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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Behond the best... Dark Castle.
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Date: 11 Mar 88 17:00:40 GMT
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In article <2260@saturn.ucsc.edu> alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes:
>I am the bearer of ery bad news. Silicon Beach Software has said repeatedly
>that they will not be producing any games after Apache Strike Mission and
>Beyond Dark Castle. Since SBS is a leading innoator in Macintosh-based games,
>this means the loss of good potentials, and that we have only flight simulation
>software and silly puzzle games (nee The Fool's Errand) to play. I am
>saddeded by this loss, as I suppose many others are too.

Frankly, I've gotten enough superior software products from Silicon Beach
(SuperPaint, Super3D) that I prefer to have them to produce their
high-quality business software over their (equally excellent) game software
(I've bought DC, BDC and Apache Strike).  I hardly think trying to lobby a
company to make a decision that will net them less money will be very
effective.

As to future games, I think the Next Big Attraction will be Spectrum
Holobyte's PT 109 -- like a much-advanced version of Gato above-water.
Latest says it'll be out in the middle of April.  And I (for one) LOVE The
Fool's Errand.  I just wish I could figure out what the "rowdy jig of yore"
is in the Lovers' puzzle...

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