Arsenal FC (Thalamus) - Pics of unreleased game found for HOL!!!

DrBong · 03 June 2007, 21:45

Hi EAB peeps!

I've managed to unearth from some dusty archives and mouldy, moth-eaten records a few Amiga pics of unreleased footy game Arsenal FC.

Thalamus was supposed to release it in late '92, but it went into receivership. Unfortunately, Arsenal FC along with a bunch of other Amiga games (SUB, Nobby the Aardvark, Restrictor, Street Warriors, Delta Patrol) went down the gurgler at the same time, with Thalamus leaving behind not so much as a demo of any of the game titles to be savoured (or ridiculed, as the case may be!) by the Amiga masses.

Curiously, the Arsenal FC titlescreen was in HAM6 format and previews said the game was going to include a lot of static HAM6 screens.......but I only found the one in the Thalamus archive I got the pics from.

Anyway, I've updated the HOL entry of Arsenal FC, so have a looksy at the little-seen before pics of this Amiga game for yourself:

http://hol.abime.net/3529

Codetapper · 04 June 2007, 00:13

Shouldn't the game be marked as unreleased if it never came out?

Methanoid · 04 June 2007, 08:47

Bah, just as well it wasnt released... ArsenaL? It should have been <InSERT FAVE CLUB Name> FC!!

DrBong · 04 June 2007, 13:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codetapper

Shouldn't the game be marked as unreleased if it never came out?

Bugger.......thought it already was marked as that before the update. Good eyes. Fixed!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanoid

Bah, just as well it wasnt released... ArsenaL? It should have been <InSERT FAVE CLUB Name> FC!!

So you follow another London team or do you hail from elsewhere? Hope you're not a Man Utd supporter!

Methanoid · 05 June 2007, 00:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrBong

Bugger.......thought it already was marked as that before the update. Good eyes. Fixed!

So you follow another London team or do you hail from elsewhere? Hope you're not a Man Utd supporter!

Hell the Arse are just like ManUre.. all the "supporters" come from outside the area... my London club are very London based... (apart from that Aussie defender we have)... :-)

Seriously tho.. no offence to the Arse-bandits

vroom6sri · 05 June 2007, 09:52

Play up, POMPEY. POMPEY, play up!

EmuChicken · 08 June 2007, 17:19

Carlisle United!!!! All The Way!

DrBong · 08 June 2007, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanoid

Hell the Arse are just like ManUre.. all the "supporters" come from outside the area... my London club are very London based... (apart from that Aussie defender we have)... :-)

Oki dokie......I'm guessing you're a West Ham supporter with Lucas Neill being the Aussie defender?! Out of curiosity, how many bloody London teams are there in the Premier League 1st division?

Graham Humphrey · 08 June 2007, 19:46

In the Premiership there are five: Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham.

In the Chamionship there are three: Charlton, Crystal Palace and QPR.

In League One there are two: Leyton Orient and Millwall.

In League Two there are three: Barnet, Brentford and Dagenham & Redbridge.

So in total that's 13 out of 92 clubs that are London-based (I'm sure someone will correct me if I've missed out any). I thought there was more than that but there you go.

DrBong · 08 June 2007, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

In the Premiership there are five: Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham.

I guess knowing 4/5 wasn't too bad considering I'm an Aussie Rules fan!

vroom6sri · 15 June 2007, 00:13

Pompey (aka Portsmouth FC) are the only Premiership team that matters. I got married there (the stadium) nearly a year ago to my GAWJUSS wife who is a huge Pompey fan. I never even tolerated football before I met her. My sports used to have to have a certain amount of violence and agression so boxing or rugby really.

COME ON, POMPEY!

mai · 26 September 2012, 18:49

was there any demo available before?

at least i have found playable demo.

DrBong · 14 August 2013, 13:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

was there any demo available before?

at least i have found playable demo.

Reply to an old post, I know. No, a playable demo was never released to the masses AFAIK.

Could you upload this please?

DrBong · 29 June 2016, 23:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

was there any demo available before?

at least i have found playable demo.

<bump> It would be nice to see this playable demo of Arsenal FC. Can you upload it to the Zone please mai?

I'd like to make some more screenshots for HOL. I'm sure a few football fans here wouldn't mind seeing how it plays either!

mai · 17 July 2016, 20:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrBong

<bump> It would be nice to see this playable demo of Arsenal FC. Can you upload it to the Zone please mai?

I'd like to make some more screenshots for HOL. I'm sure a few football fans here wouldn't mind seeing how it plays either!

