game programmers, designers and artists with each other in order to give new Indie Companies the ability to start off on the right foot?

6. What type of websites or information is out there fully detailing the cost associated with creating an Indie IOS game or bringing an old one to the platform? As well as resources for distribution?

I fully appreciate any help this community can offer, if you also have pointers about which blogs or forums I could post this topic on to get more questions answered please list that as well. You obviously don't have to answer all the questions, just one would be a blessing.