Putty Squad Amiga Released

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by wanderer

Leave it at that, guys. It's great news. I understand Dokugogagoji feelings. It's been 20 years after all, and probably some Amiga users that would have really loved to play it, might now be... dead.

However, it's out today (thanks to System 3 and to the valid efforts of some EAB members, too), it's free, and the past is the past. Let the game begin and be thankful that the Amiga still inspires us, with such high-profile releases.

It's been a great year and the next will be even better.

^ this.

I appreciate that lots would have loved to have played it in the past, but the past is gone, and for whatever reasons it wasn't released, nothing can be done about it.

Let's just enjoy it for what it is and move on and not hold grudges, because there's plenty of other completed games that likely will never see the light of day.

Be thankful we have it, and not necessarily linger on just how long it took to get here.

[viddi]

Agreed!

[BarryB]

Could this amazing story inspire those other lost, but completed, games to surface? We can only hope, as we did with Putty Squad and look what happened

Also, did System 3 ever consider putting a 'Donate' button on the Putty Squad page?

[Gordon]

Exactly 20 years after getting the original putty with my A600. This is such a wonderful present. Thank you to all who made this happen!

[RCK]

Incredible news !
I'm so much exited, thanks at all the Amiga community and System3 for this release

[sokolovic]

It seems that not everybody in the Amiga community is listening to the wishes of System 3 and EAB :

http://www.retroportablesparadise.co...commodore.html

[MethodGit]

I'll admit to feeling a touch of giddyness on Xmas Eve when I checked - of all places - the WHDLoad site (I seem to look at it each day now out of interest) and noticed not only the first "New: XXXX (XXXX) done by Codetapper" in an ice age , but the fact the game's name was "Putty Squad". Without the "Demo" at the end. That's when I rushed over to EAB to check out the news for myself, followed by a visit of System 3's page, then to the download link, and then my contribution to their download counter. (Would it be okay to redownload it a few more times just to bump it up?)


Must remember to join System 3's FB page to give them a little thanks and a Happy Christmas. A big thanks of course must also go to Santa Galahad!

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by TCD

WHDLoad install available: http://whdload.de/games/PuttySquad.html

HOL screenshots: http://hol.abime.net/4395/screenshot

Just installed it on my real amiga

Works perfect so far. I feel like im dreaming.

[Chain]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

It seems that not everybody in the Amiga community is listening to the wishes of System 3 and EAB :

http://www.retroportablesparadise.co...commodore.html

someone able to write in spain please contact them...

[Mrs Beanbag]

I haven't been able to get it to work on my HxC floppy emulator, don't know what I'm doing wrong. It boots, mangles the screen and then crashes.

[Minuous]

Originally Posted by Chain

someone able to write in spain please contact them...

About what exactly? As already mentioned, the licence explicitly states that it is freely distributable. Surely if anything they are doing System 3 a favour by mirrorring it, thereby saving them some bandwidth.

[alkis21]

I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone involved. Apart from the obvious importance of having any resurrected Amiga game in our hands, I must say that this particular title is fantastic. What a great Christmas present!

[BarryB]

Originally Posted by Minuous

About what exactly? As already mentioned, the licence explicitly states that it is freely distributable. Surely if anything they are doing System 3 a favour by mirrorring it, thereby saving them some bandwidth.

I think it was a request by System 3 to link to their site until the new year to gauge how well it's being received by the number of downloads from their site. They should have put this in the readme then uploaded a new one with the current licence in the new year.

[onkelarie]

I just visited system3.com and grabbed my copy. Merry Xmas everyone and hats off to all involved making this happening!

[Bamiga2002]

Can't believe this shit!
Merry xmas everybody, this game rocks!
Thanks all involved - especially EAB folk!

[vitux]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

It seems that not everybody in the Amiga community is listening to the wishes of System 3 and EAB :

http://www.retroportablesparadise.co...commodore.html

I'm Spanish, but I SWEAR I AM NOT.
I have only one blog of Amiga and is Wordpress and posted links System3.

[amiman99]

I have some virgin DS/DD floppy disks that I was saving for something special, and looks like I found it!
Works great on NTSC (In PAL mode) A.T. A1200 with Blizzard IV 50MHz.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen.

[ant512]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

It seems that not everybody in the Amiga community is listening to the wishes of System 3 and EAB :

http://www.retroportablesparadise.co...commodore.html

That would be the reason publishers abandoned the platform, after all. Did you expect anything else?

Fantastic Chrimble prezzie, though!

[BarryB]

Originally Posted by amiman99

I have some virgin DS/DD floppy disks that I was saving for something special, and looks like I found it!
Works great on NTSC (In PAL mode) A.T. A1200 with Blizzard IV 50MHz.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen.

Lol, works fine on two of my special 20 year old disks too, must have been saving those for this occasion too

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by BarryB

Lol, works fine on two of my special 20 year old disks too, must have been saving those for this occasion too