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From: kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari8,net.micro.atari16
Subject: Electronic Arts succumbs to the inevitable!
Message-ID: <1032@voder.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 19:43:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 19:43:53 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 21:27:29 EST
Reply-To: kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter)
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   Recently someone posted a letter they had recieved from Electronic
Arts - a computer game company - in which EA stated they had no intentions
of developing new (or old) games for the Atari ST or the Atari 8-Bit line.
The reasons given were that basicaly the ST was crap and that no one owned
an 8-Bitter.
   A number of people complained about this to both EA and to Antic and
ANALOG magazines, and both of these mags suggested a letter campaign to inform
EA of it's error.  Well in the April `86 issue of Antic you will find this
letter:

	The response of your readers to Antic editorials is growing.  We
	have recieved quite a few letters, and because of the interest
	shown by Atari users, we are planning the following hit products
	for the Atari 800 in 1986:

		Adventure Construction Set
		Heart of Africa
		Mail Order Monsters
		Marble Madness
		Racing Destruction Set
		Skyfox
		Software Golden Oldies (Software Country)
		Ultima IV (Origin Systems)

	   We hope to see at retail the kind of response we have seen in
	our mailbox!

						Trip Hawkins
						President
						Electronic Arts


   So now that we've gotten EA to admit it's error let's make sure that they
realize that their change of mind is justified.  Also, if every EA purchase
was accompanied by a letter of appreciation and a brief ps on how nice this
game would look on an ST we may be able to get the ball rolling in that area
as well.  In the meantime, don't you ST owners give up!  If EA can admit it's
mistake for the 8-Bit line it's only a matter of time as far as the ST is 
concerned.

---
Kevin Thompson   {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin

"It's a sort of threat, you see.  I've never been very good at them
  myself but I'm told they can be very effective."