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#11
Sadly, people owning **RARE** games are afraid to lose something, while there is no risk at all to dump a ROM.
#12
I think it's pretty clear it exists:
https://youtu.be/r7fmHpbl85k?si=PTYG0-OApjsdsUae
The trouble is getting someone who actually owns a copy of the cartridge and is prepared to dump it in touch with someone who has the capability to safely do so.
My guess is that they were pre-production copies produced ready for sign off or for magazines or something, but the release was scrapped before it went ahead. The few copies now floating around presumably came from places like Trading Post that were just flogging off whatever had been dumped on them.
https://youtu.be/r7fmHpbl85k?si=PTYG0-OApjsdsUae
The trouble is getting someone who actually owns a copy of the cartridge and is prepared to dump it in touch with someone who has the capability to safely do so.
My guess is that they were pre-production copies produced ready for sign off or for magazines or something, but the release was scrapped before it went ahead. The few copies now floating around presumably came from places like Trading Post that were just flogging off whatever had been dumped on them.
#13
Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - Basic does not ...
Last post by McArti0 - Today at 12:21Quote from: moxjemi on Today at 10:21This did not give any effectWhat exactly do you see on the screen?
Try set ROMDIS to Hi. Are You seeing vertical bars?
#14
Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - Basic does not ...
Last post by McArti0 - Today at 12:16Quote from: Bryce on 19:11, 18 November 24Why do you do this?Thats why...
Quote from: moxjemi on Today at 10:21What I did:
Replaced the entire RAM and installed it on the panels
(...)
This did not give any effect
#15
Quote from: FruityFrank on Yesterday at 07:37nice to see some progess:)What isn't nice is trying to tell people what platform to use.
not nice to see it still on X.
Go BlueSky => #xodus!
#16
Quote from: Gryzor on Today at 08:11Quote from: abalore on Yesterday at 19:16I tend to agree. On one hand, Musk is a tremendous jerk and I've seen tons of subreddits banning X links.Quote from: FruityFrank on Yesterday at 07:37nice to see some progess:)For me it's not nice to see political propaganda in an Amstrad forum. Please keep the site free of politics and we all would be happier.
not nice to see it still on X.
Go BlueSky => #xodus!
On the other hand, if users are posting on X then it'd be good to see that content here instead of blindly running away from the platformQuote from: Gryzor on Today at 08:11Quote from: abalore on Yesterday at 19:16I tend to agree. On one hand, Musk is a tremendous jerk and I've seen tons of subreddits banning X links.Quote from: FruityFrank on Yesterday at 07:37nice to see some progess:)For me it's not nice to see political propaganda in an Amstrad forum. Please keep the site free of politics and we all would be happier.
not nice to see it still on X.
Go BlueSky => #xodus!
On the other hand, if users are posting on X then it'd be good to see that content here instead of blindly running away from the platform. Especially since alternative platforms have rather plateau'ed.
/endOT
Honestly, I think banning links related to Amstrad from a platform based on the political thoughts of the platform owner is a pretty stupid idea. Reddit is highly biased and I don't think it's a good model to import anywhere.
Should I ask you about your political views to decide if I keep posting my project updates here?
#17
In brief - Amstrad demanded that publishers place a minimum order up front of 20,000 copies of each game, which went through them. 
Trojan a relatively small firm really, struggled to produce that number quickly on demand too. Remember you've also got those special cases to produce too, and manuals, and have them all shipped and delivered.
The extra double whammy being the poor sales of the GX4000 after Xmas led to publishers starting to pull out not willing to place such high orders - case in point it's believed Empire cancelled Gazza II because of that. Also it's written in New Computer Express Ocean had completed games like "Pang" & "Plotting" and threatened to cancel them, until Amstrad relented on the minimum order number - which is why they're relatively rare to find (because released in smaller numbers).
Additionally - it's always been a complete mystery about SCI Chase HQ II. There's always been naysayers about it's existence but I've been banging my head against my desk for years saying "it is real" because at the least Martyn Carrol of Retro Gamer went and visited one of the owners of said cart (+ box & instructions) many years ago and verified it. Before that I was in touch with the other owner long before and he'd been sending me pics (although he's been silent on me for years now).
Anyway, one can only speculate and purely guess... that Ocean sent it over to Trojan who started manufacturing and then suddenly had a change of heart perhaps? And halted it mid production? And only a few copies got completed? That seems to be the only reasonable explanation. What was left got sold to WAVE, CPC Now, junked in a skip sadly by Trojan and apparently some got sold to a computer game shop up in Newcastle as we've just discovered. Bizarre.
Trojan a relatively small firm really, struggled to produce that number quickly on demand too. Remember you've also got those special cases to produce too, and manuals, and have them all shipped and delivered.
The extra double whammy being the poor sales of the GX4000 after Xmas led to publishers starting to pull out not willing to place such high orders - case in point it's believed Empire cancelled Gazza II because of that. Also it's written in New Computer Express Ocean had completed games like "Pang" & "Plotting" and threatened to cancel them, until Amstrad relented on the minimum order number - which is why they're relatively rare to find (because released in smaller numbers).
Additionally - it's always been a complete mystery about SCI Chase HQ II. There's always been naysayers about it's existence but I've been banging my head against my desk for years saying "it is real" because at the least Martyn Carrol of Retro Gamer went and visited one of the owners of said cart (+ box & instructions) many years ago and verified it. Before that I was in touch with the other owner long before and he'd been sending me pics (although he's been silent on me for years now).
Anyway, one can only speculate and purely guess... that Ocean sent it over to Trojan who started manufacturing and then suddenly had a change of heart perhaps? And halted it mid production? And only a few copies got completed? That seems to be the only reasonable explanation. What was left got sold to WAVE, CPC Now, junked in a skip sadly by Trojan and apparently some got sold to a computer game shop up in Newcastle as we've just discovered. Bizarre.
#18
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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: CPC 6128 - Basic does not ...
Last post by moxjemi - Today at 10:21Good day.
I have the same problem as Nigel.
What I did:
Replaced the entire RAM and installed it on the panels. I checked the new chips on the tester.
Installed a panel for ROM, and replaced it with 27С256, programmed a file compiled from the OS + BASIC into it.
For the experiment, I tried to change the РAL16V8 to GAL16V8, programmed into firmware from WIKI.
This did not give any effect, it does not reach the text BASIC 1.1.
What else can be checked?
I have the same problem as Nigel.
What I did:
Replaced the entire RAM and installed it on the panels. I checked the new chips on the tester.
Installed a panel for ROM, and replaced it with 27С256, programmed a file compiled from the OS + BASIC into it.
For the experiment, I tried to change the РAL16V8 to GAL16V8, programmed into firmware from WIKI.
This did not give any effect, it does not reach the text BASIC 1.1.
What else can be checked?
#19
There's a... slot machine sim jam? Colour me impressed 
#20
NC100, NC200, PCW, PDA600 - the rest of the Family! / Re: PCW 8256 in colour, cheap ...
Last post by Gryzor - Today at 09:09Who'd have thought!...