Re: Alternate Reality

[uglmiller@MSUVX2.MEMPHIS.EDU]

On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Matt Ackeret wrote:

> In article <1996Apr11.161224@msuvx2.memphis.edu> you write:
> >In article <4js439$frs@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, mxsst1+@pitt.edu (Fuck =
dejanews) writes:
> >> Hello,
> >>=20
> >> =09Does anyone know, if Alternate Reality is out for download
> >> somewhere? I'd like to play the game again, but my Apple is gone.
> >>=20
> >> Greetings,
> >> Michael.
> >> --=20
> >> =09=09=09   Soldaten sind M=F6rder
> >> =09* KEEP BIGELOW OPEN * SAY NO TO DESTRUCTION OF PARKING SPACES *
> >> Michael Stroucken   mxsst1@zets.org   mstrouck@nyx.net   Mud+IRC: Stro=
ucki
> >
> >The AR web site is at:
> >
> >www.ksk.sala.se/~sp93rob
> >
> >They have the 8-bit Atari versions there, but I haven't seen the
> >Apple2 versions. At the moment, I'm trying to get in touch with the
> >authors (they are active on the net) to get permission for PC remakes...
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> =09If you can get the 8 bit Apple II versions _rereleased_ as shareware,
> I definitely would buy them.  (Well, even if they were rereleased "commer=
cial"
> I would buy them at reasonable prices, but that's less likely nowadays fo=
r
> Apple II softare.)
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> =09I hope you tell them that there are people out here that would pay
> for them.  I am a "reformed" pirate and have tried to buy as much as I co=
uld
> that I have played for any decent amount of time.  I don't think I even p=
layed
> Alternate Reality that much, but I remember it was a cool game, and=20
> ESPECIALLY if it were playable via a hard drive and/or had auto-mapping, =
I'd
> buy it.
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> =09Even if it were simply a "munged" version of the original with=20
> shareware warnings and such, I'd buy it.. ($10-20 or so.)
> --=20
> unknown@apple.com=09=09Apple II Forever
> These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
>=20


Well, the Apple II version of AR:D is now on Asimov... There's an AR web
site and a mailing list, and the authors don't mind the distribution of
the originals. I don't know yet if the remake will be done, but hopefully
I'll find out soon...