[Coco] Marty's Nightmare

[Sean]

Wait, so is the game in the movie at some point?  I would love to see
that CoCo trivia!
Spaceballs was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and at the same
time my computer was a CoCo 2...


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Steve Bjork <6809er at srbsoftware.com> wrote:
>  Marty's Nightmare is NOT off the market.
> Over the past few years, I've sold or given away a number of copies of the
> game.
>
> Please note, any profit from my CoCo software goes to support Glenside's
> hosting and other CoCo community projects.  Any funds left over goes to the
> Boys and Girls Cubs of Southern California.
>
> While it is true that CoCo software does not create much in the way of funds
> for the Boys and Girls Cubs of Southern California these days.  (But other
> projects do help out the kids.)
>
> The Boys and Girls Cubs did get $10,000 in 1986 because of my rights.
>
> In the early days of Computer game software, I created a game called Space
> Balls (TM).  Later in 1986, Mel Brooks was working on a  movie called Space
> Balls.  While he could used his trade mark for space balls was a movie, he
> did want to show Space Balls, the Video Game in one scene.  To clear any
> legal issues, he needed to by the rights to use my trade mark.  So, I sold
> him the one time rights to the trade mark (for the movie) for a $10,000
> donation to the Boys and Girls Cubs of Southern California.  He commented
> that he wish all the negotiations for rights/issues for his movies could
> work out so well and help so many.
>
> Yes, I do protect my rights to what I own.
> I need to because so many will lose out if I don't!
>
> Yes, you buy a copy and help the community.  Just email off the list.
>
> Steve Bjork
>
> On 9/20/2010 5:13 PM, Steve Ostrom wrote:
>>
>> I may have asked this question before, but does anyone know if Marty's
>> Nightmare was ever imaged to a usable copy?  I loved that game, and only a
>> limited number were manufactured.  Did anyone ever remove the copy
>> protection?  I was able to make viable floppy copies by using the PC Option
>> Board abut 15 years ago.
>>
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