Rare games requests

tomcat666 · 22 November 2001, 11:18

Hi!

I am wondering if any of these games even came out on amiga and if so, if they could be upped to some ftp or mailed over to me ? I know it is a long shot but anyway, here it goes :

- Enduro Racer was this released on miga?
- Frogger II with zillions levels, released?
- Hardcore from Digital Illusions
- Labyrinth (from the David Bowie Movie)
- Living Daylights released on Amiga ?
- Logo the logical game, not the lang.
- RamRod ever released (saw in mag.)
- Road Runner ever released on Amiga ?
- Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler
- Sanxion only saw a demo of it.
- Sir Fred Spanish, ever released?
- Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?)
- Super Sprint and Championship Sprint
- Top-Gun again, if released on Amiga ?
- UP Persicope! NOT the Up Scope !
- Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami?

Tim Janssen · 22 November 2001, 11:46

Sad news about Ram Rod: It's programmer, Kevin Bulmer (of Rise of the Robots, Legends of Valour -fame) canned the production of this isometric game in June 1991. I do not know the reason. Possibly he was too busy finishing Terminator 2 - the Movie.
I found this information in the July 1991 issue of CU Amiga.

CodyJarrett · 22 November 2001, 11:51

I'm assuming you mean commercial releases here, because it's always possible that someone wrote a SEUCK game or something and called it Road Runner or Top Gun.

- Enduro Racer was this released on miga?
- Labyrinth (from the David Bowie Movie)
- Living Daylights released on Amiga ?
- RamRod ever released (saw in mag.)
- Road Runner ever released on Amiga ?
- Super Sprint and Championship Sprint
- Top-Gun again, if released on Amiga ?
- Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami?
Nope! (Unless someone knows better)

- UP Persicope! NOT the Up Scope !
- Sanxion only saw a demo of it.
- Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler
Don't know...

- Sir Fred Spanish, ever released?
There's a game called Fred, which is by Incal and was published by Ubi Soft

- Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?)
Yes, I'm looking for it

- Frogger II with zillions levels, released?
PD or commercial?

- Hardcore from Digital Illusions
Did this become Benefactor? I can't remember what it looked like

- Logo the logical game, not the lang.
There's a Starbyte game called Logo, which is a puzzler. What do you mean by 'lang.'?

tomcat666 · 22 November 2001, 12:13

Hi !

Thanx for the quick reply...

I'm assuming you mean commercial releases here, because it's always possible that someone wrote a SEUCK game or something and called it Road Runner or Top Gun.

Yes, commercial releases only

- Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami?
Nope! (Unless someone knows better)

Uhh, I was hoping it was released for amiga, I saw in one mag an ad that had prices on it and there was a price for amiga version of the game !

- Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler
Don't know...

Only zx-spectrum had a version of this game so it is prolly far fetched

- Sir Fred Spanish, ever released?
There's a game called Fred, which is by Incal and was published by Ubi Soft

Yes, I know, and have that game... but it is not the same

- Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?)
Yes, I'm looking for it

So it DID come out... only have the ST version, but would love to see amiga one

- Frogger II with zillions levels, released?
PD or commercial?

It was supposed to be commercial.... it had scrolling and very nice graphics, and levels were always randomly generated...

- Hardcore from Digital Illusions
Did this become Benefactor? I can't remember what it looked like

Well, I don't think it became benefactor, since I saw an intro screen with 4 games that were supposed to come out and both were on there

It was supposed to be a side scrolling shootem all

- Logo the logical game, not the lang.
There's a Starbyte game called Logo, which is a puzzler. What do you mean by 'lang.'?

YES, thats the one I want

the puzzler... been looking for it for a long time

andreas · 22 November 2001, 14:08

@Cody

Logo is also the name of a programming language, featuring well-known "turtle graphics" (*yuch*)
Had to program this crap myself in secondary school, it was boring as hell...

CodyJarrett · 22 November 2001, 14:12

Oh, I know what it is now! Thanks andreas...

Akira · 22 November 2001, 16:55

Super Sprint ... isn't Gremlin's Supercars a conversion of the arcade named Super Sprint?

CodyJarrett · 22 November 2001, 17:16

tomcat666 · 23 November 2001, 06:22

Oh yes, sorry, lang. means Language...

Anyway, seems apart from Logo other games are a NO-NO ? Its a shame really... I tought even one or two were done for the ami ...

Twistin'Ghost · 23 November 2001, 08:50

Dammit! System crash and lost my heavily researched reply.

Well anyhow, I'll try the memory challenge.

Labyrinth
The only (commercial) Amiga game with this name that I am aware of has nothing to do with the Bowie flick. It's a 2-player, German game that is kind of a puzzle/maze game with a spacey look and feel.

Hard Core
This was scheduled for a 1994 release from Psygnosis, but I believe it was shelved along with other Digital Illusions product. I thought there was a coverdisk demo, however.

Logo
I have a 2-disk game from Starbyte of this game which I will upload as soon as I finish this reply.

Road Runner
I have seen mention of this on a few lists, but I assure you it does not exist on the Amiga.

Sir Fred
The game commonly known on the Amiga as Fred was indeed released by Ubi Soft under the name Sir Fred (see scan).

tomcat666 · 23 November 2001, 08:58

Labyrinth

The only (commercial) Amiga game with this name that I am aware of has nothing to do with the Bowie flick. It's a 2-player, German game that is kind of a puzzle/maze game with a spacey look and feel.

Okie. - removed from my list

Hard Core
This was scheduled for a 1994 release from Psygnosis, but I believe it was shelved along with other Digital Illusions product. I thought there was a coverdisk demo, however.

Yep, I think I saw it on a coverdisk too, but I don't remember where... anyway, removed from the list

Logo

I have a 2-disk game from Starbyte of this game which I will upload as soon as I finish this reply.

Thanks ! It was the Starbyte game ! I have a poster of it at home... can't wait to get it. Will you up it to the Zone ?

Road Runner
I have seen mention of this on a few lists, but I assure you it does not exist on the Amiga.

Well, I tought it might be since there is a ST version, but then again, there were many 8bit versions of games for the ST which never saw the light of the day on ami

Sir Fred
The game commonly known on the Amiga as Fred was indeed released by Ubi Soft under the name Sir Fred (see scan).

Ahh, I tought so, removed from the list.

Thanks for all the trouble !

andreas · 23 November 2001, 09:34

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tomcat666 · 23 November 2001, 09:40

Quote:

Tomaz: it makes much more sense if you use the quote option when you're quoting users, otherwise it's way too difficult to read. Thanks.
I admit it's VERY easy for newbies to miss that, especially in this kind of board software, so: below 'Submit Reply' / 'Preview Reply' you can see 'Forum Rules', among this there's vB Code is ON. Click on that link and get informed about those special options.

Aha, been thinking of how to do that ;-) Thanks for the info !

Tim Janssen · 05 December 2001, 16:25

Since we are on this topic I have also some questions. Does anyone know whether these games are released on Amiga or what happened to it?

- American Gladiators (?? 1993): Ugly looking beat' em-up. Saw once an advert of this game.
- Fatal Strokes (ICE 1992): I saw a preview of this game in Amiga Format? Has it ever been released and is it any good?
- Tyger Tyger (Firebird 1989): Saw some adverts of this game in Zzap! What happened to it?
- Troll Island (Millenium 1994): a sequel of the original Trolls was previewed in CU Amiga magazine.
- Mr Magoo (Millenium 1994): in the same article there was some rumour about this good-looking game.
- Sahara (Software 2000): A German textadventure similar to Hexuma and Jonathan.
- Bloodnet (Microprose 1995): A point-n-click adventure.
- Impulse (??,1993): A horizontal scrolling shmup looking very similar to Disposable Hero. Maybe it is the working title.
- Raiden (??,1994): Vertical shmup that was previewed in CU Amiga.
- No Buddies Land (Loriciels, 1992): A 'cute' platformgame.
- Ork (??, 1993): a horizontal scrolling platformgame/ shmup starring a little dragon.
- Son Shu Si (Loriciels 1992): Lovely 'Japanese' looking platform game which got a review in Amiga Joker.
- Watchtower (??, 1995): A Chaos Engine/ Commando wannabe. Once read a review about it but don't know it it is released.
- Turrican 3 CD32: Did the CD32 have a Turrican 3 threat?
- Erik (Atlantis, 1992): A platformgame- budget title once reviewed by Amiga Format.
- Superhero (Psygnosis, 1993): Platform game starring a female heroine. This game had lots of previews.
- Jack the Ripper (??, 1994): a PC conversion of a whodunnit.
- Moonchild (Team Hoi, 1995): The 'inofficial' sequel to the classic Hoi. I know it is released on PC but are not sure about the Amiga version.

Phew, that's it..

CodyJarrett · 05 December 2001, 16:36

Tell me if you want any of the games that were released uploaded.

