RE: Strategy games (was something else and Texture mapping)

[Erik <br0ke@math.smsu.edu>]

Some of my favorite games were kicked out in the mid 80's for commadores and
family by Sid Meyer (sp?), whom I think was one of the 20th century
supergeniouses :) I was wondering what the run of the corrosponding copyrights
are? 'Pirates!' is right up towards the top of my list, and seeing a linux
version with "modern" graphics and sound, and a souped up simulation engine
would really make my day. The technology in pirates was pretty simple (but
quite elegant), and I wouldn't think that an exact clone would be too tricky
(but I could be way off base). The added cpu oomph and interface fidelity
(160x200x16/320x200x(character cell bi-color from a 16 color palette) is pretty
low level, and the quality from the 3 voice SID chip doesn't exactly compare to
even sb16... More cpu could be devoted to driving 'smarter' friends and
enemies... I do beleive I'm blabbering :)

Does anyone know how long those copyrights run? Are they the same length as
written works (books, I think 50 yrs)? If all the sudden linux had games with
comparable gfx/sound and SUPERIOR gameplay and fun, that would really generate
some posative attention I'd think. I'll shut up now

        -Erik <br0ke@math.smsu.edu> [http://math.smsu.edu/~br0ke]

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