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Keith Kelly |
Message #110323, posted by Games at 22:57, 25/6/2009 |
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to compile a completed list of Acorn Archimedes Games and was hoping someone could help me here. I want to try and create a guide for each game that has appeared commerically on the Acorn Archimedes, although I already know that will not be possible.
Here is th list I have so far:
http://glacoras.110mb.com/archimedes.html
Thanks in advance for any replys
(Had to edit the website as the previous website has started to flag-up my Anti-Virus)
[Edited by Games at 16:07, 20/8/2009]
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Blind Moose |
Message #110325, posted by Acornut at 23:11, 25/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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This link any help?
http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/index.php3?p=Database/index |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #110326, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:13, 25/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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This should be useful!
http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/index.php3?p=Database/index
[edit]
Damn you and your ability to remember the name of the website before me! 
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Blind Moose |
Message #110327, posted by Acornut at 23:18, 25/6/2009, in reply to message #110326 |
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110328, posted by Games at 23:23, 25/6/2009, in reply to message #110325 |
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This link any help?
http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/index.php3?p=Database/index Yeah, that's useful. However, it seems to be missing information about games that were released as part of Aries, only mentioning Hamsters. I did search each page but could not find anything. May find something tomorrow, when I am more awake.
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #110329, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:40, 25/6/2009, in reply to message #110328 |
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*gets in first this time*
After Tom Cooper/Eclipse/Imparo gave us the rights to release their games for free, I dug up some information about Aries from an old Acorn mag. According to the mag, the collection contained:
* Hamsters
* Blow Pipe by Leading Edge/Eclipse.
* Quiz Master. Not listed on Acorn Gaming.
* Square Route by ComputerEyes.
Of course Aries was published by GamesWare, so we didn't put any effort into finding any of the games.
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VinceH |
Message #110331, posted by VincceH at 07:46, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110328 |
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This link any help?
http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/index.php3?p=Database/index Yeah, that's useful. However, it seems to be missing information about games that were released as part of Aries, only mentioning Hamsters. I did search each page but could not find anything. May find something tomorrow, when I am more awake.
That's not all it's missing: there is only one of the budget games from Soft Rock Software listed (Floopy). The rest are: Escape from Exeria, Guardians of the Labyrinth, Drop Rock and Switch! (That trailing exclamation is part of the name - so that the appdir was !Switch! - I believe someone else brought out another, later game, called Switch)
I found Gareth's "review" of Floopy interesting. His comments about the gameplay etc may or may not be valid because, at the end of the day, a review is based on the reviewer's opinion; mileages may vary and all that. What was interesting is how someone who had never purchased a copy or had one sent to him for review by me can comment on the quality of the coding of something written in C (the other four were originally in BASIC), and to which he therefore had no access to the source code.
If I didn't know better, I'd swear his review of that was actually based not on looking at the game itself, but looking at a review that appeared in Acorn User and seemed more to be a rant about budget software and/or games without storylines* than a review of the game itself.
Still, all water under the bridge now.
* Although, ironically, Floopy did have one - The AU reviewer clearly didn't read it. |
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vanpeebles |
Message #110332, posted by vanpeebles at 08:57, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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You missed off stunt racer 2000, I'll have a good think later and see what else I can remember  |
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Michael Drake |
Message #110333, posted by tlsa at 09:50, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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Asylum - http://asylum.acornarcade.com/
Botkiller
Botkiller 2
Equinox - http://equinox.tribbeck.com/
Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Price of Loyalty
Hive - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rik.griffin/hive.html
Mad Professor Moriarty
Marsquake - http://www.cyplexia.net/mambo//content/section/7/37/
Moonquake - http://cyplexia.net/mambo//content/section/10/40/
Oddball - http://asylum.acornarcade.com/
Stunt Racer 2000
TANKS - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rik.griffin/tanks.html |
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Michael Drake |
Message #110334, posted by tlsa at 09:53, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110333 |
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Exodus
TEK |
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110335, posted by Games at 11:11, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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Thanks to everyone so far. Starting to update the website and noticed how big of a project this will be. At least there will be a more complete game list some where. |
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110336, posted by Games at 11:25, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110333 |
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Price of Loyalty Wouldn't they just be the same game?
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Peter Howkins |
Message #110337, posted by flibble at 11:33, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110335 |
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Aldebaran
Burn Out - Oregan
Black Angel - 4th Dimension
Boxing Manager
Carnage Inc - 4th Dimension
Chocks Away - 4th Dimension
The Chaos Engine
Descent 2
E-Type II - 4th Dimension
Hero Quest
Interdictor
Interdictor 2
Mad Proffessor Moriaty
Manchester United in Europe
Pandora's Box - 4th Dimension
Premier Manager
Quest for Gold
Revalation
Speedball 2 (not speedball that you have on your list)
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Andrew Poole |
Message #110338, posted by andypoole at 11:44, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110336 |
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Price of Loyalty Wouldn't they just be the same game?
Yes, since the Price of Loyalty is just a new set of maps for the game.
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110340, posted by Games at 12:14, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110337 |
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Boxing Manager Would that be the same game as World Championship Boxing Manager?
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Phil Mellor |
Message #110341, posted by monkeyson2 at 12:29, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110335 |
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Thanks to everyone so far. Starting to update the website and noticed how big of a project this will be. At least there will be a more complete game list some where. Seems a pretty big job. Have you considered updating the Wikipedia list of Archimedes games?
Even back in 1993, there were as many as 3000 games available - probably many of these were simple and faded without trace, and the figure probably includes PD or shareware games - but I'd be interested in finding out more about these pioneering efforts.
