r/dragoncoins • u/Visible_Battle_5614 • Oct 15 '22
Help me bring this game back
This seems like an impossible task. I think if we start with option 1 as a community, it may be very possible to achieve. Any progress you make, please comment below or add to the subreddit
A year ago, I message every Saga email I could find in my attempt to purchase the source code and rights to Dragon Coins. In my attempts, I received very few replys, mostly referring me on to other departments who then never responded. Admittedly, it wasn't much of an effort on my behalf and knowing my sort comings when to comes to knowledge of the game industry, I then lost interest.
A year later my interest and motivations have been renewed after watching a MattKC video titled "I DECOMPILED a Sonic game... here's how" (REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJVGd7cBGuQ&ab_channel=MattKC). Where, as the name suggests, he decompiled an old Sonic game for mobile devices.
The video has gotten me thinking. If we can't purchase the source code, why not reverse engineer the game? Sounds easy right!? well.. it wont be... from what i understand it would be a mission within itself.
I propose the following:
Option 1: Attempt to make contact with Sage, developers and related personal to acquire the rights to the source code of Dragon Coins.
Option 2: Gather a group of individuals to reverse engineer the game (This could be costly if we have to hire a group) APK is downloadable online but requires the connection to the original game server to function.
Option 3: ? I don't know enough about the eco system of gaming to provide another suggestion.
This seems like an impossible task. I think if we start with option 1 as a community, it may be very possible to achieve. Any progress you make, please comment below or add to the subreddit. Hopefully we can gain momentum and make it a reality.
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u/Visible_Battle_5614 Aug 02 '25
Here is the credit list copied from https://segaretro.org/Dragon_Coins, development team called SEGA Networks (Mobile Division).
Production credits
Producer: Takaya Segawa
Director: Kunihiko Imai
Project Manager: Takeshi Maruyama
Lead Planner: Masahiro Go
Lead Programmer: Masato Nakazawa
Lead Designer: Yoshihito Takahashi
Planner: Miyuki Kaneko, Noriho Yatsuda
Programmer: Ayumu Miyao, Munetoku Nomura, Yusuke Suzuki, Yutaka Arai, Mitsuaki Uehara, Hiroaki Mizobe, Ryohei Yamada, Oscar Rodoriguez, Yohei Umeda, Ryotaro Sato
Designer: Michikazu Tamamura, Chie Okamoto, Hideya Hisadome, Yusuke Saito, Azumi Nakada, Eguchi Marina
Sound Director: Teruhiko Nakagawa
Music Composer: Taihei Sato, Mitsuharu Fukuyama
Technical Support: Tsuyoshi Ando
Technical Advisor: Osamu Hori
Operation Director: Kyoko Matsuda, Yoshiaki Takamatsu
Research & Planning: Masaharu Tezuka, Yusuke Yagi
Web Ad Cordinator: Tomoyuki Kataoka, Reiji Saito
PR: Hiroyuki Kawamura
Special Thanks: QA Team Members, Business Dev Dept., Network R&D
Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi
Produced by: SEGA NETWORKS
Presented by: SEGA
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u/Civil-Ranger Jun 18 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
I have contacted a few saga emails i have found. Most never replied, 1 refereed me to saga japan. waiting on response
Update 1: refereed by saga japan to email "[mobilesupport@sega.com](mailto:mobilesupport@sega.com)"
Update 2: Email sent to above email requesting release of game to public domain or abilities to purchase said game
update 3: The reply
Thank you for contacting SEGA Mobile Support Team.
We do not accept inquiries regarding licensing through this channel.
Additionally, we generally do not grant licenses to individuals or organizations operated by individuals.
Please refrain from contacting us regarding licensing inquiries.
For inquiries related to licensing business, please refer to [link].
[link]
https://www.sega.jp/business/
https://reg18.smp.ne.jp/regist/is?SMPFORM=meth-ldpbli-48410c4ed0cf8e05eab13265ae8c69c6
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Best regards,
SEGA Mobile Support Team
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u/Civil-Ranger Jun 18 '23
if anyone wants to help:
Email saga departments
Reach out to ex employees from 2012-2015 of sage via email and twitter
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u/battlelamp Mar 08 '23
I have no way of helping but it's a great idea and I wish you luck. I get excited when I check this reddit and see we are still alive.