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Denied: Still For Sale

roberthazelbyroberthazelby
edited September 2010 in Games
Afternoon all,

I've just been browsing the archive, and noticed that there are a number of Players games that are denied due to being "Still for sale".

The titles are:

- Hawk Storm
- Shark
- Super League
- World Cup Challenge
- Lop Ears

I just wondered 'where' these titles were still for sale.

Anyone?
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited September 2010
    Wasnt that 'company' who decided to release some speccy games on CD ? Altern-8 or something similar ? I know they bought the rights to a few old titles.
  • MartynCMartynC
    edited September 2010
    Yeah Paul is right. It was Altern-8. See here (scroll down to the last email).

    Altern8 put some Speccy compilations out a while back (the first one got slated by RG, IIRC).

    I don't think Altern8 is longer trading, so I'm not sure where that leaves the distribution of these games.

    Edit: More on Altern8 here. Seems like they might still be going. Ambitious too. Forget James Cameron and Tim Burton messing around with 3D. These boys are doing 4D films!
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited September 2010
    MartynC wrote: »
    I don't think Altern-8 is longer trading, so I'm not sure where that leaves the distribution of these games.

    Cheers for the update. That was a saga and a half wasnt it !

    I remember he got out the odd game for the DS was it ? Dont know how successful it was. But getting hold of ex-Speccy programmers, doing a deal with them and then getting the games denied werent exactly going to get us buying his CD's left right and centre.
  • GrazGraz
    edited September 2010
    I still don't own Lop Ears. Bah!
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited September 2010
    Ahhh another classic thread ! 4 years ago it was !...

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12022&highlight=retro-soft
  • LCDLCD
    edited September 2010
    MartynC wrote: »
    Yeah Paul is right. It was Altern-8. See here (scroll down to the last email).

    Dominion was mentioned here. It was released only as playable demo on YS covertape. Or is there a finished version after so many years?
  • RalfRalf
    edited September 2010
    Dominion was mentioned here. It was released only as playable demo on YS covertape. Or is there a finished version after so many years?

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=133553&postcount=7

    Plus there will be some games not even on here (WOS) , for example I do have some master 3" discs of a whole companies games , none which are on WOS , and in fact I have the only known copies (as far as I know ) on loan from the original company , so hopefully in the later discs there might be something for everyone.

    It's a shame that he got some exclusive material (maybe some never released games) but as his business plans failed we will never see it :-(
  • LCDLCD
    edited September 2010
    Ralf wrote: »
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=133553&postcount=7

    Plus there will be some games not even on here (WOS) , for example I do have some master 3" discs of a whole companies games , none which are on WOS , and in fact I have the only known copies (as far as I know ) on loan from the original company , so hopefully in the later discs there might be something for everyone.

    It's a shame that he got some exclusive material (maybe some never released games) but as his business plans failed we will never see it :-(

    Absolutly right, its a shame... He even did not offered them for sale.
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