Putty Squad? Read here! - Page 2

Riempie · 23 November 2003, 13:22

shame...

We should contact John Twiddy somehow again. I was so close a couple of years ago, he only needed some time to sort out some cd's which had the master-files on it. But I never heard from him again. Where is this guy now anyway?

MethodGit · 23 November 2003, 13:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Codetapper
Stuart Campbell left a few months before Amiga Power reviewed the game. He also said that a huge amount of Amiga stuff was simply taken to the tip when the magazine was shut down so if they had the rarities like Putty Squad, Tilt (Codemasters) etc it's probably rotting away as we speak

Jesus christ! That's one of the WORST things you could ever do!

Why didn't they consider giving all their stuff to relatives or close friends, or find other ways to preserve all the rare stuff?

the wolf · 23 November 2003, 14:26

The game was also rewieved on THE ONE in August 1994 (4 pages!), from Matt(hew) Broughton.
If someone knows him could ask about the game...

Amiga1992 · 23 November 2003, 18:06

Yup, it would be nice to find matt Broughton. I wonder if he still dons a goatie?

7-Zark-7 · 24 November 2003, 05:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Riempie
shame...

We should contact John Twiddy somehow again. I was so close a couple of years ago, he only needed some time to sort out some cd's which had the master-files on it. But I never heard from him again. Where is this guy now anyway?

I could be mistaken, but I think he's still involved at Studio 3 (fomerly System 3), I dare say involved in their Last Ninja 4 game. He might've been overruled by Mark Cale in your dealings with him Riempie-you'd gotten closer than anyone else so far!

BippyM · 15 December 2004, 21:25

Okay guys with some pushing from 7-Zark-7 I contacted Dan Philips and asked him about Putty Squad.. below are to replies I have had off him

I asked him if he knew about Putty Squad and if he could locate or contact John Twiddy etc.. his reply:

Quote:

Hiya,
I left System 3 right after putty was finished.
John Twiddy is still working for Studio3 as far as I know, but I haven't seen him
for a good few years, he's working on The Last Ninja 4 apparently

I'll ask Robin Levy (Ruff'nTumble) if he knows what happend to it as he carried
on working for Sys3 until about 2000 or so. If not Rob'll be able to contact John.

Cheers

Dan

I replied thanking him alot for his help and here is another reply

Quote:

Hiya, I've spoken to Robin, There was a fully complete and finished version for the Amiga 1200.

He hasn't seen/spoken to John Twiddy for 4/5 years, We are asking around to see if we can get in contact with him, don't really want to ask MC but will if all other avenuses fail

Cheers

Dan

Fingers crossed eh

andreas · 15 December 2004, 22:05

PHWOAR!

Now this'd be a sort of Xmas present, HUH?

*crossing fingers too* (hope it helps

)

fiath · 16 December 2004, 09:51

Nice!

If this pans out can we try to get a proper dump of the game disk we can all work from, i.e. using the CAPS dumping tool?

I know I know. First things first.

7-Zark-7 · 21 December 2004, 15:50

Nice one BippyM, though more thanks to you & esp. Dan Phillips/Robin Levy. Anyone who's followed their contris to Frank Gasking's excellent C64 GTW site,would not be surprised by their responses.
And "if" anything came off from it, I think it would be an excellent idea that (whilst we shouldn't hold our breaths-esp. with Mark Cale), a theoretical co-ordinated response ala CAPS (or other exp. Amiga compilers who reside here), be decided as the possible point of contact.
What the heck System 3/Studio 3 are doing these days,I wonder-I thought LN4 got cancelled yonks ago?

Chain · 05 December 2005, 09:54

snes version is really fantastic! i just bought real snes for it. awesome game

superquake · 05 December 2005, 11:22

I recently spoke to Jason Page (Putty Squad Musician) about the game, and he said he never even saw the game - he and Richard Joseph were commisioned for the music, given a brief, and they sent the music to System 3.

TheBoss · 05 December 2005, 12:12

So this a dead end then and we are nowhere near finding the game? :/
We should sum up who was contacted and who might still know something about the game like reviewers, developer team.

7-Zark-7 · 05 December 2005, 13:28

Based on past evidence, it would seem John Twiddy would still be the best possible source if he had indeed preserved his work onto CD,but finding/contacting him would be another matter.
I seem to recall an article/interview with Mark Cale/John Twiddy from Retro UK magazine a few months ago. Others may recall more info, but think Studio 3 was closed down & subsequently Cale has started up a co. involved in mobile phone gaming with John Twiddy now involved there.

However, in a email exchange with C64 GTW Webmaster Frank Gasking a little while back, he observed that Mr Twiddy was v. difficult to contact,with the Retro Magazine interview only possible via a phone interview. I think (being realistic), there's about as much chance at this rate of Amiga Putty arising from the ashes as the C64's mythical "Murder!" & "Daffy Duck".

andreas · 10 December 2005, 17:23

Maybe Twiddy even occasionally reads about this and even enjoys seeing one of his old games being and *remaining* such a mystery.

Chain · 10 December 2005, 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreas

Maybe Twiddy even occasionally reads about this and even enjoys seeing one of his old games being and *remaining* such a mystery.

Creepy, huh

22 February 2006, 16:07

hello chaps,
I did the graphics for putty squad back in the day, and was just looking on the internet for some images from it when I came across this forum!

