> Indeed, and usually only following the "Chris White Method", which is to >write > the conversion secretly, then get a licence to sell it. Sometimes it worked, > sometimes it didn't, in which case the gameplay was tweaked here and there, > graphics changed a little, and the end result is sold as a game in its own right > (he says, half-remembering an article in YS93...).
Can't really take all the credit for this method , as Wayne Hay (PipeMania) and I started doing a Pipemainia type game (Frustrate) for Amstard Cpc & Speccy , then Daniel Gardner (Was going to be Publisher) got Wayne to do PipeMainia officially for Sam. These YS Articule's , are they online anywhere ??