kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) (02/26/86)
Recently someone posted a letter they had recieved from Electronic
Arts - a computer game company - in which EA stated they had no intentions
of developing new (or old) games for the Atari ST or the Atari 8-Bit line.
The reasons given were that basicaly the ST was crap and that no one owned
an 8-Bitter.
A number of people complained about this to both EA and to Antic and
ANALOG magazines, and both of these mags suggested a letter campaign to inform
EA of it's error. Well in the April `86 issue of Antic you will find this
letter:
The response of your readers to Antic editorials is growing. We
have recieved quite a few letters, and because of the interest
shown by Atari users, we are planning the following hit products
for the Atari 800 in 1986:
Adventure Construction Set
Heart of Africa
Mail Order Monsters
Marble Madness
Racing Destruction Set
Skyfox
Software Golden Oldies (Software Country)
Ultima IV (Origin Systems)
We hope to see at retail the kind of response we have seen in
our mailbox!
Trip Hawkins
President
Electronic Arts
So now that we've gotten EA to admit it's error let's make sure that they
realize that their change of mind is justified. Also, if every EA purchase
was accompanied by a letter of appreciation and a brief ps on how nice this
game would look on an ST we may be able to get the ball rolling in that area
as well. In the meantime, don't you ST owners give up! If EA can admit it's
mistake for the 8-Bit line it's only a matter of time as far as the ST is
concerned.
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Kevin Thompson {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin
"It's a sort of threat, you see. I've never been very good at them
myself but I'm told they can be very effective."rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd) (02/27/86)
> > Recently someone posted a letter they had recieved from Electronic > Arts - a computer game company - in which EA stated they had no intentions > of developing new (or old) games for the Atari ST or the Atari 8-Bit line. > The reasons given were that basicaly the ST was crap and that no one owned > an 8-Bitter. > > > > So now that we've gotten EA to admit it's error let's make sure that they > realize that their change of mind is justified. Also, if every EA purchase > was accompanied by a letter of appreciation and a brief ps on how nice this > game would look on an ST we may be able to get the ball rolling in that area > as well. In the meantime, don't you ST owners give up! If EA can admit it's I have a better idea. Let's admit to ourselves that the ST doesn't need Electronic Arts products and we ST owners don't care for thier pompous attitudes. Let's vote with our dollar by not buying any EA products. If anyone is waiting for a really good game for the ST, wait no longer. Go out and get a copy of SUNDOG. All of the ST owners I know have purchased this game and we are all getting really addicted to it. A lot of other really good ST software is coming, both games and productivity. Megamax is here, I own a copy and it is a really great compiler. A lot of software companies that were taking a "wait and see" attitude are jumping on the bandwagon (Borland for one). Believe me, ST owners won't be hurting, even if EA goes totally down the tubes. R.T. Bradstrum