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#Hot new CDTV Title.

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#85611From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 18, 1993 8:44 PM
We are 30 days away from a proof of concept intro that will set CDTV on it's ear forever. It will be called ALIEN CRAFT t.m. and will be published by a new company called EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES, INC., who also owns the concept. There will eventually be as many as 30 CD titles in the ALIEN CRAFT t.m. series. It has the potential to put CDTV on the map in a big way. It is not a game but an adventure. Knowledge is power. We also want to port to CD-I and VIS in order to increase consumer appeal. We chose CDTV to develope on for obvious reasons. Wilson Crabtree (214) 771-9795
#85624From: Black Belt SystemsJan 18, 1993 10:10 PM
I hope you do set it "on it's ear". darwin knows it's spent all the time so far sitting on its behind. :^( –Ben …via AutoPilot
#85626From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 18, 1993 10:13 PM
Cute. Real cute!! Wilson
#85653From: LorenzoJan 19, 1993 12:41 AM
Ben. That's the best line I've read on this board. Anything with CDTV on near it Ill buy one mmmmmmmm """""""" " " d Lorenzo (______)
#85713From: Black Belt SystemsJan 19, 1993 1:29 PM
Thanks. :^) –Ben …via AutoPilot
#85870From: LorenzoJan 20, 1993 1:18 PM
I look forward to any product for the CDTV. One thing though when your product becomes available. I suggest you move yor thoughts to the CDTV section of this forum instead of 'hot rumors' section. I think the section number is 13.(Lucky number) +-> Lorenzo J. Paul
#85629From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJan 18, 1993 10:29 PM
Wilson, Is this the work Scott Lamb has told me about? —Betty
#85685From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 19, 1993 7:30 AM
Yes. This is the work that Scott Lamb has told you about. Wilson
#85760From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJan 19, 1993 8:36 PM
I'll be very glad to see that. I was really interested in the information Scott gave me. Will you be showing this at DevCon? I have an English friend who does most of the CDTV reviews in England (Scott met her at a London show he attended last year), and I know she would love to do reviews of your materials. She writes for two or three of the English magazines, and she will be at DevCon. —Betty
#85764From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 19, 1993 8:43 PM
Tell me more about DevCon and your English friend on E Mail. I talked with Scott today about you also. Do you still do some writing? Wilson
#85849From: Betty Clay/SYSOPJan 20, 1993 11:56 AM
Most of the magazines for which I wrote are no longer publishing, and I've done little writing here lately. I wrote the documentation for AutoPilot this year, did an article for Genealogical Computing, and I write regularly for two publications of ICPUG, the English Commodore-Amiga club. Their national journal has a very large circulations – several thousand – and I do a column for that. I think I'd like to do more writing than I do, but I have not actively pursued it recently. I do write reviews of CDROM disks for a man in Waco. He arranges for the publication, so I don't know exactly where they are appearing. I'll send Email about my friend from England. —Betty
#85679From: John GagerJan 19, 1993 2:44 AM
OK, now that we have a dose of the marketing propaganda, what so special about "Alien Craft" that it will set CDTV on it's ear forever? I'm not being sarcastic, I just want to know more about your product and why it's so special. . // . \X/ John – K7KB (Flying via AutoPilot)
#85686From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 19, 1993 7:30 AM
There is one thing about "marketing propaganda" that you must know. It usually makes one wait a specified period of time for the ultimate introduction of the promised product. I will say this much however in the way of a clue. The name of our company says alot about our product. EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES, INC. Wilson Crabtree
#85717From: Ron LegroJan 19, 1993 2:14 PM
Please post more info on your project here. I also suggest that when you're ready to announce it you post over in the CD-I section of the Multimedia Forum.
#85741From: L. Wilson CrabtreeJan 19, 1993 5:41 PM
Our basic premise, here at EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES, is to provide product titles that offer entertainment and escape with the absorption of meaningful knowledge as a byproduct. You know, thats what computers were supposed to do in the first place, before Nintindo ect. I know, eye/hand co-ordination is a great thing to have but it only goes so far. We are betting that people really want more than that. We are producing a series of products that will test this theory. ALIEN CRAFT t.m. is just the first title in our 1st series, of which there will be many. The ALIEN CRAFT t.m. series will be a geography oriented adventure. Captain Remy, the current commander of the ALIEN CRAFT t.m., is leading us on a "Geographical Survey" of planet earth. Each CD title will feature a different section of the planet. The 1st. will be ALIEN CRAFT EUROPE t.m. and the proof of concept is a precise preview, but with only 1 country (Switzerland) fleshed out. The ALIEN CRAFT t.m. series will be tightly structured in an educational format that would make even THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC proud. It will be used in the schools as an aid to the teaching of geography. It will also be marketed to the retail consumer. That is why we are looking at VIS and CD-I as additional formats. Wilson Crabtree EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURES, INC. (214) 771-9795