X-System ( not X-System 2) aka Crossed System

TDO · 27 June 2019, 17:40

Hello fellow Amiga enthusiasts!

I am on an old fashioned quest to find a game I wrote that was published as Exclusiveware by Virus Free PD in the UK in 1991. It was called X-System (aka Crossed System) and I cannot find it anywhere! I've put posts up elsewhere and a helpful person suggested asking you good people. I also made a follow up called X-System 2 which I have managed to find.

I've told the story so far here:
[ Show youtube player ]

Thank you!

DamienD · 28 June 2019, 00:24

Heya TDO,

Welcome to EAB

Your video cracked me up

Seems extremely rare; I've search all EAB / internet resource and files on my external hard drives but nothing...

Of course, as you say, "X-System 2" is quite easy to find.

Don't give up hope though, it may be on some obscure Public Domain CD-ROM or something.

Edit: I was hoping to maybe find it on AmigaPD but they too only have the 2nd game...

TDO · 29 June 2019, 23:58

Hopefully you found it entertaining. Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to search for it. I recently got back in contact with the original owner of Virus Free PD and even he can't find it. If it weren't for the magazine review and the adverts I would begin to think it was all a dream!

DamienD · 30 June 2019, 01:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDO

Hopefully you found it entertaining.

Very

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDO

Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to search for it. I recently got back in contact with the original owner of Virus Free PD and even he can't find it. If it weren't for the magazine review and the adverts I would begin to think it was all a dream!

No problem

...wish I had better news though but, you never know, it may turn up some day.

ransom1122 · 30 June 2019, 03:35

Great video TDO, There are not many people who begin with saying how bad their game is. lol.

Anyway this thread has sparked interest so I thought I'd do an extensive search myself only to find the 2nd game like DamienD did.

I will always keep an eye out for it and let you know if I come across it.

Retro1234 · 30 June 2019, 18:46

Definitely not the worse game ever.

Might be worth looking through some of the BBS collections

Are there any screenshots in Magazines, was it ever on a cover disk?

mai · 30 June 2019, 19:33

You are aware, that we have VirusFree PD Disks #0001 - #1200 on EAB FTP!?
However, it seems mentioned game is not among this Disks.
If i remember correctly this is not the full VirusFree PD collection.
Disks 0001 - 1200 are from period of time 198x - end of 1990 i think.

AMIGASYSTEM · 30 June 2019, 19:54

X-System is mentioned in "Amiga Power - Issue 03" (3/4 page) but is not present in the floppy disk

https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Po...ing_GB/page/n3

MageMaster · 01 July 2019, 23:45

I did some extensive looking but alas, no go!

TDO · 02 July 2019, 15:26

Thank you all so much for looking for me, it's appreciated. Unfortunately, as it was not PD it wasn't in VFPD's normal PD disk numbering. It was a separate experiment of theirs into exclusive budget content. The second version was in the new Central Licenceware register (CLR) and so was both given a number, and available from a few other PD libraries, which is why that one survived.

The screen shot in Amiga Power is the only thing I have to remind me of what I created. Funnily though they messed up the photo because the game didn't have the colourful copper bars at the bottom. The main ship was based on a Klingon bird of prey, so yes, yet more Trek references. It was also on 2 disks, for a reason I can't remember. I doubt it was because of the size of the game, more likely because it was before the Amos compiler and therefore needing the runtime files.

28 June 2019, 00:24	#2
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Heya TDO, Welcome to EAB Your video cracked me up Seems extremely rare; I've search all EAB / internet resource and files on my external hard drives but nothing... Of course, as you say, "X-System 2" is quite easy to find. Don't give up hope though, it may be on some obscure Public Domain CD-ROM or something. Edit: I was hoping to maybe find it on AmigaPD but they too only have the 2nd game... Last edited by DamienD; 28 June 2019 at 00:51.

30 June 2019, 18:46	#6
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,827	Definitely not the worse game ever. Might be worth looking through some of the BBS collections Are there any screenshots in Magazines, was it ever on a cover disk? Last edited by Retro1234; 30 June 2019 at 18:53.

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27 June 2019, 17:40	#1
TDO Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 3	X-System ( not X-System 2) aka Crossed System Hello fellow Amiga enthusiasts! I am on an old fashioned quest to find a game I wrote that was published as Exclusiveware by Virus Free PD in the UK in 1991. It was called X-System (aka Crossed System) and I cannot find it anywhere! I've put posts up elsewhere and a helpful person suggested asking you good people. I also made a follow up called X-System 2 which I have managed to find. I've told the story so far here: [ Show youtube player ] Thank you!

29 June 2019, 23:58	#3
TDO Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 3	Hopefully you found it entertaining. Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to search for it. I recently got back in contact with the original owner of Virus Free PD and even he can't find it. If it weren't for the magazine review and the adverts I would begin to think it was all a dream!

30 June 2019, 03:35	#5
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,918	Great video TDO, There are not many people who begin with saying how bad their game is. lol. Anyway this thread has sparked interest so I thought I'd do an extensive search myself only to find the 2nd game like DamienD did. I will always keep an eye out for it and let you know if I come across it.

30 June 2019, 19:33	#7
mai Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Federativnaya Respublika Germaniya Posts: 4,994	You are aware, that we have VirusFree PD Disks #0001 - #1200 on EAB FTP!? However, it seems mentioned game is not among this Disks. If i remember correctly this is not the full VirusFree PD collection. Disks 0001 - 1200 are from period of time 198x - end of 1990 i think.

30 June 2019, 19:54	#8
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,265	X-System is mentioned in "Amiga Power - Issue 03" (3/4 page) but is not present in the floppy disk https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Po...ing_GB/page/n3

01 July 2019, 23:45	#9
MageMaster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 106	I did some extensive looking but alas, no go!

02 July 2019, 15:26	#10
TDO Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Uk Posts: 3	Thank you all so much for looking for me, it's appreciated. Unfortunately, as it was not PD it wasn't in VFPD's normal PD disk numbering. It was a separate experiment of theirs into exclusive budget content. The second version was in the new Central Licenceware register (CLR) and so was both given a number, and available from a few other PD libraries, which is why that one survived. The screen shot in Amiga Power is the only thing I have to remind me of what I created. Funnily though they messed up the photo because the game didn't have the colourful copper bars at the bottom. The main ship was based on a Klingon bird of prey, so yes, yet more Trek references. It was also on 2 disks, for a reason I can't remember. I doubt it was because of the size of the game, more likely because it was before the Amos compiler and therefore needing the runtime files.

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