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From: Sullivan@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!????
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Date: 25 Jul 89 07:14:17 GMT
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>Bad news people.... Cinemaware may be getting out of producing software
>for the Amiga.  WHY???  TOO much piracy.  I have this on VERY good authority.
>One of my friends went for a job interview with them and discussed this.

Gee. How do they measure piracy anyway?  Count the number of unregistered
users?  Personally I've tried most of the cinemaware games, but haven't
purchased one strictly because I don't like them.  IMHO they are trying
to blame piracy for their own problems.  

As a general rule, cinemaware games are slow, accept only limited user 
response, rely heavily on graphics instead of game play, and only load
from floppy.  Hardware copyprotection stinks.  Games like "Lords of the
Rising Sun" are a sorry excuse for a strategy game.  And slow..... have
you ever played a game of LOTRS?  Six hours later you are so tired of 
seeing the stupid little anecdote after reviewing your troops, that you
turn off the machine without saving, AND DON'T CARE.  

Good riddance. We have enough game writers who know how to make truly 
challenging games for the Amiga.  Let Cinemaware die an ignominous death.
(The loss of Infocom did distress me greatly.)>

>PIRACY DOES HURT US ALL!

No arguments here.  But I don't seriously believe that the problem is
nearly as widespread as you imply.  

                           -Sullivan Segall
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