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Title: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: orb85750 on February 01, 2010, 05:54:18 PM
Do you know of, or believe you know of, Amiga software titles that have been lost forever -- no longer existing in any working form on this planet?  I'm becoming convinced that Absoft AC Fortran is such a title.  No doubt, there are a number of others?   (I have been looking for a copy of AC Fortran for years, BTW.)
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: ChaosLord on February 01, 2010, 06:06:44 PM
Quote from: orb85750;541031
Do you know of, or believe you know of, Amiga software titles that have been lost forever -- no longer existing in any working form on this planet?  I'm becoming convinced that Absoft AC Fortran is such a title.  No doubt, there are a number of others?   (I have been looking for a copy of AC Fortran for years, BTW.)

Lots of ppl have AC Fortran.  Such as myself :)

All the software I ever wrote for C64 is probably lost and gone forever :(

The first few versions of Total Chaos OCS for the Amiga are probably lost and gone forever.

There is 1 specific version of BASIC for Amiga that seems to be lost and gone forever.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: persia on February 01, 2010, 06:13:35 PM
I've actually used AC Fortran in 4 flavours. Amiga, Mac, MS Windows and Linux, the Mac version is especially good.  The Amiga version of Absoft AC Fortran is like the Amiga version of Lightwave, usable, but missing a whole lot of good stuff....
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: beller on February 01, 2010, 06:14:50 PM
Which version of Basic seems to be missing?
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: motorollin on February 01, 2010, 07:11:26 PM
Putty Squad was finished but never released. I pre-ordered and never got it. Such a shame as it was an awesome game. I wish one of the old mags had leaked a copy as it's probably lost forever now :(

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moto
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on February 01, 2010, 07:11:45 PM
Some of those compilation games disks. Like the one that had the cat vs mouse game. There was another one where you had to draw lines to trap a ball (the game was german).
Wasn't there a classic destroyer vs sub game for Amiga too.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: ChaosLord on February 01, 2010, 07:43:54 PM
Quote from: beller;541037
Which version of Basic seems to be missing?
I can't remember the name exactly but it was made by an American company... It might have been F-Basic.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: ChaosLord on February 01, 2010, 07:45:02 PM
@motorollin

Did you prepay it?  Or just preorder it?
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: orb85750 on February 01, 2010, 08:09:14 PM
Will somebody please sell me AC Fortran with the manual?  I'm in the US.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: motorollin on February 01, 2010, 08:29:45 PM
Quote from: ChaosLord;541056
@motorollin

Did you prepay it?  Or just preorder it?


I actually pre-paid :(

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moto
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: mpiva on February 01, 2010, 08:47:40 PM
Quote from: Fanscale;541048
There was another one where you had to draw lines to trap a ball (the game was german).


  I think that game is called "BallyV" and I'm pretty sure I have a copy of it on one of my old disks.  I used to play it all the time.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: beller on February 02, 2010, 01:23:40 AM
Quote from: ChaosLord;541054
I can't remember the name exactly but it was made by an American company... It might have been F-Basic.


Was it TrueBasic?  I might have that around here somewhere....
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: kolla on February 02, 2010, 02:18:21 AM
The last incarnation of DaggeX was lost, sources and all, in an, at the time, infamous disk crash :)
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: Jambalah on February 02, 2010, 08:09:41 AM
@ motorollin:
Actually you can find an Amiga Power Magazine demo version here:

http://agtw.abime.net/games/view/puttysquad

Yes, I know is a little satisfaction but....
Read the interview, really interesting.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: jj on February 02, 2010, 12:31:41 PM
Sorry to hijack, but did anyone,as I did, love push over  ?
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: Ral-Clan on February 02, 2010, 12:49:43 PM
Quote from: persia;541036
I've actually used AC Fortran in 4 flavours. Amiga, Mac, MS Windows and Linux, the Mac version is especially good.  The Amiga version of Absoft AC Fortran is like the Amiga version of Lightwave, usable, but missing a whole lot of good stuff....


Do you mean that the Amiga version of Lightwave is missing a whole lot of stuff compared to the equivalent Windows/Mac version (version 5.0 being the lastest common one to all platforms).  Or did you mean the Amiga is missing a lot of stuff compared to the *very* latest version ever released (which I think is 9.x)?

I'll agree with you on the latter, but as for version 5.0, from what I've seen, it was pretty much the same across all platforms it was made for.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: huronking on February 02, 2010, 02:51:40 PM
Quote from: orb85750;541031
Do you know of, or believe you know of, Amiga software titles that have been lost forever -- no longer existing in any working form on this planet?  I'm becoming convinced that Absoft AC Fortran is such a title.  No doubt, there are a number of others?   (I have been looking for a copy of AC Fortran for years, BTW.)


Dynamic Drums was kinda cool back in 1989. Never seen it again.

Of course there were a few mods that I liked alot that I never found again too.
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: motorollin on February 02, 2010, 06:05:20 PM
Quote from: Jambalah;541123
@ motorollin:
Actually you can find an Amiga Power Magazine demo version here:

http://agtw.abime.net/games/view/puttysquad

Yes, I know is a little satisfaction but....
Read the interview, really interesting.


Thanks for the link, but I've already got the demo. I have also played through the SNES version of the game. It's awesome, but I would love to have seen it on the Amiga.

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moto
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: motorollin on February 02, 2010, 06:06:55 PM
Quote from: JJ;541139
Sorry to hijack, but did anyone,as I did, love push over  ?


Yes! I love Pushover and still play it sometimes.

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moto
Title: Re: Extinct Amiga Software
Post by: orb85750 on February 02, 2010, 06:57:03 PM
Quote from: huronking;541161
Dynamic Drums was kinda cool back in 1989. Never seen it again.

Of course there were a few mods that I liked alot that I never found again too.


I could swear that I just saw Dynamic Drums as part of an Amiga system auction a couple of days ago on eBay????