Old CD-i member RW Bivins was close to our Black Moon Project members, with nice credits of both Black Moon as well as ICDIA (under the wings of Jorg Kennis) inside the boxart of the Oldergames CD-i releases. In 2002, Oldergames released CDR reproductions of original CD-i prototypes, including Go! Special Edition, Space Ranger, Plunderball and this one: Jack Sprite vs The Crimson Ghost. The last two are definitely the best of the bunch and Jack Sprite holds a special place in our heart.
From the archive: "Jack Sprite" code named "Project Flix" ceased development in the early 1990's due to concerns from PF Magic about the shift of games from 2D to 3D with PlayStation and Saturn becoming the popular gaming platforms. So they decided to shift their interest to "Ballz" another title under development instead of finishing this CD-i project. The Crimson Ghost is a Sci-Fi film originally released in 1946 as a twelve chapter serial. The twelve chapters were later edited into a hundred minute feature called "Cyclotrode X". It and similarly reedited and retitled serials were part of a package that Republic Pictures sold to TV as a syndicated package in 1966. In the early nineties "The Crimson Ghost" was reedited to fit a two hour block of programming with chapter titles intact, so that it was like a serial, only without the cliffhangers. This version was colourised."
Oldergames brought us CD-i prototypes which we thought that would never see the light of day. Jack Sprite, Plunderball, Space Ranger and they even published the CD-i homebrew title 'Frog Feast'. We've had our concerns about he legal aspects of what Oldergames did with the IP although we are ofcourse highly thankful RW Bivins released the prototypes to the public. We followed Oldergames until the end when RW Bivins sold the Oldergames name and 'business' in 2007. RW Bivins: "I posted contracts we had signed before we closed. When it came to "unlicensed" releases the deal was this: I'd call company x,y,z and they said it was simply beneath them to even spend the money to write up a contract and would say something to the extent of "good luck you crazy guy, hope you don't go bankrupt releasing our old, written off garbage"."
[Thanks, Jeff Geske]