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Beyond Software demos

Rainbird RichRainbird Rich
edited April 2009 in Games
I knew I shouldn't have thrown out my original Beyond games for the Spectrum last year! :-(

Does anyone have tape images (tzx or taps) of the Psytron and Lords of Midnight demos that were available on the B side of the Lords of Midnight and Psytron cassettes respectively? I need to confirm what the demos were (what they showed you, whether they were playable or not, or were they just slideshows).

Thanks (fingers crossed!)
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  • ZagrebZagreb
    edited March 2009
    Rainbird Rich wrote: »
    I knew I shouldn't have thrown out my original Beyond games for the Spectrum last year! :-(

    Does anyone have tape images (tzx or taps) of the Psytron and Lords of Midnight demos that were available on the B side of the Lords of Midnight and Psytron cassettes respectively? I need to confirm what the demos were (what they showed you, whether they were playable or not, or were they just slideshows).

    Thanks (fingers crossed!)

    Hang on, what?! You threw away original copies of Psytron and Lords of Midnight?! :-o
  • Rainbird RichRainbird Rich
    edited April 2009
    Zagreb wrote: »
    Hang on, what?! You threw away original copies of Psytron and Lords of Midnight?! :-o

    I know, but I threw out far more than just those. I had a big clear out of stuff that I've been hoarding for 25 years or more and that included a couple of crates of Spectrum games.

    Anyway, I'm surprised that the WOS archive didn't have side b's for Psytron or Lords of Midnight considering they have demos of other games on them. I'm just hoping someone can at least confirm what the demos were even if they can't supply tzx's or taps of the tapes...
  • beanzbeanz
    edited April 2009
    From memory I'm pretty sure the Psytron demo was just a rolling one. I'm sure someone will be along to say I am wrong though.
  • Mark R. JonesMark R. Jones
    edited April 2009
    I have the original cassettes and can try and load them in if need be to see what they are exactly.
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  • VanamondeVanamonde
    edited April 2009
    The LOM demo was a rolling one as well if I remember correctly (I only ever loaded it once).
  • chop983chop983
    edited April 2009
    Download the games from the archive the demos are included within the tzx zip file as psytron side 2 and Lom side 2.
  • Rainbird RichRainbird Rich
    edited April 2009
    chop983 wrote: »
    Download the games from the archive the demos are included within the tzx zip file as psytron side 2 and Lom side 2.

    Doh!!

    Why did I not look at those files more closely?

    Thanks! :-)
  • sirclive1sirclive1
    edited April 2009
    The psytron demo on the lom is a flick screen demo , showing off the graphics etc.
  • Rainbird RichRainbird Rich
    edited April 2009
    sirclive1 wrote: »
    The psytron demo on the lom is a flick screen demo , showing off the graphics etc.

    It's actually slightly more than that, as you can interrogate some of the in-game stats and data as well, before it tells you to go and buy the real thing.
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