Twistin' Ghost's MIA Listing

[Twistin'Ghost]

OK, so I blatantly ripped off Cody's subject. See you on People's Court! :cheese

This thread has been modified because I removed the box art for the games that have been found, plus I moved everything to a master listing below. Thanks to all who have helped find so many of these games!

OK, I found one of my old wants lists, struck the titles that I've gotten since then, and am left with a few that have yet to be realised. I will bypass the ones that are already on Cody's list.

A-Train Construction Kit (1992/Maxis) have original (dump), is there a crack?
Artificial Dreams (198x/Prism Leisure)
Atomix (1990/Thalion) NOT "Atomic"

Beyond Dark Castle (1989/Activision)
Blip N' Blop (19xx/Psycho 'Pat)

Championship Cricket (1988/Crysys Software)
Contraption Zack (1992/Mindscape) floppy version
Creepers (1994/Psygnosis) does this exist? beta maybe?

Decathlon (198?/Activision?)
Deep Space (1987/Psygnosis) floppy version, not HD
Denaris (1989/Factor 5) 2-disk version
Dennis And Gnasher (1994/Alternative)

Eco Quest (1992/Sierra)

Far West (1991/Automagick Industries) later known as "Wild West"
Football Crazy (1990/ESP) not "Football Crazy Challenge" compilation

G2 (Psygnosis/1995) never released
Gravity Attack (198?)
GrossMeister (19??/Dark Horse)

Hard Core (1994/Psygnosis) Digital Illusions, never released/finished?
Hiscon Rescue (19??/Gamebench)
Honeymooners, The (1988/First Row)
Hoooray For Henrietta (1990/Scotlander)

Mini Golf (19??/Magic Bytes)

Nautilus (19??/Gamebench)

Oh No! More Lemmings (1991/Psygnosis) Add-On version, not standalone

PGA Tour Gold - Tournament Course Disk (199?/Electronic Arts)
Projekt Prometheus (19xx/Bomico)
Puppy Love (1988/Addison-Wesley) working version

Reunion AGA (English) (1993/Grandslam) need disks 6, 7 and 8
Robot Commander (1990/Ariola Soft) probably German-only
Rush 'N Attack/The Green Berets - both/either, if they even exist

Stack Up (1991/Zeppelin) standalone, not compact
Summer Olympiad (1988/Tynesoft)
Superhero (1993/Psygnosis) never released

Takado (1988/Kingsoft)
Thomas The Tank Engine 2 (1993/Alternative) is there an ECS version of this?
Tracker (1987/Rainbird)
Tracksuit Manager '91 (1991/Alternative)

The Victory of the Dictator (19??/-)

STANDALONE ONLY*:
Kwik Snak (1991)
Prince Of The Yolkfolk (1992)
Spellbound Dizzy (1992)
*I have "The Dizzy Collection" and "Dizzy's Excellent Adventures", but I need standalone versions of these three games.

SAME GAME, DIFFERENT NAME:
Legend Of William Tell, The (1990/Electronic Zoo) [aka Crossbow]
Outlaw (1990/Smash16) [aka Wanted]
Space Station Oblivion (1988/Epyx) [aka Driller]

COVERDISKS:
Amiga Action Coverdisk 7 "Armour Geddon" demo...also need disk version dist. by Psygnosis
Amiga Action Coverdisk 10 "R-Type II" demo
Amiga Action Coverdisk 34-A "Liverpool" demo
Amiga Power Coverdisk 13-B copy protected stuff from Sensible Software

FOUND!
Pursuit To Earth (1988/PDG) thx Cody!
Dominator (1989/System 3) thx Cody!
Super Soccer (aka Starbyte Super Soccer) (1991/Starbyte) thx Cody!
Dingsda (1991/PCSL) thx Burseg!
Striker No 9 (19xx/Impressions) thx Burseg!
Math Wizard (1988/Unicorn) thx DPainter!
Amiga Format Coverdisk 54-B - Sensible's "Cannon Soccer" thx TikTok
Soccer Team Manager (aka Team Manager) (1993/Summit) thx DPainter
Bubble Dizzy (1992/Code Masters) thx DPainter
Panic Dizzy (1992/Code Masters) thx DPainter
Ten-Gai - The Astral Trip (1992/Lifestyle Software Arts) thx DPainter
Bridge Player 2000 (1989/CP Software) thx Warlock99!
Wetten Daß (1991/PCSL) thx Warlock99!
Italia 1990 (1990/Code Masters) thx Shadowen
Colorix (1992/Mac Soft) thx Belgarath for the info!
Kampfgruppe II (1988/SSI) thx jmmijo

[Twistin'Ghost]

GrossMeister

[Twistin'Ghost]

Hiscon Rescue

[Twistin'Ghost]

Nautilus

[CodyJarrett]

I've also won Striker No. 9 in an auction recently, so I'll image the disk when I receive it.

