Retro Gamer Issue 34

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:43 pm

Here's the scans thanks to Ameena:

edit: Cowsmonaut is a party pooper and will remain one until it's out of print

Post by **Ameena** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:45 pm

Ahh you beat me to it, lol.
And I'll say again here - If anyone wants anything else scanned from the mag, let me know and I'll see about scanning it in for ye

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beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:47 pm

I think some poeple wanted to see monkey island bit too...

Post by **Ameena** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:53 pm

Ohh bum yeah they did didn't they...right, I'll do that now then, lol...

EDIT - MI scans found here

edit: Cowsmonaut is a party pooper and will remain one until it's out of print

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:12 pm

Ok, here's the full sized scans hosted on my webspace:

edit: Cowsmonaut is a party pooper and will remain one until it's out of print

Sorry, a bit busy tidying so not tested anything - if the links don't work or whatever, give me a yell. Fles between about 600kb and 2Mb

Post by **Ameena** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:18 pm

Ahh cool you got 'em. I have no idea why the file size varies so much - they were all scanned the same way and saved in the same format. Weird. Oh well - Enjoy

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Post by **Lunever** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:57 am

"Dungeon Master was developed with the Idea of creating many scenarios".
Well, seems we finally got there.

Long live Dungeon Master!

BTW: Did anyone ever have access to the DCS Dungeon Construction Set mentioned?

PS: Can anyone scan me the Last Ninja article pleeeease?!

Post by **Ameena** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:06 am

Sure

. I'll do it tomorrow some time and mail the scans to Wuffy again, if he doesn't mind hosting them. The "Last Ninja" article is six pages long.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:44 am

No problem, my new space is a Gb

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:56 am

last ninja.. I loved that one

well.. the graphics anyway..

I anylized them over and over

ian_scho · Post by **ian_scho** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:59 am

It's much more readable now, thanks Beowuuf

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:24 am

Thank Ameena for doing it

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:36 am

Thanks a lot for scanning! And yes, I would love to read the Last Ninja bits too, I loved that game back in the day nearly as much as DM. As for the DM article, I liked it very much. Just reading it made my eyes wet from a rush of nostalgia, even though I still play so much. Best Game Ever. And reading about the supposed "many scenarios" really made me sad. Just imagine another expansion game like CSB, or even two or three of them! I would have loved to see those, and preferred such games over DM2 any day.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:58 pm

Last Ninja article thanks to Ameena:

edit: Cowsmonaut is a party pooper and will remain one until it's out of print

Post by **Lunever** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:15 pm

Great many thanks!

Tom Hatfield · Post by **Tom Hatfield** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:49 am

The second DM page is one-fourth as big as the others. That would explain the file size difference.

EDIT: Ooooops! They made a serious error on page four. The SNES version did not use the Super FX chip. It used a custom sound effects chip. Somebody better write the editor.

Post by **Gambit37** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:53 am

Yeah, I wondered about the Super FX thing. I've heard that before, but couldn't work out what it was used for. Wasn't it just a DSP processor that was the special bit?

Suule · Post by **Suule** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:43 am

Noo noo! DSP-3 was used. Kentaro wrote an extensive article how it was used.

Basicly it was an advanced sprite/bob manipulation chip that enabled hardware scaling, shading itp.

Post by **Gambit37** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:33 am

Suule wrote:Noo noo! DSP-3 was used. Kentaro wrote an extensive article how it was used.

I don't remember seeing that. Do you have a link?

Suule · Post by **Suule** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:08 pm

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/danmas ... b_DSP2.htm
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/danmas ... index.html

My bad. DSP-2 Nevertheless... It wasn't SuperFX.

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:02 am

that is NOT the game i was thinking of.. maybe it was something "samurai" old amiga game... hmmm

found it.. first samurai... bah.. first samurai last ninja.. what's the difference

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:12 am

First Samurai was a nice game as well, but not in the same league as Last Ninja.

Suule · Post by **Suule** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:45 am

First Samurai was awfully cracked. At some point the game either froze or you weren't able to progress any further...

Post by **ChristopheF** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:48 pm

Thanks for the scans Ameena! The articles are interesting.

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:51 pm

Hehe np

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Strider · Post by **Strider** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:06 pm

You're suppossed to buy it, not look at scans

Post by **Gambit37** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:23 pm

Ah, thought as much -- you work for RG, strider?

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:28 pm

I would have bought it first day it came out if it were available in Germany...

Post by **Sophia** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:29 pm

Strider wrote:You're suppossed to buy it, not look at scans

Trantor wrote:I would have bought it first day it came out if it were available in Germany...

Ditto for the US!
.... Maybe we'll get it in like, 3 months. That's how it usually was with Amiga Format.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:38 pm

Don't worry, these people are all fanatics and will buy it when they can

Oh, except me, I'll buy it now I feel guilty and reminded

(If it's any consellation I actually haven't read them yet!)