Re: Timelord Demo

[jlee@ics.uci.edu (Orion Pax)]

Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
: In article neiderma@er4.rutgers.edu (Kid) writes...
: >
: >WOW!  I jus downloaded the Timelord demo from GEnie!  The game looks
: >like Ultima 6!  Incredible!
: >
: >Now, why didn't the thing ever come out?  The date on the demo says
: 	Two reasons: The chief programmer, Chris McKinsey, kind of 
: burnt out and walked away from the project before it was completed.

I've talked to Steve briefly about this.  If my memory is correct, he said
that Chris flaked out, joined some rock band or something, and is now gone.

: 	Secondly, no one at DreamWorld was willing to take over where
: Chris left off on the game, and most of them were starting to drift away
: from the Apple II themselves at that time. These days there's not much left 

Before Steve was going to graduate and move on to his current job, he wanted
to get the source from the source, Chris, but I got impression from Steve
that Chris wasn't about to give it up, and I don't think Steve would've had
the time to pick up the project.

And DreamGrafix v1.1 was in the works too.  *sigh*

Joseph
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