@> So in the end, it seems that no one really knows where these games were made
@> or what market they were intended for? Id really love to find out more
@> information on these. For now i personally consider them US releases, And
@> if they end up not being US then hell i still have three Rare NEC items.
As I posted earlier on this topic....they were made by "Excite Software"
out of Texas. This info is from an insider at NEC. Beyond that I have
no other info on Excite Software. I can assure you that these things
were not carried at "Toys R Us" in the US.
@> When i say homebrew i refer to the days of bedroom coders, guys who didnt do
@> artwork, didnt get a disk manufactured didnt press a label onto the disk
@> etc, didnt really intend to sell anything, just did it for the love of it,
@> and if they got lucky the made some bucks to cover the time it took.
@> Basically they'd send you a 3 1/2 disk with a hand written label or
@> something along those lines ( Think days of the Commodore 64 , perhaps it
@> was a different scene in the US ?). Id classify this title as "Pirate", ie
@> non official release by company X. But not homebrew. I hope that gives you
@> more understanding of what i meant. Perhaps that explains my meaning of
@> "Professional" ie they were made to sell, not as demo or for fun etc..
So, by this definition, "Implode" is also a "pirate" title ? To me,
homebrew means exactly what it says: it was made at someone's home,
regardless of whether it was released for profit, or in commercial
packaging. But to each their own opinion.
-bt
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