Plot twist: Zelda III dude probably lied, now in hot water with Silicon Knights
This may come as no shocker to those of you following the sordid tale of the supposed Zelda III NES game (an extremely rare find) that a 19-year old somehow got his hands on (backstory here). He's probably full of it.
The founder and CEO of the company that "Richard Vialoux" claims purchased the game wrote to tell us that the company didn't purchase it. Here's the full rebuttal from the company's head honcho via verified email address @siliconknights.com:
We saw your recent posting at http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000470065357/, wherein you imply that Silicon Knights has purchased Zelda III, apparently under the name ?Knight 7.?
I can affirmatively state that our company, Silicon Knights, has made no such purchase, and we would appreciate your correction of the information on your website to reflect that fact.
With respect to the person using the name ?Knight 7,? we are currently investigating whether anyone using that web name is employed by Silicon Knights. Regardless, however, I can confirm right now that no such person was ever authorized by me or anyone else with authority at Silicon Knights to make such a purchase, in the company name or otherwise.
To the extent that some person is using our trademarked company name in an unauthorized manner, we will deal with that directly. In the meantime, we wanted to set the record straight with respect to our corporate activities in view of your article.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
Denis Dyack
President and Founder,
Silicon Knights
We?re sure this is not the last we?ve heard on this issue. The simplest explanation is probably the best one here, folks. At this point, none of the details are checking out. The super-rare cartridge probably never existed. If there?s a substantive update, we?ll post. And we do mean substantive, like someone arrested for fraud or Jello wrestling or something.
