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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: NA Games magazines not covering Amiga titles as much
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 18:43:34 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4jmjom$jhk@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <4j9b9c$3d5@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4j9nks$aam@flood.xnet.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Summary: North American divisions
- Keywords: Alive?
-
- In article <4j9nks$aam@flood.xnet.com>,
- Jason Compton <jcompton@flood.xnet.com> wrote:
-
- >This is where the problem is--can these US magazines even GET games to
- >review? If there's no distributor, they have to go overseas--which is
- >expensive just to make the phone call. I've done it quite often and am
-
- I guess that is what they meant by the readers easily having access
- to the software before they review it, not only their readers I guess but
- themselves as well.
-
- I think AT/SMG have to tackle this problem when they come to the North
- American market.. presence of software from a major distributor which can
- easily be gotten to the dealers, make sure enough machines reach our
- shores and co-operate with the only Amiga specific glossy magazine in North
- America to further their distribution and aid in educating the people about
- what is out there for the Amiga.
-
- Are there any US games companies still alive producing games for the
- Amiga or any branches remaining in the US from overseas?
-
-
- >--
- >Jason Compton jcompton@xnet.com
- >Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine (708) 741-0689 FAX
- >Fire on the hemisphere below. Your finest hour.
- >AR on Aminet - docs/mags/ar???.lha AR Mailing list - Mail me
- >WWW - http://www.omnipresence.com/Amiga/News/AR, www.cucug.org/ar/ar.html
-
- -=*George*=-
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