Cody's MIA Listing - Page 6

Twistin'Ghost · 07 January 2002, 15:01

I knew all of that stuff on Round The Bend/Doc Croc..., I just wasn't sure if there were two different versions with unique title screens. At least it is no longer left to wonder and it is resolved (both it and Buffalo Bill). It's always nice to lay to rest these things.

@Marz
Oh, I'm not blaming you for your version of the song, it just took the edge off of doing it (for me). And anyway, since that time, my schedule has somehow shrunk down to zilch on the free time, so I have been accomplishing much less over the last several weeks (sigh). If that ever changes, I may consider doing the song (although I'm no Ray Parker, Jr...) I wouldn't hold my breath, though. The sentiment is, at least, still there.

andreas · 08 January 2002, 07:36

Twist, did you put some music under it already?

*That* is what would interest me more than just plain lyrics ... Marz just did the lyrics without the music, so you've still got a challenge, don't you think?

Twistin'Ghost · 08 January 2002, 08:16

Well, I had a choice of two routes to go: either dust off my sequencer and track the song (still a pretty easy song to track, really) or to save myself the trouble of doing that and dump my 12" DJ single with the instrumental version on the b-side into Cool Edit Pro (which supports 64 tracks of multitrack mixing). All of that was a fairly easy solution to the instrumental bed. I would have ultimately opted for the latter, since it would have been the most practical for overdubbing vocals onto. I already had the instrumental track, too. And it would have been an mp3, which is also easier to bang out via the CEP method, as well.

birdy-scc · 08 January 2002, 09:00

Go on then, Twist

You don't want to sound like one of those people at an art gallery who say "I could do that".

I'd like to hear a middle-of-the-road rock tune dedicated to Marz in some way. We could all grow mullets and really get in on the fun!

Twistin'Ghost · 08 January 2002, 09:26

Well, the song was actually going to be a tribute to Codetapper...

birdy-scc · 08 January 2002, 09:45

you got me there!

CodyJarrett · 08 January 2002, 09:48

While all this tribute stuff to Marz and Codetapper is surely bringing a tear to our eyes... STOP HIJACKING MY M.I.A. POSTING!

Twistin'Ghost · 08 January 2002, 10:33

I knew that was coming...

Drake1009 · 08 January 2002, 14:41

You sure you could call it hijacking and not constructively altering?

CodyJarrett · 09 January 2002, 12:05

Anyone got these games? (Taken from this page: http://www.huelsbeck.com/work.html )

Sky Fighter (Rainbow Arts=1986)
PTC (Rainbow Arts=1987) (??)
HB Car race (Starbyte=1989)
L&M Adventure (Rainbow Arts=1990)
Denny (Software 2000=1992)

And also this one:

Fire Zone (See photo)

CodyJarrett · 09 January 2002, 16:07

Thanks for Fire Zone Twistin'!

Twistin'Ghost · 09 January 2002, 16:13

Loads of obscurities there, pal. All I could find in my coolection was Firezone, which is in the (other) zone...

Judging by the three software houses on the remaining titles, we are gonna need our German users to dig up these obscurities!

7-Zark-7 · 11 January 2002, 05:58

I don't believe this was ever published, so there might not be any copies in existence, but a conversion of the arcade game "Snow Bros." , was being done by Ocean France (makers of Pang), to be released by Ocean.
I remembered seeing a WIP preview in CU Amiga (I think), but the game was never released. Does anyone know if any version of it exists for the Amiga??

Twistin'Ghost · 11 January 2002, 06:30

Cody you may wanna move The Champ back up on your list, since the version we scored appears to be buggered.That is unless of course somebody actually got the bloody thing to work, which I doubt. There are sectors on the disk which contain ASCII values reading DMSERRDMSERRDMSERR , etc. which I assume means DMS ERROR, so those may have been tracks that DMS could not read, which would explain maybe why the game doesn't work. Yes?

CodyJarrett · 11 January 2002, 11:18

Okay, it's been moved back to the MIA listing. Thanks Twistin'

Fred the Fop · 11 January 2002, 20:04

Note to Twist:
Maybe storing the floppy in your burgeoning afro may have caused crc errors. Try LESS afro sheen, or build a wooden cabinet in your left parietal region (or whichever side of your head you do not sleep on.)

CodyJarrett · 11 January 2002, 20:06

Stop polluting my thread with your drivel!

andreas · 11 January 2002, 22:27

Quote:

There are sectors on the disk which contain ASCII values reading DMSERRDMSERRDMSERR , etc. which I assume means DMS ERROR, so those may have been tracks that DMS could not read, which would explain maybe why the game doesn't work. Yes?

