In high school and college, I worked in video-game retail throughout the mid-to-late 80s (at an Atari/Commodore/Apple store and later at EB). We would get demo copies just like you describe for store display. However, they probably could have been used for any of the purposes you mention.
Hugh On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:21:06 -0600 (CST) "Lee K. Seitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Chisarick stated: > > > > I spent about 22+ months tracking down every > last EA title > >(complete) made for the Apple ][ (flat, box, > game, utility, app, etc.) > >Of those by far the most satisfying to find: > Marble Madness, Realm of > >Impossibility, One-on-One, Arctic Fox, > Adventure Construction Set. Hugh > >is a tiny god for providing the EA Flatpack > reference online :) > > That reminds me, I've got a copy of Skyfox that > has rectangular, > yellow stickers with red text reading "DEMO > COPY / line / NOT FOR > RESALE" on it. There's one on the front, one > that was apparently > holding the folio closed, and another on the > disk. (The reference > card is missing.) Anyone know the origin of > these stickers? Was it a > pre-release, a copy for review, a copy for a > store to load on a > computer for customers to try, or something > else? > > -- > Lee K. Seitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are > currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@;oldskool.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@;oldskool.org/
