lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/19/90)
In <1990Sep19.035656.27716@uncecs.edu>, kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) writes: >There was much discussion a while back about the >"real" Tetris (as distributed by Spectrum Holobyte) and >all of those other insidious Tetris clones that were >infringing on Spectrum Holobytes territory. > >A friend came by the other day to show me a copy of the >commercial tetris that he had. It was from MirrorSoft, >not Spectrum Holobyte. > >Question of the day: Was MirrorSoft distributing tetris >for the amiga in the US also? No.. the MirrorSoft version was never distributed in North America, probably because Spectrum Holobyte had the N.A. rights to the game. > Or was this originally >meant to be a European-only distribution? Who had the >first distribution rights for the amiga? Don't know what it was meant to be, or if it ever came out in Europe. >And in case you are wondering: Yes, his copy was pirated. >There is no way to tell where the original came from. No, >I didn't keep a copy. And it was inferior to Obsess-O-Matic. Inferior to Obsess-O-Matic? Well, I guess that depends a lot on whether you want to play Tetris, or if you want to play a Tetris-like game with all sorts of non-Tetris stuff in it. I'll say one thing... it beat the pants off the Spectrum Holobyte version. Too bad it never came out here. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) (09/19/90)
There was much discussion a while back about the
"real" Tetris (as distributed by Spectrum Holobyte) and
all of those other insidious Tetris clones that were
infringing on Spectrum Holobytes territory.
A friend came by the other day to show me a copy of the
commercial tetris that he had. It was from MirrorSoft,
not Spectrum Holobyte.
Question of the day: Was MirrorSoft distributing tetris
for the amiga in the US also? Or was this originally
meant to be a European-only distribution? Who had the
first distribution rights for the amiga?
And in case you are wondering: Yes, his copy was pirated.
There is no way to tell where the original came from. No,
I didn't keep a copy. And it was inferior to Obsess-O-Matic.
Ken
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Ken Steele Dept. of Psychology kms@ecsvax.bitnet
Mars Hill College kms@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
Mars Hill, NC 28754 {some big name site}!mcnc!ecsvax!kms lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/21/90)
In <20437@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, maffett@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Tim Maffett) writes: >In article <1990Sep19.035656.27716@uncecs.edu> kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) writes: >> >>There was much discussion a while back about the >>"real" Tetris (as distributed by Spectrum Holobyte) and >>all of those other insidious Tetris clones that were >>infringing on Spectrum Holobytes territory. >> >>A friend came by the other day to show me a copy of the >>commercial tetris that he had. It was from MirrorSoft, >>not Spectrum Holobyte. > > MirrorSoft == Spectrum Holobyte. >They are both owned by Sir Robert Maxwell (captian bob), >ie. Maxwell Communications. > >These are the people (maxwell) that screwed the russian inventor out >of most of his royalties (they say hes received ~800 american dollars so far). They may be the same company (I don't know), but the two versions of Tetris are FAR from being the same. The MirrorSoft one is a LOT better. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
maffett@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Tim Maffett) (09/22/90)
In article <1990Sep19.035656.27716@uncecs.edu> kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele) writes: > >There was much discussion a while back about the >"real" Tetris (as distributed by Spectrum Holobyte) and >all of those other insidious Tetris clones that were >infringing on Spectrum Holobytes territory. > >A friend came by the other day to show me a copy of the >commercial tetris that he had. It was from MirrorSoft, >not Spectrum Holobyte. MirrorSoft == Spectrum Holobyte. They are both owned by Sir Robert Maxwell (captian bob), ie. Maxwell Communications. These are the people (maxwell) that screwed the russian inventor out of most of his royalties (they say hes received ~800 american dollars so far).