I second that emotion... I am in the middle of a big move to another state and
can't make it to the CG expo but would love to get SGaNB2 and volume 2 of the
documentary, so please don't forget us wee folks who can't go to the show!
Chad Hendrickson wrote:
> Will these products be available for us sad folks who can not make it to
> CGE? If so, when? And is it the same price?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:43 AM
> To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [stella] CG Expo: Cyberpunks products
>
> Cyberpunks Entertainment is proud to present two new products for classic
> videogame fans! They will be premiered at the Classic Gaming Expo
> convention.
>
> Stella Gets A New Brain 2
> -------------------------
>
> That's right, we're finally re-releasing the much-talked-about Starpath
> game collection on CD. It features the complete collection of Starpath
> games as audio loads to be played on your Supercharger cartridge and Atari
> 2600 game system (in fact, this time it's even more complete, including PAL
> Survival Island and the PAL Party Mix preview). And there are scans of all
> the boxes and tape covers we could get our hands on (including a European
> Sword of Saros cover).
>
> But that's not all! Also included:
>
> - Scans of Atari's internal publication, St. Pong
>
> - Scans of Atari's Coin Connection newsletters
>
> - Scans of promo sheets for old arcade games
>
> - Scans of the original TIA chip plot
>
> - Scans of engineering notes from Larry Wagner
>
> - Photos of Joe Decuir's original Stella bicycle that "Stella" was named
> after
>
> - Fonts similar to the Atari cartridge font
>
> - The archives of StellaList, the 2600 programmers mailing list
>
> - New development tools courtesy of Bob Colbert, in addition to Jim
> Nitchal's tools from the original CD
>
> - Source code for Bob Colbert's StellaSketch
>
> - Bob Colbert's Okie Dokie
>
> - Piero Cavina's Mondo Pong
>
> - Piero Cavina's Oystron, as well as an unfinished version of Oystron X
>
> - Greg Troutman & Piero Cavina's INV (an attempt to make Space Invaders
> with more invaders than Atari's version)
>
> - Greg Troutman's This Planet Sucks
>
> - Ed Federmeyer's SoundX sound utility
>
> - An internal Imagic sound utility
>
> - Splitsville's song "Atari 2600" and scans of their CD
>
> - Images from the upcoming Stella at 20 documentary (what's that? keep
> reading!)
>
> Stella at 20
> ------------
>
> Have you ever wondered what the original Atari programmers would have to
> say about their games if they sat down in a room to talk about it? Well,
> wonder no more. Nolan Bushnell opened up his mansion to the Cyberpunks and
> a group of 2600 programmers, and we recorded it for posterity.
>
> Stella at 20 is a multi-volume documentary about what it was like to
> program games for the 2600, as well as some of the design considerations
> given the hardware itself, featuring many of the programmers and engineers
> whose games you grew up with:
>
> - Nolan Bushnell
> - David Crane
> - Carol Shaw
> - Tod Frye
> - Rick Maurer
> - Alan Miller
> - Doug Neubauer
>
> Volume 1: A Celebration
> Volume 2: One Person, One Game
>
> Volume 2 will be available at CG Expo, and Volume 1 will be available
> "soon". With luck, there will be Volumes 3 and 4 before we're done.
>
> Pricing
> -------
>
> Stella Gets a New Brain Version 2 (with booklet) $30
> Stella At 20 Vol. 2 (VHS/90 minutes, w/high quality box cover) $30
> Both for $50 (cash, check, or money order -- sorry, no credit cards)
>
> Anyone who buys Stella At 20 Volume 2 at the CG Expo will be eligible for a
> $5 discount on Volume 1 when it is released. Those who buy both Stella At
> 20 Volume 2 and Stella Gets A New Brain Version 2 will get a $10 discount
> on Volume 1.
>
> Those who buy both also get a raffle ticket to win a large (approximately
> 4' x 4') photocopy of Joe Decuir's TIA chip mask. Three of these will be
> raffled off on Sunday afternoon.
>
> Wholesale volume pricing options for Stella At 20 and Stella Gets A New
> Brain are available upon request.
>
> CG Expo
> -------
>
> Besides showing off and selling the above, Cyberpunks will have a PC
> demoing the ActiveStella 2600 emulator running Save Mary, and will have
> Polo, Wizard, Kamikaze Saucers and the Starpath games running on a 2600
> with an AV modification by Chris Wilkson.
>
> Cyberpunks Entertainment
> - Glenn Saunders
> - Russ Perry Jr
> - Dan Skelton
> - Brad Mott
>
> //*================================================================++
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> || 847-952-9729 slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR! ||
> ++================================================================*//
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