orkear34 Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 i just saw this on ebay......is this auction legal? I dont want to endorse copys if there not. If there not ebay will take the auction off if we tell them about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 I wasn't aware that any REAL prototypes existed of this game, it was an incomplete title that Carl Forhan of Songbird Productions completed himself ( and has either the legal license to publish or the copyright, one)and released a "limited edition" game and then the official game with more levels and other extras which is available at the Songbird web site. If this is one of those Songbird releases then it's perfectly legal to sell it on E-bay, but declaring it a "prototype" would be flat-out deceipt and false advertising. If it is a REAL prototype, then I would think at least checking with Songbird productions first would be ethical at least, but probably not illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 Well, everything is in order here. It is not a prototype. It looks like a very legal but very rare copy of the Special CinciClassic version of CyberVirus. I wish I had a bit more money right now, this game would fit very well in my Lynx collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidPenguin Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 A bit off topic. But I looked at the Songbird website and I see quite a few games listed there. Games like Blue Lightning and Chip's Challenge. Are these games, games that are . . . reprinted by Songbird or are they unsold stock from the original Atari production runs? I understand that games like CyberVirus are manufactured by Songbird? Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 The normal production games are original Atari stock. The only ones that Songbird copies are ones that Carl has released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 The auction in question appears to be one of the 25 CinciClassic versions of CyberVirus which preceded the public release of CyberVirus by about 5-6 months. This limited edition featured 8 missions (including two missions and several graphics not included in the public release) but is a complete and playable game. A large portion of the merchandise on the Songbird site is NOS (new old stock), but naturally games produced by Telegames, Songbird, etc. are in many cases recently manufactured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrake Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Geez, it went for US $104.00. Glad I was lucky enough to pick one of these up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 I really wanted this one, but I got outbid. Hopefully another one will show up on eBay at some point. I am trying to complete my collection and this probably will be the hardest one to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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