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[arlesya]

Isn't LucasArts still working? Did they abandon Afterlife?

I got this game for free in a magazine back in 1997 in its full version. It's a pretty cool game, but I never understood why it came for free since the magazine was the equivalent of about 5 U.S. dollars.

[dosraider]

An advertising stunt is not the same as 'abandoned', they have payed Lucasarts for that stunt, sure thing.

[arlesya]

Originally Posted by dosraider

An advertising stunt is not the same as 'abandoned', they have payed Lucasarts for that stunt, sure thing.

I asked about the "abandoned" possiblity since this thread was done in the first place.
I understand the advertising, but usually they put just a demo of the game, not the entire game. It wasn't a retoric question, it was a real question.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by arlesya

I got this game for free in a magazine back in 1997 in its full version. It's a pretty cool game, but I never understood why it came for free since the magazine was the equivalent of about 5 U.S. dollars.

The way this works is that the magazine paid LucasArts a licensing fee. LA agreed to that, since the sales of the game were dropping (or almost nonexistent), in order to get a little more cash out of the title.
The magazine might have ran a few more ads in that issue to balance the costs.

It's not really unusual - Polish gaming mags do it all the time, with between 2 and 4 full games per issue on a regular basis.

[arlesya]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

The way this works is that the magazine paid LucasArts a licensing fee. LA agreed to that, since the sales of the game were dropping (or almost nonexistent), in order to get a little more cash out of the title.
The magazine might have ran a few more ads in that issue to balance the costs.

It's not really unusual - Polish gaming mags do it all the time, with between 2 and 4 full games per issue on a regular basis.

cool! I didn't know that. I haven't really noticed if we still do that around here lately since it's been a while that I didn't buy any of those magazines - they became very expensive here and we have the internet to tell us things now.
I loved that game tough. and it was all tranlated in Portuguese in a very good translation. They adapted the jokes and everything. It was a very funny game. Since I read this thread I'm trying to find where I put it... I hope I find it.

Thanks for the explanation :amused:

[Paco]

Afterlife

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