Speedy Eggbert is the renamed (rebranded) version of Speedy Blupi released by eGames company.
- The text Blupi was replaced by Eggbert, although somewhere the text Blupi still exists.
There are almost no differences between Speedy Blupi and Speedy Eggbert.
See: Comparison of Speedy Blupi (Windows) and Speedy Eggbert (Windows)
Trademark
"Speedy Eggbert" was a registered trademark by the eGames company, but it expired on 27th April 2012.
- https://uspto.report/TM/76170016
- Archived at: https://archive.nanoboot.org/net-box/https://uspto.report/TM/76170016
Review in PC Gamer magazine
Speedy Eggbert was reviewed in the PC Gamer magazine and scored 4% [1]
Old coverdiscs (maybe pre-DVD) had a "review archive".
Why was Blupi replaced by Eggbert
tytbone Dec 17, 2017
Was Blupi changed to Eggbert for the eGames-published versions so that Epsitec retained the full legal rights to the Blupi name, or something like that?
Blupi Dec 20, 2017
BlupiGames Replying to @tytbone and @epsitecAFAIK, Epsitec SA retains the rights to the Blupi name. But I'm just a developer, only @epsitec knows exactly the answer of this question.
Pierre Arnaud
@epsitec
Pierre Arnaud 8:15 PM · Dec 22, 2017eGames didn’t like the name Blupi and thought that Eggbert would be a better choice for the US market. And yes, Epsitec SA is indeed the owner of the name Blupi
Spyware
CD-ROM discs by eGames contain spyware named "timesink". [3][4][5]
"timesink" should not be harmful, especially on a modern pc, but can be annoying (maybe the high usage CPU and RAM).
Spyware may be trying to contact a server, which now no more exists.
The goal of this spyware is to deliver advertisements on the infected computer.
"timesink" creates some files on the computer, where it is installed.
References
- ↑ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/speedy-eggberts-level-editor-made-it-the-best-game-to-ever-score-4
- ↑ https://x.com/epsitec/status/944285372128944128
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151130214547/https://spywaresignatures.com/details/?spyware=timesink
- ↑ https://www.computerworld.com/article/1366428/egames-settles-with-michigan-to-remove-ad-software.html
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGames_(video_game_developer)#Bundled_adware