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Well done Kelp7, Like most things it depends on the publisher, some are more than helpful ie Newsfield who supplied missing items and other material to help get a complete archive of their material (some which had gone missing or was rare behind the scenes material) and you also have Future who righ...

Ghosts and Goblins

Trap, was this based on zaxxon crossed with River raid and was the demo mode planned.

On the subject of demo`s/easter eggs, could you spill the beans on how many of your games have them

Wipeout 2097 for me as it was fantastic as you could link 2 playstations up for decent races on you own monitors, why oh why did they stop supporting the link cable

Spoke to another trader locally who is pee`d off with this guy as he swamps most amiga listings with his ahem new software in generic cases on cd-rs!

Just seems to be a bit blatent, a friend of mine got sued for selling sega emulators 6 years ago when the rules were less stringent and the same seller has various accounts on ebay (can tell because the listings are the same and all from Swindon wilts). Ho hum , if ebay don`t stop him, sega will or ...

Hi guys , have you noticed the same seller doing cd-r/dvd-rs of "new "amiga and pc games, how ebay let it happen is anyones guess, but it makes hunting out normal cd32 titles etc a pain. example below http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PINBALL-FANTASIES-AMIGA-CD32-CD-ROM-NEW_W0QQitemZ290273003094QQcmdZViewItem?h...

Looking forward to the 2nd disk

Will probaly dig out Magic Carpet on the pc and also Christmas Lemmings on the Amiga.

May have a Ps3 this year , depends on overtime etc, otherwise will be a tangerine

Think it is a new fangled Gizmo , though it will never catch on

Hi after a monumental effort just missing the following new computer expresses, if anyone can help please drop me a line, can borrow,buy or exchange/swap for the missing issues. 7,8,9,10,11,12,16,17,24,25,26,46,50,51,85,95,96,106,116,139,141,143,146, 150,151,152,153 When done will pass onto Martijn ...

What other developers /developer at the time did you find most inspirational & was there any unreleased 8bit games that could come to light in the future?

Or the musty smell of the old commodore 1701 monitors, lcd pah , nothing like a 25year old crt

Nearly converted my loft, floors done, shelvings up, walls into the eaves are in (hardboard for easy access and reinforces with struts),7 *£5 tesco computer trolleys with my amiga1200`s, atari 800xl with ddrive, vic20, c64, gamecube, ps1, Jaguar,Dreamcast and Archimedes running off 3 philips monito...

For me Gunship 2000 on my 1200 was the pinnacle of the Microprose Games closely followed by Soloflight V2 on the 64 as it was always fun listening to the intructors comments "raise flaps,retract landing gear, do an emergency stop ,err sorry maybe not the last one!"