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Re: Trailblazer

#1523
From: Rick Reed
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:43
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In article <19383.2b3335dd@ecs.umass.edu>, nllopis@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>In article <1992Dec15.205804.21794@hou.amoco.com>, zklf0b@gs144.hou.amoco.com
(F
>ergason) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec15.160623.22219@ugle.unit.no> gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo
A
>brahamsen) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> This is certainly not always true.  Does anyone remember a game called
>> Trailblazer?  I want to say it was published by Mindscape, but I am
>> sure i will be corrected if that wasnt the case.  I got to see it at
>> Epyx before Mindscape got it.  Needless to say, Epyx rejected it, but
>> Mindscape didn't.   Just all depends on the company, the game, the mood
>> of the guy who is reviewing submissions that day... 
>> 
>Funny... I remember Trailblazer being published by Gremlin Graphics.
>It was a long time ago and it was for the AMSTRAD CPC though... I
>guess they might also have different companies for different versions
>back then :) (good old times!! sniff...)
>
>       
>       Noel Llopis

I remember it as the orignal board game by Metagaming!  I think it was
Microgame 15 or something.  A starfaring trading game of sorts, it was.  I also
remember its subsequent conversion into a computer game, perhaps what was
mentioned above.

        -Rick

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