Different laws may apply world wide. Ie: in Europe is not about the publication date, but author life-span (author’s works get in public domain 70 years it’s death: TinTin gets in PD in EU in the 2054)

    • MudMan
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      66 months ago

      I’m not sure what that would look like, frankly. I guess you could go for a narrative Telltale-style thing? Making an Uncharted game with a Tintin skin would be missing the point. And you´d have to come up with almost entirely new story ideas anyway, the only story in the public domain in the US is the original version of In the Land of the Soviets.

      But hey, I would have said the same thing about Indiana Jones and there it is, so… maybe somebody has a clearer picture in their heads than I do. I genuinely doubt the license was what kept something like this from happening, though.

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          36 months ago

          There are more. The most famous are a duology of side scrolling action adventure things in the 16 bit era. They adapted Tintin in Tibet and Prisoner of the Sun.

          They look great for the time, but frankly, they’re both a chore to play.

          Worth taking a look if you haven’t heard of them, though.

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              16 months ago

              Gasp. How dare you, my good sir/madam?

              No, seriously, I get it, but no. PoP, Flashback or Another World are way more playable. They look worse, though.

  • Tagger
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    206 months ago

    To be fair a Popeye beat em up could be a lot of fun. Quite good mobile phone fodder, if have thought.

  • MudMan
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    346 months ago

    Ugly Popeye and ugly Tintin. In the US specifically. A lot of these public domain announcements tend to be a bit too vague.

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      176 months ago

      Yeah I’m guessing you can retell “in the land of the soviets” if you wanted and use Tintin’s design from those first strips, but every other story is likely still off-limits. Would have to be a completely original story using the character.

      And some of the favorites like Captain Haddock, etc, weren’t in Soviets.

      • MudMan
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        136 months ago

        Yeah, you still have to wait over a decade to use him in the US, which is a pretty big deal.

        You do get to use Tintin with an all-new look as long as you don’t use the newer blue sweater and long coat design, though.