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Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:13 pm
by JDS
ZorkFanDM - you got money.
ZorkFanDM - you got the rights.
ZorkFanDM - you're our man.
How fast can people become friends, eh?
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:03 am
by DrPaul
It's not a sequel, but there's a guy on the r.a.i.f newsgroup that says he has been negotiating with activision to re-release the Lost Treasures of Infocom. All the games except HG2G and one other title which I can't remember.
Anyway, he says that Activision wants $70,000 to purchase the rights to release all of the Infocom games.
There is still some chatter about a Zork IV. It sounds like somebody at Activision is trying to make it happen, but it has not really been green-lighted yet. We'll have to keep our fingers crossed.
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:31 am
by ZorkFanDM
Hey, I didnt know you guys were working on a new one until now. Sorry I didnt know. I stil plan on buying the rights eventually, but this will be the first place I stop if I do. If someone else here gets the rights, then good luck to them! I just wanted to state my intention of keeping the name alive at least.
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:20 pm
by JDS
I bet that if they do make another Zork game the adventure season (now) is over again, and evrybody wants 'smack that bloody head off, you nasty misprint!'-games again, and the project is dumped.
Or they'll make a not-as-good-as-it-can-be-game because they have no idea's, but still think 'hey, maybe if we...'.
Probably bit depressing thoughts, but this is the way it goes.
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 1:15 am
by Nemesis
ZorkFanDM can afford the rights? Crap, we couldn't even afford getting a license, let alone all of the rights.
(10k for a license)
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 7:56 am
by JDS
10k... big 'gasp' there.
ZFD, can you affort (and are willing to afford) that?!
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 2:54 pm
by DataAngel
its not just 10k for the license... we have to promise we'll sell so many copies and I think its 50k.
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:27 pm
by JDS
I'll give up on the 'gasp's there because my mouth hurts... 50k...
Re: Not as pissed as before, but still really piss
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 3:27 pm
by ZorkFanDM
Not yet can I afford the rights but as I said, I will eventually. I just need to finish school and get a job at a decent video game company, which I am in the process of doing.
EDIT: I would be willing to pay that if I had the money.