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From: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: MasterBlazer (Ballblazer port!)
Keywords: Classic Games
Message-ID: <4557@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 91 02:23:48 GMT
References: <4543@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <22439@well.sf.ca.us>
Reply-To: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Organization: Evil Young Mutants For A Better Tomorrow.
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In article <22439@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes:
>>You're in luck. As I mentioned earlier, a port has been done. It's 
>>called MASTERBLAZER and is from Rainbow Arts. There's a review of it
>>in the January 1991 issue of England's AMIGA FORMAT magazine.
>
>Interesting.  I didn't think that Lucasfilm had authorized a port of
>BallBlazer - at least, the last time I talked to them about it, they
>hadn't.  I do believe that I'll send a copy of this posting off to
>them - I've no problem with a BallBlazer port, but hope that it's
>a legitimate one.  Personally, I think it serves Lucasfilm right for
>not doing it themselves, but there are issues of courtesy and morality,
>if not legality, here...

They probably haven't. It could be that copyright of the product
doesn't extend to the UK. In which case, we will never see it here. Or
the fact that it is being billed right in it's ad as a sequel to
Ballblazer instead of a port. It does have quite a few differences.

Either way, it's at least nice to know someone is trying. Personnally,
I think Lucasfilm are a bunch of idiots for not having done a port of
it already. It was one of the programs worth keeping your C-64 for.
I'll buy it mailorder from England if I have to...

				-Moriland



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