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From: Isdale.es@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: The Last Starfighter (correct spelling, credits, etc.)
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Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 14:29:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 14:29:11 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Jul-84 01:22:24 EDT
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re: Peter Trei"s msg
	the good guys main planet is called "Rylos" not "Rhyol". 
	It is also the California license plate on the back of Centauri's Star
Car. (dont bother trying to get the real CA plate. That went to the head
Tech Director at DP last year (he quit shortly after I did, neither of
us got screen credits for all our sleepless nights).
	
	The good guys dont have an "empire". They are the called The Star
League and are fighting the Kodan Empire....The game starts out with the
voice: Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League
to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada....
	
	The  company that did the special effects is Digital Productions not
Digital Effects. DE does commercials and logos but not feature films.
There isnt really anyone else who is set up to do computer graphics
feature films (Lucasfilms ILM does shorts like the Genesis Effect but
that took an incredibly long time considering the speed which DP gets
wiht the Cray XMP (weeks versus hours))
	
Personal Notes:

	As a previous employee of Digital Productions, I will be happy to
answer any questions I can that you folks in netland may have regarding
the graphics, etc. Digital Prod. is not on the net but I still maintain
some underground connections with them.

Jerry Isdale
Isdale.es@Xerox.ARPA