Ambermoon Slideshow

Gerry · 17 February 2007, 12:18

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this board and I hope that I post this request at the right place.

While surfing the net, I found an interesting looking file called "AMBERMD.LHA" which should be an Ambermoon Slideshow by Thalion. I tried to download the file but it didn't work. Some screens in a foreign language appeared (I guess some "Log in form"). I didn't manage to register or login because I don't understand the language.

URL of the website: http://www.mbnet.fi/Apaja/alueet/tie...rder=ASC&All=1

File URL: http://www.mbnet.fi/Apaja/Kopioi.asp.../AMBERMD%2ELHA

Is anybody able to understand the language, download the file and post it here? I didn't find another source for that file in the net.

Thanks for your help.

Gerry

viddi · 17 February 2007, 13:48

Welcome to EAB, Gerry

I´m interested in this slideshow as well.
Where are our finish Amiga friends?

DamienD · 17 February 2007, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by viddi

Welcome to EAB, Gerry

I´m interested in this slideshow as well.
Where are our finish Amiga friends?

Shite, this thread appears and it's the day that my Finnish girlfriend flew out to Africa

...otherwise she would have definitely helped out

Maybe Jope or Toni can assist?

macce2 · 17 February 2007, 23:59

I just tried that Ambermoon slideshow on the Real Amiga.
It works fine and is English language, doesn't need to speak any Finnish ;-)

Btw, I just tried that great game Ambermoon and noticed that saving game state didn't work at all. I got some strange message about i/o error and then the game quit to dos.
I think i need the Ambermoon save disk. It would be nice if it could be uploaded to the Z.

ps. how about whd-installed Ambermoon, does it exist ?

Thanks in advance, great athmospheric game ! ;-)

Gerry · 18 February 2007, 00:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by macce2

I just tried that Ambermoon slideshow on the Real Amiga.
It works fine and is English language, doesn't need to speak any Finnish ;-)

Hi,

how did you manage to download the file? Could you post it in "The Zone!" please?

Gerry

macce2 · 18 February 2007, 00:21

@Gerry and other

Just uploaded it to the Z.
I did manage to download it because I'm really Finnish and I have rights to access the site of the Finnish cmagazine "Mikrobitti". :-)

Gerry · 18 February 2007, 00:25

That's great!

Thank you very much for your help.

DamienD · 18 February 2007, 00:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by macce2

I think i need the Ambermoon save disk. It would be nice if it could be uploaded to the Z.

macca2, Disk 10 is a save disk...

You can get this from PlanetEmu Ambermoon (1994)(Thalion)(Disk 10 of 10)(J)

macce2 · 18 February 2007, 01:43

@DamienD

Thanks. I already get the game to work, by making a new installation (with WinUAE). :-)

So, it works, but there was some known bugs in English version of AM.
Maybe some helpful soul will help with them.

Well, how about some kind of Ambermoon "remake" project ..? :-)

DamienD · 18 February 2007, 01:51

Hey macce2,

Hmmm, I think there is a know list of bugs with the English version of Ambermoon (as you've discovered)...

I'm sure there's a list of all known / found bugs somewhere

You should really ask the Thalion god i.e. alexh. Check out his webshrine

If memory serves me correctly the English version was very, very hard to find and it was alexh who managed to track it down

macce2 · 18 February 2007, 02:37

@DamienD

Thanks, Damien. That's a good idea to ask alexh about that, I thought that too.
Btw, I liked Amberstar too, only a bit too difficult to me.

DamienD · 18 February 2007, 02:48

TBH I've never really played either for more than 5 minutes...

Not really my type of games.

Retro-Nerd · 18 February 2007, 02:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

TBH I've never really played either for more than 5 minutes...

Not really my type of games.

No explosions, guns & stuff. Right, Damien.

DamienD · 18 February 2007, 03:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

No explosions, guns & stuff. Right, Damien.

Nah, that's not me my friend...

I'm an old school arcade head at heart

Gerry · 18 February 2007, 06:55

Hi,

thanks to everyone for your help

I converted the Ambermoon slideshow to HTML and offer a bootable adf-file for download (http://mitglied.lycos.de/thalionsour..._Slideshow.htm).

Have a nice sunday.

Gerry

viddi · 18 February 2007, 10:51

Great, Gerry and the others. Thanks

alexh · 18 February 2007, 17:26

As soon as the Thalion Webshrine gets back (we recently lost our hosting after 9 years) we'll release the data files with all of the fixes for Ambermoon.

