Bitmap Books' Mega Drive Visual Compendium cancelled following Sega threat of legal action

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Bitmap Books' Mega Drive Visual Compendium cancelled following Sega threat of legal action
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Bitmap Books, the UK publisher known for its sumptuously designed line-up of retro gaming books, has announced it's can…

, has announced it's cancelling its planned unofficial Mega Drive/Genesis Visual Compendium following threats of legal action from Sega.

Announcing the cancellation of the Mega Drive/Genesis Visual Compendium on Bitmap Books' website, creative director Sam DyerDF Retro Extra: Sega's Blast Processing Was Real - But What Did It Actually Do? "Personally I have regrets with this project," Dyer added,"as I should have put the brakes on a while back. Instead I pressed on with the belief that it would be OK because of the various efforts made to state that the book is 'unofficial' and the skew towards third-party games. I was also buoyed by the number of Sega fan related projects that were out there that are not challenged legally. In hindsight, this was a mistake, and I should have shelved the project.

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