There's no such thing as a security chip that can work on the wpc hardware..

I believe on rgp once was said that the development team would get bonusses when their game got in production and became successful, and he felt he didn't earn enough as his game was only a filler game;. so your idea that he's already paid for his time doesn't really apply in his reasoning.

But it would be great if new code would ever be released..

If original code was done in 1998 this one would likely be even newer (at least by a few months), and even 1998 wasn't 20 years or "over"

Implying it wouldn't get cracked like everything else in the universe

Sounds like he should do a kickstarter.

Plus 2

I spoke to Matt years ago and yes he does have a more complete code, his time is money and like the code changes we did cost $3k just to add some sounds to match sequence etc and people torrent it.

People would just wait till one person had it like Nucore aka pinbox and he wouldn't see a cent for his time, he deserves to get paid.

Maybe he could do a deal with Rick and finish it

If there's demand and a clear path to developing a game with new features that can even create more demand, its licensing revenue for Rick at Matt. You'd just have to get CGC (or another MFG) on board (in addition to a couple other signatures). Though it'd take a lot of work for it to match CCC's feature set.