Date   : Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:43:37 GMT
From   : Dave M <dllm@...>
Subject: Re: Sinistar vs. Deathstar

"Mark de Weger" <mark@...> wrote:
> I was wondering whether anyone could tell me more about the relation 
> between Sinistar (Atarisoft) and Deathstar (Superior Software). The 
> reason is that the games are remarkably similar. They even share some 
> of the same deviations from the arcade original Sinistar. Moreover, the 
> author of Sinistar is Peter Johnson, who also used to write for 
> Superior.

Sinistar = Deathstar
Deathstar = Sinistar

The same game, by the same author.

Atarisoft, who owned the official Sinistar license, decided to abandon the
Acorn scene whilst certain projects were in mid-production (or even
finished, as was the case with Joust + Sini). So the BBC version of Sinistar
never got released - any versions you come across will be 'leaked' versions.

But Peter re-badged the program and sold it on to Superior instead. Have you
tried it on a BBC fitted with Acorn Speech chips? ;-)

There's also an unreleased version of Crystal Castles (also by Peter
Johnson) floating around, complete with 'Atarisoft' headers. The game did
get released eventually (through US Gold) but only after a two year delay.


Dave.






____________________________________________________________________
Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1