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From: "Michael Grant" <msgrant@cee.hw.ac.uk>
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:29:02 +0100
Subject: Submission for the BBC games archive.
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Hello. I have a link to your "BBC Lives!" website and, having a game
of my own, X*L*C*R, that has now entered the public domain, I thought
you might be interested in it for your BBC games archive.

I wrote the game in 1991 and submitted it to Superior Software. They
wrote back saying "We found it well-presented and fun to play.
Certainly it is unique in its concept", and added that they wanted to
retain it for use in one of their "Play It Again Sam" compilations
(they were then up to PIAS 15). When I returned from a year abroad a
year later, nothing had happened, and I wrote to ask why. They
responded that the recession had killed what was left of the BBC
market, and they were winding up their 8-bit division. 

Then in 1996, out of the blue I got a 'phone call from ProAction, who
had acquired Superior's 8-bit rights, and they wanted to release
X*L*C*R on PIAS 19. They warned me they didn't expect to make many
sales. As it happened, they made _one_. So eventually I made the game
public domain, reasoning that it was more likely to get to BBC
enthusiasts over the Net.

I enclose the game as a single file. You'll need to set the load
address to $1400 and the execution address to &3E01. (You might find
it more convenient to covert the file into a disk image.) Do let me
know what you think. :-)

Michael Grant

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