Hardcore

Mœbius · 05 February 2007, 01:38

Did this Digital Illusions game ever see the light of day, or was it nothing more than a bunch of screen shots?
I know it says it was unreleased, but maybe a version slipped out somewhere?

CodyJarrett · 05 February 2007, 07:14

Only screenshots but aGTW is in contact with the authors trying to find out more.

killergorilla · 05 February 2007, 10:18

I tried looking for some information on this game as I thought it looked pretty good. Unfortunately trying to find any information on the internet without extremely limiting the search terms comes up with piles and piles of irrelevant information (if you know what I mean).

Shame, as this actually looks pretty good.

DamienD · 05 February 2007, 13:53

Yeah this does look quite cool

Hope that you manage to find something CodyJarrett

killergorilla · 05 February 2007, 13:58

Yeah that would be pretty sweet if any kind of demo could be found.

7-Zark-7 · 05 February 2007, 14:27

I'm pretty sure The One magazine did a preview of sorts (ie: 1/2 a page or so at least), at the time, but it just seemed to quietly disappear off the radar like several other titles did for the same reason after Commodore's demise. Can't recall to much about it,but think their comments at the time were describing it in the same tones as a Turrican-esque game in terms of quality.

Mœbius · 06 February 2007, 08:19

I clearly remember that screenshot from magazines... shame I threw out my 'The One' collection a while ago :/

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

Only screenshots but aGTW is in contact with the authors trying to find out more.

What's aGTW, if one may inquire?

In any case, good luck with that. Even if no software is available, it would be interesting to find out what happened to this game and maybe even find out why it never got released.

CodyJarrett · 06 February 2007, 08:49

It's Amiga Games That Weren't: http://agtw.abime.net/

Qube · 09 February 2007, 21:54

Yep, I just think it was shelved during production, much like the game Tentacle by Eldritch the Cat. A rolling slideshow of the latter was shown on an ST mag disk. Oh and the mods of Tentacle were released on Tim Wright's homepage - http://www.coldstorage.org.uk

turrican3 · 23 September 2007, 20:07

what do you think to send a mail to digital illusions (dice now i think).
Perhaps we could have answers ?
perhaps the game or a demo is somewhere ???

turrican3 · 23 September 2007, 20:21

i wrote a mail to dice, who knows perhaps i will have an answer.

Galaxy · 23 September 2007, 22:59

There are 4 previews of it currently in AMR : http://amr.abime.net/amr_search.php?...=0&action=Find

turrican3 · 23 September 2007, 23:47

i think it must be near of completion if not finished

blade002 · 24 September 2007, 16:46

If this game "ever" does appear, i will sell my left testicle to get it !!.

YoJoe! · 14 October 2007, 06:26

I want this game! Gimme gimme!
Please?

Spellcoder · 15 October 2007, 02:36

Found two interviews with Andreas Axelsson (AXL) (one of the founders of Digital Illusions) in which he also commented on why 'Hardcore' wasn't released:

http://www.lemonamiga.com/interviews/andreas_axelsson/

Quote:

Once you had done Pinball Dreams done, was it easy to get the other games published?

After Dreams, it was quite easy to get Fantasies and Illusions sold. 21st Century pretty much begged us to do them. Benefactor was harder, although not too hard since Psygnosis recognized some of the success of Lemmings in it. HardCore was moved from Amiga to MegaDrive and then canned with only two known bugs left to fix. Psygnosis shut down their 16 bit development overnight, that absolutely sucked. I still bring out the ROM image sometimes to play it. I believe we could put it out for download, but last time I looked at it the contract with Psygnosis still held us back.

http://www.pcpinball.com/news/interv..._axelsson.html

Quote:

Malfunction was canned, 'cause I got bored with it. It would have been a little like System Shock on the PC if it had been finished. Benefactor was released for Amiga and CD32 and Hardcore was almost finished for Sega Megadrive, but was canned byt the publisher when 16-bit suddenly died overnight.

Quote:

Additionally I can say that Hardcore would've kicked major ass if it had been released on the Megadrive. It was the best shoot-em up ever on that machine. I'd buy a Megadrive today, solely to play that game if we could get it on a cartridge.

Retro-Nerd · 15 October 2007, 03:28

Quote:

HardCore was moved from Amiga to MegaDrive and then canned with only two known bugs left to fix. Psygnosis shut down their 16 bit development overnight, that absolutely sucked. I still bring out the ROM image sometimes to play it. I believe we could put it out for download, but last time I looked at it the contract with Psygnosis still held us back.

The unreleased Mega Drive version. Looks indeed very nice. We need a ROM dump.

Mœbius · 17 January 2008, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

Only screenshots but aGTW is in contact with the authors trying to find out more.

Bit of a bump

Any steps forward on this?

JohnnyBeGood · 16 February 2008, 12:42

I'm curious, if no demo exist or anything, who did the screens for HOL?
They don't exactly look scanned

BippyM · 16 February 2008, 13:44

They are probably mock-ups made in dpaint or similar!

05 February 2007, 01:38	#1
Mœbius Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London / Vienna Age: 46 Posts: 43	Hardcore Did this Digital Illusions game ever see the light of day, or was it nothing more than a bunch of screen shots? I know it says it was unreleased, but maybe a version slipped out somewhere?

23 September 2007, 20:07	#10
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	what do you think to send a mail to digital illusions (dice now i think). Perhaps we could have answers ? perhaps the game or a demo is somewhere ??? Last edited by turrican3; 23 September 2007 at 20:14.

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05 February 2007, 07:14	#2
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Only screenshots but aGTW is in contact with the authors trying to find out more.

05 February 2007, 10:18	#3
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I tried looking for some information on this game as I thought it looked pretty good. Unfortunately trying to find any information on the internet without extremely limiting the search terms comes up with piles and piles of irrelevant information (if you know what I mean). Shame, as this actually looks pretty good.

05 February 2007, 13:53	#4
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Yeah this does look quite cool Hope that you manage to find something CodyJarrett

05 February 2007, 13:58	#5
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Yeah that would be pretty sweet if any kind of demo could be found.

05 February 2007, 14:27	#6
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	I'm pretty sure The One magazine did a preview of sorts (ie: 1/2 a page or so at least), at the time, but it just seemed to quietly disappear off the radar like several other titles did for the same reason after Commodore's demise. Can't recall to much about it,but think their comments at the time were describing it in the same tones as a Turrican-esque game in terms of quality.

06 February 2007, 08:49	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	It's Amiga Games That Weren't: http://agtw.abime.net/

09 February 2007, 21:54	#9
Qube Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: England Posts: 218	Yep, I just think it was shelved during production, much like the game Tentacle by Eldritch the Cat. A rolling slideshow of the latter was shown on an ST mag disk. Oh and the mods of Tentacle were released on Tim Wright's homepage - http://www.coldstorage.org.uk

23 September 2007, 20:21	#11
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	i wrote a mail to dice, who knows perhaps i will have an answer.

23 September 2007, 22:59	#12
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	There are 4 previews of it currently in AMR : http://amr.abime.net/amr_search.php?...=0&action=Find

23 September 2007, 23:47	#13
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	i think it must be near of completion if not finished

24 September 2007, 16:46	#14
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	If this game "ever" does appear, i will sell my left testicle to get it !!.

14 October 2007, 06:26	#15
YoJoe! Amiga Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 217	I want this game! Gimme gimme! Please?

16 February 2008, 12:42	#19
JohnnyBeGood Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 81	I'm curious, if no demo exist or anything, who did the screens for HOL? They don't exactly look scanned

16 February 2008, 13:44	#20
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	They are probably mock-ups made in dpaint or similar!

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