CD32.co.uk - the rebuild project

[earok]

Sadly my mega account was shut down (three complaints - Mortal Kombat, Jim Power, Breathless) so none of the downloads will be working. I don't really have the time or interest to get it all set up again and I'm not even sure I have all of the files anymore. I could maybe post some to the FTP server if there's any interest, and I'll put TimeGal somewhere.

Edit: Have started rebuilding the blog slowly. Here's the current state of things:

Re-released

• 001: TimeGal
• 002: Inherit the Earth
• 003: Heart of the Alien (+Another World/The Lost Level)

Compilation - unreleased

• 160 Games
• Alien Breed
• Big Red Adventure / Nippon Safes Inc
• Bomberman
• Boxx Trilogy
• Cannon Fodder
• Community Collection (Feb 16)
• Cybernoid 1+2
• Desert Strike/Jungle Strike/Seek & Destroy
• Earok's Birthday collection
• Eric W Schwartz collection
• Final Odyssey / Strangers
• Footbal Glory + Football Glory Indoor
• Giana Sisters
• It's a Knockout 15-16
• James Pond
• Kick Off
• Lemmings
• Mutant League Hockey
• Press Play on Pad
• Rick Dangerous
• Scorpion CD32 compilation vol 1
• Scorpion CD32 compilation vol 2
• Sensible Soccer
• Shadow of the Beast
• Solomon's Key 1 and 2
• Supercars
• Turrican
• Ultimate Fighters
• Virtual Karting 1+2
• Worms
• Zeewolf 1+2

Solo - unreleased

• 4D Sports Driving
• Aladdin
• Alien Breed 3D (No copy protection)
• Alien Breed 3D 2
• Apocalypse
• Aunt Arctic Adventure
• Canon Fodder (Standalone with FMV intro)
• Duck Tales
• Dune 2
• Empire Soccer
• F1GP
• Flappy Bird
• Flashback
• Flight of the Amazon Queen
• Giana Sisters (Standalone)
• Gods
• Jaguar XJ220
• Jumping Jack Son
• Leading Lap MVP
• Lion King
• Lionheart
• Marble Madness
• Micro Machines
• Motorhead
• Nebulus
• Nemac IV DC
• Ninja Warriors
• Prince of Persia
• Putty Squad
• Rally Championships
• Rise of the Robots SE
• Ruff N Tumble
• Slam Tilt
• Solid Gold
• Speris Legacy (no copy protection)
• Stunt Car Racer
• SWOS 16-17
• Tanks Furry
• Tearaway Thomas
• Tiny Troops
• Toki
• Tony & Friends (DE)
• Walker
• Wonderdog
• Worms (no copy protection)
• Xtreme Racing

Withdrawn

• Breathless
• Jim Power
• Mortal Kombat 1&2
• Mr Nutz

[Aladin]

bad news

[earok]

I think.. I just need some time to cool down, start buillding it from scratch again on a new Mega account. Maybe not every game, but the ones I reupload I'll try to improve in some way

[DamienD]

What, that's crazy

...sorry to hear earok.

I think I have most of your releases so can upload to the FTP if you like?

[earok]

Originally Posted by DamienD

What, that's crazy

...sorry to hear earok.

I think I have most of your releases so can upload to the FTP if you like?

That would be appreciated .. I can update the posts like on Amiga Jay's blog with instructions to find them.

For the sake of being careful the three I mentioned should not be uploaded I guess

I kind of want to remake a lot of them now that I actually know how to code and can do better interfaces etc

[ma693541]

Sad news to see. Hope to see your blog up and running in the future.

[Amiga1992]

Really sad about this :/ But don't take the baby out with the bath water.

Originally Posted by earok

For the sake of being careful the three I mentioned should not be uploaded I guess

Those games are available everywhere already anyway, so I would just coin it to bad luck and Mega being shit. It's not only cumbersome to use (I always hated it), but they are pretty much open to stupid claims from almost anything. Don't even try to get an account there again, it's fruitless.

Hosting in the FTP sounds like a good idea to me. And worrying about these hits seems pointless too, those games are available absolutely everywhere already.

You could also talk to people that have long running emulation sites to host the images, like PlanetEmu or else.

[jotd]

what's funny is that anyone can share a CD compilation containing 200+ games, but if you do a nice box with 1 title, you have problems... (same was seen for Bitmap Brothers CD32 compilation)

and you can find those games on 34265 abandonware sites. It's just that they're not showcased as beautifully as it's done on cd32.co.uk...

good luck to the project. It will continue anyway.

[earok]

@Akira @Jotd yeah it seems a little weird that my project was picked on specifically..

I think regardless I'll generally stick to more 'generic' releases from now on, with some exceptions. Maybe roll up some of the single releases into new compilations. I don't think either AmigaJay nor myself have had any problems with multipacks that don't highlight specific games or companies.

[-Acid-]

Why not simply torrent the files?

[Neil79]

Never upload files with the original names such as Mortal Kombat, Jim Power, Breathless, it's the same as people doing Zelda games sadly . Upload with names such as MK zip or JIMP Zip

[earok]

Originally Posted by Neil79

Never upload files with the original names such as Mortal Kombat, Jim Power, Breathless, it's the same as people doing Zelda games sadly . Upload with names such as MK zip or JIMP Zip

So far as I can tell you can't search Mega by filename

[ma693541]

Originally Posted by -Acid-

Why not simply torrent the files?

And who should hold the torrent tracker? We had one here at EAB before but it didn't work well over time.

[Neil79]

Originally Posted by earok

So far as I can tell you can't search Mega by filename

http://megasearch.us/?q=+amiga+games&search=Search

[Aladin]

this is strange for breathless, legal download on amiga future:

http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....ail&df_id=2117 (ADF)
http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....ail&df_id=2119 (IPF)
http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....ail&df_id=2118 (HDF)
http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....ail&df_id=2120 (WHD)
http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....ail&df_id=2116 (WHD060)

[-Acid-]

Originally Posted by ma693541

And who should hold the torrent tracker? We had one here at EAB before but it didn't work well over time.

Just use any/all of the big public trackers. Once some people have the files even if the trackers go offline the torrents could just be put on other trackers and the links updated and you still have your seeders who have the files. This would of course require some volunteers seeding forever or a seedbox could be used (if one could be paid for).

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by Aladin

this is strange for breathless, legal download on amiga future:

if Amiga Future has it there, I wouldn't be surprised about a takedown

[tomse]

sad news indeed.

I hope you find the inspiration to get back on your feet.
Your work is greatly appreciated.

[Reido]

Sorry to hear that Earok, your work is amazing though, keep it up!

[BSzili]

Take your time. Maybe the freeware/PD games could be put on Mega again. The rest could be distributed via torrent, and removed individually if requested.