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A MISSING cassette has cost Amstrad the chance of cashing in on the much publicised clash between computer tycoons Chris Curry and Sir Clive Sinclair. The pre-Christmas punch-up involving the men behind the BBC Micro and the Spectrum gave Amsoft's whiz kids the bright idea of producing a video game based on the incident. Called "Business is War", the game would have involved the millionaire computer chiefs continuing their Cambridge pub brawl in a warehouse filled with their products. It was to have been based on an existing game, Electro Freddy, which has a theme involving Spectrum computers. Amsoft's aim was to produce the game in time for the recent launch of Sir Clive's revolutionary "electric tricyle". The plan was for a unit of the SAS - Special Amsoft Services - to stage a daring daylight raid on Sir Clive's press conference armed with free copies of "Business is War". But the plot flopped even before Amsoft's raiders were fitted with their balaclavas and camouflage jackets. The cassette containing the original listing of the Electro Freddy program couldn't be found. "We were almost in tears when we discovered the loss", said Amsoft's William Pole. "We've missed a wonderful opportunity to promote Amstrad while at the same time taking a dig at two of our competitors. "We looked everywhere we could think of to find the missing source code without luck. "And we couldn't contact the author who was away at the time - somewhere in France I believe. It's very sad". At Alligata Software, Electro Freddy's author Marcus Altman said: "I didn't know about the problem until I got back to work after the holiday. "I believe I know who has the original listing. But it could not have been ready in time". Undecided As we went to press Amsoft was undecided whether to go ahead with production of "Business is War" at a later date. "Having missed Sir Clive's plastic car launch and with the Sinclair-Curry brawl becoming old news, it may be we'll have to drop the idea", said a disappointed William Pole. CWTA |
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