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From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper)
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Subject: Re: Cinemaware bankrupt!
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Date: 22 Feb 91 07:58:32 GMT
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In article <1991Feb21.234409.12417@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J Chung) writes:
>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?
>
>    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).

SpeedBall is on CinemaWare's Spotlight label.  Is the release of SB 2 delayed
or jeopardized in the U.S. because of C'Ware's bellyflop?  I hope not.

>                                           Jason

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