> Karl Kuras wrote:
> >
> > exceptional version of Street Fighter II... nice graphics, but a specced
>
> Cool! I love pirate games written from scratch. I'll have to try to
> find this.
Well this probably doesn't count as legit, but check out:
http://smspower.speedhost.com/
They have the rom fi
Karl Kuras wrote:
>
> exceptional version of Street Fighter II... nice graphics, but a specced
Cool! I love pirate games written from scratch. I'll have to try to
find this.
> The most interesting gadgets Sega seems to have released there was a master
> system that connected with the tv via a
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> > Oo! Spill!
>
> Well when there is THAT much enthusiasm about the topic
>
> In the 80's several latin American countries had tarriffs on imports which
> became great ince
> Oo! Spill!
Well when there is THAT much enthusiasm about the topic
In the 80's several latin American countries had tarriffs on imports which
became great incentives for foreign firms to build products in those
countries instead of bringing them in from places where labor was cheaper
and
Hugh Falk wrote:
>Was it even available (sold in) the U.S. market? I didn't think it was.
Ok, here comes a wonderful history lesson on the MSX.
MSX stood for MicroSoft eXtended. It was a computer standard that over 15
manufacturers (most notably Sony, ASCII and Phillips) participated on with
a
Karl Kuras wrote:
>
> the Brazilian market is fascinating... can tell some
> great Sega stories from there).
Oo! Spill!
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> I don't think it was either. I'm not sure of the following facts, but as
> far as I know: MSX is from Philips. It didn&#x
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Was it even available (sold in) the U.S. market? I didn't think
Was it even available (sold in) the U.S. market? I didn't think it was.
Hugh
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Hey Pedro... just contact Jose dir
nt: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:29 AM
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>
> Karl Kuras wrote:
> > Nevertheless, it has brought back many memories of very interesting
games
> >I
> > had only seen on old Micromanias. Is your friend spanish?
>
> >Yes, the site is ru
Karl Kuras wrote:
> Nevertheless, it has brought back many memories of very interesting games
>I
> had only seen on old Micromanias. Is your friend spanish?
>Yes, the site is run from Spain. I met him back when I was running
>Ami-Crypt on a big scale and he was surprised by the fact that I had
> Are you sure about Phantis? Because Lorna was the one that had a blonde on
> the cover, holding a big weapon and surrounded by small monsters.
Well.. there were a LOT of games with that motif. :)
http://www.computeremuzone.com/fichas/p/phantis.htm
this shows both the Phantis and Game Over 2 co
> And do you remember if Phantis and Game Over 2 had the same Royo drawing
on
> the box?
>No. Phantis had a cover drawn by Aspiri (it was a blonde with a bunch of
>goblin type things around her) and the Game Over 2 cover was the one done
by
>Royo.
Are you sure about Phantis? Because Lorna was
> And do you remember if Phantis and Game Over 2 had the same Royo drawing
on
> the box?
No. Phantis had a cover drawn by Aspiri (it was a blonde with a bunch of
goblin type things around her) and the Game Over 2 cover was the one done by
Royo. I really think that the Royo pic was just a random
> I've just seen the Game Over 2 box, it's definitely a Royo. But it was
> stated that it was originally to be known as Phantis... so this game had
3
> names?
>Sorry, my goof on this one... it was called Phantis originally. Lorna was
a
>game by Topo based on a comic book. Really great graphic
> I've just seen the Game Over 2 box, it's definitely a Royo. But it was
> stated that it was originally to be known as Phantis... so this game had 3
> names?
Sorry, my goof on this one... it was called Phantis originally. Lorna was a
game by Topo based on a comic book. Really great graphics (g
> Do you know if it has the same box drawing? I'm willing to collect all
> "Luis Royo" boxes.
>No, the original drawing for Lorna was done by Alfonso Aspiri (he did
covers
>for the early Dinamic games, such as Camelot Warriors, Westbank and Abu
>Simbel Profanation. He also did titles for Topo
> Do you know if it has the same box drawing? I'm willing to collect all
> "Luis Royo" boxes.
No, the original drawing for Lorna was done by Alfonso Aspiri (he did covers
for the early Dinamic games, such as Camelot Warriors, Westbank and Abu
Simbel Profanation. He also did titles for Topo such
ure, and Cozumel, and some of the arcade games that you mentioned
were really good.
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:38 AM
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> I'm assumin
s not Dynamix. :)
Karl Kuras
http://www.trantornator.com
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From: "Pedro Quaresma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:38 AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Luis Royo
>
> I'm assuming this is a nearly impossible question, but I&#x
I'm assuming this is a nearly impossible question, but I'll have a go at it
anyway: I'm a great fan of Luis Royo's (and Boris Vallejo's, but I don't
hink BV ever had anything to do with computer games) art. I know Luis has
made drawings to several computer games boxes, but I've only knowledge of
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