Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: C.E. Forman wrote: Softporn by On-Line Systems I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party -- Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're staring directly at the camera. It was an intentional shoot. Alright, where

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: Jim Leonard boldly stated: C.E. Forman wrote: Softporn by On-Line Systems I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party -- Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're staring directly at the camera. It was an

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread Jim Leonard
Jim Leonard wrote: Lee K. Seitz wrote: Jim Leonard boldly stated: C.E. Forman wrote: Softporn by On-Line Systems I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party -- Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're staring directly

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread Chris Newman
It is definitely a posed picture. The other two women in the hot tub were secretaries at Sierra during the early 80s. The tub was installed in the Williams' Oakhurst home. The picture was Ken's idea though. Jim Leonard wrote: Lee K. Seitz wrote: Jim Leonard boldly stated: C.E. Forman

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread C.E. Forman
Softporn by On-Line Systems I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party -- Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're staring directly at the camera. It was an intentional shoot. Yes it was. This was meant as an inside joke, but I'll

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread C.E. Forman
Chris, can you do a better scan of the cover at 150 DPI or higher now that you know about the descreening trick? I've been meaning to redo a lot of my vault scans with descreening, for the new Shoppe go-live. Right now I just don't have time, though I'll get to it when I get to it.

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: Chris, how, where, from whom, and how much did you pay to get your copy? I actually have two copies, one Apple and one Atari. (I collect folder variations, though, so I won't be trading one as a duplicate.) Got one from another Sierra collector and one from eBay.

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-26 Thread C.E. Forman
No, I did not. - Original Message - From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games C.E. Forman wrote: Chris, how, where, from whom, and how much did you pay to get your copy? I

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-25 Thread Chris Newman
There was a game that caused quite a stir back in 1985-87. It involved the holocaust, but for the life of me, I cannot recall the name. I never played the game, but saw a story about it on the TV news. Given the typical sensationalism of those stories I can only guess about the truthfulness or

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-25 Thread C.E. Forman
? I've heard it identified as an urban legend. - Original Message - From: Karl Kuras [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games I remember Dracula. it was a text adventure for the C64 (and probably

Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games

2001-08-25 Thread Karl Kuras
. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games Thanks Karl. Dracula, IIRC, was the first computer game to get an adult rating in England. CRL did a version of Frankenstein with similar content. KZ Manager