Another bit of trivia related to this
Airheart was renamed Typhoon Thompson: Search for the Sea Child for other
platforms. I'm not sure why they renamed it. I'm most familiar with the ST
version, which is an EXCELLENT game.
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: Lee K. Seitz
That leads to an interesting, but infrequent, phenomenon. Why ARE some games
renamed when ported to another platform? My guess is they were unpopular on the
initial platform; a rename might give the game a fresh start.
This would make a good list -- game renames. I have an addition: Dragon Lord
Chris Newman boldly stated:
That leads to an interesting, but infrequent, phenomenon. Why ARE some games
renamed when ported to another platform? My guess is they were unpopular on the
initial platform; a rename might give the game a fresh start.
This would make a good list -- game renames. I
They were often renamed when crossing the Atlantic. For example, Death
Sword (USA) and Barbarian (UK). Sometimes it has to do with marketing
reasons, sometimes it is legal (copyright). This isn't the case with
Airheart though...don't know why they did it. Dragon Lord could be a US/UK
Chris Newman wrote:
That leads to an interesting, but infrequent, phenomenon. Why ARE some games
renamed when ported to another platform? My guess is they were unpopular on the
initial platform; a rename might give the game a fresh start.
Many reasons, all of them marketing. It has nothing