I can't even remember why it never got released on the amiga. I think it may have something to do with Ocean going tits up!

Funnily enough, the amiga version was better than the SNES version. John and I added a lot more cosmetic details to it...

Its nice to see people are still trying to track it down.

I still see John and Mark, so will try and find out the MYSTERY

BippyM · 22 February 2006, 16:17

welcome aboard nickrlee

Good to see another famous member

The gfx on putty are fab, and it'd be great if we could unearth this game

dlfrsilver · 22 February 2006, 17:30

Yes at last ^^

7-Zark-7 · 23 February 2006, 14:20

This would be a nice info update for AGTW,if nothing else! Although the state of the Amiga market,(CBM collapse), undoubtedly had an impact on its non-release, any other anecdotes from the development of Putty Squad? From the magazine preview articles it certainly appeared a lot of thought had gone into the design of things.

25 February 2006, 19:28

erm, I'm not sure any thought went into the design actually! we just made stuff up as we went along and tried to get the coder to put it in!

22 February 2006, 16:07	#36
nickrlee Posts: n/a	Putty Squad hello chaps, I did the graphics for putty squad back in the day, and was just looking on the internet for some images from it when I came across this forum! I can't even remember why it never got released on the amiga. I think it may have something to do with Ocean going tits up! Funnily enough, the amiga version was better than the SNES version. John and I added a lot more cosmetic details to it... Its nice to see people are still trying to track it down. I still see John and Mark, so will try and find out the MYSTERY

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23 November 2003, 13:22	#21
Riempie Amiga freak Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 351	shame... We should contact John Twiddy somehow again. I was so close a couple of years ago, he only needed some time to sort out some cd's which had the master-files on it. But I never heard from him again. Where is this guy now anyway?

23 November 2003, 14:26	#23
the wolf Just Leeching Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Italy Age: 52 Posts: 416	The game was also rewieved on THE ONE in August 1994 (4 pages!), from Matt(hew) Broughton. If someone knows him could ask about the game...

23 November 2003, 18:06	#24
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,656	Yup, it would be nice to find matt Broughton. I wonder if he still dons a goatie?

15 December 2004, 22:05	#27
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	PHWOAR! Now this'd be a sort of Xmas present, HUH? crossing fingers too (hope it helps )

16 December 2004, 09:51	#28
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Nice! If this pans out can we try to get a proper dump of the game disk we can all work from, i.e. using the CAPS dumping tool? I know I know. First things first.

21 December 2004, 15:50	#29
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Nice one BippyM, though more thanks to you & esp. Dan Phillips/Robin Levy. Anyone who's followed their contris to Frank Gasking's excellent C64 GTW site,would not be surprised by their responses. And "if" anything came off from it, I think it would be an excellent idea that (whilst we shouldn't hold our breaths-esp. with Mark Cale), a theoretical co-ordinated response ala CAPS (or other exp. Amiga compilers who reside here), be decided as the possible point of contact. What the heck System 3/Studio 3 are doing these days,I wonder-I thought LN4 got cancelled yonks ago?

05 December 2005, 09:54	#30
Chain A-Collector, repairments Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Czech Rep. Age: 50 Posts: 1,536	snes version is really fantastic! i just bought real snes for it. awesome game

05 December 2005, 11:22	#31
superquake Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 76	I recently spoke to Jason Page (Putty Squad Musician) about the game, and he said he never even saw the game - he and Richard Joseph were commisioned for the music, given a brief, and they sent the music to System 3.

05 December 2005, 12:12	#32
TheBoss Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 840	So this a dead end then and we are nowhere near finding the game? :/ We should sum up who was contacted and who might still know something about the game like reviewers, developer team.

05 December 2005, 13:28	#33
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Based on past evidence, it would seem John Twiddy would still be the best possible source if he had indeed preserved his work onto CD,but finding/contacting him would be another matter. I seem to recall an article/interview with Mark Cale/John Twiddy from Retro UK magazine a few months ago. Others may recall more info, but think Studio 3 was closed down & subsequently Cale has started up a co. involved in mobile phone gaming with John Twiddy now involved there. However, in a email exchange with C64 GTW Webmaster Frank Gasking a little while back, he observed that Mr Twiddy was v. difficult to contact,with the Retro Magazine interview only possible via a phone interview. I think (being realistic), there's about as much chance at this rate of Amiga Putty arising from the ashes as the C64's mythical "Murder!" & "Daffy Duck".

10 December 2005, 17:23	#34
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	Maybe Twiddy even occasionally reads about this and even enjoys seeing one of his old games being and remaining such a mystery.

22 February 2006, 16:17	#37
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	welcome aboard nickrlee Good to see another famous member The gfx on putty are fab, and it'd be great if we could unearth this game

22 February 2006, 17:30	#38
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,512	Yes at last ^^

23 February 2006, 14:20	#39
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	This would be a nice info update for AGTW,if nothing else! Although the state of the Amiga market,(CBM collapse), undoubtedly had an impact on its non-release, any other anecdotes from the development of Putty Squad? From the magazine preview articles it certainly appeared a lot of thought had gone into the design of things.

25 February 2006, 19:28	#40
nickrlee Posts: n/a	erm, I'm not sure any thought went into the design actually! we just made stuff up as we went along and tried to get the coder to put it in!

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