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Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!uunet!thehulk!swcbbs!scot.trudeau
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: New Apogee Game
Message-ID: <b7.19234.157.0NB3BCCE@swcbbs.com>
From: scot.trudeau@swcbbs.com (Scot Trudeau)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 01:23:00 -0500
Distribution: world
Organization: Software Creations BBS
Lines: 39
JD>>>==========================================================================
JD>=
JD>> >> Apogee Software, Ltd. The #1 Shareware Game Publisher
JD>>
JD>>>==========================================================================
JD>=
JD>> >
JD>> > How's that? No offense, but Id's the #1 Shareware Game Publisher...
JD>Really? As far as I know, id has only *published* one game. As well as DOO
JD>has been selling, I doubt that it's total # of sales adds up to all of Apoge
JD>combined. Duke I & II + Wolfenstien + Raptor etc ...
Actually, the #1 doesn't mean "greatest." When they released their
first shareware game (and all shareware games that they release), the
programmers put a #1 as the first 2 digits of the file name. This
allows the file to appear at the top of a file listing on BBS's (if
their files are sorted). If you call Software Creations and download
any Apogee game (they are a free download by the way, you only pay LD
charges if not local), you will see that it begins with #1, i.e.
#1bs21.zip, #1hocus.zip, etc. if you get this file on another BBS or
from an ftp site and it doesn't have #1 at the beginning, then it has
been rezipped by someone and won't have the correct Authentic
Verification number - it could contain a virus, or a hacked version of
the game.
BTW, Software Creations is going to get internet service (ftp, gopher,
finger, telnet, etc.) for paying members. They haven't decided whether
or not you will be able to telnet from another BBS or internet site
though.
Scot J. Trudeau
scot.trudeau@swcbbs.com
I am not an employee at either Apogee or Software Creations, and my
opinions don't reflect the opinions of either entity. I am a paying
member of Software Creations.
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* OLX 2.1 TD * Well, on second thought, lets not go to Camelot.