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From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper)
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Subject: Re: Cinemaware demise endangers (kills?) Speedball II (NTSC)
Message-ID: <1991May10.175720.2046@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 10 May 91 17:57:20 GMT
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In article <1991May9.201300.16596@beaver.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
>
>I just got off the phone with my local software dealer, who informed
>me that SpeedBall II has been scrapped by Electronic Arts (who took
>over Cinemaware's active titles) because the English version was so
>messed up.  They may or may not continue working on Speedball II to
>bring it to the US market.

This is interesting.  I got my copy from the local Amiga dealer (who
gets import games, as well).  I guess it was the English version.  The
docs are English, and the game is NTSC.  I don't know what makes it
'messed up', though.  It's run flawlessly for me-- never crashed once,
and the game is fantastic.

>Apparently, the mail order versions (if there still are any) are 
>"grey market" versions, imported from France, with french docs.

Hmm.  My docs were in English, as I said.

>I loved SpeedBall, and after all the frothing on the net about how
>great SpeedBall II is, I was really looking forward to playing it.
>This news was, of course, really really disappointing.

Check with your local dealer; they may import, as mine did.

>dylan mcnamee             / "I stood there on the sidewalk, Roy Rogers       

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