CCR is in the queue to be done at some point and will have new re-written and extended code ... just cannot say when and in what order and of course always subject to change with CGC.

completely wrong assumption. Re-writing code just takes more linear time of 1-2 people ... given the game code, display, and sounds for the base game are done, it's not a huge effort ... it won't take years, and it won't add alot of cost to the game ... oy.

well given that totan and cv are both popdiuk games and would have required his involvement for a 2.0 game (vs a remake) I think you can all assume given what has happened that this will not likely happen ...

that would mean not likely any totan 2.0 ... we can remake a game without the designer ... we always love to have them on board, but not a requirement ... I am not going to speculate on timing given that is entirely up to CGC, but you would expect give the electronics platform to be very stable and done as well as the experience on game one to help speed up. You can also bet that I am heavily involved in doing whatever I can to get each title spaced closer together.

rick

then why ask me ... as i have said many times ... CGC is running the game ... game #2 is about to be annouced, game #3 and #4 have been started ... I can either stop making statements or I will continue to make statements based on what I am told ... I can go either way, but I can tell you if I stop, then CGC is not likely to start providing updates.

maybe because people loved those games, they love the upgrades that are not easily done on the old games, and they love the fact that everything is new on the game ... I'm not sure why it's about remakes vs new games, that's really strange to me. I have whatever game I want in my gameroom, and I'm certainly not going to be told what to buy ... I have Sterns, W/B, and JJP and will buy whatever is fun ... of course there is no innovation in what is in MMR, right ... remaking something is I feel challenging to get it to play as 'expected' - with a new design, there are no expectations, so it's a different kind of hard. Oy.

Well, I'm not sure if you understand, but we are the WMS licensee and have contracted with Chicago Gaming which titles can be remade ... plus we are a little involved in the details of what is going on ...

We will formally annouce when it's time to formally annouce ... we're trying not to repeat the MMR exercise ... the game #2 is in UL now ...

There are plenty of legal considerations with Wizard Blocks(tm) - including copyright, trademark (WB, P2K), IP, Code, probably a patent here or there, trade secrets, etc. Besides not being complete and not necessarily proven to be a 'good' game ...

We have original CC source code as has been documented before ... won't go into what software strategy will be used as that would tip our hand on other projects planned ...

The good news is UL is not as daunting due to the leverage of a bunch of components from MMR ... so (fingers crossed) should be quicker and less painful ...

I'll be in Chicago on Monday, so get a better feel for where things are ...

We would have to put you in the CGC prison cell where everyone who sees things they are not supposed to see are locked up in ...

the designer has the concept and the ideas of extensions, etc ...

given that there is currently no activity on totan in any shape or form, it's not really even a discussion right now. If someone wants to change that they know how to get ahold of me ...

lol ... the stuff you guys write ... like you know ...

Totally not true, so your 'inside information' is not ... Stern is available to do whatever runs of whatever games make sense ... trust me, PPS have a great relationship with the principals of Stern and there is none of that going on ... jeesh everyone thinks they know what is going on ...

rick

We will announce when ready and ready to go, and it almost is ...

Rick

no. If there were to be a CCr it makes no sense to try to develop it in super old generation software and platform WPC95. Each remake will have more and more new capabilities that will be enabled by the CGC remake software platform ... that's about all I will say about it.