Interplay Going Under

[Azselendor]

Some of the older titles may go back to the original authors and game designers, which might be good for shrapnel to pursue.

Hopefully some will strike out on thier own.

[Atrocities]

I enjoyed Decent tiltes, freespace titles, and SFC, as well as the boldergate.

I recall reading when Interplay was owned by its orginator how he placed the companies entire future on that game and the gamble semi paid off. The game was a success but he lost control of the company and was retired.

[StarTux]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Good luck. I think Bioware will get most of them as well as Atari.

Bioware is primarily a developer at this time. Atari, yes they would snap up their share I'd imagine.

Interplay managed to lose Bioware's NeverWinter Nights, some disagreement over who knows what.

[Rasorow]

<sigh> Another great game company from the Good Ole Days goes out with a whimper.

I still have the 25th aniversary ed of Star Trek and many other of their older games....

<Salutes the old great Interplay: for gamers by gamers>

[DarkAnt]

good ol' fallout, that was a great game. This is indeed sad news.

[Gillissie]

I hate to say it, but I saw this coming about 10 years ago when you could no longer get ahold of tech support, and every game nagged you until you registered. The only thing registering got you was a telemarketing call trying to sell you some of their old games. Also, they entered the era of "release now, patch later" with some really bad releases.

Remember when their slogan was "By gamers for gamers."? Those were the good ol' days alright.

[ June 28, 2004, 06:07: Message edited by: Gillissie ]

[Atrocities]

I have to agree. They lost focus and went for the $$ and that ruined them. But still they did make some nice games. Freespace, Decent, Balders Gate, etc.