Re: Wolfenstein 3-D (When is it coming out?_

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article kgagne@iii2.iii.net (Ken Gagne) writes...
>
>Krishna Madurai Sadasivam (sadasiva@utkvx.utk.edu) wrote:
> 
>: The subject header sez it all....when can we expect to see Vitesse's 
>: Wolfenstein 3-D? I've seen Bill's version of it on the Mac, and it is 
>: awesome!
> 
>Never... Vitesse is apparently locked in a legal struggle that is going 
>on indefinitely. I've had Wolf3D on backorder since before Christmas and 
>I'm still waiting. :(

	Never? Perhaps another few weeks or even months, but "never" seems
rather strong. What I will tell you is something very strange is going on.
I just spoke with John Carmack, the president of ID Software and original
Wolf 3-D programmer, a few moments ago. He claims Vitesse has not even 
approached his company concerning the licensing of Wolfenstein 3-D!

	The Macintosh port was licensed through InterPlay, due to a whole
long twisted tale that involves BurgerBill being caught up in. It was more
a loophole under the circumstances than anything else. My guess is Vitesse
is looking to use that same loophole in order to avoid the $10k licensing fee
that ID Software wants for the Apple IIgs port. The game is 100% complete,
it's just sitting in limbo while legal things are settled, yet between _who_?

>: I will most probably be ordering the 2nd Sight this week, too...provided I 
>: don't exceed my credit limit. (ACK!)
> 
>Exceed the limit, it's worth it. Your computer deserves it. :)

	If only it had software support, perhaps this delay in releasing
Wolfenstein 3-D could be used to our advantage, in that Second Sight support 
could be added to the game (to be honest, the sample screens I saw left me 
feeling very disappointed).

>-Ken

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@vega.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca