Tulip positioning Commodore brand for relaunch.

[Ilwrath]

This reeks of lameness all around.

Agreed.  Tulip never was one of my favorite companies (after harrasing Jerri Elsworth, and all)...  And, now, browsing that site has greatly lowered my opinion of their offerings, as well.  

A C64 branded joystick with Epyx games that are available free on Back2Roots?  But just because they are available free there for personal download...  Doesn't necessarily mean that they're totally free to do with what they like.  I wonder if Tulip secured the proper rights from Hasbro (who IIRC owns the rights to the old Epyx games).  If they did get squared away with whoever is the owner, that would improve my opinion of the product...  If not, it should be fun to watch Hasbro bludgeon Tulip to death.  :lol:

[EDIT]:  I think Infogrames actually purchased the rights to these games from Hasbro a year or two ago...  Anyhow, it'll still be interesting to see if Tulip was on the up-and-up, or not...

[Ilwrath]

I thought c64 games were free?

A lot of them are free for personal use, but all rights are still reserved.  

Personal use is quite a different thing from being included in a compilation that is to be sold for profit........

[Ilwrath]

Harassing Ms. El(l)sworth? Was it that she named her baby Commodore 1 at first or something?

(Is there 2 L's in her name?  If so, I apologize.)  

Anyhow, yes, Tulip forced the name change.  There was a short-lived news post somewhere about the threats of legal woes.  Anyhow, originally, I think they were out to kill the entire project.  :pissed: