Screenshot request!

[Walker]

OK people, here's your first opportunity to contribute to the HOL database...

We have a lot of nice screenshots in HOL, but it's pretty hard to grab screens from CD32 and CDTV games. We have some original games in our private collections, and some screens have been sent to us by EAB members (Thanx Amigaboy and Akira!).
I'm sure there are other board members with CD32/CDTV originals, and it would be really sweet if you could provide some screenshots from them. Some guidelines:

- All screenshots should be in GIF format. If you don't want to convert them, that's no big deal. We'll do the job.

- All screenshots should be 320 x 256 in size. If you can't be arsed to resize etc, it's no big deal.

- All screenshots should be centered, both vertical and horizontal centering please. See attached screen for an example.

- We want titlescreens, intro screens and gameplay screens.

If you got something for us, put the stuff in a ZIP-file and upload it to our FTP at abime.net, user "hol", password "incoming". If you include a text file with your name, we will be able to give you credits for your contribution

If you have any questions about this request, post them in this thread.

OK, here's a list of CD32 and CDTV titles that we need screens from:

CD32

Alien Breed 1 CD32
Alien Breed 3D 1 CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by ???!
Amiga CD Football CD32
Arabian Nights CD32 Done!
Arcade Pool CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Battletoads CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Beavers CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Brian The Lion CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Chaos Engine 2, The CD32
Clue!, The CD32
Dennis CD32
Diggers CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Retroman!
Emerald Mines CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Final Gate, The CD32
Gamer Gold Collection CD32
Humans 3: Evolution - Lost In Time CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Impossible Mission 2025 CD32
James Pond 2: Codename Robocod CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Ian!
King Pin: Arcade Sports Bowling CD32
Last Ninja 3 CD32 Doesn't load
Mag! CD32
Manchester United: Premier League Champions CD32
Oldtimer CD32
Power Drive CD32 Done!
Ryder Cup: Johnnie Walker CD32 Done!
Sleepwalker & Pinball Fantasies CD32 Screens uploaded by Ian but no ingame screen from Sleepwalker
Speris Legacy, The CD32
Sports Football CD32
Star Crusader CD32
Super Loopz CD32
Super Skidmarks CD32 Screens uploaded by blackcornflake and Ian but no ingame screen
Superfrog & Arcade Pool Compilation CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by blackcornflake & Ian!
Syndicate CD32
Theme Park CD32 ISO supplied by Ian!
Thomas The Tank Engine Pinball CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Top Gear 2 CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Retroman!
Tower Of Souls CD32
Trivial Pursuit CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Steve!
Vital Light CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Whale's Voyage 2 CD32
Wing Commander CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Antiriad!
Worms CD32 Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Zool 2 CD32 Done! Screens uploaded by Retroman!


CDTV

Air Warrior CDTV
All Dogs Go To Heaven - Electric Crayon Deluxe CDTV
Amiga CD Football
Battle Chess 1 CDTV
Battlestorm CDTV Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Case Of The Cautious Condor CDTV
Casino Games CDTV
Chaos In Andromeda: Eyes Of The Eagle CDTV
Classic Board Games CDTV
Cover Girl Strip Poker CDTV
Cubulus & Magic Serpent CDTV Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Curse Of Ra CDTV Done! Screens uploaded by Retroman!
Defender Of The Crown 2 CDTV Done!
E.S.S. Mega CDTV
Emerald Mines CDTV
Falcon CDTV
Fantastic Voyage CDTV
Fun School 3 (For The Under 5s) CDTV Done
Fun School 4 (For 5 to 7 Year Olds) CDTV
Global Chaos CDTV
Guy Spy And The Crystals Of Armageddon CDTV Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Hound Of The Baskervilles, The CDTV
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade - The Graphic Adventure CDTV
Jack Nicklaus Golf CDTV
Logical CDTV
Mind Run CDTV
Murder Makes Strange Deadfellows CDTV
North Polar Expedition CDTV
Raffles CDTV
Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective CDTV
Shiftrix & Lettrix CDTV
Snoopy And The Case Of The Lost Blanket CDTV Done!
Space Wars CDTV
Spirit of Excalibur CDTV
Sports Football CDTV
Super Games Pak CDTV
Team Yankee CDTV Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Tie Break CDTV
Town With No Name, The CDTV Done! ISO supplied by Ian!
Trivial Pursuit CDTV
Turrican 1 CDTV Done! Screens uploaded by Antiriad!
Ultimate Basketball CDTV
Will-Bridge Practice Collection CDTV


Here's an example of a centered screenshot with proper size:

[Ian]

I have most of the games on your list, but I have very little time to take screenies these days.

