Demos and Previews on HOL

mailman · 29 April 2007, 19:34

Was it considered to put on the HOL, next to the games, also demos and previews of them? Some demos and previews are far different from the game itself. They contain some rare pictures or even levels and events which didn't make it into the game. What do you think about it?

I have come up with this idea after playing one of the Stardust demos. Loading screen is unique, during the asteroid shoot out there are additional coins and shooting itself is different. Tunnel section presented in this demo is also far, far different from what made it into the game.

mailman · 12 May 2007, 13:35

Hmm... No opinions on that? Maybe I will tease you a bit and provide screenshots from one of the Stardust demos. As you can probably notice these shots are not available in the game.

In the other thread on EAB people discuss about shots on the game boxes. Shots which are not from the game. Some call them bogus but what if the shots were made from demos and previews and since the design of the box must be created long before the final version of the game is completed, this might be an explanation.

For me it could be quite informative if HOL could provide some information about previews and demo versions of some games with screenshots which can be so different from what is in the game.

CodyJarrett · 12 May 2007, 13:50

We sometimes do put entries for coverdisks where they are considered unique enough for a separate entry e.g. Car-Vup: The Final Frontier (http://hol.abime.net/4192/screenshot) and Rick Dangerous 2.5 (http://hol.abime.net/4954).

If the preview is quite similar to the full game and with the same name then it might be worth putting any unique screens in the existing entries and including a note about them.

mailman · 13 May 2007, 09:46

That would be nice. Any way of solving this could be good.

Galaxy · 13 May 2007, 12:32

I'd say that this is fairly low priority for us though - getting screenshots added to the games are far higher priority.

DrBong · 15 May 2007, 13:32

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

I'd say that this is fairly low priority for us though - getting screenshots added to the games are far higher priority.

Aye!

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Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

We sometimes do put entries for coverdisks where they are considered unique enough for a separate entry e.g. Car-Vup: The Final Frontier (http://hol.abime.net/4192/screenshot) and Rick Dangerous 2.5 (http://hol.abime.net/4954).

If the preview is quite similar to the full game and with the same name then it might be worth putting any unique screens in the existing entries and including a note about them.

Not much point doing it for anything other than games that differ noticeably from prerelease to final release, otherwise we end up with a lot of unnecessary replication in HOL (which we've been trying to cut-down on in recent times).

29 April 2007, 19:34	#1
mailman Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warsaw/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 2,427	Demos and Previews on HOL Was it considered to put on the HOL, next to the games, also demos and previews of them? Some demos and previews are far different from the game itself. They contain some rare pictures or even levels and events which didn't make it into the game. What do you think about it? I have come up with this idea after playing one of the Stardust demos. Loading screen is unique, during the asteroid shoot out there are additional coins and shooting itself is different. Tunnel section presented in this demo is also far, far different from what made it into the game.

12 May 2007, 13:35	#2
mailman Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warsaw/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 2,427	Hmm... No opinions on that? Maybe I will tease you a bit and provide screenshots from one of the Stardust demos. As you can probably notice these shots are not available in the game. In the other thread on EAB people discuss about shots on the game boxes. Shots which are not from the game. Some call them bogus but what if the shots were made from demos and previews and since the design of the box must be created long before the final version of the game is completed, this might be an explanation. For me it could be quite informative if HOL could provide some information about previews and demo versions of some games with screenshots which can be so different from what is in the game. Attached Thumbnails

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12 May 2007, 13:50	#3
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	We sometimes do put entries for coverdisks where they are considered unique enough for a separate entry e.g. Car-Vup: The Final Frontier (http://hol.abime.net/4192/screenshot) and Rick Dangerous 2.5 (http://hol.abime.net/4954). If the preview is quite similar to the full game and with the same name then it might be worth putting any unique screens in the existing entries and including a note about them.

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Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	I'd say that this is fairly low priority for us though - getting screenshots added to the games are far higher priority.

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