Dear all,

I recently happened upon this RIA Novosti article from 2013 that tells a
fascinating story about Epyx and their contact with representatives of
the Soviet government:


According to the article, in 1984 the folks at Epyx decided to provide
the USSR with a copy of the newly released Summer Games, joking that it
would allow the Soviets some measure of vicarious participation during
their boycott that year of the real-life Olympics.  So the company sent
a package containing several copies of the Commodore 64 edition to the
Soviet Embassy in Washington.  A week later they unexpectedly received a
reply from the Embassy thanking Epyx for the games but lamenting that
they couldn't play them because all they had were Atari computers!  Epyx
swiftly dispatched another package containing the Atari editions but
alas never heard back from the Embassy.

Regards,
Tristan

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                  Tristan Miller
Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist
             https://logological.org/
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