If you want Walker, you can get them from my FTP.

[RetroMan]

I´ll do it :) Since I also got those titles AND some spare time this and next week, I´ll give it a go :D

Finally something that I can contribute to this fine project :p

[CodyJarrett]

King Arthur himself has empowered me to award the greatest contributors to the Hall Of Light quest the ultimate accolade: a HOL Hero medal and the right to call themselves Sir.

Step forward Sir Amigaboy and Sir Akira.

[Ian]

I think you've forgotten my excellent screenshots of Microcosm;)

[Ian]

Originally posted by RetroMan
I´ll do it :) Since I also got those titles AND some spare time this and next week, I´ll give it a go :D
Do you have all of them Retroman?

If not list the ones you don't so Walker can download them from me if I have them:)

[RetroMan]

I´ll go through my list when I get home tonight :)

[Fred the Fop]

God job, Ian. As always a helpful chap. :great

[RetroMan]

So, I´ve started to make some shots, they should be available tonight on ftp :)

[Akira]

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
King Arthur himself has empowered me to award the greatest contributors to the Hall Of Light quest the ultimate accolade: a HOL Hero medal and the right to call themselves Sir.

Step forward Sir Amigaboy and Sir Akira.

w000t! :D
I thank you :D
I'll keep on contributing as time permits :D

[Walker]

EAB is the place to be!!! :)

[RetroMan]

Ok, those screenshots are online now :)

Curse of Ra (CDTV)
Zool 2 (CD32)
Diggers (CD32)

more to follow tomorrow :)

[CodyJarrett]

Originally posted by Ian
I think you've forgotten my excellent screenshots of Microcosm;)

Be silent, be still, that's it!

And look upon this moment. Savour it. Rejoice with great gladness, great gladness.

Remember it always, for you are joined by it, you are one under the stars!

Remember it well then, this night, this great victory. So that in the years ahead you can say, "I was there that night, with Cody Jarrett!"

For it is the doom of men that they forget...

[blackcornflake]

Cool. I can help. I got loadsa CD32 games. :)

Moving speech, Cody. :D

[Twistin'Ghost]

Somehow I missed this thread when it started and just now am seeing it for the first time. Must be my schedule lately.

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by blackcornflake
Cool. I can help. I got loadsa CD32 games. :)

:great But please don´t forget to post what you´ve done so far, so that we don´t make the same game twice ;)

//edit : just uploaded : Fun School 3 (CDTV) and Top Gear 2 (CD³²) :)

[Walker]

Thanks!

Fun School was already done, but I added your screens as well.

[Antiriad]

Im trying to do Wing Commander CD32, just how many shots do you require exactly?

Equally, i take it its hol.abime.net to ftp in?

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Antiriad
Equally, i take it its hol.abime.net to ftp in?
It´s only abime.net ;)

[CodyJarrett]

Originally posted by Antiriad
Im trying to do Wing Commander CD32, just how many shots do you require exactly?

We need a Double Barrel Screenshot (DBS) first - that is, a 640x256 gif with the titlescreen on the left and an in-game screen on the right (with no dithering or anti-aliasing). The screen in the DBS should show the gameplay e.g. no loading screens.

Then you can make up to 9 alternative screenshot gifs (320x256), which can be any graphics from the game.

Thanks! I'll email King Arthur (king.arthur@avalon.com) and discuss the latest knighthoods and medals.

[Antiriad]

Ok! Ive put up some screengrabs. Let me know if you want any alternative shots. Will be happy to provide.

Saying that, Wing Commander CD32 is a biatch in some ways as naturaly you cant save your game unlike the ECs version.

I must get onto the Whdlaod crew about this... :D:D:D

[Walker]

Great set of screens, Antiriad! We don't need any more from Wing Commander now, as we have a limit of 9 screens per game (including DBS). Here's the DBS I created from your screens:

[Antiriad]

Glad theyre appreciated. I checked my collection of Cd stoof and found i can do the following also:

CD32

Arabian Nights CD32
Super Skidmarks CD32

CDTV

Case Of The Cautious Condor CDTV
Turrican 1 CDTV

Will hopefully do tomorrow...

[Antiriad]

Turrican 1 CDTV has been uploaded. However, i cant seem to get Arabian Nights CD32 and Case Of The Condor to work properly under WinUAE.

