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niobyte · 10 August 2010, 14:39

Hi All,

You will find the box and the manual is in Spanish.

This game would be an Amiga release but only published by Dro Soft. I actually have a few Dro Soft published games myself.

You will find most likely this release would be in a different language (most likely English) and its box cover and manual would be in Spanish.

Dro Soft used to deal with distributions in Spain for Accolade, Broderbund, Electronic Arts based titles under distribution license deals.

A lot like how ERBE dealt with Ocean, Rainbow Arts, US Gold, etc titles.

MCM and System4 did similar things.

The main ones were: DroSoft, ERBE, MCM and System4. You will even find some games released by these distributors contained the original disks from the original publishers of the game.

Not all were re-branded like this. Then again I am yet to see a DroSoft distributed game to not be re-labeled/re-duplicated in some way.

The rest cannot be said for ERBE, MCM or System4 releases. They're quite a hit and miss with a mixture of re-labeled/re-duplicated disks, or just the originals direct from the mass EU/USA publisher(s) involved in the original release.

Hope this information helps clear things up a little better.

10 August 2010, 14:39	#19
niobyte AMR / HOL Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 171	Hi All, You will find the box and the manual is in Spanish. This game would be an Amiga release but only published by Dro Soft. I actually have a few Dro Soft published games myself. You will find most likely this release would be in a different language (most likely English) and its box cover and manual would be in Spanish. Dro Soft used to deal with distributions in Spain for Accolade, Broderbund, Electronic Arts based titles under distribution license deals. A lot like how ERBE dealt with Ocean, Rainbow Arts, US Gold, etc titles. MCM and System4 did similar things. The main ones were: DroSoft, ERBE, MCM and System4. You will even find some games released by these distributors contained the original disks from the original publishers of the game. Not all were re-branded like this. Then again I am yet to see a DroSoft distributed game to not be re-labeled/re-duplicated in some way. The rest cannot be said for ERBE, MCM or System4 releases. They're quite a hit and miss with a mixture of re-labeled/re-duplicated disks, or just the originals direct from the mass EU/USA publisher(s) involved in the original release. Hope this information helps clear things up a little better. Last edited by niobyte; 10 August 2010 at 14:58.