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From: jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J Chung)
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Subject: Re: Cinemaware bankrupt!
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Date: 21 Feb 91 23:44:09 GMT
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chymes@zug.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) writes:


>A few days ago a former affiliate of Cinemaware told my user group
>that Cinemaware had filed fro chapter 11 and was going to be swallowed
>up by some other company, and will make Amiga Games no more.......
>Anybody else heard about this?

I've heard rumors for 3 weeks on our local bbs about this.  I didn't want
to post it since it was just a rumor (though it was through a friend of
someone who worked at Cinemaware).  But, I just heard that now they're selling
the furniture (remember Aegis).  It looks like cinemaware has bit the dust.
      The thing is, I don't understand how it could have happened.  I have
heard their IBM ports of TVSports Basketball were selling like crazy and
that they had gotten major capital infusion by NEC who bought a huge chunk
of stock, so they would make games for the TurobGrafx.....
    Oh well, only time will tell, but let's keep our fingers crossed.  
Cinemaware was on the cutting edge of Amiga software, and I have never been
unhappy w/ any of their games I purchased (though I heard some of their 
Spotlight was mediocre).
                                           Later,
                                           Jason