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Master484 · 07 May 2023, 17:37

Here is some more info about Celloids, translated from the website article and the video.

So firstly, the game was released to the public in the beginning of 2018 (and not 2020 as I first said).

This happened at the birthday party of the Finnish game museum, where the finnish game/digital media preservation group Kasettilamerit was present, recording games and other stuff. (Kasettilamerit is basically the finnish equivalent to the Software Preservation Society).

So Avesoft founder Jyrki Kummola appeared at the party, and brought with him Celloids on a floppy disk. And so the game was recorded and preserved in a digital form by Kasettilamerit.

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Originally Celloids was meant to be a commercial game, and the plan was to release it somewhere near the end of the year 1993.

However, this never happened, because the Amiga market was already dying, and releasing new games for the platform wasn't necessarily profitable anymore. Also at the same time Avesoft itself was facing tough times with the slowly dwindling PD game distribution business.

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This version of the game that we now have is the most recent version that Jyrki Kummola managed to find, but it's not certain if this would have been the actual final release version. But what we have here is at least very close to the final version.

Both Jyrki Kummola and the makers of the game have given their permission that it can now be freely distributed.

System requirements: All Amigas with 1 megabyte of memory. (512K Chip + 512K other mem)

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I see that we already have a HOL entry.

A small fix regarding the amount of players: There is a 2 player mode, and they can play simultaneously, one controlling the ship and the other controlling the aiming and shooting.

The two player mode can be used by a single player too; gamepad + keyboard works quite well and gives more control to the aiming process.

07 May 2023, 17:37	#55
Master484 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 525	Here is some more info about Celloids, translated from the website article and the video. So firstly, the game was released to the public in the beginning of 2018 (and not 2020 as I first said). This happened at the birthday party of the Finnish game museum, where the finnish game/digital media preservation group Kasettilamerit was present, recording games and other stuff. (Kasettilamerit is basically the finnish equivalent to the Software Preservation Society). So Avesoft founder Jyrki Kummola appeared at the party, and brought with him Celloids on a floppy disk. And so the game was recorded and preserved in a digital form by Kasettilamerit. --- Originally Celloids was meant to be a commercial game, and the plan was to release it somewhere near the end of the year 1993. However, this never happened, because the Amiga market was already dying, and releasing new games for the platform wasn't necessarily profitable anymore. Also at the same time Avesoft itself was facing tough times with the slowly dwindling PD game distribution business. --- This version of the game that we now have is the most recent version that Jyrki Kummola managed to find, but it's not certain if this would have been the actual final release version. But what we have here is at least very close to the final version. Both Jyrki Kummola and the makers of the game have given their permission that it can now be freely distributed. System requirements: All Amigas with 1 megabyte of memory. (512K Chip + 512K other mem) --- I see that we already have a HOL entry. A small fix regarding the amount of players: There is a 2 player mode, and they can play simultaneously, one controlling the ship and the other controlling the aiming and shooting. The two player mode can be used by a single player too; gamepad + keyboard works quite well and gives more control to the aiming process.