The ShortGrey (adventure game lucasarts style)

01 March 2002, 12:10

I'm desesperately looking for an adf of this game
It is an adventure game in wich you play the part of an alien on earth (point and click style)
Thanks for your help

Twistin'Ghost · 02 March 2002, 03:39

It's in the Zone...

RetroMan · 02 March 2002, 14:53

Hey

I never seen this one before, the gfx looks really nice

Does this one also exist in english ???

03 March 2002, 16:51

Thanks a lot Twistin' !!!!

CFou! · 19 October 2004, 13:02

Hi

I am patching 'The Short Grey' game

But 3 files are damaged on disk 0 (intro)

Have you good intro disk?

If Yes, can you upload it into THE ZONE!
Bye
Bertrand/CFou!

Amiga1992 · 19 October 2004, 13:47

I'm interested in this, never played this one and wanted to try it out!

kriz · 20 October 2004, 12:11

hmm what is this game ???!! I found some pix at bttr but only from the intro .. and nothing @ hol ....

CFou! · 20 October 2004, 13:46

Hi

It's good adventure game like Monkey Islands

But It seems only french version exist...

intro is creaded by Alcatraz (using 3d routines of demo odysee)

bye
Bertrand

kriz · 20 October 2004, 21:50

you gonna translate it too ?

Frog · 20 October 2004, 23:06

I check 2 sources but both are infected with Saddam virus

As ST version doesn't have any intro i couldn't replace corrupted files neither using it. I hope someone own the original game.
BTW while checking for several source, i find another game which could be interested to fix : Jimmy Willburne. If you're interested, full review + interview here http://insertdisk2.free.fr/Tests/Jimmy_Willburne.html

andreas · 21 October 2004, 08:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frog

I check 2 sources but both are infected with Saddam virus :

Please upload both of these versions. I have a good tool here that can decode Saddam-infected blocks, so maybe I can butcher together a working version for CFOU!.

Frog · 21 October 2004, 11:10

I think they're the same version.
http://www.amigaworks.com/down_jeux/...eShortgrey.rar
http://amigaventure.free.fr/shortgrey.php

andreas · 21 October 2004, 12:40

Not quite

Disk 2 (if you count from 0 and define 0 = intro disk) is different with both archives.

But the intro disk is still the same, which is not good.
HOWEVER: I think there's a 50:50 chance the SADDAM-infected disk can be fixed!
Block 1757 of the intro disk (i. e. block 7 of Terre.raw) definitely looks encoded to me, and if I can manage to suss out the algorithm that it's encrypted with, there will be a chance to fix it!

The disk is in the zone, for others that want to fiddle with it

Frog · 21 October 2004, 22:33

update : intro disk on planetemu is also Saddam infected

andreas · 22 October 2004, 09:04

The Saddam infection is not the problem, the problem is that the erroneous blocks always appear at one and the same place!
I had a problem related to that years ago with the German adventure "Die Kathedrale", but I could eventually assemble a working disk set from erroneous sources, because the things working on the first copy failed on the second copy, and vice-versa! Yes, of course the copies were different!

update from me: I now have managed to fix the disk structure, eliminating all bad seqnum and related errors, BUT the disk will MERELY copy fine to HD now, and nothing more! Some of the files themselves (Terre.raw, space3D.raw ...) are obviously still broken - so an 100% intro disk is mandatory for the HD install!

CFou! · 22 October 2004, 14:17

Look in TheZone!

I have uploaded good intro disk and alternate version of disk 1 (original)

My patch will be finished soon, wait a bit for test!

Frog · 22 October 2004, 16:18

Good news!

BTW i was making an icon one week before your post... believe me or not

1st frame is done, i still have to do 2nd frame. If you're interested i could send it soon.

andreas · 22 October 2004, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by CFOU!

Look in TheZone!
I have uploaded good intro disk and alternate version of disk 1 (original)

Nooooo!

LMAO! All that freaking work in vain with this ugly error-riddled TOSEC intro disk!

Thanks for the disk, though!

(I was really not believing anymore a working version would yet be available this month.)

[edit] OK, yes, this version is fully working, but it also contains a Saddam virus - in virgin state!

The disk validator is tampered with, but no files are damaged! Do you think what I think? The TOSEC disk is nothing else but *your* disk in later state! (Consider that the Saddam virus does his mischief slowly and agonizingly, destroying your disk bit by bit!) The disk name is also renamed to 'd0', and the old name was something like '??pie:Empty'.
Cleansed version is in the zone.

