Amiga Coverdisk nostalia / Project Idea

mcbpete · 02 May 2005, 01:24

Hi !

First new thread on here, so hopefully I've put it in the right place! Anyway, owning the Amiga from quite an early age (9 years old) I rarely could afford any new games (occasionally the odd budget game and on birthdays/Christmas the luxery of a full price game). So for many years most of my Amiga joy came from coverdisk demos/pd games with the occastional full game on there.

So to come across a site like this one has just overwhelmed me in nostalgic memories (actually to be totally honest I actually had tears in my eyes, it was like seeing almost a whole decade of memories in one place

).

So anyway, the site has almost every single coverdisk I can remember owning and all in handy zipped .adf's. Now the thing is, they're not amazingly named and there's very little detail about the disk itself so I was wondering about doing an Amiga Coverdisk project. I've seen a couple of good ones in the past (here and here for example) but they don't seem to be maintained at the moment. It'd be nice to have something like a separate page for each disk offering a disk scan, screenshots from each program etc. etc. (probably very similar to the amigacoverdisks.emuunlim.com site actually, but with slighty better w3c compliance and quicker navigation) Unfortunatly I've very little time at the moment with exams coming up but I was wondering what other people here thought about the idea?

Pete...

Muzkat · 02 May 2005, 04:30

If there is a niche for it, and you won't be doing something that someone else has done well, then go for it. I think it's a great idea. My knowledge of Coverdisks is quite limited however.

Good luck!

alexh · 02 May 2005, 10:42

There is work being developed by CodeTapper in the HOL vein. If you have magazines & disks you can scan, post links to disk images (not sure if Codetapper knows PlanetEmu has all disk images?) it's a HUGE project with 1000's of hours work. When it's ready for a preview I am sure Codetapper will announce it.

mcbpete · 02 May 2005, 13:29

Ah, I knew someone on here would know of a current project going on. Well if that's the case then I look forward to it

BippyM · 02 May 2005, 14:14

Is this project going to bo combined with HOL or kept separate?

mcbpete · 02 May 2005, 15:19

From the way alexh worded it, it looks like it's gonna be a seperate project but similar in style. Alexh -> Do you know if there will be downloads of the disks available, or if it will be a database with just information about the disks (I'm assuming it'll be the former) ?

28 May 2006, 18:52

I was also thinking about something like this but combinated with a place where you can swap missing issues in your collection. I also have lots of coverdisks also a lot of dutch ones

NOB · 28 May 2006, 19:18

scans of coverdisks can be found here:

http://www.shitsite.co.uk/images/amiga-disks/

maybe this is of any use to the HOL-database.

redblade · 29 May 2006, 00:02

Yeah the coverdisk project will be cool.

Although your gonnah have to get some one to crack some of the coverdisks as some have Copy protection on it. ie Cannon Fodder demo of Amiga Power.

Uridum2 from One Amiga??

Also planetemu.net doesnt' have all the coverdisks as Game Engine is not located on it, also some of the later CU Amiga disks.

Yeah matey go full steam ahead with the site will be a good idea.

Perhaps you could extract some of the files(utils) of the disks and upload em to aminet?

mcbpete · 31 May 2006, 18:02

The updated link to the french planetemu site is here: http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=376

I think I was a bit hasty with my enthusiasm a year ago when I was gonna set this up. For one I have very little webspace, let alone anything with PHP/mySql support for any kind of structured back end. I don't want to tread on anyones toes if another similar project IS going on. But yeah, it'd be great to see this project continue, but for now I guess we just wait....

Solid Snake · 31 May 2006, 20:44

A great project idea. One site where you could find (nearly) every magazine cover disk that was published for the Amiga. You could set up a search feature, alphabetic access, scans of labels, etc. This would be quite an ambitious project which I am sure many Amigans will support and help complete. I wish you all the best!

31 July 2006, 13:02

Hi I have some coverdisk scans (but not ADF images) available. There are Amiga Shopper, Amiga Computing, Amiga Power, Amiga Format, CU Amiga, Amiga User InternationalAmiga Action and The One scans. If you need them, let me know at carlhandley0@supanet.com. I have not finished scanning them all in yet, but I should be done by the end of the week.

Zetr0 · 31 July 2006, 13:56

One of my favourite mags that had cover CD's was Future Music, i got into it because firstly the link between Amiga format (future publishing) but also they had samples on CD for the AMIGA in IFF (16 & 8 bit stereo formats)

man did i abuse those rombler samples LOL!