Released:
- American Gladiators (?? 1993) --From Gametek
- Bloodnet (Microprose 1995) --ECS and AGA versions exist
- Ork (??, 1993) --This was Psygnosis
- Watchtower (??, 1995)
- Erik (Atlantis, 1992) --Later released as PD

Not Released:
- Fatal Strokes (ICE 1992)
- Tyger Tyger (Firebird 1989)
- Troll Island (Millenium 1994)
- Mr Magoo (Millenium 1994)
- Raiden (??,1994)
- No Buddies Land (Loriciels, 1992)
- Turrican 3 CD32
- Superhero (Psygnosis, 1993)
- Jack the Ripper (??, 1994)
- Moonchild (Team Hoi, 1995)

Unsure - I've never heard anything about them:
- Sahara (Software 2000)
- Impulse (??,1993)
- Son Shu Si (Loriciels 1992)

Tim Janssen · 05 December 2001, 17:02

Wow, now that is a quick reply. I still don't collect Amiga games (yet!) but since it is 'pakjesavond' tonight in The Netherlands (Dutch habit for giving each other presents under a christmas tree) you can upload them all in The Zone if you like.

Seeing Microprose producing an adventure game for Amiga does not really surprise me. Back in 1994-1995 they somehow left their simulation-roots producing all types of games like War in the Skies, Impossible Mission 2025 and Bloodnet of course. By the way, is this adventure any good?

About Ork: I didn't refer to the famous Psygnosis version. When I come to think about it, the game is called Orc, Orc run or something similar. The graphics look very similar to those of Shadow of the Beast: Multilayer parallax scrolling and large sprites. I have a picture of it in Amiga Joker magazine. I'll scan it for you when I have my new PC. -very soon.

CodyJarrett · 05 December 2001, 17:39

I'm not sure about anything! Anyone know anymore about these two?

Tim - I've uploaded the games to the Zone.

Bloodnet is a good game - I've played through some of it. Amiga Power said:

Bloodnet AGA:
Initially repulsive but (once you've mastered the preposterously over-complicated controls) tremendously rewarding point-and-click adventure without orcs in it. Gleefully amoral (you're a vampiric 'cyberpunk' who has to kill to survive while hunting for a cure) and engrossingly scripted, it's the best such game since Monkey Island. And you get to shoot people without any tiresome moral questions being asked. It demands installation to a hard drive though. 5/5*
90% - Issue 47 - Page 36

Bloodnet ECS:
Exactly the same, except you don't get any music (a Good Thing), and you don't get the option to review past conversations (a very Bad Thing indeed). At least it's £5 cheaper. 4/5*
89% - Issue 50 - Page 34

Tim Janssen · 06 December 2001, 10:22

Cody,
Many thanks for uploading all these games.
About Bloodnet: when AP awards a game with a score as high as this it must be the best game since the invention of point 'n' click adventure.

S4murai,
I have read a review of Loriciel’s No Buddies Land too in the August/ September 1992 issue of Amiga Joker. The hero in this game looks very similar to the one in Twinworld. By the way, in the same AJ issue a review of Son Shu Si can be found. This is the other rare Loriciels game which I have never seen on my Amiga screen.
The only information I have about Jack the Ripper is in the June 1994 issue of CU Amiga. They said the release date would be September 1994.

CodyJarrett · 06 December 2001, 10:27

Jack The Ripper was also previewed in issue 31, page 25 of Amiga Power. Another unreleased casualty.

Twistin'Ghost · 06 December 2001, 11:29

I have posted a demo for Jack The Ripper. I thought it was the full game, based upon the TOSEC name, but upon playing, the About screen reveals that it is just a demo. Still worth a look. Very likely this game was never completed. This is unfortunate.

Tim Janssen · 06 December 2001, 11:41

Thanks for uploading and clearing up the Jack the Ripper subject, Twistin’. Once again a mystery (with a sad ending) is solved. Now I come to think of it, does anyone know whether CRL’s textadventure Jack the Ripper has ever been released on Amiga? The game was released in 1988 by CRL on the C64 so there could be a possibility it had an Amiga conversion.

Oh, by the way: That Orc game I mentioned several times in this thread is called Evoker (I have checked that very AJ issue). Hopefully it does ring a bell to someone.

CodyJarrett · 06 December 2001, 11:43

No, I don't think CRL's JTR was out on the Amiga.

I've never heard of Evoker...

Twistin'Ghost · 06 December 2001, 12:03

I had high hopes that CRL's Jack The Ripper would have been on the Amiga, but my long searches have produced nothing. I have an original of the C-64 version, but never saw anything indicating an Amiga release.