CFou! · 22 October 2004, 17:56

I am interested of that

I WILL ADD your icon in the final package

CFou! · 22 October 2004, 22:16

Whdload's patch v1.0 beta is in TheZone!

I am waiting for FROG's icon and I release the patch

good test

Bertrand/CFou!

01 March 2002, 12:10	#1
meddy Posts: n/a	The ShortGrey (adventure game lucasarts style) I'm desesperately looking for an adf of this game It is an adventure game in wich you play the part of an alien on earth (point and click style) Thanks for your help

19 October 2004, 13:02	#5
CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 4,277	looking for Shortgrey's intro disk Hi I am patching 'The Short Grey' game But 3 files are damaged on disk 0 (intro) Have you good intro disk? If Yes, can you upload it into THE ZONE! Bye Bertrand/CFou!

21 October 2004, 12:40	#13
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	Not quite Disk 2 (if you count from 0 and define 0 = intro disk) is different with both archives. But the intro disk is still the same, which is not good. HOWEVER: I think there's a 50:50 chance the SADDAM-infected disk can be fixed! Block 1757 of the intro disk (i. e. block 7 of Terre.raw) definitely looks encoded to me, and if I can manage to suss out the algorithm that it's encrypted with, there will be a chance to fix it! The disk is in the zone, for others that want to fiddle with it Last edited by andreas; 21 October 2004 at 18:56.

22 October 2004, 09:04	#15
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	The Saddam infection is not the problem, the problem is that the erroneous blocks always appear at one and the same place! I had a problem related to that years ago with the German adventure "Die Kathedrale", but I could eventually assemble a working disk set from erroneous sources, because the things working on the first copy failed on the second copy, and vice-versa! Yes, of course the copies were different! update from me: I now have managed to fix the disk structure, eliminating all bad seqnum and related errors, BUT the disk will MERELY copy fine to HD now, and nothing more! Some of the files themselves (Terre.raw, space3D.raw ...) are obviously still broken - so an 100% intro disk is mandatory for the HD install! Last edited by andreas; 22 October 2004 at 17:31.

22 October 2004, 22:16	#20
CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 4,277	Whdload's patch v1.0 beta Whdload's patch v1.0 beta is in TheZone! I am waiting for FROG's icon and I release the patch good test Bertrand/CFou!

02 March 2002, 03:39	#2
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	It's in the Zone...

02 March 2002, 14:53	#3
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Hey I never seen this one before, the gfx looks really nice Does this one also exist in english ???

03 March 2002, 16:51	#4
meddy Posts: n/a	Thanks a lot Twistin' !!!!

19 October 2004, 13:47	#6
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,649	I'm interested in this, never played this one and wanted to try it out!

20 October 2004, 12:11	#7
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,222	hmm what is this game ???!! I found some pix at bttr but only from the intro .. and nothing @ hol ....

20 October 2004, 13:46	#8
CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 4,277	Hi It's good adventure game like Monkey Islands But It seems only french version exist... intro is creaded by Alcatraz (using 3d routines of demo odysee) bye Bertrand

20 October 2004, 21:50	#9
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,222	you gonna translate it too ?

20 October 2004, 23:06	#10
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	I check 2 sources but both are infected with Saddam virus As ST version doesn't have any intro i couldn't replace corrupted files neither using it. I hope someone own the original game. BTW while checking for several source, i find another game which could be interested to fix : Jimmy Willburne. If you're interested, full review + interview here http://insertdisk2.free.fr/Tests/Jimmy_Willburne.html

21 October 2004, 11:10	#12
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	I think they're the same version. http://www.amigaworks.com/down_jeux/...eShortgrey.rar http://amigaventure.free.fr/shortgrey.php

21 October 2004, 22:33	#14
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	update : intro disk on planetemu is also Saddam infected

22 October 2004, 14:17	#16
CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 4,277	Look in TheZone! I have uploaded good intro disk and alternate version of disk 1 (original) My patch will be finished soon, wait a bit for test!

22 October 2004, 16:18	#17
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	Good news! BTW i was making an icon one week before your post... believe me or not 1st frame is done, i still have to do 2nd frame. If you're interested i could send it soon.

22 October 2004, 17:56	#19
CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 51 Posts: 4,277	I am interested of that I WILL ADD your icon in the final package

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