[CodyJarrett]

This may be the same game or just another game by the same team, but authors of Grossmeister above, Dark Horse, also did Chessmate.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Thanx Cody!

[oldpx]

I've got dingsda. I'll be uploading it in a minute ;)

[Fred the Fop]

Nautilis I thought Bernd mentioned once. I think he sid it was better than Silent Service. Maybe he can help with that one, Twist.

[oldpx]

Striker no 9 is also in the zone now.

[CodyJarrett]

I was wondering if Striker (Impressions) was the same as Striker No. 9.

This confirms it, because Energize was Impressions' budget range, so the box just has a different name from the actual game titlescreen.

[oldpx]

Yes, it looks like they are the same.

in the intro it says: "Angels + Defjam present Striker Number 9 from Impresssions"

and here is the title screen:

[Akira]

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
So is The Pursuit To Earth.

WOW!!!!!!! A GYRUSS CLONE!!!!!!!!

This game better be good! :D

[Twistin'Ghost]

Thanks a zillion, Burseg!

[Amigaboy]

Originally posted by Akira


WOW!!!!!!! A GYRUSS CLONE!!!!!!!!

This game better be good! :D

Gyruss rocks my world (and it rocks yours too!.....ADMIT IT!)

[Fred the Fop]

There is only one shooter game better than Gyrus. Sinistar. Damn, ifomeone could port that, to the Amiga....hey Akira. What do you think? you a Sinistar fan?

[Steve]

BEWARE COWARD..........

.......RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!

:laughing :laugh :laughing

A definite classic, no question. A very scary game indeed when the Sinistar gets built and he comes chasing after you. The only gripe I have with this shmup is it's far too hard. I can complete L1 fine but L2, the difficulty just seems to skyrocket. Is it just me or have other people noticed this?

[Akira]

Originally posted by Amigaboy

Gyruss rocks my world (and it rocks yours too!.....ADMIT IT!)

I don't like MJ's latest, but that aside, Gyruss is great , yeah :D

Sinistar is good. One mean game. Me likes...

[Amigaboy]

I loved MJs latest :D

I played Gyruss on MAME recently and I'm amazed at how well they ported it to the C64 (since that's the one I've been playing for years). Good job :)

[Akira]

Yeah, the C64 version is BRILLIAN, but it's easier than the arcade one. I suck at the arcade version :)

[Fred the Fop]

M & T games.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?threadid=1208

I have never seen these around. Bernd, what do you know of these?

[Akira]

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost
Oh No! More Lemmings (1991/Psygnosis) Add-On version, not standalone


****e, I almost buy this one! sorry Twistin' :(

[Twistin'Ghost]

Hehe...well, I see this one for sale all the time on e-bay, but have never seen a copy spread. Very weird!

\\edit: stupid typos! (in Homer Simpson's voice)

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost
OK, I found one of my old wants lists, struck the titles that I've gotten since then, and am left with a few that have yet to be realised. I will bypass the ones that are already on Cody's list.
Hey, where's Puppy Love!!?!?!? How can you sleep at night knowing that the last few originals of Puppy Love are covered with mold and spider eggs? Somewhere in this world is a working copy of Puppy Love, and a very lonely two-color animated dog is on that disk waiting for his master to call his name once again.

[Twistin'Ghost]

D'OH!

Thanks for dropping that coconut on my head, DP! I actually have a more updated version of my Wants List somewhere, but I just don't know where, so I patched up the one I did find. There is much to be added! Can't wait to see what Santa brings EAB this year!

[TikTok]

Amiga Format Coverdisk 54-B Sensible's "Cannon Soccer"

Twistin, is this the same game/demo as the Amiga Format Xmas Special (currently in Tosec games dat as "Cannon Fodder - Amiga Format Christmas Special (1992)(Sensible)[cr FairLight].adf")?

If so, presumably you want an uncracked version? I may be able to get this at Christmas, I know for sure that my friend has it.

If not, just ignore me ;).

[Warlock99]

Uploaded some of your requests twisty!

I think a-train construction kit used dos disks, so it had no copy protection, but i'm not sure if it had manual protection or not.

