mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) (02/25/90)
["I grew up on a farm in Alaska. We grew frozen vegetables."]
Ok Amiga dudes, for all you guys breathlessly waiting and wondering
as to what happened to RJ after Epyx went Chapter 11, I just found out
that both he and Dave Needle have started a small company in Palo Alto
called "New Technologies Group". They specialize in doing contract work
for other companines wanting to develop home entertainment equipment.
Regarding Epyx, I recently received a notice from their lawyer explaining
what kinda happened (there was so much legalese that I had a hard time
following it). It seems that Atari failed to make a payment for the Lynx
claiming that Epyx didn't fulfill part of their agreement. In turn
Epyx witheld a number of their completed games. The document acknowledged
that both parties wanted to get the games on the shelves asap as it was
in their mutual interest, and were apparently heading towards some
sort of resolution (couldn't understand that part).
mike
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"E Pluribus Unix!"
[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]