Evoker is a new one on me.

Tim Janssen · 23 January 2002, 08:07

Let’s bring this topic back again.
Here is a game I really wanted to see on Amiga but it sadly never appeared: Stavros Fasoulas’ Rookies. It looked like a promising real-time strategy game. Never know why it wasn’t released. Picture below is taken from Amiga Format September 1992.

Tim Janssen · 04 February 2002, 08:29

CU Amiga magazine always were the first with gossip about games which only existed on paper. Ooops Up2 is a typical example. The original Pang-clone was just released and the publisher and CU both got ecstatic about what more the sequel could be. I think no single line of programming code was actually written.

Tim Janssen · 11 February 2002, 08:25

In 1996 a shmup called Atrophy circulated in the preview sections in several magazines. It was AGA only, made use of the HAM8-palette and featured up to 64 sprites simultaneously on screen.
According to a preview in the Dutch Amiga Magazine in June 1996 (where the pictures below are taken from), the game would be available in the shops next month. Pity it never happened...

Twistin'Ghost · 11 February 2002, 10:27

Wow, that would be a trophy to find! The screens look fantastic!

Galahad/FLT · 11 February 2002, 18:19

Superhero - Is completed but never released

Atrophy - Too ambitious, coded by 2-Cool/LSD, was canned.

Raiden - Is completed only available as a Hard drive installable version, never released.

I will attempt to contact the coder of Raiden (I used to have a copy but was sworn never to release it!) and see if he will leak it.

Its not very good, but hey, I will see what I can do.

11 February 2002, 19:45

These look like marvelous games! It would be great if they would somehow be available in adf format as either late beta or retail versions. However, the developers' reaction are unpredictable so you are right Galahad, but we're waiting for good news

good luck!

stainy · 11 February 2002, 23:52

This Roller Coaster game that was mentioned at the top of the list, you mean the Spectrum version?? Of Roller Coaster, that was superb!!!

tomcat666 · 13 February 2002, 10:25

It was made on Speccy by ELITE, but it was rumured to have been also made for C64, Amiga and ST... but so far nothing found

stainy · 13 February 2002, 16:41

Now that`d be good!!!

Also that truck game would be good for a remake, damn, what was it called, it was overhead view, with you delivering stuff...you could choose different length trucks etc...

Tim Janssen · 26 February 2002, 09:15

Another gem that has almost seen the light of day is Grandslam’s Tensai. It is a post-nuclear action game very similar to Team 17’s Assasin and Rainbow Arts’ Turrican.
In 1993 this game was near completion because I had seen a playable demo of it! It featured only sparse sound effects and not many foes but it looked very promising.

The playable demo was copied by many people back in those days so maybe it has surfaced and can be found on the Internet.
Does anyone have this demo or knows where I can download it? Many thanks in advance…

utri007 · 26 February 2002, 11:19

Would be nice if somebody could make database of them

There has been many nice looking game projects. 1996-2001 little bit newer as those

Trapped III, what happend to oxyron???

I ques that some of them are finished, but never found a publisher.

Tim Janssen · 05 March 2002, 16:17

A game I really wished it would be released on Amiga is Kevin Bulmer's Ram Rod -An isometric 3D arcade adventure with some weird surrealistic elements like the Pepsi machines and weird creatures. The game was canned Summer 1991 when Kevin decided to program Ocean's awful Terminator 2 -the movie.

Tim Janssen · 11 March 2002, 11:27

Grandslam's Realms of Darkness was previewed by CU Amiga in 1993. The game looks like a cross between Powermonger and Rome AD 92.
I am not sure whether this game is not released. It looks complete but I have never read a review about it.

Tim Janssen · 17 April 2002, 12:56

Frak! is originally a platformgame that first appeared on the BBC micro and C64 way back in 1985. In 1991 its programmers, Nick Pelling and another bloke, decided to give the game a 16-bit treatment.
Both main sprite and baddies look exactly like their 8-bit counterparts. The Amiga version only has a fractal background added to it.
In August 1991 CU Amiga previewed the game and it was promised the game would be in the shops soon. Pity it never happened.

Twistin'Ghost · 17 April 2002, 13:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Tim Janssen
Frak! is originally a platformgame that first appeared on the BBC micro and C64 way back in 1985. In 1991 its programmers, Nick Pelling and another bloke, decided to give the game a 16-bit treatment.

Didn't Nick Pelling write for Amiga Power at one time?

