Rare CD32 Games? - Page 4

nujack · 10 January 2009, 13:15

Any news of megarace-alpha-version from retrosale.co.uk? I wrote him an e-mail but no answer

mai · 10 January 2009, 15:12

Was a CD³²-version of "Hare Raising Havoc" released?
http://hol.abime.net/662

JACK98 · 10 January 2009, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by nujack

Any news of megarace-alpha-version from retrosale.co.uk? I wrote him an e-mail but no answer

glad you did,was going to do same myself.i checked his pro.hasn't been on in a while.so he could be

a)very busy

b)been threatened by lawyers not to release it

mai · 11 January 2009, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

Was a CD³²-version of "Hare Raising Havoc" released?
http://hol.abime.net/662

It seems, such a version was never released.

FOL · 28 January 2009, 01:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

It seems, such a version was never released.

I have it as an iso, made it back when I was converting alot of my favorite games to CD32. Runs good on CD32.

JACK98 · 07 February 2009, 01:46

update,i emailed retro privately useing his business email on a certain site,he wrote back,he has the stuff still,he is moving,so,promises to share the goods do

nujack · 07 February 2009, 16:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by JACK98

update,i emailed retro privately useing his business email on a certain site,he wrote back,he has the stuff still,he is moving,so,promises to share the goods do

Good work!!!
I still can't believe that a beta of Megarace for CD32 exist until I have seen it. Seeing is beliving. Will wait ...

Sir_Lucas · 08 September 2009, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by nujack

Good work!!!
I still can't believe that a beta of Megarace for CD32 exist until I have seen it. Seeing is beliving. Will wait ...

Any news regarding Megarce for CD32? I'd be delighted to see it running.

mk1 · 08 September 2009, 14:01

I wonder if Lost Eden (http://hol.abime.net/5544) or Inferno (http://hol.abime.net/4219) ever got this far?

Sir_Lucas · 08 September 2009, 17:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk1

I wonder if Lost Eden (http://hol.abime.net/5544) or Inferno (http://hol.abime.net/4219) ever got this far?

I've no idea

but these games are a bit extensive in comparison to Megarace. Yet I'd be happy to see them as well.

mk1 · 08 September 2009, 20:04

Well, Lost Eden is by the same team as Megarace and I recall an article in CD32 Gamer or some other CD32 mag where they had a chance to try out Inferno on the Amiga so I reckon demos of some sort do (did) exist.

Sir_Lucas · 09 September 2009, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk1

Well, Lost Eden is by the same team as Megarace and I recall an article in CD32 Gamer or some other CD32 mag where they had a chance to try out Inferno on the Amiga so I reckon demos of some sort do (did) exist.

Perhaps it's worth to try writing an e-mail to people who developed these games. Have you tried that? You've go nothing to lose. What's more we could all gain two fantasic games. Maybe someone has them somewhere.

s2325 · 09 September 2009, 11:59

I always thought Lost Eden was 3DO game... I remember some screenshot(s) with herbivore dinosaur.

mk1 · 10 September 2009, 08:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir_Lucas

Perhaps it's worth to try writing an e-mail to people who developed these games. Have you tried that? You've go nothing to lose. What's more we could all gain two fantasic games. Maybe someone has them somewhere.

Well, the guy above was already in contact with some of the developers of Megarace/Lost Eden so maybe he could ask about Lost Eden as well. Inferno was developed by DID so I've no clue who to contact about it.

As for Lost Eden, there's even a JHOL entry for it here: http://hol.abime.net/5544 so it's definitely been developed for the CD32 too. Probably got released on the 3DO only though.

Sir_Lucas · 10 September 2009, 08:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk1

Well, the guy above was already in contact with some of the developers of Megarace/Lost Eden so maybe he could ask about Lost Eden as well. Inferno was developed by DID so I've no clue who to contact about it.

As for Lost Eden, there's even a JHOL entry for it here: http://hol.abime.net/5544 so it's definitely been developed for the CD32 too. Probably got released on the 3DO only though.

I've found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Eden

StevenJGore · 10 September 2009, 09:52

In many ways, I think it's a good thing that Inferno, Cyberwar, Megarace, and Lost Eden were never released for the CD32. If they had been, I think we would hold them in the same regard as Microcosm. Most, if not all, of these four titles were the "new generation" of mid-90's games which consisted of lots of medium quality video streaming from CD, with a few overlayed sprites. Graphics over gameplay. Megarace was certainly going to be like this, just a video of the track with overlayed vehicles (very like Micrososm, in fact). Cyberwar (IIRC) was just going to be lots of video sequences triggered by the player's actions. As for Lost Eden (from the wikipedia link above):

Quote:

it has been congratulated for a good standard of graphics for its time, largely using pre-rendered 3D graphics

I'd still be interested to see any beta or alpha versions, though, and I'd be happy to be proved wrong!

Steve.

s2325 · 10 September 2009, 10:00

PC Megarace have strange but somewhat enjoyable gameplay. Avoid Megarace 3, boring shiny crap.

Sir_Lucas · 10 September 2009, 12:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

PC Megarace have strange but somewhat enjoyable gameplay. Avoid Megarace 3, boring shiny crap.

As most of the "new and glittering" sequels.

Sir_Lucas · 10 September 2009, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenJGore

In many ways, I think it's a good thing that Inferno, Cyberwar, Megarace, and Lost Eden were never released for the CD32. If they had been, I think we would hold them in the same regard as Microcosm. Most, if not all, of these four titles were the "new generation" of mid-90's games which consisted of lots of medium quality video streaming from CD, with a few overlayed sprites. Graphics over gameplay. Megarace was certainly going to be like this, just a video of the track with overlayed vehicles (very like Micrososm, in fact). Cyberwar (IIRC) was just going to be lots of video sequences triggered by the player's actions. As for Lost Eden (from the wikipedia link above):

I'd still be interested to see any beta or alpha versions, though, and I'd be happy to be proved wrong!

Steve.

I remember seeing MegaRace, Inferno and Cyberwar in the papers. They seemed very enjoyable. Lately I've managed to find CyberWar for PSX. To tell you the truth I really like it. It has some kind of charm of the mid '90.

s2325 · 15 November 2013, 16:52

Mentioned review of Turbo Trax CD32:

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10 January 2009, 13:15	#61
nujack Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Leipzig/Germany Age: 49 Posts: 458	Any news of megarace-alpha-version from retrosale.co.uk? I wrote him an e-mail but no answer

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08 September 2009, 14:01	#69
mk1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki / Finland Posts: 403	I wonder if Lost Eden (http://hol.abime.net/5544) or Inferno (http://hol.abime.net/4219) ever got this far?

08 September 2009, 20:04	#71
mk1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki / Finland Posts: 403	Well, Lost Eden is by the same team as Megarace and I recall an article in CD32 Gamer or some other CD32 mag where they had a chance to try out Inferno on the Amiga so I reckon demos of some sort do (did) exist.

09 September 2009, 11:59	#73
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I always thought Lost Eden was 3DO game... I remember some screenshot(s) with herbivore dinosaur.

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s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	PC Megarace have strange but somewhat enjoyable gameplay. Avoid Megarace 3, boring shiny crap.

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