King's Ransom (Unreleased game, possible attempt to rescue it?))

Macaw · 23 February 2012, 15:50

Developed by ReadySoft (possibly the Abstrax team?), supposedly a sequel to Wrath of the Demon, to have been released in about 1993 on Amiga and PC.

There is an old thread from 10 years ago in the requests section about this game, but I figured I would post about it here so it gets some more attention (there still isn't a HOL entry, for instance)

I must say, this is without a doubt one of the coolest looking Amiga games I've seen. Rumors say the game was 85% complete, so I wonder if any of the old developers could be contacted so we could try to get a release of the game available? Anyone think they know how to get into contact with any of those Wrath of the Demon developers? (who I am guessing also worked on King's Ransom). It would be great if we could save such a cool looking game.

Here are all the known screens of the game so far:

desiv · 23 February 2012, 21:02

Nice looking..
Any idea if those screenshots and "completed percentage" are Amiga or PC (both?)?

desiv

lilalurl · 23 February 2012, 21:17

It was not rumors who said it was 85% complete but* one of the programmers (Pierre Proulx):
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=28258 (Does anyone have any questions for the programmer of Wrath of the Demon?)

See post #32

Sadly, he is no longer registered.
Perhaps laffer still has a way to contact him. Or perhaps RCK has somewhere in a database the email address used to register the account.

*: or perhaps the rumors you have read have another source and Pierre Proulx cited the same source.

lesta_smsc · 23 February 2012, 21:40

This game looks cool! Would be good if it could be released (uncompleted) or some clever people to complete it for us!

Macaw · 29 February 2012, 07:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilalurl

or perhaps the rumors you have read have another source and Pierre Proulx cited the same source.

The person I heard it from probably got it from that source, thanks for the link.

Hopefully someone can contact Pierre or one of the other developers to see if its possible to release whatever was completed of the game.

skan · 01 March 2012, 22:31

Nice screens. Mock-ups?

s2325 · 01 March 2012, 22:59

Yes, hero have light leather pants only on fourth screen

Macaw · 03 March 2012, 14:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

Yes, hero have light leather pants only on fourth screen

The hero is climbing on the rope in the fourth screen, he still has the green pants.

It doesn't look like the screens are mock ups. They said the game was 2 years in development after all.

s2325 · 03 March 2012, 15:44

Yes, you're right, I can see it now.

s2325 · 04 March 2012, 12:35

Panels have similar style to Ivanhoe:

Stefan Lindberg · 29 April 2012, 19:42

Eric Heberling has a midi (for General Midi standard) on his website that he made for King's Ransom http://heberlingmusic.com/midi.html

I have made a recording of it:
King's Ransom - Dark Ages (general midi, Ensoniq MR).ogg

Sound pretty good i think, very much in the style he did for the Elder Scrolls games (Arena, Daggerfall).

fxart · 30 April 2012, 17:56

Hello everyone:

the public profile of the game programmer (Pierre Proulx) can be viewed here:

http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/pierre-proulx/28/342/235

I hope help anyone want to contact him.

shutter · 29 November 2012, 17:49

anything new about this game ?

fryguy · 29 November 2012, 21:08

It looks pretty good, i wonder they why they didn't finish it..

23 February 2012, 15:50	#1
Macaw Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 29	King's Ransom (Unreleased game, possible attempt to rescue it?) Developed by ReadySoft (possibly the Abstrax team?), supposedly a sequel to Wrath of the Demon, to have been released in about 1993 on Amiga and PC. There is an old thread from 10 years ago in the requests section about this game, but I figured I would post about it here so it gets some more attention (there still isn't a HOL entry, for instance) I must say, this is without a doubt one of the coolest looking Amiga games I've seen. Rumors say the game was 85% complete, so I wonder if any of the old developers could be contacted so we could try to get a release of the game available? Anyone think they know how to get into contact with any of those Wrath of the Demon developers? (who I am guessing also worked on King's Ransom). It would be great if we could save such a cool looking game. Here are all the known screens of the game so far: Last edited by Macaw; 02 March 2012 at 13:04.

30 April 2012, 17:56	#12
fxart Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 5	Amiga Programmer profile Hello everyone: the public profile of the game programmer (Pierre Proulx) can be viewed here: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/pierre-proulx/28/342/235 I hope help anyone want to contact him.

29 November 2012, 17:49	#13
shutter Zone Friend Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: FR / Germany Age: 37 Posts: 62	anything new about this game ? __________________ ->15years amiga<-

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23 February 2012, 21:02	#2
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 856	Nice looking.. Any idea if those screenshots and "completed percentage" are Amiga or PC (both?)? desiv

23 February 2012, 21:17	#3
lilalurl T32 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Age: 34 Posts: 2,228	It was not rumors who said it was 85% complete but* one of the programmers (Pierre Proulx): http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=28258 (Does anyone have any questions for the programmer of Wrath of the Demon?) See post #32 Sadly, he is no longer registered. Perhaps laffer still has a way to contact him. Or perhaps RCK has somewhere in a database the email address used to register the account. *: or perhaps the rumors you have read have another source and Pierre Proulx cited the same source. __________________ "my parents were outside in the garden and begging me to get some of that Vitamin D and I'm thinking I want Vitamin HG instead" (quahappy)

23 February 2012, 21:40	#4
lesta_smsc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 718	This game looks cool! Would be good if it could be released (uncompleted) or some clever people to complete it for us!

01 March 2012, 22:31	#6
skan emul-hat0r Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: FREEÛL!!! Age: 37 Posts: 148	Nice screens. Mock-ups?

01 March 2012, 22:59	#7
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 33 Posts: 11,466	Yes, hero have light leather pants only on fourth screen

03 March 2012, 15:44	#9
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 33 Posts: 11,466	Yes, you're right, I can see it now.

04 March 2012, 12:35	#10
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 33 Posts: 11,466	Panels have similar style to Ivanhoe:

29 April 2012, 19:42	#11
Stefan Lindberg Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm/Sweden Age: 36 Posts: 244	Eric Heberling has a midi (for General Midi standard) on his website that he made for King's Ransom http://heberlingmusic.com/midi.html I have made a recording of it: King's Ransom - Dark Ages (general midi, Ensoniq MR).ogg Sound pretty good i think, very much in the style he did for the Elder Scrolls games (Arena, Daggerfall).

29 November 2012, 21:08	#14
fryguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Karlsborg, Sweden Age: 34 Posts: 466	It looks pretty good, i wonder they why they didn't finish it..

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