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Archive - December 2000 |
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Rare
Games Corner Updated |
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Dec 00
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Since
new year's eve is associated with gambling activities,
a working copy of Capstone's Trump Castle is
the newest addition to the Corner!
Hopefully,
it'll save you the trouble of visiting a real Casino
(not to mention the money!!) -- isn't that nice? ;-)
HAVE
A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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Missing
and Bugged Lists Updated |
31
Dec 00
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There
are no holidays for the Gamebase crew, so here come
some fresh Missing/Bugged games' lists to reflect our
endless pondering!
Missing:
70 (-12)
Not 100% working: 81 (-2)
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A
Very Merry Christmas to ALL!!! |
25
Dec 00
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It's
the most wonderful time of the year again, and here
at the Gamebase Towers we have all gathered to celebrate
James' return from Egypt!
Unfortunately,
he didn't manage to wrestle a copy of Daffy Duck
from the pyramid of Tou-tan-khan-duck -- in fact he
was forced to surrender a copy of the Gamebase V2 Beta
CD to the evil mummy in order to be allowed to exit
the pyramid in one piece :(
Oh,
well, at least he's back now and he'll resume work on
the new advanced gamebase interface, incorporating all
ideas that have been gathering dust in his cupboard
(well, at least the feasible ones!)
We
can certainly promise that this will be your last Christmas
without it! :)
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Michael
'The Borg' Plate (above in a rare pic portraying him
in full gear) continues assimilating games into gamebase
as our below progress report indicates.
Entries
in database: 11700
(+224)
Unchecked: 1698 (-69)
Missing: 82 (-8)
Not 100% working: 83 (+6)
Click
the pic for a sneak peek at his assimilation console
-- be warned, though, that it's not a pleasant sight,
so those of light-heart better steer clear! :)
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New
Artwork Contributions |
25
Dec 00
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Rafi
Kharman has submitted some really cool Splash Screens
and Icons for the new gamebase. Check them out in the
Artwork page!
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Rare
Games Corner Updated |
25
Dec 00
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We
thought one should take advantage of the Christmas vacations
in order to gain valuable knowledge, so we've uploaded
Database Software's Fun School 3 and Europress
Software's Fun School 4 to the Rare
Games Corner! :)
Seriously
though, if you take some moments to check them out you'll
find that their little games are more fun than many
pure recreational releases...
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Game
of the Week - Fire Ant |
17
Dec 00
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Victory
Software's Fire Ant
is a very old game indeed. Should it be forgotten? Mathieu
Faes doesn't think so -- you can read the reason
here!
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Rare
Games Corner Updated |
17
Dec 00
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Do
you know a game called Cyborg? Nope, I'm not
talking about CRL's
so-so 3D arcade adventure. Nope, I'm not talking about
Quick Soft's crap
game (which, BTW, was published as Cyber One
although it says Cyborg all over its title-screen)
either! The one I'm talking about was published by Sentient
Software back in 1982: It's Michael Berlyn's (of Infocom
fame) classic adventure game, more for which you can
read in our
Rare Games Corner...
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MURDER
- Forever Lost?
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17
Dec 00
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As
promised last week, the latest addition to our Forever
Lost? section is US Gold's Murder. Let's
hope it turns up somewhere...
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Indiana
James in the Pyramid of Doom |
10
Dec 00
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Well,
sort of! James has undertaken an exploratory mission
in Egypt (carefully disguished as a western tourist),
in search for the famous lost pyramid of the Pharaoh
Tou-tan-khan-duck (died 2064 B.C.), where the last copy
of Duffy Duck is said to reside.
Good
Luck James!
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New
section! - Forever Lost? |
10
Dec 00
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Which
brings us to the latest addition in this site and the
first by the new administration :)
It
is dedicated to C64 games that although they were completed
and reviewed by CBM magazines as such, they are nowhere
to be found. Are they Forever Lost?
We hope not and have created this section to hopefuly
track them down and bring them to all of us, the devoted
C64 fans.
The
section kicks off with Hi-Tec's Daffy Duck, a
game that I believe we all *wish* to be able to play
some day...
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Rare
Games Corner Updated |
10
Dec 00
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Where
in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? Dunno! However, here's
a working copy of Broderbund's educational game for
you to try and find out!
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Some
More Splash Screens |
10
Dec 00
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Five
more C64 splash screens were created by yours truly
during moments of boredom. Check them out here!
Remember,
we're still accepting splash-screens and icons for GB2
and the one(s) we eventually pick for the front-end
will get a free copy of the GB-CD mailed to
them as a thank you! The contributions so far can
be seen on the artwork page.
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Each
passing week brings gamebase64 closer to completion.
Here comes our newest update:
Entries
in database: 11476
(+165)
Unchecked: 1767 (-83)
Missing: 90 (-4)
Not 100% working: 77 (-1)
Note
that by subtracting the number of missing games (90)
from the number of database entries (11476) you find
the number of actual games linked to the database (11386)...
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Game
of the Week - MISL |
3
Dec 00
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Mindscape's
Major Indoor Soccer League gets the public attention
this week. Many thanks to Curt Lieser for submiting
the relevant article!
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Rare
Games Corner Updated |
3
Dec 00
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english version of Ariolasoft's adventure game Lapis
Philosophorum (The Philosophers' Stone) is presented
for those with adventurous souls... |
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