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Roswell To Go Commercial - EXCLUSIVE BTF NEWS

Just  before  the release of this issue of BTF, we at AGAS Productions
were pleased to hear that our new game, Roswell, is set to be released
during 1998 as a commercial release :)

It's  a  bit difficult for me to say too much here as nothing has been
tied  up  in  contracts  as  such, but it seems the game will probably
either be for HD only or maybe even CD :)

There's  a  lot of work still to be done (the preview demo is still in
its  early  stages too) and we plan to get most of the haard work done
by the end of Feb 1998.

It'll  take  a  few months before the press even review the early demo
(probably)  and  hopefully  by  the time they do, we will have a small
percentage of the game up and running.

For now, only a selected few will get to see the new preview demo :(

Sorry,  but  the  company  who are considering Roswell as a commercial
release  have  asked  me to try and keep it to very minimal amounts of
peeps who see the preview!

However,  sooner  or later I shall be releasing demo's of the game via
Aminet and probably the A51 web pages too :)

Again, stay tuned to BTF for the first official news on this.

I  won't  tell  you who is set to take Roswell on board either. Again,
sorry,  but  the  distributor has again asked for me to keep quiet for
now.  I  shouldn't  even  be  telling any of you half of this, but I'm
excited  and  let's  face  it,  BTF has been following the progress of
Roswell since day 1.

I'll send a screenshot for all to see. The gfx are by Shezzor and code
by  myself  (SKiDZ), but I'm afraid to say that the game will probably
not be an AREA 51 release!

I dunno if the name AGAS will even be used any longer. Agaain, I shall
have  to  wait until I read the lagalities of this. So far I have only
released  PD,  Shareware  and  Licenceware.  Only the LW side required
contracts  and they are nothing special, so I'm only guessing that the
commercial ones will have a lot more legal mumbo jumbo in 'em.

Probably  by  thee  next issue of BTF I will be able to tell you loads
more. (I may even find time to updaate this bloody BTF engine properly
also with any luck :)

Anyhoo, that's all I wanna say on this subject for now.

To  everyone  who  is currently playtesting, many many many thanx. You
shall  not  be  forgotten.  However, anyone who does fancy being a new
playtester,  please  hold  back a while. I have enough guys testing at
present.

I will constantly bombard zYX with thee latest developments and he can
add  them  to the latest A51 news file which can be picked up anytime.
That'll save you waiting for BTF to hear the news I guess.

For  those  of  you who have never read the A51 news file, contact zYX
(address  for  email  and snail in another part of diz mag) and he can
send you a copy. (if using snail, please supply floppy and stamp)