Drake1009 · 17 April 2002, 14:33

Ok Frak was a great game, but is it only me who think that background hurts the eyes?

Tim Janssen · 17 April 2002, 14:37

I don't know Amiga Power well enough to say it is the same Nick Pelling. However, the Frak preview featured photos of its programmers -including mr Pelling. I can scan them in, if you want.

22 November 2001, 11:18	#1
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 40 Posts: 839	Rare games requests Hi! I am wondering if any of these games even came out on amiga and if so, if they could be upped to some ftp or mailed over to me ? I know it is a long shot but anyway, here it goes : - Enduro Racer was this released on miga? - Frogger II with zillions levels, released? - Hardcore from Digital Illusions - Labyrinth (from the David Bowie Movie) - Living Daylights released on Amiga ? - Logo the logical game, not the lang. - RamRod ever released (saw in mag.) - Road Runner ever released on Amiga ? - Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler - Sanxion only saw a demo of it. - Sir Fred Spanish, ever released? - Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?) - Super Sprint and Championship Sprint - Top-Gun again, if released on Amiga ? - UP Persicope! NOT the Up Scope ! - Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami?

22 November 2001, 11:46	#2
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Ram Rod Sad news about Ram Rod: It's programmer, Kevin Bulmer (of Rise of the Robots, Legends of Valour -fame) canned the production of this isometric game in June 1991. I do not know the reason. Possibly he was too busy finishing Terminator 2 - the Movie. I found this information in the July 1991 issue of CU Amiga.

22 November 2001, 17:16	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	No.

23 November 2001, 08:50	#10
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Dammit! System crash and lost my heavily researched reply. Well anyhow, I'll try the memory challenge. Labyrinth The only (commercial) Amiga game with this name that I am aware of has nothing to do with the Bowie flick. It's a 2-player, German game that is kind of a puzzle/maze game with a spacey look and feel. Hard Core This was scheduled for a 1994 release from Psygnosis, but I believe it was shelved along with other Digital Illusions product. I thought there was a coverdisk demo, however. Logo I have a 2-disk game from Starbyte of this game which I will upload as soon as I finish this reply. Road Runner I have seen mention of this on a few lists, but I assure you it does not exist on the Amiga. Sir Fred The game commonly known on the Amiga as Fred was indeed released by Ubi Soft under the name Sir Fred (see scan). Attached Thumbnails

23 November 2001, 08:58	#11
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 40 Posts: 839	Thanx! Labyrinth The only (commercial) Amiga game with this name that I am aware of has nothing to do with the Bowie flick. It's a 2-player, German game that is kind of a puzzle/maze game with a spacey look and feel. Okie. - removed from my list Hard Core This was scheduled for a 1994 release from Psygnosis, but I believe it was shelved along with other Digital Illusions product. I thought there was a coverdisk demo, however. Yep, I think I saw it on a coverdisk too, but I don't remember where... anyway, removed from the list Logo I have a 2-disk game from Starbyte of this game which I will upload as soon as I finish this reply. Thanks ! It was the Starbyte game ! I have a poster of it at home... can't wait to get it. Will you up it to the Zone ? Road Runner I have seen mention of this on a few lists, but I assure you it does not exist on the Amiga. Well, I tought it might be since there is a ST version, but then again, there were many 8bit versions of games for the ST which never saw the light of the day on ami Sir Fred The game commonly known on the Amiga as Fred was indeed released by Ubi Soft under the name Sir Fred (see scan). Ahh, I tought so, removed from the list. Thanks for all the trouble !

22 November 2001, 11:51	#3
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	I'm assuming you mean commercial releases here, because it's always possible that someone wrote a SEUCK game or something and called it Road Runner or Top Gun. - Enduro Racer was this released on miga? - Labyrinth (from the David Bowie Movie) - Living Daylights released on Amiga ? - RamRod ever released (saw in mag.) - Road Runner ever released on Amiga ? - Super Sprint and Championship Sprint - Top-Gun again, if released on Amiga ? - Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami? Nope! (Unless someone knows better) - UP Persicope! NOT the Up Scope ! - Sanxion only saw a demo of it. - Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler Don't know... - Sir Fred Spanish, ever released? There's a game called Fred, which is by Incal and was published by Ubi Soft - Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?) Yes, I'm looking for it - Frogger II with zillions levels, released? PD or commercial? - Hardcore from Digital Illusions Did this become Benefactor? I can't remember what it looked like - Logo the logical game, not the lang. There's a Starbyte game called Logo, which is a puzzler. What do you mean by 'lang.'?

