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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo L. Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: BallBlazer (was Re: Elite!)
Message-ID: <10131@well.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 88 06:22:25 GMT
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Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <19933@ames.arc.nasa.gov> mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) writes:
>Actuall Ball Blazer was done for the Amiga, and was demostrated at
>BAADG early this year. I don't remember what the story was, but what we saw
>was an early version, hacked together in about a month.
>I belive that it was done in an attempt to pitch it to Lucas.Films.
>
	Third-hand information follows:

	BallBlazer was indeed written, at least to a proof-of-concept stage,
and was presented to LucasFilm Games.  LFL Games didn't want to deal with
it (they are the source of the "Rounded to the nearest million..." quote).
However, they did demand a hefty chunk of change for the rights to use the
name BallBlazer.  The authors felt it was too exhorbitant, and the project
came to a halt.

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