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- From: bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com (Bruce Kahn)
- Subject: Re: Shanghai II -- who wrote it?
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- In-Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu's message of 4 Jan 93 00:42:19 GMT
- Date: 05 Jan 93 01:29:11 GMT
- To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
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- Reply-To: bkahn@archive.webo.dg.com
- References: <76032@apple.apple.COM> <1993Jan4.004219.1993@news.columbia.edu>
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- > 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
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