I've been holding out because the fixes could have more bugs than the originals but I guess that if no-one ever tries them we'll never know.

frikilokooo · 04 March 2007, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by macce2

Btw, I just tried that great game Ambermoon and noticed that saving game state didn't work at all. I got some strange message about i/o error and then the game quit to dos.
I think i need the Ambermoon save disk. It would be nice if it could be uploaded to the Z.

ps. how about whd-installed Ambermoon, does it exist ?

Thanks in advance, great athmospheric game ! ;-)

I know as it is problem, you must place the bar compatibility of the A1200 in just in the middle, I know that it is not logical but I assure to you that works.Your never you use savestates with ambermoon because you will spoil savedisk.I think that you must install the game in HD and use the patch, is necessary to often change of discs in the version of floppies

macce2 · 05 March 2007, 13:02

@frikilokooo

Thanks for help, but I already got the game to work ;-)

17 February 2007, 12:18	#1
Gerry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 213	Ambermoon Slideshow Hello everyone, I'm new to this board and I hope that I post this request at the right place. While surfing the net, I found an interesting looking file called "AMBERMD.LHA" which should be an Ambermoon Slideshow by Thalion. I tried to download the file but it didn't work. Some screens in a foreign language appeared (I guess some "Log in form"). I didn't manage to register or login because I don't understand the language. URL of the website: http://www.mbnet.fi/Apaja/alueet/tie...rder=ASC&All=1 File URL: http://www.mbnet.fi/Apaja/Kopioi.asp.../AMBERMD%2ELHA Is anybody able to understand the language, download the file and post it here? I didn't find another source for that file in the net. Thanks for your help. Gerry

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17 February 2007, 13:48	#2
viddi Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 4,007	Welcome to EAB, Gerry I´m interested in this slideshow as well. Where are our finish Amiga friends?

17 February 2007, 23:59	#4
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	I just tried that Ambermoon slideshow on the Real Amiga. It works fine and is English language, doesn't need to speak any Finnish ;-) Btw, I just tried that great game Ambermoon and noticed that saving game state didn't work at all. I got some strange message about i/o error and then the game quit to dos. I think i need the Ambermoon save disk. It would be nice if it could be uploaded to the Z. ps. how about whd-installed Ambermoon, does it exist ? Thanks in advance, great athmospheric game ! ;-)

18 February 2007, 00:21	#6
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	@Gerry and other Just uploaded it to the Z. I did manage to download it because I'm really Finnish and I have rights to access the site of the Finnish cmagazine "Mikrobitti". :-)

18 February 2007, 00:25	#7
Gerry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 213	That's great! Thank you very much for your help.

18 February 2007, 01:43	#9
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	@DamienD Thanks. I already get the game to work, by making a new installation (with WinUAE). :-) So, it works, but there was some known bugs in English version of AM. Maybe some helpful soul will help with them. Well, how about some kind of Ambermoon "remake" project ..? :-)

18 February 2007, 01:51	#10
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Hey macce2, Hmmm, I think there is a know list of bugs with the English version of Ambermoon (as you've discovered)... I'm sure there's a list of all known / found bugs somewhere You should really ask the Thalion god i.e. alexh. Check out his webshrine If memory serves me correctly the English version was very, very hard to find and it was alexh who managed to track it down

18 February 2007, 02:37	#11
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	@DamienD Thanks, Damien. That's a good idea to ask alexh about that, I thought that too. Btw, I liked Amberstar too, only a bit too difficult to me.

18 February 2007, 02:48	#12
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	TBH I've never really played either for more than 5 minutes... Not really my type of games.

18 February 2007, 06:55	#15
Gerry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 213	Hi, thanks to everyone for your help I converted the Ambermoon slideshow to HTML and offer a bootable adf-file for download (http://mitglied.lycos.de/thalionsour..._Slideshow.htm). Have a nice sunday. Gerry

18 February 2007, 10:51	#16
viddi Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 4,007	Great, Gerry and the others. Thanks

18 February 2007, 17:26	#17
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	As soon as the Thalion Webshrine gets back (we recently lost our hosting after 9 years) we'll release the data files with all of the fixes for Ambermoon. I've been holding out because the fixes could have more bugs than the originals but I guess that if no-one ever tries them we'll never know.

05 March 2007, 13:02	#19
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	@frikilokooo Thanks for help, but I already got the game to work ;-)

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