Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23

owenmp · 02-09-2019, 03:02 PM

Although Mike Montgomery's Car Wars Vehicle Design program for IBM and Macintosh computers was authorized by SJ Games, I never saw it listed in a SJ Games Catalog.

The program was first mentioned in ADQ in The Driver's Seat column of Vol. 10, No. 3.

DarkPumpkin · 02-10-2019, 04:06 AM

What about the comic books?

owenmp · 02-10-2019, 11:18 AM

DarkPumpkin,

I do not work for SJ Games nor can I speak for the company, but I suspect the four issues of the Car Warriors comic series will never be reprinted because of the IP issues involved. Having IP material shared between two or more companies (in this case, SJ Games and Epic Comics) must be an endless maze of legal documentation to navigate.

The list of items I mentioned were products that would appear SJ Games could publish to Warehouse 23 if the company had the time and resources and had to perform minimal legal work for the reprinting.

If anyone is interested in the idea and would use it, I was thinking of creating an unofficial and unauthorized complete Car Wars Product List on my Web site, including items such as the Car Warriors comic series, Car Wars Adventure Gamebooks, and AutoVentures.

industrialchild · 02-10-2019, 11:45 AM

As always Michael, thank you for all the fantastic references!

I wish Warehouse 23 had a way to offer that DOS game, Autoduel, perhaps making it playable through DOS-Box. From what I've seen, it still is a very nice RPG!

C. J. Burke · 02-17-2019, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by owenmp

Although Mike Montgomery's Car Wars Vehicle Design program for IBM and Macintosh computers was authorized by SJ Games, I never saw it listed in a SJ Games Catalog.

The program was first mentioned in ADQ in The Driver's Seat column of Vol. 10, No. 3.

I remember when that was mentioned. I stopped working on my own, which was coming along pretty well for something written on a PC in COBOL (the language I programmed at work at the time). Didn't know if I was being too complex or not complex enough. (Like making you select all 4 tires in case you wanted them mismatched or missing for some reason)

swordtart · 02-18-2019, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by C. J. Burke

I remember when that was mentioned. I stopped working on my own, which was coming along pretty well for something written on a PC in COBOL (the language I programmed at work at the time). Didn't know if I was being too complex or not complex enough. (Like making you select all 4 tires in case you wanted them mismatched or missing for some reason)

COBOL, ah the joys of legacy code. I am still using JOVIAL ;)

kjamma4 · 02-18-2019, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by C. J. Burke

I remember when that was mentioned. I stopped working on my own, which was coming along pretty well for something written on a PC in COBOL (the language I programmed at work at the time). Didn't know if I was being too complex or not complex enough. (Like making you select all 4 tires in case you wanted them mismatched or missing for some reason)

I seem to recall that the program had a glitch in that it required you to modify a cycle's chassis and you could not get around this as there was no option for Standard.

Magesmiley · 02-19-2019, 09:50 PM

Bumper Stickers!

These might make a pretty slick promo item to print out and hand out at conventions.

DarkPumpkin · 02-20-2019, 04:11 AM

Was there ever a Best of ADQ, Vol. II?

philreed · 02-20-2019, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkPumpkin

Was there ever a Best of ADQ, Vol. II?

There was not.

02-09-2019, 03:02 PM	#1
owenmp Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 Although Mike Montgomery's Car Wars Vehicle Design program for IBM and Macintosh computers was authorized by SJ Games, I never saw it listed in a SJ Games Catalog. The program was first mentioned in ADQ in The Driver's Seat column of Vol. 10, No. 3. __________________ Michael P. Owen Seattle Washington Autoduel Team https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html Twitter: Car Combat Central https://twitter.com/carcombat

02-10-2019, 04:06 AM	#2
DarkPumpkin Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Cidri (exact location withheld)	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 What about the comic books?

02-10-2019, 11:18 AM	#3
owenmp Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 DarkPumpkin, I do not work for SJ Games nor can I speak for the company, but I suspect the four issues of the Car Warriors comic series will never be reprinted because of the IP issues involved. Having IP material shared between two or more companies (in this case, SJ Games and Epic Comics) must be an endless maze of legal documentation to navigate. The list of items I mentioned were products that would appear SJ Games could publish to Warehouse 23 if the company had the time and resources and had to perform minimal legal work for the reprinting. If anyone is interested in the idea and would use it, I was thinking of creating an unofficial and unauthorized complete Car Wars Product List on my Web site, including items such as the Car Warriors comic series, Car Wars Adventure Gamebooks, and AutoVentures. __________________ Michael P. Owen Seattle Washington Autoduel Team https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html Twitter: Car Combat Central https://twitter.com/carcombat

02-10-2019, 11:45 AM	#4
industrialchild Join Date: Jan 2017	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 As always Michael, thank you for all the fantastic references! I wish Warehouse 23 had a way to offer that DOS game, Autoduel, perhaps making it playable through DOS-Box. From what I've seen, it still is a very nice RPG!

02-19-2019, 09:50 PM	#8
Magesmiley Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Snohomish, WA	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 Bumper Stickers! These might make a pretty slick promo item to print out and hand out at conventions. __________________ Dynamax Designs, Designing quality since 2035. Watch your handling and remember to Drive Offensively!

02-20-2019, 04:11 AM	#9
DarkPumpkin Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Cidri (exact location withheld)	Re: Car Wars Items Missing on Warehouse 23 Was there ever a Best of ADQ, Vol. II?