Twist is right. I recently got a PM from a former EAB mate I don't want to name here - perhaps he would rather stay anonymously. Well, he asked me if I could fix this disk. I couldn't give a positive answer.
Well, if I can get my hands on the DMS where this ADF file was created from, I may have a chance to do something.
However, I vaguely remember that this obscure "The Champ" ADF was taken from your collection, Cody?

CodyJarrett · 12 January 2002, 08:54

No, it was a MIA, so it wasn't from my collection.

andreas · 12 January 2002, 13:05

Thanks for the info.
Could anyone speak up who uploaded this MIA game for Cody? For God's sake, I forgot it.

Warlock99 · 13 January 2002, 13:55

I've just uploaded all my versions of the champ to the zone.

andreas · 13 January 2002, 21:34

Hey Andy,

this is great. I said "I need a DMS version" and walla, here it is

Briefly: I GOT IT WORKING!
I uploaded a version created from one of your DMSes (note that I used the REAL DMS utility and NOT xdms, maybe this made a change) working on the REAL THING!

The working DMS is the one dated 01/13/2002, whilst the other one (dated in 1994) causes DMS to report a BAD SECTOR at the beginning. You can safely delete this disk.
I couldn't find any ERRDMS track on the disk you just transferred. Thanks for doing that!

I could just get to the game intro without problems on my A500, so it's definitely a WinUAE issue. Thanks for uploading your DMSes - now you real Amiga users can finally play "The Champ"!
Enjoy!

Twistin'Ghost · 14 January 2002, 03:10

WOW! Excellent news. Been gigging all weekend, so I haven't had time to muck with it, but I'm really glad to hear that there is a working copy!

XoreX · 19 January 2002, 10:11

I found some info about Land of Legends:

Quote:

Land of Legends
Would-be Publisher: Microillusions
Developer: Me (Parsec Soft Systems)
Platform: Amiga
Year: Work stopped 1990
Type: Unfinished original
Contribution: Designer, programmer
This is the only unpublished program listed in this section. Land of Legends would have been my first commercial program AND my first program on the Amiga AND my first C language program AND a huge epic role-playing game AND... Well, you get the point. This was way too ambitious for a first endeavor, but no one involved at MicroIllusions saw the project as overambitious. After 2+ years of work on the program, the project was cancelled. Just as well -- the game would have been caught in the bankruptcy of Mediagenic (the distributor and former parent company of Activision), and it is unlikely I would have ever seen a dime in royalties.

The title screen seen here was created by Ed Kline.

Hope this helps.

Twistin'Ghost · 19 January 2002, 17:22

Very interesting stuff. Some missing info, though: who is 'me'? Is this you? Is it quoted from a website? Inquiring minds want to know!

XoreX · 19 January 2002, 21:44

The text comes from Joe Pearce, programmer and ect., who has this page . I got the info there. Maybe somebody who can write better english as I

could ask him if he still has the game somewhere - it would be nice to play a unrelased game

andreas · 19 January 2002, 23:28

Wow...
The Labyrinth Of Time by Electronic Arts looks VERY VERY beautiful to me - but I'm afraid no one has it?
I feel an urge to check that out immediately guys...

Cody: I almost forgot to say that you can now remove DINGSDA from the MIA list. It has been found now - see Twist's thread.
see ya...

Twistin'Ghost · 20 January 2002, 06:49

Thanks for that link Xorex...good stuff there. That guy really had his feet deep in Amiga projects, despite working on/with several other platforms. Very useful info on that page!

XoreX · 20 January 2002, 09:12

I have Labyrint of Time for cd32. Where does he say there is a floppy version?

andreas · 20 January 2002, 11:09

Nowhere...did I mention that?

It's just a sign that this game exists.

What size does the cd32 version have, actually?

XoreX · 20 January 2002, 11:48

Its quite big, 169,5 MB. Do U have fast connection?

Twistin'Ghost · 20 January 2002, 13:48

If he doesn't, I do...

andreas · 20 January 2002, 14:30

Yes, got DSL here.

Let me know if you're really willing to make it available somehow. Would be great.

XoreX · 20 January 2002, 21:31

Ok, I gona arange something this week since I am tight with time(school, work etc.).
But 1 question; is Lab. of Time a CD, CDTV or CD32 relase?
Cause here they say its CDTV game and here a CD. My info is CD32 but I have 2 different front scans:

I can only say, that since I collect cd/cdtv/32 isos, I come accross very different info about lots of games.

CodyJarrett · 21 January 2002, 06:32

Thanks Xorex and andreas for the info.

Labyrinth Of Time is a CD32 game. It was released on the Amiga in 1994, well into the CD32 period.