BTW - Tell me if you get space station oblivion working.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Excellent! Thanks, Andy! I was just looking at this message this morning and was getting ready to strike an entry and modify a few others, but I got dragged back to work (this has been an especially bad work week with my work hours exceeding my home/sleep hours...) Very excited...I think I can get SSO to work; I have an original of it and have had that working, so I'll see what happens.

@TikTok
Yeah, that's the same game. I need to check to see if there's anything different about the adf version and the protected coverdisk, but I don't have my coverdisk collection accessible.

I think I found a source for several others on the list, so I hope to get my paws on those, too. By that time, I should have the new changes to my MIA.

Hey, thanks again for the uppers!

[andreas]

Twist, I'm sure you DO have PuppyLove because you uploaded it months ago!
Am I that wrong?

[andreas]

BTW - Tell me if you get space station oblivion working.This CANNOT work. It's just a disk rotten to the core.
This disk is 100% full, but the only files on this disk are

o disk.info
o driller.info (but no driller executable [anymore])
o oblivion.info
o wait
o Trashcan.info
Ugh...hey Andy, where the hell did you dig out THAT? :D:laugh

Twist: well, I do have a Driller adf. But it's by Incentive Software, showing a spaceship in cockpit view - you're looking for a different one, I suppose?

[Twistin'Ghost]

Yeah, Driller I have, which is the European version. Space Station Oblivion is the US version of the same game. I might have a contact on a copy of this, but I still wanna see the one posted (I'm a collector of non-working disks?) :D

The Puppy Love that I uploaded before appears to be a standard copy from a protected original, so it won't let you into the game because of it being a dupe. I am seeking a mirror of the original or a cracked version (and I *may* have found one of those, as well).

[Warlock99]

It looks like it may have been copied from a protected disk and this is the result, there definitely seems some problem with it anyway.

[Warlock99]

Right, i've just uploaded Wetten das, Nautilus and bridge player 2000. You'll have to check Nautilus is the one you want, but the other two are fine. Enjoy!

[BeelzebubUK]

Looked at the first of those 16 CDs and found Tracksuit Manager on 2 disks. I've uploaded them both to the zone. Let me know if thats the right version. Only another 15 CDs to go :)

[BeelzebubUK]

Also found 2 disks called A-Train. Not sure if they are what you want though. Uploaded to zone anyway.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Who upped Soccer Team Manager, Bubble Dizzy, and Panic Dizzy? I had it jotted down, but cannot find my notes...

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost
Who upped Soccer Team Manager, Bubble Dizzy, and Panic Dizzy? I had it jotted down, but cannot find my notes... I believe that was me right around Christmastime. Last night I found something cracked as "Tracksuit Manager 91" but the title screen says '90 by Goliath games???

[DrBong]

@ Twistin

Italia 1990 (Codemasters) is in the zone.

[Twistin'Ghost]

@DPainter
Thanks for the info (and those uploads, as well!) Go ahead and send up that Tracksuit Manager '91 if you could. Sometimes the dates on those title screens refer to the original code and not the updated part, so this may still be what I am looking for. Worth a look anyway.

@Shadowen
Thanks for Italia 1990 - it kept crashing on me, so I checked it out from AmigaDOS. VirusChecker II claimed it has the French bootblock virus, while DMS said it was the NoVirus bootblock. In any case, I reinstalled it with 1.3 bootblock. It still hung at track 55 regardless of which config I used (except for 3.x, which just gurus...) But it is indeed the right game, since the credits in the binary mentions David Darling.

I fiddled and fiddled and finally got it to work with WinUAE 0.8.16r4 (nope, not even WinFellow worked for me), but it was tricky. For anyone interested, I used 1.3 rom, 512k chip (only), Match A500 Speed/More Compatible, OCS, and disabled all drives except for DF0: - some of those may be variable, but the turning point in making it work for me with those settings was when I set it to OCS instead of ECS. So there ya go. Shame the game is dire, but I knew it would be. :cheese

So thanks again, Shadowen. The check is in the mail. :D

[BeelzebubUK]

Were the 2 I uploaded any good ?? When I've got time I'll sit down with yours and Codys lists and go through all the CDs.

[Twistin'Ghost]

BeelzebubUK, which games were those? I just recently updated my list here and decided I wanted to credit those who have located these games for me. I'm surprised I remembered as many as I have, but sometimes I lose my notes and forget who ups what. That especially happens when I download the games and don't have time to test them, then they sit in a special directory for testing them. If I'm having too busy a week (or two), this gets deferred and by the time I test them, I've lost the uploader info.