However it would be a task and a half to index and store.. i have a few issues

Xeon · 31 July 2006, 17:08

I have CU Amiga Mags and coverdisks from mid 92 to mid 97, Some Amiga Format mags and disks, and Amiga Shopper also. I may have others packed away I forgot about.

If I could be any help to this project or projects let me know. I dont have a scanner but do have a digital cam, and a Amiga. The only factor would be finding some time to do it.

hipoonios · 18 August 2006, 15:03

Did anyone know if it's allowed to spread these old coverdisks/disksmags? I have them all for download on my website. But someone have have reported to my host that these files is still copyrighted. If this is true, I will of course remove them.

ChrisNZ · 30 August 2006, 18:19

WOW thanks you just answer my question for a demo / coverdisk source. I'm thinking of a Mp3 cover disk section to my site and quite a few people have requested cover disk demo music etc etc.

Only problem is im busy too with trying to add amiga game music Mp3s.. Still hundreds of games to go. over 400 mp3s and 1gig later I have only covered a fraction of good game tunes heh

But thanks for the source i needed. Purhaps demo music Mp3 section might be added in the future.

Good luck with the coverdisk project!

gimbal · 30 August 2006, 20:54

Anyone know if the "son of zeus" coverdisk is among the unnamed amiga action coverdisks on planetemu? I can't seemed to find the magazine in my archives...

mcbpete · 31 August 2006, 14:41

Yep, I've just a downloading session of the unlabelled ones. It's the one named:

Amiga Action - Issue xx - Coverdisk 28 (199x)(Europress Interactive)(UK).zip

EDIT: I've upped the .adf to the Zone.

dirkies · 31 August 2006, 21:17

I got TONS of Amiga Computing coverdisks, I'll see if I find the time to investigate how to scan them if there are ones missing...

Galaxy · 01 September 2006, 07:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcbpete

Amiga Action - Issue xx - Coverdisk 28 (199x)(Europress Interactive)(UK).zip

Coverdisk 28 (and also 27) was on issue no. 31 (April 1992) for those who are interested.

02 May 2005, 01:24	#1
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	Amiga Coverdisk nostalia / Project Idea Hi ! First new thread on here, so hopefully I've put it in the right place! Anyway, owning the Amiga from quite an early age (9 years old) I rarely could afford any new games (occasionally the odd budget game and on birthdays/Christmas the luxery of a full price game). So for many years most of my Amiga joy came from coverdisk demos/pd games with the occastional full game on there. So to come across a site like this one has just overwhelmed me in nostalgic memories (actually to be totally honest I actually had tears in my eyes, it was like seeing almost a whole decade of memories in one place ). So anyway, the site has almost every single coverdisk I can remember owning and all in handy zipped .adf's. Now the thing is, they're not amazingly named and there's very little detail about the disk itself so I was wondering about doing an Amiga Coverdisk project. I've seen a couple of good ones in the past (here and here for example) but they don't seem to be maintained at the moment. It'd be nice to have something like a separate page for each disk offering a disk scan, screenshots from each program etc. etc. (probably very similar to the amigacoverdisks.emuunlim.com site actually, but with slighty better w3c compliance and quicker navigation) Unfortunatly I've very little time at the moment with exams coming up but I was wondering what other people here thought about the idea? Pete... Last edited by mcbpete; 02 May 2005 at 01:37.

31 May 2006, 18:02	#10
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	The updated link to the french planetemu site is here: http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=376 I think I was a bit hasty with my enthusiasm a year ago when I was gonna set this up. For one I have very little webspace, let alone anything with PHP/mySql support for any kind of structured back end. I don't want to tread on anyones toes if another similar project IS going on. But yeah, it'd be great to see this project continue, but for now I guess we just wait.... Last edited by mcbpete; 04 June 2006 at 02:31.

31 August 2006, 14:41	#18
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	Yep, I've just a downloading session of the unlabelled ones. It's the one named: Amiga Action - Issue xx - Coverdisk 28 (199x)(Europress Interactive)(UK).zip EDIT: I've upped the .adf to the Zone. Last edited by mcbpete; 01 September 2006 at 01:01.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
cd32 project idea i challenge ...	sian	request.Other	11	15 June 2013 19:34
Best stuff to learn C programming for Amiga (plus project idea/questions)	BulletMagnet83	New to Emulation or Amiga scene	9	30 July 2012 02:36
My project idea - Is it worthwhile?	Gordon	Hardware mods	14	29 January 2009 13:09
project idea	Gordon	Nostalgia & memories	4	24 March 2007 12:07
An Amiga site with almost every Amiga game (adfs and cds). Good idea/project?	Ironclaw	Retrogaming General Discussion	19	11 April 2006 20:58

02 May 2005, 04:30	#2
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,426	If there is a niche for it, and you won't be doing something that someone else has done well, then go for it. I think it's a great idea. My knowledge of Coverdisks is quite limited however. Good luck!

