> But, I could do a Genesis game with original IP using this codebase or parts. ;)
I'm interested in this.
But, well, Konami isn't TOO strict... There's odd cases, like that one guy in Canada who sells his fangame remakes and claims to have Konami's permission to do so, or the case of the Castlevania Unreal remake that got hit with C&D (though Konami later lifted it to allow the dev to update it as long as he doesn't add content), overall they don't mind fangames.