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From: djohnson@mbongo.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Rocket Ranger in the movies!?
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Date: 22 May 91 02:31:32 GMT
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>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.

Well, CinemaWare should probably be collecting royalties from Rocket Man
(or whatever the studio is), since it's been around since the 30's!
Most of the CinemaWare games are very similar to old movies, hence the
name.
-- 
Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu
  - Luxury!  In MY day, we had to make do with 5 bytes of swap...