In any case, thanks for the support. Lemme know which games though and it will defrag my memory. :D

[BeelzebubUK]

Originally posted by BeelzebubUK
Looked at the first of those 16 CDs and found Tracksuit Manager on 2 disks. I've uploaded them both to the zone. Let me know if thats the right version. Only another 15 CDs to go :)

Also found 2 disks called A-Train. Not sure if they are what you want though. Uploaded to zone anyway.


Those 2

[Twistin'Ghost]

OK, I'd checked the two Tracksuit Manager DMS's: they are Tracksuit Manager and Tracksuit Manager II (the hack of the original Goliath Games release). The A-Train files were the Skid Row crack of the game A-Train. So I am still on the hunt for a crack of A-Train Construction Kit and Tracksuit Manager '91.

Thanks for trying, though!

[CodyJarrett]

I don't think A-Train Construction Kit was cracked, because there is no protection to crack.

I got the original disks with a boxed copy of A-Train.

[Twistin'Ghost]

I can't remember, but I thought there was a manual lookup protection. Of course I could be wrong...I haven't checked in a while.

[DrBong]

@Twistin'

No problems about Italia '90. What version of Virus Checker II are you using? I use Virus Executor or Virus Z II/III here and neither reported any virus. Admittedly the older virus checkers may report that the NoVirus bootblock is possibly a virus, but I'm surprised it specified it was an actual virus.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Well, I believe I have a newer version of Virus Checker II running, but I take its reports with a grain of salt, as it has identified other bootblocks are virus' which aren't (or which I believe aren't). Likewise, DMS does the same thing sometimes. I installed over it because the NoVirus bootblock was not needed on the disk regardless of whether it's a virus or not.

[Twistin'Ghost]

I was looking through a listing of the articles and reviews from Amiga Computing and ran across a game that I don't recall ever hearing about before. It's called....erm...well, it's called Birdie

:laughing

Apparently, the game was given an 80% (!) score in issue Volume 1, Number 6 (November 1988). Anybody ever heard of this game? Or does anybody have this issue that can scan the review (or at least provide some info on the game)?

TIA

[CodyJarrett]

It's probably the "Leader Board Birdie" compilation, which includes "Leader Board" and "Leader Board Tournament". It was released in 1988. I've got an original.

[Twistin'Ghost]

That makes sense. Thanks for that, dude.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Well, I have another one: Tracker (1987/Firebird). Anybody have this rarity?

[CodyJarrett]

That's on MIA listing too - maybe we should combine the two and make a single comprehensive listing...

[Chuckles]

Interesting ... I saw the box scan for Tracker and it looked awfully familiar. I did a bit of poking around and found that I have a poster with that exact same picture that came with a game that I bought long ago ... but I don't have any game by that name in my collection. I wonder if this might be another of those games that was released under more than one title. Unfortunately, nothing on the poster gives the slightest clue.

[Tim Janssen]

Are you really sure about Tracker being released on Amiga? I have an advert of this game in the March 1987 issue of CU Amiga and it gives no info about a possible Amiga conversion.

[Warlock99]

I'm 100% sure this one exists, although it is extremely rare. I have it from a reliable source that there is some problem copying the original due to the protection, the person in question had payed a considerable sum for it if i remember correctly.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by Tim Janssen
Are you really sure about Tracker being released on Amiga? I have an advert of this game in the March 1987 issue of CU Amiga and it gives no info about a possible Amiga conversion.
Dude, there is a scan of the box that has an Amiga sticker on it. This scan came from Exotica and that site got it from some collector who scanned all kinds of his rarities for that site. It exists and that scan is from an existing copy.

[DrBong]

It is also currently being fixed by one of the WHDLoad patchers according to the website.

[Codetapper]

I can confirm Tracker exists as I have made up the WHDLoad version :) The disk format is custom MFM and there is a "word from the manual" protection aswell. When it first loads it even gives you the opportunity to make a backup of your disk!

Anyway the WHDLoad version is being tested by the original supplier and another friend and it seems to be working OK, just save games left to finish. The three of us are also working on an HTML version of the manual complete with colour screenshots ripped from the WHDLoad version (the original was only black and white!)

Converting it to ADF will be a bit of a pig as the disk format itself is quite messy and the saving routines would also need to be changed (as the same routine which loads save games loads the actual game, and if it is cracked to adf the load routine will be modified!)...

