Re: Shanghai II -- who wrote it?

[bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn)]

> On 4 Jan 93 00:42:19 GMT, stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) said:
STC> In article <76032@apple.apple.COM> unknown@Apple.COM (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>
>I just read the A2Central and Resource Central (mail order 'catalog'
>that comes with it) today and saw that there's a Shanghai II for the GS.
>I'd heard of this for the Mac and other computers and was surprised to see
>it was written for the GS..  I guess there are a few projects out there 
>that aren't known about by all of the net.

>Anyway, does anyone know who this was written by? I got Shanghai a 
>few years ago (from an Egghead Discount Center), and don't play it
>much so most likely won't get Shanghai II..  I'm just very curious about it.

  There is a Shanghai 2.0 and a Shanghai II 1.04 (w/patches) for the Mac.  The
II one is the newer one (both are by the same author, Brodie Lockard) and he is
now offering some really awesome Mac tiles; but I digress...  The GS version is
a port that was done by BRCC by sublicensing the code from Activision.  From
what Ive heard they got the source in August and have already started to ship
it.

  I have the Mac versions (get II 1.04, its much nicer than 2.0) and will be
ordering the GS version next (I was expecting it as a stocking stuffer; sniff)

>
>Is the game (or any of the other versions of it at least) distributed
>by Activision, the author/distributor of the first one?  Activision seems to
>be clinging to life.. They filed Chapter 11 a while ago but haven't completely
>dissolved, as far as I know.  (Has the Lost Treasures of Infocom helped
>keep 'em alive?  at least the Mac/IBM versions, since BRCC does the
>GS version) 

STC> Shanghai II was written in house by John Wrenholt.  BRCC
STC> basically owns the rights to a lot of games (and has packaging for a
STC> bunch as well), so they are doing some of the development in house,
STC> and are probably willing to do some outside contract work, for those
STC> who can do it.

  Actually it was ported in house, since its really a (good? great??) port of
the Mac version...  Just starting the year off w/a nit.

Bruce
----
--
Bruce <I-wont-give-my-middle-initial> Kahn   Phone (508) 870-6488
NSDD / OpenLAN                                 FAX (508) 898-4212
Data General Corporation, Westboro MA USA    INet: Bruce_Kahn@dg.com
Standard disclaimers still apply, even where prohibited by law...