From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Press release: BLAZEMONGER backs out! Keywords: souffle, partisan, boinker, pilgrim, ethereal prunes Date: 10 Feb 92 15:11:11 GMT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED TO CEASE SELLING POPULAR GAME WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- February 10, 1992 -- BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED, authors of the popular "ViolentWare" software series, announced yesterday that they were taking their top-selling product, BLAZEMONGER, off the market. "We have just ended some successful negotiations with Commodore," said Dan Barrett, official B.Inc. spokescreature, "and afterwards decided to pull BLAZEMONGER from production. I cannot give any more details without violating a non-disclosure agreement, but I will say that we are very happy." The latest meeting between BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED and Commodore Business Machines capped off months of speculation about a possible collaborative effort between the two computer giants. Commodore, maker of the popular Amiga microcomputer, has been in need of improved graphics technology. BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED is best known for the stunning graphics and sound in its products. Could there be a connection? "I seriously doubt it," said top market analyst Mirk Birritt. "I predicted over five hundred years ago that Blazemonger [sic] and Commodore would try to team up, but it's hopeless. Commodore will never be anything more than a little speck of slime on the bottom of my business school diploma." On the other hand, some advocates have other views. "I think this is a wise move," said one source named Dave who asked not to be identified. "After all, when the copper hits the VBL, hundreds of MMU cycles can be gated without adding bus contention to the whiffle." Key spokespeople from Apple, IBM, and NeXT were quick to deny the charges. Regardless, rumors are still flying. Once source claimed that Commodore is licensing the as-yet-unheard-of BLAZEMONGER Advanced Chip Set. Another source reported that B.Inc. plans to market a "standalone" BLAZEMONGER box with an Amiga inside. A third source claimed to know that the two companies are collaborating on a new computer called the BlaZinga. "It will have forty-thousand bits per pixel," he said, "and an infrared mouse with eighty buttons." Perhaps the mostly likely case is that Commodore is working on its own entry in the "ViolentWare" series. "It will be called GOULDMONGER," said one insider, who refused to give any further details, except to promise that it will be "everything that the Amiga advocates would expect in a game of this name." Further research indicates that the game is supposedly being written by disgruntled employees at Commodore. Even with the promise of new technology on the horizon, some BLAZEMONGER owners are outraged. "I can't BELIEVE they are abandoning us!" said an angry Baird Macintoosh. "I mean, they are even closing down their '900-number' hint line! Don't they realize that some of us need those hints on a daily basis?? This is terrible... I'm going to have to switch to a different game now, like 'Eye of the Potholder'." What will happen next? Only time will tell. But sources say to watch USENET carefully for future product announcements. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett -- Dept of Computer Science, Lederle Graduate Research Center | | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 -- barrett@cs.umass.edu | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////// Copyright 1992 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved. This article may be freely distributed, but may not be included in any publication without the written permission of the author.