[Twistin'Ghost]

New request: Projekt Prometheus

[Twistin'Ghost]

Another game I am looking for (but have no boxscan for) is Takado (1988/Kingsoft). Anyone?

[RetroMan]

Hey :) You have this one in your MIA List :

Wild West (1991/Automagick Industries)

May this one be the same as this one over here : http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?threadid=4099&highlight=far+west ??

[Twistin'Ghost]

Yup, same game. In fact, it was that very thread that put that game on my list (the older, non-AGA fixed version).

[RetroMan]

Bu AFAIK the games name was also Far West before getting fixed and not Wild West ;)

[Twistin'Ghost]

Noted. Thx.

[scifi]

Are yoy interested in obtaining Kampfgruppe II, Twistin'? ;)

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by scifi
Are yoy interested in obtaining Kampfgruppe II, Twistin'? ;)
Actually, no. :)

Well, jmmijo posted that one very recently, which I downloaded and just forgot to update my list, so thank you for bringing this to my attention. And thanks for checking the list (and getting it upped for maybe a new generation?)

[scifi]

Well, Twistin' I have Stack Up in WHD format. Are you interested?
:D

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by scifi
Well, Twistin' I have Stack Up in WHD format. Are you interested?
:D
I appreciate the offer, but I have the WHD version, as well as the version that turns up on compacts.

[andreas]

could you upload Stack Up, please?
I know this game from the C64, but I didn't know that an Amiga version actually existed...:rolleyes TIA

@scifi thanks for upping!

[DPainter]

Twistin'

Can be any more specific about what on your list is truly Missin' and what may bejust Nessin' (Loch Nessin')?

Your comrade in dumps,

[Twistin'Ghost]

That's an excellent point, DP. (amazed I even understood it!) I really need two lists: one for titles that may not exist and another list for games that certainly exist and just can't find. I'll work on this.

[DPainter]

I bought a cache of Amiga stuff (mostly junk) from a guy this weekend and among his disks were copies of Deep Space and the Oh No More Lemmings add-on. Unfortunately neither dumps with DISK2FDI/DMS, so I am attempting to dump them with rawread, but my A500 keeps guruing at about track 60. Let me know what else you think I should try.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Hmmm...I get the impression here that these aren't actually cracks and were copied with either a parameter copier or with a hardware copier. I thought I had a tutorial on cracking Deep Space somewhere. I'll look for it and get back with you. Never mind, just found it. This is text from the Mirror package:

Brataccas,
Arena,
Deep Space
- Synchronized Tracks

1. Check each disk with error check noting which tracks have no errors.
2. Use Raw Tracks module to copy only the tracks that have no errors. Use method as described in Raw Tracks example #1, copying standard tracks. The Raw Tracks module is the only one that synchronizes all tracks.
So you'd also need the Mirror program, as well, although I presume you have this.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not even sure if this *cracks* the game or just dupes it. At least one of those other parm copiers copies it, and possibly one of them even disables the protection, though.

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
Hmmm...I get the impression here that these aren't actually cracks and were copied with either a parameter copier or with a hardware copier. I thought I had a tutorial on cracking Deep Space somewhere. I'll look for it and get back with you. Never mind, just found it. This is text from the Mirror package:

So you'd also need the Mirror program, as well, although I presume you have this.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not even sure if this *cracks* the game or just dupes it. At least one of those other parm copiers copies it, and possibly one of them even disables the protection, though. I think you're right about them not being cracks. I did successfully dump Deep Space using rawread and it *appears* to work fine, but somebody needs to play it further to make sure. It's in the Zone now.

The Lemmings add-on will not dump without crashing and I think it may be a corrupt disk. About 1/4 of these disks were corrupt and looked like they were used as drink coasters at a preschool.

Anybody wanna buy 500 or so really crappy disks?!?!? :nervous

[Walker]

Wooohooooo! Another one down!

Let's see... Deep Space..... ah yes, that's "Nelly". The Lemmings add-on is "Bertha", looks like we have to wait for her to show up....

[Twistin'Ghost]

Absolutely lurvley! This is very pleasing stuff. Cheers DP!

I spent an embarressing amounty of time last night updating my MIA list, but it's still not ready to go live. Perhaps later tonight.

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
Absolutely lurvley! This is very pleasing stuff. Cheers DP!

