 Companies stated that one reason for not publishing for Atari was the unusually high amount of software piracy on the computer, partly caused by the Happy Drive.The magazine warned later that year, "Is this the end for Atari 800 games?It certainly looks like it might be from where I write", and in 1987 MicroProse explicitly denied rumors that it would release "Gunship" for the Atari, stating that the market was too small.