02 May 2005, 10:42	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	There is work being developed by CodeTapper in the HOL vein. If you have magazines & disks you can scan, post links to disk images (not sure if Codetapper knows PlanetEmu has all disk images?) it's a HUGE project with 1000's of hours work. When it's ready for a preview I am sure Codetapper will announce it.

02 May 2005, 13:29	#4
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	Ah, I knew someone on here would know of a current project going on. Well if that's the case then I look forward to it

02 May 2005, 14:14	#5
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Is this project going to bo combined with HOL or kept separate?

02 May 2005, 15:19	#6
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	From the way alexh worded it, it looks like it's gonna be a seperate project but similar in style. Alexh -> Do you know if there will be downloads of the disks available, or if it will be a database with just information about the disks (I'm assuming it'll be the former) ?

28 May 2006, 18:52	#7
aminicle Posts: n/a	I was also thinking about something like this but combinated with a place where you can swap missing issues in your collection. I also have lots of coverdisks also a lot of dutch ones

28 May 2006, 19:18	#8
NOB Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 424	scans of coverdisks can be found here: http://www.shitsite.co.uk/images/amiga-disks/ maybe this is of any use to the HOL-database.

29 May 2006, 00:02	#9
redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 40 Posts: 2,127	Yeah the coverdisk project will be cool. Although your gonnah have to get some one to crack some of the coverdisks as some have Copy protection on it. ie Cannon Fodder demo of Amiga Power. Uridum2 from One Amiga?? Also planetemu.net doesnt' have all the coverdisks as Game Engine is not located on it, also some of the later CU Amiga disks. Yeah matey go full steam ahead with the site will be a good idea. Perhaps you could extract some of the files(utils) of the disks and upload em to aminet?

31 May 2006, 20:44	#11
Solid Snake Wonderful World Of Amiga Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 359	A great project idea. One site where you could find (nearly) every magazine cover disk that was published for the Amiga. You could set up a search feature, alphabetic access, scans of labels, etc. This would be quite an ambitious project which I am sure many Amigans will support and help complete. I wish you all the best!

31 July 2006, 13:02	#12
UK Bad Ass Posts: n/a	Hi I have some coverdisk scans (but not ADF images) available. There are Amiga Shopper, Amiga Computing, Amiga Power, Amiga Format, CU Amiga, Amiga User InternationalAmiga Action and The One scans. If you need them, let me know at carlhandley0@supanet.com. I have not finished scanning them all in yet, but I should be done by the end of the week.

31 July 2006, 13:56	#13
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	One of my favourite mags that had cover CD's was Future Music, i got into it because firstly the link between Amiga format (future publishing) but also they had samples on CD for the AMIGA in IFF (16 & 8 bit stereo formats) man did i abuse those rombler samples LOL! However it would be a task and a half to index and store.. i have a few issues

31 July 2006, 17:08	#14
Xeon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York, USA Posts: 32	I have CU Amiga Mags and coverdisks from mid 92 to mid 97, Some Amiga Format mags and disks, and Amiga Shopper also. I may have others packed away I forgot about. If I could be any help to this project or projects let me know. I dont have a scanner but do have a digital cam, and a Amiga. The only factor would be finding some time to do it.

18 August 2006, 15:03	#15
hipoonios Amiga Hardcore Gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 1,207	Did anyone know if it's allowed to spread these old coverdisks/disksmags? I have them all for download on my website. But someone have have reported to my host that these files is still copyrighted. If this is true, I will of course remove them.

30 August 2006, 18:19	#16
ChrisNZ Amiga Mp3 creator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Denia / Spain Age: 43 Posts: 27	WOW thanks you just answer my question for a demo / coverdisk source. I'm thinking of a Mp3 cover disk section to my site and quite a few people have requested cover disk demo music etc etc. Only problem is im busy too with trying to add amiga game music Mp3s.. Still hundreds of games to go. over 400 mp3s and 1gig later I have only covered a fraction of good game tunes heh But thanks for the source i needed. Purhaps demo music Mp3 section might be added in the future. Good luck with the coverdisk project!

30 August 2006, 20:54	#17
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,905	Anyone know if the "son of zeus" coverdisk is among the unnamed amiga action coverdisks on planetemu? I can't seemed to find the magazine in my archives...

31 August 2006, 21:17	#19
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	I got TONS of Amiga Computing coverdisks, I'll see if I find the time to investigate how to scan them if there are ones missing...

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)