Maybe an old Acorn product catalogue (wasn't there one on one of the Acorn User CDs?) or set of magazine back issues would provide more info. |
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Michael Drake |
Message #110342, posted by tlsa at 12:53, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110341 |
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Seems a pretty big job. Have you considered updating the Wikipedia list of Archimedes games? I think that would be more useful, and certainly seen by more people. |
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Michael Drake |
Message #110343, posted by tlsa at 12:56, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110338 |
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Price of Loyalty Wouldn't they just be the same game?
Yeah, but I wasn't sure if you wanted to include stuff like that. Like the extra tracks for saloon cars or whatever that were sold separatly.
Yes, since the Price of Loyalty is just a new set of maps for the game. It's also lots of new features, artifacts, and other stuff.
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Michael Drake |
Message #110344, posted by tlsa at 13:09, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110343 |
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Not exactly related, but there's videos of one of the best games, Quark, here:
Level 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7CYEb60ZQI
Level 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezKJswfn6aI
Level 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBBYWvuzyXc
And a short review:
http://www.acornarcade.com/forums/viewthread.php?newsid=1058
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Peter Howkins |
Message #110345, posted by flibble at 13:28, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110337 |
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Air Supremacy
Axis
BHP: Brutal Horse Power
Cobalt Seed
Commandship
Conqueror
Cops
Corruption
Cyber Ape
Cyborg
Darkwood
Destiny
Doom (Doom II, Final Doom)
Dune II
Empire Soccer
Flight Sim Construction Kit
Fire and Ice
Haunted House
Heretic
Hexen
High Risc Racing
Jahangir Khan's World Championship Squash
Master Break
Mig 29 Fulcrum
Pysanki
Spobbleoid
Superior Golf
Trivial Pursuit
Tower of Babel
The Wimp Game
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Peter Howkins |
Message #110346, posted by flibble at 13:41, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110345 |
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Birds of War
Bloodlust
Chopper Force
Darkwood
Demon's Lair
Drifter
Drop Ship
Enter the Realm
Euro Blaster
F18 Hornet
Frak
Galactic Dan
Gyrinus II
Hamsters
Joop
Morph
Mosquito Fire
Nevryon
Powerband
Quazer
Saloon Cars
Saloon Cars Deluxe
Spitfire Fury
SunBurst
Super Snail
The Time Machine
X-Fire
White Magic
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Michael Drake |
Message #110347, posted by tlsa at 13:44, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110345 |
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Bubble Impact
Bunny Race
Castle Harenae - http://www.flypig.co.uk/ch.htm
Emotions
Inferno
No Windows
Overload |
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110348, posted by Games at 15:12, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110341 |
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Seems a pretty big job. Have you considered updating the Wikipedia list of Archimedes games? Not really. This is mainly for my own reference to attempt to track down and, if possible (legally), write a guide for the games.
I may start updating Wikipedia, but would prefer a more complete list before I started the update.
The fact that there must be over 3,000 games for this console, according to that link, is very interesting, as the first website I was linked to only had about 350 game, some of which were just part of a Compliation Disk. However, does that include games that were not commerically available (ie, Freeware)?
[Edited by Games at 16:14, 26/6/2009]
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Michael Drake |
Message #110349, posted by tlsa at 15:55, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110348 |
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Galactic Dan
Grevious Bodily ARM
Haunted House
Holed Out Compendium
Saloon Cars Deluxe
Time Machine
Virtual Golf
Lotus Turbo Challenge II
FRED
Sally & Wally |
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Keith Kelly |
Message #110350, posted by Games at 17:08, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110323 |
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Just finished the updating of the list. Some games (such as Hamsters) are listed in their specified Compliation Disk (for example, Aries is the Compliation Disk that Hamsters belongs to)
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Michael Drake |
Message #110351, posted by tlsa at 17:32, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110350 |
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I think I'd just list all the actual games separatly. I think most of them were originally available separatly. Certainly all the games in the TBA collection were available separatly before they were offered bundled together.
Also, it makes it easier to find something on the list, if everything's listed individually. Otherwise, Hamsters isn't under 'H' and it's hard to find if you don't know about Aries. (I have no recollection of Aries, but remember Hamsters vividly. ) |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #110352, posted by monkeyson2 at 18:00, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110351 |
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Sim City (Risc PC desktop version - I may be imagining this ever existed, but it may have come out at the same time as desktop Lemmings)
Hermes (choose your own adventure style game)
Detrius (point and click adventure using real photos)
Land, Sea and Air (could have been PD?)
Also, whilst not exactly games, they are related:
Games Wizard
The Hacker
Desktop Hacker
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Andrew Poole |
Message #110353, posted by andypoole at 18:05, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110351 |
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A few more..
Collisions 2000
Collisions 3000
DethBall
Enigma
Guardians of the Greenwood (I never did get to play the full version of that  )
Spacegame
Voyage of Discovery (another one I never got to play)
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Andrew Poole |
Message #110354, posted by andypoole at 18:11, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110353 |
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Wow, this thread is bringing back so many memories of games I've either no longer got the discs for or have in some other way lost over time 
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Phil Mellor |
Message #110355, posted by monkeyson2 at 18:25, 26/6/2009, in reply to message #110353 |
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Guardians of the Greenwood (I never did get to play the full version of that ) Ooh, are we including educational games? (I wonder if that's how Acorn counted 3000 of 'em?!)
Badger Trails
Granny's Garden
Crystal Rainforest
Crystal Rainforest 2
Darryl the Dragon
10 out of 10 - Dinosaurs
10 out of 10 - Early Essentials
More suggestions from http://www.doggysoft.co.uk/chmod.html - these may be PD games
Ace Crusader
Annihil-8
AntiGrav
Artemis
Sorcery
Super Fowl Egg (was this free/shareware?)
On various RISC OS application disks:
Meteors
Patience
Puzzle
Non-arcade:
AlphaPuzzle
Anagram Genius
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