22 November 2001, 12:13	#4
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 40 Posts: 839	Hi ! Thanx for the quick reply... I'm assuming you mean commercial releases here, because it's always possible that someone wrote a SEUCK game or something and called it Road Runner or Top Gun. Yes, commercial releases only - Where Time Stood Still ever released on ami? Nope! (Unless someone knows better) Uhh, I was hoping it was released for amiga, I saw in one mag an ad that had prices on it and there was a price for amiga version of the game ! - Roller Coaster NOT Roller Coaster Rumbler Don't know... Only zx-spectrum had a version of this game so it is prolly far fetched - Sir Fred Spanish, ever released? There's a game called Fred, which is by Incal and was published by Ubi Soft Yes, I know, and have that game... but it is not the same - Starquake released on ST and Amiga(?) Yes, I'm looking for it So it DID come out... only have the ST version, but would love to see amiga one - Frogger II with zillions levels, released? PD or commercial? It was supposed to be commercial.... it had scrolling and very nice graphics, and levels were always randomly generated... - Hardcore from Digital Illusions Did this become Benefactor? I can't remember what it looked like Well, I don't think it became benefactor, since I saw an intro screen with 4 games that were supposed to come out and both were on there It was supposed to be a side scrolling shootem all - Logo the logical game, not the lang. There's a Starbyte game called Logo, which is a puzzler. What do you mean by 'lang.'? YES, thats the one I want the puzzler... been looking for it for a long time

22 November 2001, 14:08	#5
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	@Cody Logo is also the name of a programming language, featuring well-known "turtle graphics" (yuch) Had to program this crap myself in secondary school, it was boring as hell...

22 November 2001, 14:12	#6
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	Oh, I know what it is now! Thanks andreas...

22 November 2001, 16:55	#7
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	Super Sprint ... isn't Gremlin's Supercars a conversion of the arcade named Super Sprint?

23 November 2001, 06:22	#9
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 40 Posts: 839	Oh yes, sorry, lang. means Language... Anyway, seems apart from Logo other games are a NO-NO ? Its a shame really... I tought even one or two were done for the ami ...

23 November 2001, 09:34	#12
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 39 Posts: 5,858	advice Tomaz: it makes much more sense if you use the quote option when you're quoting users, otherwise it's way too difficult to read. Thanks. I admit it's VERY easy for newbies to miss that, especially in this kind of board software, so: below 'Submit Reply' / 'Preview Reply' you can see 'Forum Rules', among this there's vB Code is ON. Click on that link and get informed about those special options.

05 December 2001, 16:25	#14
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	More rare game requests Since we are on this topic I have also some questions. Does anyone know whether these games are released on Amiga or what happened to it? - American Gladiators (?? 1993): Ugly looking beat' em-up. Saw once an advert of this game. - Fatal Strokes (ICE 1992): I saw a preview of this game in Amiga Format? Has it ever been released and is it any good? - Tyger Tyger (Firebird 1989): Saw some adverts of this game in Zzap! What happened to it? - Troll Island (Millenium 1994): a sequel of the original Trolls was previewed in CU Amiga magazine. - Mr Magoo (Millenium 1994): in the same article there was some rumour about this good-looking game. - Sahara (Software 2000): A German textadventure similar to Hexuma and Jonathan. - Bloodnet (Microprose 1995): A point-n-click adventure. - Impulse (??,1993): A horizontal scrolling shmup looking very similar to Disposable Hero. Maybe it is the working title. - Raiden (??,1994): Vertical shmup that was previewed in CU Amiga. - No Buddies Land (Loriciels, 1992): A 'cute' platformgame. - Ork (??, 1993): a horizontal scrolling platformgame/ shmup starring a little dragon. - Son Shu Si (Loriciels 1992): Lovely 'Japanese' looking platform game which got a review in Amiga Joker. - Watchtower (??, 1995): A Chaos Engine/ Commando wannabe. Once read a review about it but don't know it it is released. - Turrican 3 CD32: Did the CD32 have a Turrican 3 threat? - Erik (Atlantis, 1992): A platformgame- budget title once reviewed by Amiga Format. - Superhero (Psygnosis, 1993): Platform game starring a female heroine. This game had lots of previews. - Jack the Ripper (??, 1994): a PC conversion of a whodunnit. - Moonchild (Team Hoi, 1995): The 'inofficial' sequel to the classic Hoi. I know it is released on PC but are not sure about the Amiga version. Phew, that's it..

