L.A. company acquires Amiga Games Inc. and the rights to 300+ games for $500,000

Shawn Knight
By Shawn Knight · 5 replies
Jul 8, 2013
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  1. A Los Angeles-based distribution company has agreed to purchase Amiga Games Inc. in a deal valued at $500,000 in company stock and cash. This will reportedly give the new owner, Writers’ Group Film Corp., the rights to distribute more than...

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    Jul 8, 2013
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  2. Guest

    Guest

    I hope theres some classics in that list, but the ones I like are multi platform of their day, for instance, cannon fodder, chaos engine, and alien breed the original 2 games.

    Would be nice to see these, but you can get that clanto forever emulator if you want to play these games right ?
     
    Jul 8, 2013
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  3. spydercanopus

    spydercanopus TS Evangelist Posts: 857   +127

    How long does copyright last, again? Seems wasteful, but I can see mobile users buying them for $1.
     
    Jul 8, 2013
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  4. Guest

    Guest

    Please let one of them be rampart..
    That game NEEDS to be released for smartphone
     
    Jul 9, 2013
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  5. Skidmarksdeluxe

    Skidmarksdeluxe TS Evangelist Posts: 8,647   +3,278

    Yeah what nostalgia. I remember playing some Amiga games on my Commodore 64 back in the day.
     
    Jul 9, 2013
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  6. Arris

    Arris TS Evangelist Posts: 4,634   +397

    SWIV on tablet, that would be cool. Mightnight resistance, another classic side scrolling shoot em' up that would be fun on touch devices.
     
    Jul 10, 2013
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