Talk:Alone in the Dark (1992 video game)

message: I thought Boleskine was an alias of Aleister Crowley, and that's what the book in the game is referring? Which would make sense as a reference to someone immersed in the "occult"...
The book refers to events before the game Shadow of the Comet. It mentions all the things Parker talks about or encounters like the child guide, the sons with the webbed hands, Halley's Comet and the stone circle in the woods. I think the name was just a homage to Aliester Crowley rather it being him, since Boleskin's ghost helps you destroy the portals in the story and has no real desire for the occult itself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimdealslover (talk • contribs) 13:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
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message: This game was also released on RISC OS, and I've edited the article to reflect that. How do I know this? Well, I played it on my A3010! 81.159.187.161 (talk) 14:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: I've noticed some talk on here about who is the distributor of the video game. We should clarify, Infogrames was the distributor only in Europe in the first run. It was not the distributor of this game in North America.
In North America, Infogrames started a joint venture with Interplay called I-Motion. It was a private company so I don't think we can ever know the full details, but from what I can find, I-Motion was wholly owned by Infogrames but they needed a management JV with Interplay to utilize Interplay's distribution outlets in NA in order to get the game onto shelves. I'm almost positive that other early Infogrames/I-Motion titles in NA also had a distribution imprint with Interplay (I'm thinking Shadow of the Comet in particular, in addition to the AITD trilogy, maybe also Time Gate).
I think the Distributor label for the first-run of the game should say Interplay for NA. Interplay let their distribution license expire probably as early as 1995 or 1996, however, after which Infogrames started distributing the game directly in NA. Then, as the note that is labeled with the "^" in the article references, THQ Nordic took over distribution after they purchased the IP from Atari back in 2018.
I think for the sake of the article, we should probably be more specific. Interplay was the first distributor, followed by Infogrames (whos name was updated to Atari after the reverse merger in 2008), and finally THQ Nordic in 2018. But I think the way the article is currently worded is misleading. If we wanted to keep it simple, we could say Infogrames (EU) and Interplay (NA). I think the standard process for these banners is to post the distributors upon the first run anyway, right?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Montreux4 (talk • contribs) 21:53, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding Interplay as the Distributor