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- From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Press release: BLAZEMONGER backs out!
- Keywords: souffle, partisan, boinker, pilgrim, ethereal prunes
- Date: 10 Feb 92 15:11:11 GMT
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED TO CEASE SELLING POPULAR GAME
-
- WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- February 10, 1992 -- BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED,
- authors of the popular "ViolentWare" software series, announced
- yesterday that they were taking their top-selling product, BLAZEMONGER,
- off the market.
-
- "We have just ended some successful negotiations with Commodore," said Dan
- Barrett, official B.Inc. spokescreature, "and afterwards decided to pull
- BLAZEMONGER from production. I cannot give any more details without
- violating a non-disclosure agreement, but I will say that we are very happy."
-
- The latest meeting between BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED and Commodore Business
- Machines capped off months of speculation about a possible collaborative
- effort between the two computer giants. Commodore, maker of the popular
- Amiga microcomputer, has been in need of improved graphics technology.
- BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED is best known for the stunning graphics and sound
- in its products. Could there be a connection?
-
- "I seriously doubt it," said top market analyst Mirk Birritt. "I predicted
- over five hundred years ago that Blazemonger [sic] and Commodore would try to
- team up, but it's hopeless. Commodore will never be anything more than a
- little speck of slime on the bottom of my business school diploma."
-
- On the other hand, some advocates have other views. "I think this is a
- wise move," said one source named Dave who asked not to be identified.
- "After all, when the copper hits the VBL, hundreds of MMU cycles can be
- gated without adding bus contention to the whiffle." Key spokespeople
- from Apple, IBM, and NeXT were quick to deny the charges.
-
- Regardless, rumors are still flying. Once source claimed that Commodore is
- licensing the as-yet-unheard-of BLAZEMONGER Advanced Chip Set. Another
- source reported that B.Inc. plans to market a "standalone" BLAZEMONGER box
- with an Amiga inside. A third source claimed to know that the two
- companies are collaborating on a new computer called the BlaZinga. "It will
- have forty-thousand bits per pixel," he said, "and an infrared mouse with
- eighty buttons."
-
- Perhaps the mostly likely case is that Commodore is working on its own entry
- in the "ViolentWare" series. "It will be called GOULDMONGER," said one
- insider, who refused to give any further details, except to promise that it
- will be "everything that the Amiga advocates would expect in a game of this
- name." Further research indicates that the game is supposedly being written
- by disgruntled employees at Commodore.
-
- Even with the promise of new technology on the horizon, some BLAZEMONGER
- owners are outraged. "I can't BELIEVE they are abandoning us!" said an
- angry Baird Macintoosh. "I mean, they are even closing down their
- '900-number' hint line! Don't they realize that some of us need those hints
- on a daily basis?? This is terrible... I'm going to have to switch to a
- different game now, like 'Eye of the Potholder'."
-
- What will happen next? Only time will tell. But sources say to watch
- USENET carefully for future product announcements.
-
- Dan
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- Copyright 1992 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
- This article may be freely distributed, but may not be included in any
- publication without the written permission of the author.
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