: OK, I was wrong. Although several posted that PiD was supposed to be
: available on Aug 1 nobody could find it for sale. However on Aug 5th one
: guy posted "I just bought this game at the expo on Monday, and have
: played for about 10 hours since then." Which means he bought it on
: August 2, 1993. Now this exemplifies the trouble with these
: "official" dates. Consider: Aug 1 - Bungie's announced release
: date.
: Aug 2 - A guy buys Pathways from Bungie while they set up their booth on the
: day before Boston MacWorld starts.
: Aug 3 - The general public at MacWorld buys Pathways.
: My take is that the anniversary date is the day that 'real' people can get it
: in their hands. So I'm adding this to my calendar: Bungie Released
: Pathways into Darkness (1993) 8/3
Agreed. Boston Macworld in 1993 was officially open to the public from the Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th. The official release date of 8/1/93 was actually a Sunday... not exactly the dest day to release a game. The guy who made the claim of buying PID on the Monday (8/2/93) probably got early access to Macworld.
Cheers
Hamish