Sorry for delay!

ADF is in the zone now.

DrBong · 26 July 2016, 22:55

@mai
No worries about the delay!

Huge thanks for the upload!!

For the life of me, I just can't remember Scoopex releasing this demo. Wonder where they got it from because Thalamus never released any magazine coverdisk slideshows or playable demos. The pics I found for HOL a few years back were from a slideshow preview that I found on an obscure PD disk. Anyway, thanks again......now I can grab a few more screenshots for the HOL entry!

DamienD · 08 December 2018, 18:12

...slightly off topic for this thread.

Anyone know how to get this "preview" working reliably in WinUAE?

Using a standard "ECS Agnus (Cycle-exact) / KS 1.3 ROM / 512KB Chip & 512KB Slow RAM" configuration; the game will only start playing the music / get to the title screen 1 out of 10 times...

Tried numerous different settings also but no joy; it's driving me crazy

mai · 08 December 2018, 18:59

At least A1200 with FastRAM it works!

DamienD · 08 December 2018, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

At least A1200 with FastRAM it works!

Thanks mai, yes it does then work reliably.

...that absolutely nuts though; this sort of "preview" requiring such a config!!!

Anyway...

03 June 2007, 21:45	#1
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	Arsenal FC (Thalamus) - Pics of unreleased game found for HOL!!! Hi EAB peeps! I've managed to unearth from some dusty archives and mouldy, moth-eaten records a few Amiga pics of unreleased footy game Arsenal FC. Thalamus was supposed to release it in late '92, but it went into receivership. Unfortunately, Arsenal FC along with a bunch of other Amiga games (SUB, Nobby the Aardvark, Restrictor, Street Warriors, Delta Patrol) went down the gurgler at the same time, with Thalamus leaving behind not so much as a demo of any of the game titles to be savoured (or ridiculed, as the case may be!) by the Amiga masses. Curiously, the Arsenal FC titlescreen was in HAM6 format and previews said the game was going to include a lot of static HAM6 screens.......but I only found the one in the Thalamus archive I got the pics from. Anyway, I've updated the HOL entry of Arsenal FC, so have a looksy at the little-seen before pics of this Amiga game for yourself: http://hol.abime.net/3529 Last edited by DrBong; 29 June 2016 at 22:59.

26 September 2012, 18:49	#12
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	was there any demo available before? at least i have found playable demo. Last edited by mai; 26 September 2012 at 18:56.

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Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Shouldn't the game be marked as unreleased if it never came out?

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Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Bah, just as well it wasnt released... ArsenaL? It should have been <InSERT FAVE CLUB Name> FC!!

05 June 2007, 09:52	#6
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 841	Play up, POMPEY. POMPEY, play up!

08 June 2007, 17:19	#7
EmuChicken Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nagoya, Japan (moved!) Age: 41 Posts: 746	Carlisle United!!!! All The Way!

08 June 2007, 19:46	#9
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	In the Premiership there are five: Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham. In the Chamionship there are three: Charlton, Crystal Palace and QPR. In League One there are two: Leyton Orient and Millwall. In League Two there are three: Barnet, Brentford and Dagenham & Redbridge. So in total that's 13 out of 92 clubs that are London-based (I'm sure someone will correct me if I've missed out any). I thought there was more than that but there you go.

15 June 2007, 00:13	#11
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 841	Pompey (aka Portsmouth FC) are the only Premiership team that matters. I got married there (the stadium) nearly a year ago to my GAWJUSS wife who is a huge Pompey fan. I never even tolerated football before I met her. My sports used to have to have a certain amount of violence and agression so boxing or rugby really. COME ON, POMPEY!

26 July 2016, 22:55	#16
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	@mai No worries about the delay! Huge thanks for the upload!! For the life of me, I just can't remember Scoopex releasing this demo. Wonder where they got it from because Thalamus never released any magazine coverdisk slideshows or playable demos. The pics I found for HOL a few years back were from a slideshow preview that I found on an obscure PD disk. Anyway, thanks again......now I can grab a few more screenshots for the HOL entry!

08 December 2018, 18:12	#17
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	...slightly off topic for this thread. Anyone know how to get this "preview" working reliably in WinUAE? Using a standard "ECS Agnus (Cycle-exact) / KS 1.3 ROM / 512KB Chip & 512KB Slow RAM" configuration; the game will only start playing the music / get to the title screen 1 out of 10 times... Tried numerous different settings also but no joy; it's driving me crazy

08 December 2018, 18:59	#18
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	At least A1200 with FastRAM it works!

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