Sunny shine on the funny side of life

mc68060 · 15 March 2015, 13:11

The game "Sunny Shine on the Funny Side of Life", created by Rainbow Arts for Philip Morris in 1990, and featuring music by Chris Hülsbeck has now appeared on ebay.de for a very expensive price, but it's fully boxed with instructions and two disks.

The Hall of Light page about the game at http://hol.abime.net/4839 is pretty much empty. There aren't even any screenshots. Exotica also doesn't have the Hülsbeck music.

Is this game really that rare that we don't even have screenshots or the Hülsbeck soundtrack? Does anybody have it? Is it in TOSEC or CAPS?

Boris Schneider-Johne, producer of the game, apparently once mentioned that the game is utter crap but still it would be nice to see it in action and preserve it.

Anyone?

Retro-Nerd · 15 March 2015, 14:29

Sorry, it's Collectors4life aka BastiBS again. The price is ridiculous. No collector will buy it.

mc68060 · 15 March 2015, 15:36

I don't know the seller (except that his prices are really ridiculous) but if the game is really that rare and if there's really nobody who has it, maybe we should consider a community effort to buy it just to preserve it in CAPS or TOSEC and get that Hülsbeck music. If many people 'donate' it wouldn't be that expensive...

But still, I can't imagine that there is nobody who has got this game...

StingRay · 15 March 2015, 18:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by mc68060

maybe we should consider a community effort to buy it just to preserve it in CAPS or TOSEC and get that Hülsbeck music.

Such rip-off merchants as BastiBS shouldn't be supported. At all!

Superman · 15 March 2015, 19:21

lol thats an outrageous price

mc68060 · 15 March 2015, 19:54

I totally agree but it seems that so far nobody has this game so the price could also be seen as some kind of blackmail against people wanting to preserve it because it was made by the legendary Rainbow Arts and Hülsbeck. He seems to have a return policy, though, so one could just order and return it again

Gzegzolka · 15 March 2015, 21:22

Well I think that some community donation project could save this title, but first I would like to know it's actually working game not fake.

Adrian Browne · 15 March 2015, 21:32

Fuck that! Silly money. Someone must have a copy of this game somewhere?
Are we sure it's not on an emulation/rom site?

Arnie · 15 March 2015, 22:07

The only copy that I've come across was for the C64, and It's in German.

mc68060 · 15 March 2015, 22:51

I think the Amiga version is also in German because it was a promotional game for a German audience. Still, they sold it for 59.90 Deutschmarks according to the ad shown on Hall of Light. This wasn't much cheaper than normal commercial games. Somebody suggested an alternative price on ebay now... let's hope that whoever gets his hands on this will share it with the community and especially the Hülsbeck soundtrack.

Arnie · 15 March 2015, 23:05

I did find an (supposedly) English version for the C64 but the disks wouldn't load.

Retro-Nerd · 15 March 2015, 23:33

These are fan translations from scene groups. The Lotus & Crazy crack is in Gamebase 64 and works fine as it seems.

http://csdb.dk/release/?id=3749

Arnie · 15 March 2015, 23:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

These are fan translations from scene groups. The Lotus & Crazy crack is in Gamebase 64 and works fine as it seems.

http://csdb.dk/release/?id=3749

That's the one I tried in C64 forever and it wouldn't load.
What do you use to load this crack?

Retro-Nerd · 15 March 2015, 23:54

WinVice 2.4.X SVN build.

http://vicebuilds.bplaced.net/

mc68060 · 16 March 2015, 01:13

I'd still prefer someone to rescue the AMIGA version of this game from the hands of this retro capitalist...

jbenam · 16 March 2015, 14:27

If that guy gets the money you can be sure that the tendency to ask a "ransom" for old undumped game will just ramp up even more.

Let him sit on it for a few years then let's try again, I'm sure he'll be more reasonable by then

mc68060 · 16 March 2015, 15:01

I doubt it... he has been around for years now and all of his prices are insane and they don't change. I'd be willing to throw in 50 bucks on a community purchase just for the purpose of preserving it...

