Aaargh!

TheBoss · 19 February 2004, 22:56

Aargh! was made in 1987 and not 88 as stated by HOL

DrBong · 20 February 2004, 04:29

What makes you think that? Aaargh! was reviewed in 1988 in Amiga Computing (Aug issue) and Zzap!64 (Oct issue). Even the disk scans of the US and UK releases in HOL are (c) 1988.

It was the Arcadia coin-op that was released in 1987 and that was looked at in an arcade games article in the Zzap!64 Christmas 87 issue.

CodyJarrett · 20 February 2004, 09:26

This is error number two in Cody's Top Ten Amiga Database Mistakes

Remember folks, copyright dates are not necessarily the same as Amiga release dates!

TheBoss · 20 February 2004, 10:29

Weird it says 87 on the amiga release on main screen so I thought that was the release of the amiga date.:hoo

CodyJarrett · 20 February 2004, 11:03

That's the copyright year, which may not be the same as the year of release on the Amiga.

The classic examples of this are Monkey Island 1&2. Check out the Amiga titlescreens and you'll see that they say 1990 for MI1 and 1991 for MI2. These copyright years refer to the original work on the PC. On the Amiga the copyright date remains the same, but the Amiga conversions were released in 1991 and 1992.

Copyright is a way to protect an original artistic creation and it 'begins' at the point of creation. In the case of Amiga games that are conversions from other systems, this point of creation is earlier than the Amiga release date.

andreas · 20 February 2004, 12:04

Quote:

Originally posted by TheBoss
Weird it says 87 on the amiga release on main screen so I thought that was the release of the amiga date.:hoo [/B]

No, no ... see Super Hang-On, my standard example I give.

s2325 · 17 July 2009, 09:22

This game should have music from Benny Hill show...

19 February 2004, 22:56	#1
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20 February 2004, 04:29	#2
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	What makes you think that? Aaargh! was reviewed in 1988 in Amiga Computing (Aug issue) and Zzap!64 (Oct issue). Even the disk scans of the US and UK releases in HOL are (c) 1988. It was the Arcadia coin-op that was released in 1987 and that was looked at in an arcade games article in the Zzap!64 Christmas 87 issue.

20 February 2004, 09:26	#3
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	This is error number two in Cody's Top Ten Amiga Database Mistakes Remember folks, copyright dates are not necessarily the same as Amiga release dates!

20 February 2004, 10:29	#4
TheBoss Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 840	Weird it says 87 on the amiga release on main screen so I thought that was the release of the amiga date.:hoo

20 February 2004, 11:03	#5
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	That's the copyright year, which may not be the same as the year of release on the Amiga. The classic examples of this are Monkey Island 1&2. Check out the Amiga titlescreens and you'll see that they say 1990 for MI1 and 1991 for MI2. These copyright years refer to the original work on the PC. On the Amiga the copyright date remains the same, but the Amiga conversions were released in 1991 and 1992. Copyright is a way to protect an original artistic creation and it 'begins' at the point of creation. In the case of Amiga games that are conversions from other systems, this point of creation is earlier than the Amiga release date.

17 July 2009, 09:22	#7
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	This game should have music from Benny Hill show...

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