Arabian Nights gets stuck on the language selection screen. I *think* it requires a CD32 pad which UAE cant emulate (a to do that, perhaps?) in order to proceed. Case Of The Cautious Condor just doesnt run. I think its asking for CDTV specific hardware check. There is a CDTV/CD32 emulator called Akiko isnt there? I will try that...*edit* WTF!!???!!! Pay $$$ for an emulator???? Doh!

Skidmarks 2.2 also looks suspiciously like the normal AGA HD version of it. I think i might have been a tad rash with that one.

[Walker]

Looks like you ran out of screenshots, people... ;)

If you have some CD32/CDTV images, don't hesitate to PM me and I'll be happy to download them! :D

[Twistin'Ghost]

Didn't I up that Snoopy CD (and a few others) for you?

[Walker]

Yup, but it didn't work. Can't remember the problem, but I'll make another try.

[RetroMan]

Sorry @Walker :rolleyes

Was really busy with work the last weeks, I´ll try to make some more screenies next week :)

[Walker]

Originally posted by Antiriad
Arabian Nights gets stuck on the language selection screen. I *think* it requires a CD32 pad which UAE cant emulate (a to do that, perhaps?) in order to proceed.

I dug up my old PC gamepad and configured it as a CD32 gamepad. It works a treat, so I grabbed a few screens from Arabian Nights.

[Walker]

Originally posted by Walker
Yup, but it didn't work. Can't remember the problem, but I'll make another try.

I was wrong. All it took was a little patience. About two hours of patience.

[Twistin'Ghost]

YIKES! That long? I never tried to get it working, but I know people who did, so that's why I mentioned it. That sounds longer to wait than even One On One!

[Ian]

James Pond 2, done and upped to the Zone.

I know I should upload it to the FTP, but another usless FTP address in my FlashFXP site file is really uneeded;)

It's bad enough having the AEN ones in there:lol

I'm doing more now, so Walker if you've done some of these already and not updated the list there will be hell to pay.

Gets BITCHSLAPPING hand ready

[Walker]

Yes! Yes! Slap me, slap me... slap.... err... oh...

* cough *

Thanx for the screens, blackcornflake and Ian!!!

One thing though; DBS's without ingame screenshots are NQATNH (Not Qualified And Thus Not HOLified).

[blackcornflake]

Originally posted by Walker
Thanx for the screens, blackcornflake and Ian!!!

One thing though; DBS's without ingame screenshots are NQATNH (Not Qualified And Thus Not HOLified).

Yeah, I suspected as much. :)

I'm having issues with getting into the game proper with a couple of titles, even using the original CDs. Anybody got a foolproof config they want to send me? :D

[Steve]

I can upload a few screenshots of Trivial Pursuit CD32 if they're still wanted.

[RCK]

yes please :cool

[Steve]

Ok. I'll upload them to the zone if you want. They will be proper PAL resolution (720x576) and .bmp files as well. Is that ok?

I might be able to do Chaos Engine CD32 also. I have that.

[Steve]

Screenshots of Trivial Pursuit CD32 are now in the zone. :)
Tomorrow I'll try get some of Chaos Engine CD32.

[Djay]

this is a really silly question... but i'll ask it anyway:D

is HOL going to be a database of games... with info... screenshots etc... but no downloads?

all i can say is... sorry in advance

and when i try to view HOL it asks for a user/pass...?

will it be a work in progress project...?

when will it be open (apart from the IRC meeting)...?

[Walker]

@Steve
Thanks for the Trivial Pursuit CD32 screens!

@Djay
Yes, HOL is a database with Amiga games information, screenshots and boxscans. No downloads.

The HOL gates will open during the Xmas IRC chat. At first it was supposed to be a preview only, but we decided to make it the real launch. There are still some features not implemented yet, and of course there will always be new information and images to add.

[Steve]

I didn't read the top properly. I can retake some new ones if you want at 320x256 and I'll save them as GIF also. Resizing the ones I uploaded seems to lose a lot of pixels using PaintShopPro.

Oh. Now I see why nobody has taken screenshots of Chaos Engine CD32. :(

[Big-Byte]

The er only original cd32 game I have is called 'Strip Pot' do you need any screenshots from that? If so then you can get it from my ftp. Ive never played it myself

[Walker]

@Steve
No need to retake any screens, the "old" ones will do just fine!

@Big-Byte
We have a DBS but without ingame screenshot. Cody probably has the game in his collection, but if we need it we'll PM you about it.

[Djay]

i can scan....

Speedball 2 CD32
Project-X / F17 Challenge CD32
Tower Assault CD32
Nick Faldo's Championship Golf CD32

original covers!

[Walker]

We have two different CD32 covers for Tower Assault, but the rest are more than welcome! :)