05 December 2001, 16:36	#15
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	Tell me if you want any of the games that were released uploaded. Released: - American Gladiators (?? 1993) --From Gametek - Bloodnet (Microprose 1995) --ECS and AGA versions exist - Ork (??, 1993) --This was Psygnosis - Watchtower (??, 1995) - Erik (Atlantis, 1992) --Later released as PD Not Released: - Fatal Strokes (ICE 1992) - Tyger Tyger (Firebird 1989) - Troll Island (Millenium 1994) - Mr Magoo (Millenium 1994) - Raiden (??,1994) - No Buddies Land (Loriciels, 1992) - Turrican 3 CD32 - Superhero (Psygnosis, 1993) - Jack the Ripper (??, 1994) - Moonchild (Team Hoi, 1995) Unsure - I've never heard anything about them: - Sahara (Software 2000) - Impulse (??,1993) - Son Shu Si (Loriciels 1992)

05 December 2001, 17:02	#16
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	ADF's, Microprose & Ork Wow, now that is a quick reply. I still don't collect Amiga games (yet!) but since it is 'pakjesavond' tonight in The Netherlands (Dutch habit for giving each other presents under a christmas tree) you can upload them all in The Zone if you like. Seeing Microprose producing an adventure game for Amiga does not really surprise me. Back in 1994-1995 they somehow left their simulation-roots producing all types of games like War in the Skies, Impossible Mission 2025 and Bloodnet of course. By the way, is this adventure any good? About Ork: I didn't refer to the famous Psygnosis version. When I come to think about it, the game is called Orc, Orc run or something similar. The graphics look very similar to those of Shadow of the Beast: Multilayer parallax scrolling and large sprites. I have a picture of it in Amiga Joker magazine. I'll scan it for you when I have my new PC. -very soon.

05 December 2001, 17:39	#17
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	I'm not sure about anything! Anyone know anymore about these two? Tim - I've uploaded the games to the Zone. Bloodnet is a good game - I've played through some of it. Amiga Power said: Bloodnet AGA: Initially repulsive but (once you've mastered the preposterously over-complicated controls) tremendously rewarding point-and-click adventure without orcs in it. Gleefully amoral (you're a vampiric 'cyberpunk' who has to kill to survive while hunting for a cure) and engrossingly scripted, it's the best such game since Monkey Island. And you get to shoot people without any tiresome moral questions being asked. It demands installation to a hard drive though. 5/5* 90% - Issue 47 - Page 36 Bloodnet ECS: Exactly the same, except you don't get any music (a Good Thing), and you don't get the option to review past conversations (a very Bad Thing indeed). At least it's £5 cheaper. 4/5* 89% - Issue 50 - Page 34

06 December 2001, 10:22	#18
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Rare good games Cody, Many thanks for uploading all these games. About Bloodnet: when AP awards a game with a score as high as this it must be the best game since the invention of point 'n' click adventure. S4murai, I have read a review of Loriciel’s No Buddies Land too in the August/ September 1992 issue of Amiga Joker. The hero in this game looks very similar to the one in Twinworld. By the way, in the same AJ issue a review of Son Shu Si can be found. This is the other rare Loriciels game which I have never seen on my Amiga screen. The only information I have about Jack the Ripper is in the June 1994 issue of CU Amiga. They said the release date would be September 1994.

06 December 2001, 10:27	#19
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	Jack The Ripper was also previewed in issue 31, page 25 of Amiga Power. Another unreleased casualty.

06 December 2001, 11:29	#20
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	I have posted a demo for Jack The Ripper. I thought it was the full game, based upon the TOSEC name, but upon playing, the About screen reveals that it is just a demo. Still worth a look. Very likely this game was never completed. This is unfortunate.

06 December 2001, 11:41	#21
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Jack the Ripper Thanks for uploading and clearing up the Jack the Ripper subject, Twistin’. Once again a mystery (with a sad ending) is solved. Now I come to think of it, does anyone know whether CRL’s textadventure Jack the Ripper has ever been released on Amiga? The game was released in 1988 by CRL on the C64 so there could be a possibility it had an Amiga conversion. Oh, by the way: That Orc game I mentioned several times in this thread is called Evoker (I have checked that very AJ issue). Hopefully it does ring a bell to someone.

06 December 2001, 11:43	#22
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,440	No, I don't think CRL's JTR was out on the Amiga. I've never heard of Evoker...

06 December 2001, 12:03	#23
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	I had high hopes that CRL's Jack The Ripper would have been on the Amiga, but my long searches have produced nothing. I have an original of the C-64 version, but never saw anything indicating an Amiga release. Evoker is a new one on me.