I spent an embarressing amounty of time last night updating my MIA list, but it's still not ready to go live. Perhaps later tonight. I'm quite pleased with rawread's performance, although it took about 25 minutes to dump and then copy via serial port. Maybe I should try it out on Terrorpods next? Do you have any originals that are on your MIA list that you could try dumping with rawread?

[Walker]

Why rush? Take your time and finish TVIT first. You know, "Twistin's Voyages In Time". Or was it "Twistin's Vomit In Toilet"....?

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by Walker
Why rush? Take your time and finish TVIT first. You know, "Twistin's Voyages In Time". Or was it "Twistin's Vomit In Toilet"....?
:D Actually, I worked on that list last night because Notepad was about the only app that wasn't crashing my PC. Sad, but true. My system is currently in worse shape than I am! :shocked
Originally posted by DPainter
I'm quite pleased with rawread's performance, although it took about 25 minutes to dump and then copy via serial port. Maybe I should try it out on Terrorpods next? Do you have any originals that are on your MIA list that you could try dumping with rawread?
Rawread...I have forgotten what this tool is, what it requires and all that. I searched EAB on rawread and found some great threads I'd forgotten about, but no real details on where to get it, what it's included with, or any of that other jazz. And yeah, I have some originals that are on my MIA, but I'd have to look to see what they are. :)

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost

:D Actually, I worked on that list last night because Notepad was about the only app that wasn't crashing my PC. Sad, but true. My system is currently in worse shape than I am! :shocked

Rawread...I have forgotten what this tool is, what it requires and all that. I searched EAB on rawread and found some great threads I'd forgotten about, but no real details on where to get it, what it's included with, or any of that other jazz. And yeah, I have some originals that are on my MIA, but I'd have to look to see what they are. :) Rawread can be found at none other than Toni's site (http://www.arabuusimiehet.com/~twilen/uae/). I'm going to give Terrorpods a whirl tonight and hope its protection is basic enough that rawread can handle it.

Yes, please update your MIA list and distinguish between Missies/Nessies, and also reply to your PMs!:cool

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by DPainter
Rawread can be found at none other than Toni's site (http://www.arabuusimiehet.com/~twilen/uae/). I'm going to give Terrorpods a whirl tonight and hope its protection is basic enough that rawread can handle it.

Yes, please update your MIA list and distinguish between Missies/Nessies, and also reply to your PMs!:cool
Looking forward to the possibility of a (copyable) disk-based Terrorpods! My MIA list already has the Missies/Nessies split, it's other stuff that's not yet finished. I have also included an Edutainment Wants List in there, as well. That one, although not yet complete, was a lot of work to compile.

PM's: yes, there are several PM's that I have not yet responded to, but will do so tonight (after consuming mass quantities of tea).

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost

Looking forward to the possibility of a (copyable) disk-based Terrorpods! My MIA list already has the Missies/Nessies split, it's other stuff that's not yet finished. I have also included an Edutainment Wants List in there, as well. That one, although not yet complete, was a lot of work to compile.

PM's: yes, there are several PM's that I have not yet responded to, but will do so tonight (after consuming mass quantities of tea). You realize of course that your MIA list (and Cody's) is destined to become the definitive reference for this stuff. I think RCK should let you spruce them up as HTML pages in the tradition of the FBI's most wanted fugitives (http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm).

I am happy to be able to say again, check the Zone! Let's see who's first to reply with double-barrel screenshots.

Hint:
Floppies: DF0 only
KS: 1.2
CHIPSET: OCS, NTSC, Immediate blits
RAM: 1MB CHIP, 0 FAST
CPU: More compatible

[Chuckles]

@Twistin' Ghost

I hadn't looked at this thread in quite a while, till the recent activity drew my attention to it again. That prompted me to peruse the MIA list again, and I realized that I had a cracked version of Atomix on hand. I've uploaded it to the zone after making sure I could get it to run with WinUAE, so that should strike one more off of your list.

@Dpainter
Thanks for the uploads of Deep Space, Terrorpods and Arctic Fox. All three have been on my list of titles that I have on my A500, but had yet to get working on WinUAE. My original of Deep Space was dead from bit rot (though I still had one working copy), and I had already dumped Terrorpods and sent the dumps to Galahad. The last I saw, his whdload crack was at 90% complete. As for Arctic Fox, I've had a number of dumps of it, but have yet to get any of them to work. I'll give this one a shot though, and if I can get it working, I'll let you know.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by DPainter
You realize of course that your MIA list (and Cody's) is destined to become the definitive reference for this stuff. I think RCK should let you spruce them up as HTML pages in the tradition of the FBI's most wanted fugitives (http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm).

