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07 June 2023, 15:24 | #142 | |
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Away from the aforementioned games,(Snow Bros.,was especially satisfying as I read of it in CU Amiga in a newsagent & never heard of the conversion again!),do recall some talk of Psygnosis's Superheroes might still exist,albeit wasn't blown away by its limited disk demo in The One BITD! Also a pity all Amiga Hardcore dev work was tossed out the proverbial window when Psyggy decided to go full Megadrive version! At least Hardcore got resurrected into modern form,which is more than happened with C64 "Murder!" which sadly seems lost despite being finished! Likewise,always was curious via its adverts in Zzap!,about The Search for Sharla,which apparently was to have C64/Amiga ports,but alleged missed payments saw it disappear too! Not Listed in Amiga Lore,but featured in Games That Weren't was the previewed Rookies,which had a touch of Cannon Fodder like arcade strategy but would've have a bit more isometric art style to it! Back on-topic,still trying to work out what this paid portal is allegedly going to benefit? ....Much like when some of the old Amiga game IP's have been picked up 2nd,3rd or 4th time like a car boot sale & someone claiming "ownership",when the original developers have been long ago cut out of any further royalties,have a hard time believing in their sense of "supporting the community"!! |
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07 June 2023, 16:03 | #143 | |
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1. Gather money 2. ... 3. Profit! You can visit the page right now: https://aga.directory/ Check out the well thought out and designed 'About' tab |
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07 June 2023, 18:05 | #146 | |
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i feel like this is the key problem no one in that kickstarter page has seemingly contributed anything to this scene more like theyre standing on the shoulders of the "giants" that build this scene by creating games, programs, eab, amibay etc. is very disrespectful
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07 June 2023, 18:47 | #147 |
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Seems RamokRomok has done the whole job for about a fiver:
https://boing.directory/ |
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07 June 2023, 19:10 | #149 | |
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What I don't get is why everyone have access to that site?
Are they teasing us, and it will be closed once Kickstart campaign is over? Shall I back it up, while there's still time? Quote:
The site is not done. Besides, if you want FULLY alphabetical, have you thought about the fact that you didn't payed any membership yet? I did, and I am enjoying my browsing there. sigh... what people... |
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07 June 2023, 19:13 | #150 | |
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07 June 2023, 19:24 | #151 |
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I paid for the platinum package, but it seems like Predseda got the double extra spicy platinum package. I'll demand a full refund!
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07 June 2023, 19:45 | #152 | |
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Listen to me. You don't want to live in the void. Alone, and outside AGA space. What you need to do is offer more money... Think before you blink! |
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07 June 2023, 20:18 | #153 |
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Maybe his attempt to buttress his retirement? If so have a gofundme and specify your situation. This is silly and no to our german friend posting above, the irony is not lost on most of us posting this kickstarter here.
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07 June 2023, 21:41 | #154 |
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Threads merged..
Oh and this is pure bait and scam.. DJP is only about this community for himself. He does't give anything back unless there is something for him directly.. Respect == lost! |
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I made it in an extended lunch break as a proof of concept. And because I’m petty! (I have now had a bunch of requests to add a load of stuff so I think people think it’s “real”, so I’m now going to treat it as real!) |
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07 June 2023, 23:37 | #156 |
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@ramokromok
Welcome to EAB. Please look out for your subscription email and membership invoice… |
08 June 2023, 00:09 | #157 |
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My two pence worth.
Pointless! I love David Pleasance, I love that he had the forethought to do the Batman Pack and others and really help get the Amiga into homes across Europe. I was gutted back in the day when Commodore UK couldn't buy what was left, whether or not the Amiga would have lasted any significant amount of time more, I can't say, but I think there would have been more general optimism, whether that helps a company survive, I don't know. But that was back in 1994. In 1998, I pretty much walked away from Amiga. All the promises of stuff didn't happen nor materialise, as far as I was concerned, Amiga was dead as a platform, and there was no hope that a new machine might come out to challenge all comers as it did before. And then 2 years later, I was back, a cursory look on the Internet, and people remembered me and the stuff i'd done. But the Amiga "scene" as it was back in 2000, was a mess, so fragmented, little to nothing happening, hopes and dreams of doing stuff were just that, hopes and dreams. Software wasn't really forthcoming, plenty of talented people, but not enough free time to do anything. WHDLoad went from strength to strength, I think that was a major reason why so many people came back, got their Amigas out of cupboards, next thing they knew, they were spending money on a machine they hadn't used in a long while. I would say that since 2010, things really started to pick up, the trickles of sofware turned into something more. Lots of people from the demo scene that had largely quit the Amiga like I had, started coming back, demo programming, dentro, intro, cracktro, music, graphics, sure it was never going to be like it was in 1991, but you could see things were picking up. New games, unreleased games finally seeing the light of day, then there was the accelerator market that was joined by several new people, prices coming down, now it wasn't quite so expensive to upgrade an Amiga to something that wasn't horrible to use in the 2010's. Amiga repair services sprouting up, Amiga vendors, more commercial games, more demos, more cracktros, just generally more of everything, a massive change from what was happening in 2000, which frankly, was a whole heap of not much! And where are we today? No more the "would be great if we could collaborate to make a game", people are collaborating, and making more games than ever, the Amiga scene has NEVER been as vibrant as it is today, the market for pimping Amigas and for writing software, its building up and up. Magazines ffs, theres at least 3 of them, some are in the shops...... And the Amiga scene returned, people getting together and making time to make stuff on Amiga again, so much talent around, and some are even getting a return on investments. What a sea change since 2000. We as a community saw to that. ....But apparently, what the scene really needs is something "Official" setup that we have to pay for so everything is centralised in one place. It's like the Internet was never invented! The community on EAB and all the other forums and sites, has managed to muddle along just fine to where we are now. We don't need and didn't ask for an "official" website which claims it will help fund projects, but somehow needs our money to make that happen?!?!??!? Amiga is now a hobby for me, i'm almost 50 years old, I have a business to run, i'm writing a game for a publisher (for Amiga!), and I just don't see how this AGA Directory website even remotely comes into play here. If i've got a coding problem, I'll go on EAB, because frankly, thats where all the talent is, or i'll go ask friends who have already done it for their advice. Everything we have NOW, works. All the forums work, the communities self govern to root out morons, and spammers, we already have our "AGA Directory"....... its called the Internet! 20 years ago, when the Amiga scene was so fragmented, something like this proposal would have been welcome, but not now, not after the hard work has been done, by a community that did it for the love of wanting to do it for others. I can't support this, its detrimental to the Amiga community, its making an "EXCLUSIVE" club, when the LAST thing the Amiga needs is EXCLUSIVITY. I think the kids call it "gatekeeping". I call it madness. If the Amiga community isn't free and open for all, then the Amiga DIES when all of our generation that was with the Amiga when it was new, dies, and I don't want that to happen. Its why i'm happy to share information and answer questions I can, because I want more prospective people to want reasons to join us and help carry the Amiga name on into the next generation. I don't want to be miserable at the thought that when i'm 70, all that is left of those that give a damn about the Amiga and its memory, is an ever diminishing group of people that will vanish, taking the Amiga with it. I give my time freely, and other than occasional donations to Scoopexs website and EAB, within reason, I want to keep it that way. People should not be put off by the financial impact, it will simply stop people joining us. Peace! |
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