23 January 2002, 08:07	#24
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Rookies Let’s bring this topic back again. Here is a game I really wanted to see on Amiga but it sadly never appeared: Stavros Fasoulas’ Rookies. It looked like a promising real-time strategy game. Never know why it wasn’t released. Picture below is taken from Amiga Format September 1992.

04 February 2002, 08:29	#25
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Ooops Up2 CU Amiga magazine always were the first with gossip about games which only existed on paper. Ooops Up2 is a typical example. The original Pang-clone was just released and the publisher and CU both got ecstatic about what more the sequel could be. I think no single line of programming code was actually written.

11 February 2002, 08:25	#26
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Atrophy In 1996 a shmup called Atrophy circulated in the preview sections in several magazines. It was AGA only, made use of the HAM8-palette and featured up to 64 sprites simultaneously on screen. According to a preview in the Dutch Amiga Magazine in June 1996 (where the pictures below are taken from), the game would be available in the shops next month. Pity it never happened...

11 February 2002, 10:27	#27
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 22 Posts: 4,662	Wow, that would be a trophy to find! The screens look fantastic!

11 February 2002, 18:19	#28
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 39 Posts: 5,026	Finished - but not released Superhero - Is completed but never released Atrophy - Too ambitious, coded by 2-Cool/LSD, was canned. Raiden - Is completed only available as a Hard drive installable version, never released. I will attempt to contact the coder of Raiden (I used to have a copy but was sworn never to release it!) and see if he will leak it. Its not very good, but hey, I will see what I can do. __________________ Former member of: LSD, Scoopex, Razor 1911, Dual Crew Shining, Rednex, Fairlight. www.southwestscrap.co.uk

11 February 2002, 19:45	#29
oldpx Posts: n/a	These look like marvelous games! It would be great if they would somehow be available in adf format as either late beta or retail versions. However, the developers' reaction are unpredictable so you are right Galahad, but we're waiting for good news good luck!

11 February 2002, 23:52	#30
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stanstead Abbotts / Hertfordshire Age: 41 Posts: 1,215	Roller Coaster This Roller Coaster game that was mentioned at the top of the list, you mean the Spectrum version?? Of Roller Coaster, that was superb!!! __________________ KO-GATHERING.COM - KICK OFF 2, PLAYER MANAGER and others. http://www.ko-gathering.com

13 February 2002, 10:25	#31
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 40 Posts: 839	Yes, thats the one It was made on Speccy by ELITE, but it was rumured to have been also made for C64, Amiga and ST... but so far nothing found __________________ Best regards, Tom-Cat

13 February 2002, 16:41	#32
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stanstead Abbotts / Hertfordshire Age: 41 Posts: 1,215	Whoa!! Now that`d be good!!! Also that truck game would be good for a remake, damn, what was it called, it was overhead view, with you delivering stuff...you could choose different length trucks etc... __________________ KO-GATHERING.COM - KICK OFF 2, PLAYER MANAGER and others. http://www.ko-gathering.com

26 February 2002, 09:15	#33
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Tensai Another gem that has almost seen the light of day is Grandslam’s Tensai. It is a post-nuclear action game very similar to Team 17’s Assasin and Rainbow Arts’ Turrican. In 1993 this game was near completion because I had seen a playable demo of it! It featured only sparse sound effects and not many foes but it looked very promising. The playable demo was copied by many people back in those days so maybe it has surfaced and can be found on the Internet. Does anyone have this demo or knows where I can download it? Many thanks in advance… Attached Thumbnails

26 February 2002, 11:19	#34
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 303	Unreleased gemas Would be nice if somebody could make database of them There has been many nice looking game projects. 1996-2001 little bit newer as those Trapped III, what happend to oxyron??? I ques that some of them are finished, but never found a publisher. __________________ Ibe U

05 March 2002, 16:17	#35
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Ram Rod A game I really wished it would be released on Amiga is Kevin Bulmer's Ram Rod -An isometric 3D arcade adventure with some weird surrealistic elements like the Pepsi machines and weird creatures. The game was canned Summer 1991 when Kevin decided to program Ocean's awful Terminator 2 -the movie. Attached Thumbnails

11 March 2002, 11:27	#36
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Realms of Darkness Grandslam's Realms of Darkness was previewed by CU Amiga in 1993. The game looks like a cross between Powermonger and Rome AD 92. I am not sure whether this game is not released. It looks complete but I have never read a review about it. Attached Thumbnails