[HoE] Re: [DL] [SHANE] Crimson Rails

[PEGShane@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/30/99 7:01:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ghoull@aol.com
writes:

<<  Is the Crimson Rails demo finished? I saw the link for it on the Pinnacle
 web page, but couldn't find where to click to download the danged thing (and
 the instruction manual link didn't work). This game is something I've really
 been itchin' for. It sounds great for all of us who'd like to play GRW, but
 don't have the money, the other players, or the time to build and play a
 decent army. Plus, do you know if the finished version will support
 multiplayer mode? Thanks for your time. >>

First off, there won't *be* a finished version. Maybe this wasn't made clear,
but this is the only big project we've attempted that failed completely. We
produced this demo as a "proof of concept," then showed it to several
publishers (SSI, Mindscape, SirTech, and others), and they all passed. We had
to lay off the entire software team and eat the debt (which is why we're still
in the red--computer games are *very* expensive--any one of our software guys
made 2-3 times what the rest of us make).

Second, as a proof of concept, it only features a few troops (those of Dixie
Rails and Wasatch), and only in one very short battle--so don't get your hopes
up as a replacement for GRW.

Shane