CodyJarrett · 21 January 2002, 06:49

Okay, it might actually be a CD release, instead of specifically CDTV or CD32...

7-Zark-7 · 21 January 2002, 07:02

Never played myself to verify, but "The One"'s magazine game review mentions it IS supposed to be CDTV compatible too.

Twistin'Ghost · 21 January 2002, 08:58

I have forgotten the story, it's been so long. But from my drug-deteriorated memory, the game was being developed for CDTV and by the time it was completed, the CD32 was already out. It would have been pointless to market it for the CDTV when CBM had basically killed that box by this time, even if it was fully compatible with it. So it was sold with the CD32 logo attached.

XoreX · 22 January 2002, 10:34

Ok, I have the Labyrinth o. T. iso in front of me but what I need is some free web space (190 MB) and I can up it right now...
Any suggestions (with fast connection pls)?

colin2712 · 24 January 2002, 23:42

Are you guys still after a standalone version of Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk ?

If you are I am the person you need to speak to as I have a copy of it sat in my attic gathering dust, if you still need it I can dig it out and dump it as an ADF...

Just give me a buzz and I'll dump it...

09 January 2002, 12:05	#210
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Anyone got these games? (Taken from this page: http://www.huelsbeck.com/work.html ) Sky Fighter (Rainbow Arts=1986) PTC (Rainbow Arts=1987) (??) HB Car race (Starbyte=1989) L&M Adventure (Rainbow Arts=1990) Denny (Software 2000=1992) And also this one: Fire Zone (See photo) Last edited by CodyJarrett; 13 March 2007 at 09:37.

13 January 2002, 13:55	#221
Warlock99 Webmaster of AmigaRarities Join Date: May 2001 Location: Liverpool / UK Age: 42 Posts: 222	The champ I've just uploaded all my versions of the champ to the zone.

13 January 2002, 21:34	#222
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	IT WORKS!! Hey Andy, this is great. I said "I need a DMS version" and walla, here it is Briefly: I GOT IT WORKING! I uploaded a version created from one of your DMSes (note that I used the REAL DMS utility and NOT xdms, maybe this made a change) working on the REAL THING! The working DMS is the one dated 01/13/2002, whilst the other one (dated in 1994) causes DMS to report a BAD SECTOR at the beginning. You can safely delete this disk. I couldn't find any ERRDMS track on the disk you just transferred. Thanks for doing that! I could just get to the game intro without problems on my A500, so it's definitely a WinUAE issue. Thanks for uploading your DMSes - now you real Amiga users can finally play "The Champ"! Enjoy! Last edited by andreas; 13 January 2002 at 22:16.

19 January 2002, 23:28	#227
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	The Labyrinth of Time Wow... The Labyrinth Of Time by Electronic Arts looks VERY VERY beautiful to me - but I'm afraid no one has it? I feel an urge to check that out immediately guys... Cody: I almost forgot to say that you can now remove DINGSDA from the MIA list. It has been found now - see Twist's thread. see ya... Last edited by andreas; 20 January 2002 at 14:42.

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07 January 2002, 15:01	#201
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	I knew all of that stuff on Round The Bend/Doc Croc..., I just wasn't sure if there were two different versions with unique title screens. At least it is no longer left to wonder and it is resolved (both it and Buffalo Bill). It's always nice to lay to rest these things. @Marz Oh, I'm not blaming you for your version of the song, it just took the edge off of doing it (for me). And anyway, since that time, my schedule has somehow shrunk down to zilch on the free time, so I have been accomplishing much less over the last several weeks (sigh). If that ever changes, I may consider doing the song (although I'm no Ray Parker, Jr...) I wouldn't hold my breath, though. The sentiment is, at least, still there.

08 January 2002, 07:36	#202
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	Twist, did you put some music under it already? That is what would interest me more than just plain lyrics ... Marz just did the lyrics without the music, so you've still got a challenge, don't you think?

08 January 2002, 08:16	#203
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Well, I had a choice of two routes to go: either dust off my sequencer and track the song (still a pretty easy song to track, really) or to save myself the trouble of doing that and dump my 12" DJ single with the instrumental version on the b-side into Cool Edit Pro (which supports 64 tracks of multitrack mixing). All of that was a fairly easy solution to the instrumental bed. I would have ultimately opted for the latter, since it would have been the most practical for overdubbing vocals onto. I already had the instrumental track, too. And it would have been an mp3, which is also easier to bang out via the CEP method, as well.

08 January 2002, 09:00	#204
birdy-scc Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 231	Go on then, Twist You don't want to sound like one of those people at an art gallery who say "I could do that". I'd like to hear a middle-of-the-road rock tune dedicated to Marz in some way. We could all grow mullets and really get in on the fun!

