From: mrbrad@ll.net
i think have an actual copy of this game...assuming i could find it....(or
did)? not sure how legit it is..unsure if this helps
brad
former sysop lost gonzo bbs
"Questman" wrote in message
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> Aeonilys wrote:
> > I was wondering if anybody remembers or plays or has played this game.
> > If so, perhaps you can identify or answer some of the questions I have
> > regarding the issues I've encountered in the game.
> >
> > I've just begun to play this game again and have re-discovered its
> > apparent bugs.
> >
> >
> > This game's documentation is definitely lacking and many aspects of the
> > game I think are unexplained and mysterious.
> >
> > It's kind of odd that I have such a keen interest to a game like this
> > even with all its problem issues. Maybe it's just that I had at one
> > time played it and just wish it can be completed one day.
> >
>
> Johnson, this game was produced by Logicom in the 1993-timeframe. It
> was a very good beginning to what promised to be an excellent game, and
> was one of the earlier games in a series of ANSI 1/4 screen RPGs.
>
> The problem was that a company (I forget offhand, I have the details at
> home) sued Logicom, claiming that the game was too similar to a game
> (board game, I think) they produced, and Logicom was issued a cease and
> desist order.
>
> Rather than change the game, or fight it, Logicom pulled the game from
> the market, and the game was not sold when Logicom sold off its ISV
> catalog game by game back in 1997. Don Arnel's lost all copies of all
> of his source code, meaning, unless I can track down another one of his
> programmers who happens to have it, I can never include this product in
> my restoration project, and it's lost forever.
>
> Sorry for the bad news.
>
> http://www.themajorbbs.com - The Major BBS Restoration Project
> telnet://bbs.elwynor.com / telnet://hs.host.net
>
> Rick
>
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