I am happy to be able to say again, check the Zone! Let's see who's first to reply with double-barrel screenshots.

Hint:
Floppies: DF0 only
KS: 1.2
CHIPSET: OCS, NTSC, Immediate blits
RAM: 1MB CHIP, 0 FAST
CPU: More compatible
Hey, will check out the AF, although I think this has been discussed in a different thread earlier in the day. We're getting closer, that's for sure.

In my updated MIA, it kinda precludes the other two MIA lists on the board, because I have merged them. Initially, my original list I passed on to Cody (after convincing him that the titles really existed) and then I decided to make my own MIA later down the road. Now, I find that it's cumbersome having to refer to three lists (mine, Cody's and scifi's...which I assume he is working on completing), so I have taken their lists and integrated them into one master MIA. Plus it eliminates some of the titles left on Cody's that have been found, as well as scifi's Found list.

A special page for this Wanted list might be a good idea. On such a page, more details could be provided, including ads, coverscans, etc. that might help resolve the issue of the games' existance.

Originally posted by Chuckles
I hadn't looked at this thread in quite a while, till the recent activity drew my attention to it again. That prompted me to peruse the MIA list again, and I realized that I had a cracked version of Atomix on hand. I've uploaded it to the zone after making sure I could get it to run with WinUAE, so that should strike one more off of your list.
Thanks, Chuckles. I'll take a look at that Atomix. Even as this game may have only one actual title, there are clearly two different title screens which display the C/X differently. Would be nice to have the odd screen!

And yeah, I think my Deep Space (and an old copy of Terrorpods) died of bit rot, as well. I've since bought a clean original of Terrorpods, but you rarely ever run across an original of Deep Space (and when you do, it tends to be pricey!)

[Chuckles]

Hmmm ... I'm not 100% sure that the Atomix that I uploaded is what you were looking for after all, Twist. The intro calls it "Atomix", but when you get to the title screen, it calls it "Atomic". It is a Thalion release, and I was thinking that "Atomic" was a different game entirely. Sorry about that.

[andreas]

The file you uploaded is
Atomic (1990)(Thalion Software)[cr VF][h Aggressors].zip

CRC = 7de918f2

[scifi]

@Twistin' Ghost

I'm near completion of my MIA Listing. It should be up in the beggining of the following week!
;)

It's really difficult, as you see, because I had to exclude many titles that were included in compilations! You see, I'm a little behind in this field!
:cool

[DPainter]

Three more Twistin' MIA titles in the Zone (you'll have to discover for yourself which ones) :p

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by scifi
I'm near completion of my MIA Listing. It should be up in the beggining of the following week!

It's really difficult, as you see, because I had to exclude many titles that were included in compilations! You see, I'm a little behind in this field!
Hey, tell me about it! I have spent the last two days diligently cleaning up my MIA list, adding to it, making corrections, making it more presentable, verifying, etc. Unfathomable task, indeed. And even when I post it (probably within a few hours), it's still beta and missing quite a lot of stuff. But I had to stop somewhere! :cool

Oh, and I have some more request fills from your list that I'll get to in just a bit...

Originally posted by DPainter
Three more Twistin' MIA titles in the Zone (you'll have to discover for yourself which ones) :p
What a SWEETHEART!!! Am I right? Is this guy the livin' end or what? (EAB audience applauds in a loud roar)

Seriously, I thank you again. I have downloaded the files and will have to finish reading the last two days worth of messages before I can delve into them, lest I crash and lose my place on the message superhighway. I have butterflies in my stomach with anticipation. Plus I just can't wait to see what the heck Fred Loves Gary is! :laughing

And for those non-TOSEC non-requests, I'll send up nome nice new goodies I have picked up this week (once my system crashes and I get an hour recharge...) :rolleyes

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
Seriously, I thank you again. I have downloaded the files and will have to finish reading the last two days worth of messages before I can delve into them, lest I crash and lose my place on the message superhighway. I have butterflies in my stomach with anticipation. Plus I just can't wait to see what the heck Fred Loves Gary is! :laughing

And for those non-TOSEC non-requests, I'll send up nome nice new goodies I have picked up this week (once my system crashes and I get an hour recharge...) :rolleyes See, that sort of enthusiastic response inspires me to keep staying up past 1:00 am sorting through stuff, renaming stuff and making lamer attempts at cracking Arctic Fox. :)

BTW, I'm posting a "split" version of Oh No! More Lemmings add-on. By split I mean I dumped tracks 0-50 to one file and 51-79 to another, otherwise my A500 runs out of RAMdisk. These files have headers, the exact length of which I can only guess. The real trick is that the add-on requires an original Lemmings disk, not a crack (as far as I can tell) so that means we'll probably need a raw dump of that as well. But for now at least you can take a couple of title screen shots (use NTSC chipset).

