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Harry S Price must claim the dubious distinction of having ripped off more Sinclair Spectrum games than anybody else. He made slight changes to commercial releases and magazine type-in listings, often introducing bugs in the process, and sold the results to unwary software houses. Some of his rip-offs were even bundled with the Spectrum +2. | '''Harry S Price''' must claim the dubious distinction of having ripped off more Sinclair Spectrum games than anybody else. He made slight changes to commercial releases and magazine type-in listings, often introducing bugs in the process, and sold the results to unwary software houses. Some games were even ripped off more than once. Some of his rip-offs were even bundled with the Spectrum +2. | ||
Apparently, the only time Price got into trouble was after the release of Crimebusters, based on David Jones' Spellbound. Mastertronic demanded a letter of apology, and the story was covered in the December 1986 issues of Crash and Sinclair User. | Apparently, the only time Price got into trouble was after the release of ''Crimebusters'', based on [[David Jones]]' [[Spellbound]]. [[Mastertronic]] demanded a letter of apology, and the story was covered in the December [[1986]] issues of [[Crash]] and [[Sinclair User]]. | ||
Here is a list of Harry S Price's rip-offs and the games they were based on. (Thanks to Michael Bruhn and others on comp.sys.sinclair for helping to compile this information.) | Here is a list of Harry S Price's rip-offs and the games they were based on. (Thanks to Michael Bruhn and others on comp.sys.sinclair for helping to compile this information.) | ||
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Ghostly Grange ''(Creative Sparks, 1988)'' | Ghostly Grange ''(Creative Sparks, 1988)'' | ||
Also note ''Dusty Droid and the Garbage Gobblers'', above. | |||
||[[File:Rocket man mike.png]] | ||[[File:Rocket man mike.png]] | ||
Rocket Man Mike ''(Your Computer, 1985)'' | Rocket Man Mike ''(Your Computer, 1985)'' | ||
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|[[File:Mind your head.png]] | |[[File:Mind your head.png]] | ||
Mind Your Head ''(IJK Software, 1986)'' | Mind Your Head ''(IJK Software, 1986)'' | ||
Also note ''Gangplank'', above. | |||
||[[File:Icicle works.png]] | ||[[File:Icicle works.png]] | ||
Icicle Works ''(Statesoft, 1985)'' | Icicle Works ''(Statesoft, 1985)'' | ||
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Them ''(Pirate Software, 1988)'' | Them ''(Pirate Software, 1988)'' | ||
Also note ''Ku Ku'', above. | |||
||[[File:Project future.png]] | ||[[File:Project future.png]] | ||
Project Future ''(Micromania, 1985)'' | Project Future ''(Micromania, 1985)'' |
Revision as of 08:22, 7 April 2014
Harry S Price must claim the dubious distinction of having ripped off more Sinclair Spectrum games than anybody else. He made slight changes to commercial releases and magazine type-in listings, often introducing bugs in the process, and sold the results to unwary software houses. Some games were even ripped off more than once. Some of his rip-offs were even bundled with the Spectrum +2.
Apparently, the only time Price got into trouble was after the release of Crimebusters, based on David Jones' Spellbound. Mastertronic demanded a letter of apology, and the story was covered in the December 1986 issues of Crash and Sinclair User.
Here is a list of Harry S Price's rip-offs and the games they were based on. (Thanks to Michael Bruhn and others on comp.sys.sinclair for helping to compile this information.)
Originally compiled by Paul Equinox Collins - reproduced with permission