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From: lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Rocket Ranger in the movies!?
Message-ID: <6509@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 21 May 91 19:09:00 GMT
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Organization: Lemming-Aid 1992 - Benefit Concert To Save The Lemmings
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In article <9105210951.aa12181@zds-oem.zds.COM> benjamin%zds-oem@CASPIAN.CS.ANDREWS.EDU (Adam Benjamin  Core Hardware Engineering) writes:
>
>I spotted a new movie soon to be released that looks very much like
>a spin-off of our beloved Rocket Ranger.  Have any of you seen the 
>preview?  It's called Rocket Man, and if CinemaWare (may they rest in
>peace) isn't collecting some kind of royalty for the idea, they really
>deserve to.

The movie is called Rocketeer and I am afraid that Cinemaware is not
the first to have such a concept. These types of movies were common
back in that time period as serials run at the local Bijou. Westerns
and several other serials were run in the theaters usually before the
big show.


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