From:	Erik Luken <hawke@******.NET>
Subject:	Re: Dream Question
Date:	Mon, 18 May 1998 14:06:38 -0500

>Hmm. Actually, I'd like to know what the hell FASA Interactive is
doing,
>and if they are going to get us a really good SR computer game
anytime in
>this millenium. The old SEGA version kept me for about a month; I
need more.
>
>Erik J.
>

This is from the Betazine (www.betazine.com) archives about a SR
Online game...

April 23, 98
News on Shadow Run:
hi there, this is db, i'm the head of the whole shadowrun thing... :)
i don't know if i sent you a message yet, but, in case i didn't, the
game is now "temporarily suspended." about 1/3 of the way through
development we decided to make it into a real-time online only game...
primary beta testing isn't likely to start until late summer and it's
going to mainly a mud-type interface... later, once we get the
financial backing we need, we will expand into a true online game with
a "real" front end... the game itself is so far infinitely complex...
i've been working extensiveley on tweaking the economy and now,
straying from the original shadowrun plot, most of the work will be
carried out by arms and supply runners who don't actally do jobs...
they're more like carriers... they carry stuff and get paid for it...
we will be implementing a system whereby you will get an assignment to
transfer 20 cases of ruger warhawk pistols to denver for example...
however, in the process, you'll have to stay away from the yakuza and
lone star... (btw, if shadowrun is all greek to you, don't worry about
what everything means... just know that it's really cool... :) i will,
eventually, overhaul the webpage and put all of this stuff on there...
right now, however, with development at a standstill, and with all of
my time devoted to gaining the proper financial backing, i don't have
the time... in the meantime, if you could either remove the link or,
if you want, i can write you up a preview of what the game will be
like and if you can put it on your server on a "generic" preview page,
you can have the link go to that... we are, as of last week, no longer
accepting beta applications until we get rolling again... also, a few
members (well, actually, 75%) of the staff left since the beginning of
the game, but, since then, i have gotten a new programmer so i will
now be switching from lead programmer to lead designer... if you need
any info let me know... c ya...