StingRay · 16 March 2015, 18:40

Anyone who seriously considers to pay more than 1k bucks for a crappy old Amiga game needs to question his sanity...

mc68060 · 16 March 2015, 20:24

As I said before, it's not really about playing it but about preserving the legacy of Rainbow Arts for posterity... of course one could also abuse the guy's return policy to do that

Arnie · 16 March 2015, 20:39

Would still cost you £10.48 x2 shipping, and that's £20 too much for this game. The box art and disk cover scans would be more than enough to preserve this game.

15 March 2015, 13:11	#1
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	Sunny shine on the funny side of life The game "Sunny Shine on the Funny Side of Life", created by Rainbow Arts for Philip Morris in 1990, and featuring music by Chris Hülsbeck has now appeared on ebay.de for a very expensive price, but it's fully boxed with instructions and two disks. The Hall of Light page about the game at http://hol.abime.net/4839 is pretty much empty. There aren't even any screenshots. Exotica also doesn't have the Hülsbeck music. Is this game really that rare that we don't even have screenshots or the Hülsbeck soundtrack? Does anybody have it? Is it in TOSEC or CAPS? Boris Schneider-Johne, producer of the game, apparently once mentioned that the game is utter crap but still it would be nice to see it in action and preserve it. Anyone?

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15 March 2015, 14:29	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	Sorry, it's Collectors4life aka BastiBS again. The price is ridiculous. No collector will buy it.

15 March 2015, 15:36	#3
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I don't know the seller (except that his prices are really ridiculous) but if the game is really that rare and if there's really nobody who has it, maybe we should consider a community effort to buy it just to preserve it in CAPS or TOSEC and get that Hülsbeck music. If many people 'donate' it wouldn't be that expensive... But still, I can't imagine that there is nobody who has got this game...

15 March 2015, 19:21	#5
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,334	lol thats an outrageous price

15 March 2015, 19:54	#6
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I totally agree but it seems that so far nobody has this game so the price could also be seen as some kind of blackmail against people wanting to preserve it because it was made by the legendary Rainbow Arts and Hülsbeck. He seems to have a return policy, though, so one could just order and return it again

15 March 2015, 21:22	#7
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Well I think that some community donation project could save this title, but first I would like to know it's actually working game not fake.

15 March 2015, 21:32	#8
Adrian Browne Jackie Chan Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ireland Age: 46 Posts: 985	Fuck that! Silly money. Someone must have a copy of this game somewhere? Are we sure it's not on an emulation/rom site?

15 March 2015, 22:07	#9
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	The only copy that I've come across was for the C64, and It's in German.

15 March 2015, 22:51	#10
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I think the Amiga version is also in German because it was a promotional game for a German audience. Still, they sold it for 59.90 Deutschmarks according to the ad shown on Hall of Light. This wasn't much cheaper than normal commercial games. Somebody suggested an alternative price on ebay now... let's hope that whoever gets his hands on this will share it with the community and especially the Hülsbeck soundtrack.

15 March 2015, 23:05	#11
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	I did find an (supposedly) English version for the C64 but the disks wouldn't load.

15 March 2015, 23:33	#12
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	These are fan translations from scene groups. The Lotus & Crazy crack is in Gamebase 64 and works fine as it seems. http://csdb.dk/release/?id=3749

15 March 2015, 23:54	#14
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	WinVice 2.4.X SVN build. http://vicebuilds.bplaced.net/

16 March 2015, 01:13	#15
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I'd still prefer someone to rescue the AMIGA version of this game from the hands of this retro capitalist...

16 March 2015, 14:27	#16
jbenam Italian Amiga Zealot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Italy Age: 36 Posts: 1,910	If that guy gets the money you can be sure that the tendency to ask a "ransom" for old undumped game will just ramp up even more. Let him sit on it for a few years then let's try again, I'm sure he'll be more reasonable by then

16 March 2015, 15:01	#17
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I doubt it... he has been around for years now and all of his prices are insane and they don't change. I'd be willing to throw in 50 bucks on a community purchase just for the purpose of preserving it...

16 March 2015, 18:40	#18
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Anyone who seriously considers to pay more than 1k bucks for a crappy old Amiga game needs to question his sanity...

16 March 2015, 20:24	#19
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	As I said before, it's not really about playing it but about preserving the legacy of Rainbow Arts for posterity... of course one could also abuse the guy's return policy to do that

16 March 2015, 20:39	#20
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	Would still cost you £10.48 x2 shipping, and that's £20 too much for this game. The box art and disk cover scans would be more than enough to preserve this game.

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