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From: hjalmar@cbmswe.UUCP (Peter Hjalmarsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Rocket Ranger in the movies!?
Message-ID: <257@cbmswe.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 91 09:37:47 GMT
References: <9105210951.aa12181@zds-oem.zds.COM> <6509@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Reply-To: hjalmar@cbmswe.UUCP (Peter Hjalmarsson)
Organization: Commodore Sweden
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In article <6509@vela.acs.oakland.edu> lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) writes:
>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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Well, this one is a _licensed_ film version of the comic book Rocketeer by Dave
Stevens, so it has absolutely nothing to do with the Cinemaware game, other
than I suspect that Cinemaware has been inspired by the Comic bok as well.

Read the comic, it is great!!


Peter Hjalmarsson, Amiga Support, Commdore Sweden
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