Re: Quake for the GS? Nah, I'd Rather See Commander Keen!

[Z5D31@ttacs3.ttu.edu (Captain Harlock)]

In <9OCT199618090444@vax2.concordia.ca> spec@vax2.concordia.ca writes:

> >>     "Burger" Bill Heineman began work on a Commander Keen port for the
> >> Apple IIgs several years ago. Yet due to a lack of time (and licensing
> >> I'd assume) it was never completed and remains on the shelf with several
> >> other games.
> >
> >Really?  Heh, what "other games" did he start to port to the GS?
> 
>     I've lost track, the majority of them have been shelved due to 
> licensing and copyright issues (rather odd, you'd think he would
> have gotten the rights _before_ writing the software, not after).

It's really too bad that money talks so much in the computer world. Just think
of how many commercial games would still be ported to the GS if the owners of
the companies weren't so hung up on making money.
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