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The article says both 1990 and 1993. Applegamer 19:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking this up. It appears they filed for chapter 11 in 1989, but did not finally close until some time later. That time appears to be both 1991 and 1993, depending on source. I've put in the "most common" date for now while I continue to look this up. Maury 18:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's 1993, article updated to reflect this. Maury 18:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What does "Epyx" actually mean? JIP | Talk 22:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's just a homophone for "Epics"—you know "epic" games. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 23:10, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was there at the time and it wasn't "a lot of directions", it was committing the company to the hot new wave "VCR Games" that was a complete flop. I, RG Goudy, programmer of the communication software for "handy" was there. It was so secret and it had the industry so scared that the GameBoy was rushed into production by the Japanese to try and beat us to the punch. I recall the hardware guy (don't recall his name tho) saying "I don't care what anybody says, no video game needs sound!" My last day was August 1, 1989.

Don't know how to do the citation thing, so this'll have to do:

http://www.giantbomb.com/rg-goudy/72-49290/

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=15693

Searched the internet and I find it curious that there is NO mention of Epyx having anything to do with VCR Games. If I wasn't there, I'd doubt it ever happened.

someone should contact RJ Micals, he headed the Handy project and quit a month after myself.

Of course, He thought the Amiga was the wave of the future and ALL of Handy's development was done on these.

pcG

Trying real hard to remember the tildes ...

PcGnome (talk) 05:09, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PcGnome (talk) 05:14, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I remember a program called "Print Magic" for DOS, and searching in google, looks like Epyx made this software too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souliaq (talk • contribs) 20:58, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, indeed. I worked for a software store that sold it and it was way better than EA's The Print Shop. We'll have to add it to the list. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 12:53, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just added it by changing the list to include other stuff besides games. I think they also released some clip art packs to go along with it, though I can't research it at the moment. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 13:01, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What was I thinking? EA didn't make The Print Shop. That was by Brøderbund! — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 15:16, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the list of products into three tables (games, other software, hardware). I included an alphabetical table of contents for the list of games since it is so extensive. I didn't realize at the time that including that would remove the article's main table of contents (so now it has none). This got me thinking, should we just link to List of Epyx products (an article that hasn't been created yet) and get rid of the tables altogether? After all, most video game publishers have articles which are just a list of their games (List of Electronic Arts games, List of Activision games, List of Strategic Simulations, Inc. games). Thoughts? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 15:22, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This got me thinking, should we just link to List of Epyx products (an article that hasn't been created yet) and get rid of the tables altogether?

Yes. Ylee (talk) 15:39, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ylee. I figured out how to get the TOC to display with a magic word, but my question still stands. Awaiting input from more editors. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 15:42, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An editor removed the table of contents, but I think it looks better with it and makes it more accessible. Rationale for removing it? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 13:44, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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