On Sunday, January 7th, 1996 - Troy H. Cheek wrote:
 
TH> Though Atari publishes Tempest 2000 and Alien Vs. Predator, 
TH> contractors wrote them, not Atari employees.  Atari probably does not 
 
It matters not who wrote them, whether it be Atari employees, Atari
subcontractors, or the Keebler Elves.  What matters is who owns the
rights to them.  :-)
 
TH> own them free and clear, and would have to pay out to Llamasoft or 
TH> Rebellion for each cart included. 
 
Only if Llamasoft and/or Rebellion retained any contractual ownership
rights to the code, which I highly doubt.  I don't know about AvP, but I 
believe Tempest is 100% owned by Atari, and that the coding was fully
purchased by Atari.  Unless Jeff Minter tricked Atari into signing a
contract giving him some residuals, I think Atari can do as it pleases.
Knowing the Tramiels, I doubt if they would have signed away anything to 
a 3rd party.  Tempest 2000 should be the pack in!  Besides, it makes
more sense to have a piece of the Atari heritige as the "demo" game for
the Jaguar.  :-)
 
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