I am still wondering what everybody thinks about the Sean Kelly
multi-carts. I really don't consider it piracy in a moral sense. I think
he is offering a great service to the collectors and avid game fans who
would like to see and play games they cannot buy or find. I haven't
heard Glenn bitch about Seans carts; but in my mind it's no different
than the someone putting the Starpath games on CD ROM and distributing
them the same way. Glenn doesn't own the Starpath games nor does he own
any of the other g'zillion games made for the Atari. The CYBERPUNKS are
to be commended for the outstanding job they did. We all really
appreciate the hard work and effort that went into making a limited and
one time run of the games. Because you got permission, that makes the CD
a collectors item. Copies are not. Copies of any Atari game are
certainly not of collectable value, but they sure are fun to play.
What about unreleased prototypes? Were do they fit in? Wouldn't it be
great if someone would share the rom image of Parker Brothers "Ewok
Adventure" or Atari's "Tempest"? I personally own the only known copy of
"Surf's Up" by Amiga. I will be releasing the rom image to the greater
collector community soon (Feb '98) as my gift and contribution to all of
you folks. Soon that is, unless whoever holds the rights to it tells me
that the they are going to suffer a great finacial loss if I do
(hehehe). Who benefits if I hold this game all to myself. Certainaly not
you folks. Sooo, when I post that it is available for general public
consumption, I expect Glenn and all others who are opposed to having
"illegal" copies of old out-of-date, unpublished, unsupported Atari
games to wait until they can buy their copies legally. Everybody else
can play for free!!!!!
BTW: If someone offered all the 2K, 4K and Starpath games on CD ROM so
that I could play them through a modified Supercharger (thanks to Bob
"the 2600 programming god" Colbert), I'd pay $50 for the CD. Just think,
play 100's of games, no dip switches, just skip to the track you want
and press play. I could care less if whoever sold them made money on it.
It's still cheaper than a Sean Kelly multi-cart. (No offense to Sean. He
is providing a great service). But it would be a great way to play these
games that most of us will never have a chance to own or play otherwise.
Take care,
Lee
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