Sudoku and Balloonacy

[arnoldemu]

The full versions of both of these games can now be downloaded for free from:

http://cpcfreak.cpc-live.com/

Thankyou for those who bought the full version and enjoyed loading them from real cassettes. Thankyou for your support.
In the end I didn't do it for the money, I did it to get a real cassette and to get that real nostalgia.

You can still buy real cassettes from Cronosoft (www.cronosoft.co.uk) if you want them in this form

I am still working on new games....

[Gryzor]

Darn... I bought the tapes the day they came out, but Balloonacy is still sitting there because I haven't had the time to get my 464 out of the closet... finally I can play the whole of it

Cheers mate!
T

[AMSDOS]

Balloonacy looks nice so I gave that a go and got to Level 8 on my second attempt (think it was level 5 prior to that). I'm so "Disked up" these days, it's terrible I've just become so accustomed to it and have thrown away my concepts of Tapes! Still I guess it wasn't the worlds longest or worst loader!    Is there many levels in Balloonacy or is that Insider Information?    I'm guessing a game like this has 20 levels, though the 8th level was getting tricky, made harder by the fact my computer was being distracted and the emulation! 

[arnoldemu]

Balloonacy looks nice so I gave that a go and got to Level 8 on my second attempt (think it was level 5 prior to that). I'm so "Disked up" these days, it's terrible I've just become so accustomed to it and have thrown away my concepts of Tapes! Still I guess it wasn't the worlds longest or worst loader!    Is there many levels in Balloonacy or is that Insider Information?    I'm guessing a game like this has 20 levels, though the 8th level was getting tricky, made harder by the fact my computer was being distracted and the emulation! 

I can't remember, possibly 30. If I have time I'll make a dsk of it.

[arnoldemu]

Darn... I bought the tapes the day they came out, but Balloonacy is still sitting there because I haven't had the time to get my 464 out of the closet... finally I can play the whole of it

Cheers mate!
T

Thankyou for supporting!

I may make other games with a full and demo version (and full has to be bought), not sure if I would go via psytronik or cronosoft next time.

I have an idea for a game that I would release in this way, but I will not say more because it is a long way off.

[AMSDOS]

arnoldemu wrote:

I can't remember, possibly 30. If I have time I'll make a dsk of it.

Sorry I didn't mean to sound negative about it!    Cause I grew up loading many games from Tape, it's just sad when you forget how things once were!

[arnoldemu]

arnoldemu wrote:

I can't remember, possibly 30. If I have time I'll make a dsk of it.

Sorry I didn't mean to sound negative about it!    Cause I grew up loading many games from Tape, it's just sad when you forget how things once were!

no, it's ok.

I thought, "I'll release the games now". Found the files in my archive, and looked at the zips and thought "Huh? No dsk version.". So for myself I would like a dsk version You're not the only one to think the same

[Gryzor]

You're kidding me? Thank *YOU* for supporting our crazy desires and craving for new quality software!!

Thankyou for supporting!

I may make other games with a full and demo version (and full has to be bought), not sure if I would go via psytronik or cronosoft next time.

I have an idea for a game that I would release in this way, but I will not say more because it is a long way off.

[redbox]

I can't use the tapes as I have an un-modified 6128 Plus, so thank you for the DSKs.

I showed my mother (who loves puzzle games) Sudoku and she was impressed that my 'old little computer' had such a game on it - praise indeed! 

[arnoldemu]

You're kidding me? Thank *YOU* for supporting our crazy desires and craving for new quality software!!

I thought you were a bit angry that I had made it free after you had bought it?

Well it is a few years after it was originally released, so I thought it was time.

[Gryzor]

I thought you were a bit angry that I had made it free after you had bought it?

Well it is a few years after it was originally released, so I thought it was time.

Of course not, man. Even if it was free from the beginning, and even if I had already finished it on a dsk file, I'd still buy it...

[AMSDOS]

arnoldemu wrote:

I thought you were a bit angry that I had made it free after you had bought it?

£4 in todays standards is a bargin (you're going to have to excuse me cause I don't buy much off the Internet!  ). Certainally though in Australian Currency it's approx $6.66 which is still a bargin, I used to pay twice that for a Codies Budget game here in Oz - around $12 or $13 bucks! 

Well it is a few years after it was originally released, so I thought it was time.

Shouldn't feel bad, when all those commercial software labels were re-releasing their full-price games as Budget shortly after they came out, true you didn't have the option of Disc or a Nicely packaged Box, though for the full-price Tape games, you were somewhat being ripped-off!   

[Cholo]

Indeed, always been a good idea to sell tapes of any new game. Main reason is of cause to get the game out to as many people as possible and being played on the real hardware. It isnt everyone who have the tech/hardware skills to make their own tapes (even tho not that hard .. then again if its a protected game). Just look at the other thread where someone has trouble recording a Mojo game to tape. Also there was a time when everyone had a least one tape recorder around but not today. Was a sad day when sony announced they stopped making tape/walkmen.

And it isnt the price either .. Orion Prime clearly shows what people are willing to pay for good games. So a few games at budget price cant really make anyone angry .. with or without a source/"free download". The "fanatic" collectors wont mind getting their hands on a 1 in 50 "rare" game. Also this isnt 1980 anymore but 2010 .. with the low prices at Cronosoft i cant even rent a game at blockbuster that cheap .. probably wont cover half the cost of traveling to rent one either 

[Gryzor]

Yup - I'm just grateful for the chance...

[AMSDOS]

arnoldemu wrote:

I thought, "I'll release the games now". Found the files in my archive, and looked at the zips and thought "Huh? No dsk version.". So for myself I would like a dsk version You're not the only one to think the same

If it helps I've cracked the Screen & Main Game onto disk   
All it needs now is a loader - I've been naughty by not issuing the execution address for the main game file, but I'll send it to you, so you can decide what you want.

[arnoldemu]

no, it's ok.

I thought, "I'll release the games now". Found the files in my archive, and looked at the zips and thought "Huh? No dsk version.". So for myself I would like a dsk version You're not the only one to think the same

I made a disk version of balloonacy.
It seems I already had one, but I didn't add it to the zip file 
Go to cpcfreak.cpc-live.com and re-download the full version.
Now you will get a zip with cdt and dsk.

[AMSDOS]

arnoldemu wrote:

I made a disk version of balloonacy.
It seems I already had one, but I didn't add it to the zip file 
Go to cpcfreak.cpc-live.com and re-download the full version.
Now you will get a zip with cdt and dsk.

Excellent, I had another go at the disk version which has a Level Selector which allowed me to select the last level and complete the game very easily! 

[arnoldemu]

arnoldemu wrote:

I made a disk version of balloonacy.
It seems I already had one, but I didn't add it to the zip file 
Go to cpcfreak.cpc-live.com and re-download the full version.
Now you will get a zip with cdt and dsk.

Excellent, I had another go at the disk version which has a Level Selector which allowed me to select the last level and complete the game very easily! 

oops! 

EDIT: Solved. Download again

[AMSDOS]

arnoldemu wrote:

oops! 

OMG that's gonna create a black market for the Level Selector version! 

EDIT: Solved. Download again

Done, that Level 10 seems to be harder than Level 16! 

[arnoldemu]

arnoldemu wrote:

oops! 

OMG that's gonna create a black market for the Level Selector version! 

well the level selector version was there for testing

[AMSDOS]

That's understandable given you want to make sure the game is bug free as well as challenging, though not impossible!