Hi,
I'm trying to build a personal digital archive for the CPC. I found this link via google: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/general-discussion/amsoft-software-catalogues-are-they-online/ - unfortunately the 85/6 catalogue scan file is no longer live/shared. I tried the cpcwiki entry (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Amsoft_Software_Catalogue_Winter_1985/6) but that seems to be garbage.
Does anyone have a copy of the '85 catalogue they can share? I found the '84 and '86 catalogues on CPC-Power (http://www.cpc-power.com/cpcarchives/index.php?page=articles&num=104)
Thanks
Damn... I had this :(
Kept it for about 20 years.
But then I guess I lost it about 8 years ago when we moved to the new house. Pity - I would have scanned it for you.
I have this one. It has about 29 pages. Contains games, hardware etc
(https://i.imgur.com/Cfnoi0j.jpg)
Sample page
(https://i.imgur.com/zE1Rr0A.jpg)
I have the Winter '85. Scanned by the excellent Richard Shaw-Wright for me to use on ChinnyVision. It's 103 meg though and I have the worlds slowest broadband and not sure I'll be thanked for uploading it to the forum.
Connection speed aside, you could probably upload it to dropbox/mega/google drive in it current state. Someone could probably be able to have a go at compressing it and then it could find a permanent home at the Wiki.
Better than sitting on your hard drive anyway! ;)
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 20:14, 07 January 18
Connection speed aside, you could probably upload it to dropbox/mega/google drive in it current state. Someone could probably be able to have a go at compressing it and then it could find a permanent home at the Wiki.
Better than sitting on your hard drive anyway! ;)
Happy to do that but someone needs to DM me who wants to do this so I can sort the transfer rather than post it publicly.
Right, until I (or possibly someone else?) properly ups it to the wiki, try this: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/Amsoft_Winter_85_86_Catalogue/ (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/Amsoft_Winter_85_86_Catalogue/)
Credit where credit's due: thanks to @seanb (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1200) who sent them to me a while ago :)
The page that's rubbish was my poor attempt to make a wikipage for the catalogue I scanned. ;D
I just couldn't get it to work :-[
Ahhh yes I remember discussing it with you now, I think I had said I'd take a look but never did. Ok, one more for my to-do list!
I've enjoyed looking through the pages of the 85/86 catalogue again for first time in years :D
One thing I've noticed which I didn't remember - One page lists Congo Bongo and shows a screenshot from the original Sega Master System version.
www.cpcwiki.eu/Amsoft_Winter_85_86_Catalogue/Amsoft_W85-86_0015_16.jpg
That game never actually made it to the CPC did it?
Quote from: blackdalek on 07:21, 14 January 18
One thing I've noticed which I didn't remember - One page lists Congo Bongo and shows a screenshot from the original Sega Master System version.
www.cpcwiki.eu/Amsoft_Winter_85_86_Catalogue/Amsoft_W85-86_0015_16.jpg
That game never actually made it to the CPC did it?
No - and neither did
Buck Rogers (which is advertised on the same page) - although Amstrad Computer User published a type-in called
Duck Dodgers (http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=7273) which has very similar gameplay.
Pity... I rather enjoyed playing Congo Bongo on my cousin's sega back in the day ;)