Games with Fast Eddie & The Mailman signatures.

Retroplay · 18 October 2008, 19:29

Does anybody have any disk dumps with "Fast Eddie" and "The Mailman" startup signature text?
Fast Eddie and The Mailman where distributers of (not so legal.. ahem) Amiga games back in the late 80's to mid 90's here in Denmark.
TOSEC doesn't seem to include any of those unfortunately.

TCD · 18 October 2008, 19:41

Hi Retroplay,

I have found a crack of Eye of the Beholder with a startup text by Fast Eddie (in danish of course

). It's in the zone

Retroplay · 18 October 2008, 20:00

Thanks alot.

Ahh yes it's Fast Eddie of Skid Row.
I wonder if the phone number still works.

Heh, I remember I had to edit startup-sequence and remove his signature to get the games to boot on KS 2.x/3.x Amiga's.

TCD · 18 October 2008, 20:13

You're welcome

I found that 'The Mailman' was a member of Paradox, but I haven't found a disk with a startup text with him yet

When I stumble over one i'll let you know

There should be a first disk of a crack/release of Mortal Kombat II by him (I have disks 2, 3 and 4 with his name in the bootblock).

Retroplay · 18 October 2008, 20:17

I clearly remember he (Mailman) added his signature to the Ministry crack of Waxworks.
Imagine the agony when I was about to enter the graveyard and disk 5 was fuxored.

Ah the good old days.

TCD · 18 October 2008, 20:33

Hehe, ah yes these nice broken cracks that turned out after many hours of playing

Maybe someone with a full TOSEC set can search for 'Fast Eddie' and 'The Mailman' with a fulltext search on the disks. That way I found EOB and MK2

Retroplay · 18 October 2008, 20:47

The crack was ok as long as you only played from disk, it didn't work from HD which kind of sucked for a 10 disk game.
It was my disk 5 that was bad, I got a working disk 5 later and all was good.
Hmm so you found Fast Eddie's stuff in TOSEC eh?
My adfs is scanned with Commodore Amiga - Games - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2006-10-19_CM) and I can't find any games mentioning Fast Eddie.
I guess there must be a newer dat then ?

TCD · 19 October 2008, 00:02

The EOB disk is still in TOSEC. It's now called 'Eye of the Beholder (1991)(SSI)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr SKR][h SKR].adf'. Like I said run a fulltext search on the content of the files (not only the titles). There should be more stuff from the the two guys in TOSEC

Retroplay · 19 October 2008, 00:37

Fulltext search.. Like for example using Total Commander with AmigaDX plugin ?

TCD · 19 October 2008, 06:48

Sorry, for not being very clear. In TC open the find files dialog (Alt + F7), check the 'Find text' checkbox and enter your text there. This will find all disks where the text is contained in ASCII. I really hope you find some more this way

bLAZER · 19 October 2008, 14:03

That will not guarantee to find the text though... the text may be compressed or stored differently..

TCD · 19 October 2008, 14:13

Okay, I should have said 'where the text is contained in uncompressed ASCII'

Another method might be to look at each Skid Row and Paradox release and look for the text...

Retroplay · 19 October 2008, 17:14

I found Mailmans sig (Mailman - part of the Skid Row family) on one of the Goblins 2 disks, however he's got more than one sig as it's not like the one I remember.
He were advertising for Amiga, PC and SNES games in the one I remember.
I bought my first Super Wild Card from him as he also advertised/sold SNES copiers.

Also found yet another Fast Eddie sig on a Skid Row version of Moonstone.

18 October 2008, 19:29	#1
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	Games with Fast Eddie & The Mailman signatures. Does anybody have any disk dumps with "Fast Eddie" and "The Mailman" startup signature text? Fast Eddie and The Mailman where distributers of (not so legal.. ahem) Amiga games back in the late 80's to mid 90's here in Denmark. TOSEC doesn't seem to include any of those unfortunately.

18 October 2008, 20:00	#3
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	Thanks alot. Ahh yes it's Fast Eddie of Skid Row. I wonder if the phone number still works. Heh, I remember I had to edit startup-sequence and remove his signature to get the games to boot on KS 2.x/3.x Amiga's. Last edited by Retroplay; 18 October 2008 at 20:11.

18 October 2008, 20:47	#7
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	The crack was ok as long as you only played from disk, it didn't work from HD which kind of sucked for a 10 disk game. It was my disk 5 that was bad, I got a working disk 5 later and all was good. Hmm so you found Fast Eddie's stuff in TOSEC eh? My adfs is scanned with Commodore Amiga - Games - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2006-10-19_CM) and I can't find any games mentioning Fast Eddie. I guess there must be a newer dat then ? Last edited by Retroplay; 18 October 2008 at 21:46. Reason: stupid typo

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18 October 2008, 19:41	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	Hi Retroplay, I have found a crack of Eye of the Beholder with a startup text by Fast Eddie (in danish of course ). It's in the zone

18 October 2008, 20:13	#4
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	You're welcome I found that 'The Mailman' was a member of Paradox, but I haven't found a disk with a startup text with him yet When I stumble over one i'll let you know There should be a first disk of a crack/release of Mortal Kombat II by him (I have disks 2, 3 and 4 with his name in the bootblock).

18 October 2008, 20:17	#5
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	I clearly remember he (Mailman) added his signature to the Ministry crack of Waxworks. Imagine the agony when I was about to enter the graveyard and disk 5 was fuxored. Ah the good old days.

18 October 2008, 20:33	#6
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	Hehe, ah yes these nice broken cracks that turned out after many hours of playing Maybe someone with a full TOSEC set can search for 'Fast Eddie' and 'The Mailman' with a fulltext search on the disks. That way I found EOB and MK2

19 October 2008, 00:02	#8
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	The EOB disk is still in TOSEC. It's now called 'Eye of the Beholder (1991)(SSI)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr SKR][h SKR].adf'. Like I said run a fulltext search on the content of the files (not only the titles). There should be more stuff from the the two guys in TOSEC

19 October 2008, 00:37	#9
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	Fulltext search.. Like for example using Total Commander with AmigaDX plugin ?

19 October 2008, 06:48	#10
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	Sorry, for not being very clear. In TC open the find files dialog (Alt + F7), check the 'Find text' checkbox and enter your text there. This will find all disks where the text is contained in ASCII. I really hope you find some more this way

19 October 2008, 14:03	#11
bLAZER Awesome to the max Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gothenburg / Sweden Age: 48 Posts: 1,006	That will not guarantee to find the text though... the text may be compressed or stored differently..

19 October 2008, 14:13	#12
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,813	Okay, I should have said 'where the text is contained in uncompressed ASCII' Another method might be to look at each Skid Row and Paradox release and look for the text...

19 October 2008, 17:14	#13
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,122	I found Mailmans sig (Mailman - part of the Skid Row family) on one of the Goblins 2 disks, however he's got more than one sig as it's not like the one I remember. He were advertising for Amiga, PC and SNES games in the one I remember. I bought my first Super Wild Card from him as he also advertised/sold SNES copiers. Also found yet another Fast Eddie sig on a Skid Row version of Moonstone.

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