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gone gold - dumb question
dumb question
what does "gone gold" mean, in reference to a game?
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what does "gone gold" mean, in reference to a game?
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"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber -
When a game has "gone gold" it means all the work is done, the CD is mastered, the manual is complete, the box art is ready, etc., all that is left is to manufacture and ship the product in quantity.
John-SJ
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thank you"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Anyone know where the term comes from?The church is the only organisation that exists for the benefit of its non-members
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My guess is gold is used on the CD master.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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I thought it meant that if had sold a certain number of copies.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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Originally posted by pchang on 04-02-2001 06:10 PM
I thought it meant that if had sold a certain number of copies.
I think thats how its used in the music biz. Apparently its different in games. Thats whay i was confused."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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In software publishing there is the 'Gold CD' which is the CD that will be the master from which all production copies will be made. I'm not positive but pretty sure that the 'Gold' here is like the phrase 'Gold Standard', the standard in this case is the finished CD.
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