[andreas]

Plus I just can't wait to see what the heck Fred Loves Gary is!
I did it for you.
I unDMS'd the disk, and voilà:
CRC = 2b005a11!

That's
Hyperforce (1989)(Prism Leisure)[cr VF].zip

Sorry for having to spoil the party again...;)

[DPainter]

Originally posted by andreas

I did it for you.
I unDMS'd the disk, and voilà:
CRC = 2b005a11!

That's
Hyperforce (1989)(Prism Leisure)[cr VF].zip

Sorry for having to spoil the party again...;) Booo! :p You spoiled it for him..... NOT! Take off your TOSEC glasses and try booting the disk up and see for yourself. :laugh

[andreas]

"fred loves gary.dms"

= Hyperforce & Artificial Dreams, both cracked by Vision Factory (VF). YES.
A compilation disk. Already in TOSEC, but wrongly it's been put into the main games section.
Twist, please test it too, so we can get got another witness. ;)

[Ian]

Artifical Dreams is on Twistin's MIA list, it's right there near the top in the first post to this thread.

I'm sure Twistin' will be most pleased;) more so when he realises he probably had this game for some time:laughing

I think DPainter wanted Twistin' to get a shock when he inserted the DMS without actually knowing what he was looking at.

But now it's been spoiled, oh well, I really wonder just how long it would have taken Twistin' to test this file anyway, probably a few months knowing the hecktic shedule he has:D

[andreas]

Ian: can YOU at least confirm that the "fred loves gary.dms" converted to ADF is 100% identical to the TOSEC Hyperforce/AD compilation? DPainter wanted to say in a kind way that I'm telling rubbish here...:rolleyes But I know I don't. I *do* know how to test stuff.
*not offended, but slightly irritated*

[Ian]

Your missing what DPainter is getting at, your first post was with the TOSEC name, this is what he was questioning (I think)

Your second post is correct, as you have mentioned the second game on this disk, which is in Twistin' MIA list:)

I will check the disk against my TOSEC version, but that's not what the issue was:) (It is the same disk)

[andreas]

OK. You're right. He might have wanted to express subliminally that the TOSEC name is wrong, and that he discovered another game *ON* that disk.
[EDIT] Now we have to get this game TO WORK. Good luck everybody... ;)

[Ian]

What do you mean by WORK??

I have just played it, works fine:)

[Ian]

Proof;)

[DPainter]

Originally posted by andreas
OK. You're right. He might have wanted to express subliminally that the TOSEC name is wrong, and that he discovered another game *ON* that disk. Andreas, you understand why I laughed, right? You said you spoiled it, but then you failed to report that Artificial Dreams was on the disk. That's why I assumed you hadn't booted up the disk all the way, just like 99% of us here who never realized the game was already in TOSEC.

I'm sure there will be many more examples of this as people sift through the TOSEC collection, but I'm going to continue to post requests and not use the correct name because 1) it's more fun for Twistin' and 2) right now I'm sick of renaming things to the TOSEC standard. :cool

[andreas]

Andreas, you understand why I laughed, right? You said you spoiled it, but then you failed to report that Artificial Dreams was on the disk. That's why I assumed you hadn't booted up the disk all the way
Now I do, yes. Anyway NEVER assume with me that I haven't booted up the disk all the way. I always do. Honestly. -- :)

[Twistin'Ghost]

Yeah, I still had the surprise cuz I'd not read the spoiler by the time I'd booted the disk! :great

Oh, and thanks for Mini Golf, Football Crazy, etc. Mucho appreciato!

Likewise, I couldn't get the game to boot (using 8.8r8).

[Ian]

Use the latest WinUAE, it's by far the best version no matter what anyone says.

And only select 512kb's of chipmem in your config too:)

[Twistin'Ghost]

My system won't run the latest WinUAE...

[whiteb]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
My system won't run the latest WinUAE...

Why ?, what system you got ?

I like it, it solves that irritating mouse graphic problem.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Well, it's a bit old and all that, but I am having so many system issues, that is probably why I can't run the lastest version. As soon as I get everything on it backed up, I am gonna blow it all away and start over with a second PC I have here.