Innerprise was a US company based in Maryland, formed by Paul Lombardi (a former sales/marketer at Discovery) and graphics artist Torben B. Larsen. Discovery was still in existence at the time Innerprise was formed, but ceased to exist shortly after the Innerprise formation. Innerprise eventually closed in 1992.
A few stories from Danish programmer Joergen Bech about his former days, when he was employed at Innerprise.
Joergen about a cracked copy of Globulus:
"Funny thing was that we received a pirated copy of Globulus before the game was released. I have no idea how it got out. Well, the really funny thing was that this cracked version had an intro with music by - yes - Ron Klaren. A coincidence, I am sure, as that intro was used for other games as well. Still, Ron could have told his friends not to use his music on games from companies he had done any work for. Really! :)"
Joergen about his days at the office of Innerprise Software:
"I was paid in the neighbourhood of $2000 spread over 5 months and the company financed the plane ticket (around $500) as well, so those 5 months worked out at around $500 a month. I lived at the office (no air-condition, and we are talking about Maryland in the Summer) all the time, and the money was just enough for food, a Sony Discman, and a bunch of cd's now and then. More than once we would go to the bank and find they would not cash our checks (and getting the checks themselves was difficult enough in the first place). Ah, what you put up with when you are young! :)"
Joergen about The Plague:
"Another little anecdote - this time about the Plague: We were 4 guys who "lived" at the office around the time this game was released. Now, I have never been fanatic about games myself, just enjoyed playing what was available. Never been one of those who would camp out in front of a store in order to get my hands on a game the minute it was released.
But one night I woke up (around 3AM) to the sound of someone almost beating down the door. So I took a baseball bat and went downstairs to see what the noise was all about. Turned out to be one of those fanatics (sorry if I offend anyone) who had gotten a defective copy of "The Plague" (second disk, of course) and wanted a replacement. So in the middle of the night I invited him in, turned on an Amiga and found a working copy for him. Sheesh. The front door was not even locked. The key was missing or the lock was broken - whatever - so for half a year, the front door was always open. Couldn't he just have walked in and grabbed a copy real quiet so I could have gotten my night's sleep? :)"