Re: Where to find 'Outwrite!'?

1999-08-29 Thread Andrew Collier
At 8:28 pm +0100 28/8/99, Robert Wilkinson wrote: So has Outwrite! been uploaded anywhere else? If anybody else knows of an alternative site, and can place them, then please get in touch with me, and I will gladly send them on. I can put them on mnemotech.ucam.org if you like (email me).

Who Wants To Be An unnapreciated contributor?

1999-08-29 Thread Johnna Teare
Anybody fancy writing some stuff for a cult tv magazine I'm putting together? Sci-fi, soap opera etc. It's going up on the net and getting distributed in caporial form aswell. Mail me if you're intersted. Oh, and as for SAM content (better put some of that in otherwise people will treat this

Re: Who Wants To Be An unnapreciated contributor?

1999-08-29 Thread Simon Cooke
From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody fancy writing some stuff for a cult tv magazine I'm putting together? Sci-fi, soap opera etc. It's going up on the net and getting distributed in caporial form aswell. Mail me if you're intersted. Bagsy the Prisoner :) Simon

Re: Who Wants To Be An unnapreciated contributor?

1999-08-29 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes From: Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody fancy writing some stuff for a cult tv magazine I'm putting together? Sci-fi, soap opera etc. It's going up on the net and getting distributed in caporial form aswell. Mail me if

Re: Who Wants To Be An unnapreciated contributor?

1999-08-29 Thread Thomas Harte
Anybody played vegetable vacation recently? ha ha ha Yesterday actually. Still don't like it, but I found the disk (for which I paid 50p to retrieve from a local shop's bin of cheap disks) suddenly and thought I might see if it still works. Alas it does. Is it really a terrible

Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Andrew Collier
At 12:33 pm +0100 29/8/99, Thomas Harte wrote: Anybody played vegetable vacation recently? ha ha ha Is it really a terrible game, or do you suddenly understand it if you buy with instructions? No, I'm pretty sure it really was a terrible game. But I don't think it was Sam's worst ever

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes At 12:33 pm +0100 29/8/99, Thomas Harte wrote: Anybody played vegetable vacation recently? ha ha ha Is it really a terrible game, or do you suddenly understand it if you buy with instructions? No, I'm pretty sure it

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I'd have given it to the game's predecessor, whose name escapes me at the moment. Now THAT was a shit game. No Way Back? Nope. I was give to understanding that Parallax was the sequel to that vertically scrolling abomination with

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Chris White
That be Rob Holmans 'Sphere' , under Enigma Variations C - Original Message - From: Graham Goring [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 4:02 PM Subject: Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... ) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Gordon Wallis
Graham Goring wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dan Dooré [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I'd have given it to the game's predecessor, whose name escapes me at the moment. Now THAT was a shit game. No Way Back? Nope. I was give to understanding that Parallax was the sequel to that

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Johnna Teare
On 29 Aug 99, at 13:17, Andrew Collier wrote: But I don't think it was Sam's worst ever game for my money, that honor goes to... fx type=drumrollfx type=rips open envelope Parallax. /fx Controversial? FutureBall? Has there ever been a poll done on sam-users? To see who likes

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Johnna Teare
On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) -- The HEXdidn't... Homepage: -- Featuring The U.K. Policenauts Homepage -- http://www.hexdidnt.clara.net \-- AOL

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Gordon Wallis
Johnna Teare wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) Really? Which one? (I might actually have it) Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! (and before

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) Pah! James Curry's Dark Vortex was far better... And Diggory Gray produced a

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Gordon Wallis
Graham Goring wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) Pah! James Curry's Dark Vortex was far better... And Diggory Gray produced a fair few fine shooters. Wow. Guess I missed 'em all... Which was Dark Vortex? Gord. (perking

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Graham Goring
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gordon Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Graham Goring wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) Pah! James Curry's Dark Vortex was far better... And Diggory Gray produced a fair few fine shooters.

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Thomas Harte
Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the screen? -Thomas

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Andrew Collier
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Johnna Teare [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) Pah! James Curry's Dark Vortex was far better... And Diggory Gray produced a

Web Masters beware

1999-08-29 Thread Chris White
Just in case you peeps miss this http://burnallgifs.org/ C

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Chris White
On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) And what was wrong with mine :) C ps ( only kidding)

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Johnna Teare
On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the screen? -Thomas It was

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Ian Collier
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 05:30:45PM +0100, Graham Goring wrote: NB. I was speaking to Wayne today, and he says he'll finish Kaboom! when there's a 32bit version of SIM Coupé to do it on... ;) But it is 32-bit already... imc

Re: Web Masters beware

1999-08-29 Thread Nick Humphries
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:50:43 +0100 Sun, 29 Aug 99 18:29:21 BST, you wrote: Just in case you peeps miss this http://burnallgifs.org/ Well, to use a vile Americanism - they can kiss my ass! -- --- Nick Humphries - [EMAIL

10th Birthday

1999-08-29 Thread surfin_usm
From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]; sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no re: SAM's birthday. Like everyone else, I'm not sure when Format will be back to its usual self, but if nothing else is organised, we should definitely arrange something for SAM's 10th birthday. Any ideas?

Re: Sam Printer

1999-08-29 Thread surfin_usm
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Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread surfin_usm
-Original Message- From : Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Date : 29 August 1999 16:51:40 Subject : Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... ) Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) And

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Johnna Teare
On 29 Aug 99, at 17:51, Chris White wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 16:14, Gordon Wallis wrote: Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) And what was wrong with mine :) I could never get it running (never had a compiler...)

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-29 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade perfect because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway down the