08 January 2002, 09:26	#205
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Well, the song was actually going to be a tribute to Codetapper...

08 January 2002, 09:45	#206
birdy-scc Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 231	you got me there!

08 January 2002, 09:48	#207
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	While all this tribute stuff to Marz and Codetapper is surely bringing a tear to our eyes... STOP HIJACKING MY M.I.A. POSTING!

08 January 2002, 10:33	#208
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	I knew that was coming...

08 January 2002, 14:41	#209
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	You sure you could call it hijacking and not constructively altering?

09 January 2002, 16:07	#211
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Thanks for Fire Zone Twistin'!

09 January 2002, 16:13	#212
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Loads of obscurities there, pal. All I could find in my coolection was Firezone, which is in the (other) zone... Judging by the three software houses on the remaining titles, we are gonna need our German users to dig up these obscurities!

11 January 2002, 05:58	#213
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,237	I don't believe this was ever published, so there might not be any copies in existence, but a conversion of the arcade game "Snow Bros." , was being done by Ocean France (makers of Pang), to be released by Ocean. I remembered seeing a WIP preview in CU Amiga (I think), but the game was never released. Does anyone know if any version of it exists for the Amiga??

11 January 2002, 06:30	#214
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Cody you may wanna move The Champ back up on your list, since the version we scored appears to be buggered.That is unless of course somebody actually got the bloody thing to work, which I doubt. There are sectors on the disk which contain ASCII values reading DMSERRDMSERRDMSERR , etc. which I assume means DMS ERROR, so those may have been tracks that DMS could not read, which would explain maybe why the game doesn't work. Yes?

11 January 2002, 11:18	#215
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Okay, it's been moved back to the MIA listing. Thanks Twistin'

11 January 2002, 20:04	#216
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 44 Posts: 2,794	Note to Twist: Maybe storing the floppy in your burgeoning afro may have caused crc errors. Try LESS afro sheen, or build a wooden cabinet in your left parietal region (or whichever side of your head you do not sleep on.)

11 January 2002, 20:06	#217
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Stop polluting my thread with your drivel!

12 January 2002, 08:54	#219
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	No, it was a MIA, so it wasn't from my collection.

12 January 2002, 13:05	#220
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	Thanks for the info. Could anyone speak up who uploaded this MIA game for Cody? For God's sake, I forgot it.

14 January 2002, 03:10	#223
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	WOW! Excellent news. Been gigging all weekend, so I haven't had time to muck with it, but I'm really glad to hear that there is a working copy!

19 January 2002, 17:22	#225
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Very interesting stuff. Some missing info, though: who is 'me'? Is this you? Is it quoted from a website? Inquiring minds want to know!

19 January 2002, 21:44	#226
XoreX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: MB Age: 35 Posts: 161	The text comes from Joe Pearce, programmer and ect., who has this page . I got the info there. Maybe somebody who can write better english as I could ask him if he still has the game somewhere - it would be nice to play a unrelased game

20 January 2002, 06:49	#228
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Thanks for that link Xorex...good stuff there. That guy really had his feet deep in Amiga projects, despite working on/with several other platforms. Very useful info on that page!

20 January 2002, 09:12	#229
XoreX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: MB Age: 35 Posts: 161	I have Labyrint of Time for cd32. Where does he say there is a floppy version?

20 January 2002, 11:09	#230
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	Nowhere...did I mention that? It's just a sign that this game exists. What size does the cd32 version have, actually?

20 January 2002, 11:48	#231
XoreX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: MB Age: 35 Posts: 161	Its quite big, 169,5 MB. Do U have fast connection?

20 January 2002, 13:48	#232
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	If he doesn't, I do...

20 January 2002, 14:30	#233
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	Yes, got DSL here. Let me know if you're really willing to make it available somehow. Would be great.

20 January 2002, 21:31	#234
XoreX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: MB Age: 35 Posts: 161	Ok, I gona arange something this week since I am tight with time(school, work etc.). But 1 question; is Lab. of Time a CD, CDTV or CD32 relase? Cause here they say its CDTV game and here a CD. My info is CD32 but I have 2 different front scans: I can only say, that since I collect cd/cdtv/32 isos, I come accross very different info about lots of games.

21 January 2002, 06:32	#235
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Thanks Xorex and andreas for the info. Labyrinth Of Time is a CD32 game. It was released on the Amiga in 1994, well into the CD32 period.

21 January 2002, 06:49	#236
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Okay, it might actually be a CD release, instead of specifically CDTV or CD32...