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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 games were even ripped off more than once | '''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, and some 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]]. |
Revision as of 08:34, 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, and some 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