tob@inuxa.UUCP (T Burger) (01/08/85)
Another CES report from the staff
of ANTIC magazine. This report
talks of the new EPYX and LUCASFILM
partnership.
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Epyx Software teams up with
Lucasfilm Games.
Saturday, 5 January 1985
by MICHAEL CIRAOLO, Associate
Editor, Antic
Las Vegas--A new partnership
was announced today as Epyx
Software unveiled two games
from Lucasfilm for the Atari
market.
Ballblazer and Rescue
on Fractalus, originally
developed by Lucasfilm for the
old Atari Inc, will now be
marketed on 64K disks at a
suggested retail price between
$29 and $39, according to Epyx
marketing director Robert
Botch.
Although the two games
were just announced, Epyx and
Lucasfilm discussed a
partnership for several months,
signing the final agreement on
New Year's Day, Botch said.
Both games were
developed over six months ago,
and there are numerous
bootlegged copies around the
country. However, those copies
are not final products and
differ from the games now being
sold, said Botch.
Botch promised that the
new partnership will produce
further games from Lucasfilm.
Two Atari games are currently
under development and will be
shown in June, he said.
What can we expect
next? "All I can say is that
they will be in the Lucas style
--graphically different from
anything currently on the
market."