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from: lyricalnanoha
date: 2009-01-16 22:10:58
subject: Re: List of candidates to put on Crunch disks

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, xorxif wrote:

> I went through my disk image collection and found lots of single-load games 
> that could be put onto crunch collections, figured I'd post a list. The ones 
> with question marks I'm not 100% sure are single load, but I'm pretty sure 
> this list is at least 95% complete.
>
>  If you don't have or can't find any of these titles, just let me know and 
> I'll send you an image with the binaries.

Some good suggestions here.  Thanks :)

> NOTE: On crunch3, Swashbuckler is not single-load

Hm, I thought the version I used was hacked into a singleloader. :/

> Single-load games not on current crunch disks:
>
> Can't remember where on Asimov they are:
> Pegasus II ??
> Hi-Res Cribbage
> Micro Chess
> Dark Forest ??
> Ankh
> Crime Wave
> Mars Cars
> Quadrant 6112
> Bug Attack
> Ceiling Zero
> Star Thief
> Gemini
> Micro Wave ??

I got some of these.  Definitely got Micro Chess on an unreleased disk.
Most of 'em I haven't heard of though.

> Stuff on Asimov:
> Potential candidates from action:
>
> Beer Run (with title screen preferred)

Hm. I think I found this one on my last pass, I can look through it.

> Bilestoad
> Bolo

I think I found a Bolo, but I can't remember if it didn't work right, 
or...

> BeachHeadII ??
> Berzap
> Borg
> Bubble Head
> Buck Rogers
> County Carnival
> Cavern Creatures ??
> Caverns of Callisto ??
> Caverns Of Freitag ??
> Apple Cider Spider
> Cannon Ball Blitz

This one rings a bell somehow.

> David's Midnight Magic

Hm, I should look for one that doesn't have the awful pun on 
Call-A.P.P.L.E. when it loads :/, or hack it away

> Raster Blaster

> Night Mission

I thought I had that o.o

> Dig 'Em
> Dino Eggs
> Dung Beetles
> Eliminator
> Flak
> Free Fall
> Gamma Goblins
> Golden Mountain
> Gobbler
> Gorgon
> Gremlins
> Hadron
> Epoch
> Human Fly
> Jawbreaker
> J-Bird
> Jet Pack ??
> Jouster
> Jungle Hunt ??
> Kamikaze
> Lady Tut
> Lock N' Chase
> Minotaur ??
> Montezuma's Revenge ??

Hm.  I could never get that working without a DOS 3.3 present for some 
reason.

> Mr Cool
> Mr. Do

The Mr. Do! I have isn't single-load, never seen one and wasn't exactly 
sure it was doable.

> Neutrons
> Killer Clams
> Norad
> Pentapus ??
> Qix
> Rad Warrior ??
> Rear Guard
> Round About ??
> Russki Duck
> Seafox
> Shiela ??
> Snack Attack

Lots of Pac-Man clones there :> - I figured Taxman would cover the gamut 
though

> Snake Byte
> Sneakers
> Spindizzy ??
> Star Blazer
> Star Maze
> Star Mines
> Threshold ??
> Track Attack
> Tranquility Base
> Tubeway II

I think I set that one up to be on another compilation.

> Alien Typhoon
> Up N' Down
> Warp Destroyer ??
> Wavy Navy
>
>
> Potential candidates from file_based:
> Draw Poker
> Spider Raid
> Alien Ambush
> Eliminator
> Jupiter Express
> Shooting Alien
> Procyon Warrior
> Deathmaze 5000
> Star Maze
> Ape Escape
> Crazy Climber
> Human Fly
> Apple Panic
> Galaxy Wars
> Apple Invaders
> Super Invader
> Space Fungus ???
> Plasmania
> Dragon Fire (Imagic)
> International Grand Prix
> Awacs
> Axis Assassin
> Tubeway II
> Horizon V

I remember Horizon V being on one of the discs...

> Lazer Silk
> Robot Tank
> Pill Box
> Grapple
> Neutrons
> Bezoff
> Blisterball
> Mad Bomber
> Bouncing Kamungas
> Bolo
> Drelbs
> Labyrinth
> Bubblehead
> Bug Attack
> Nightmare Gallery
> Pest Patrol
> Roach Hotel
> Cannon Ball Blitz
> Montezuma's Revenge
> Canyon Climber
> Space Eggs
> Space Quarks
> Sabotage
> Space Raiders (WORKING COPY ONLY)
> Star Avenger
> Money Munchers
> Congo
> Cyclod
> Gold Rush
> Lemmings ??

That fit in a single file?

> Golden Mountain
> County Carnival
> Mouskattack
> Pigpen
> Genetic Drift
> Outpost
> Mr. Cool
> Cyberstrike
> Twerps
> Rear Guard
> Stargate
> Diamond Mine
> Lady Tut
> Minotaur
> Dig 'Em
> Serpentine
> Firebug
> Epoch
> Hadron
> Taipan
> U-Boat Command ??
> Falcons
> Torax
> Zargs
> Hero
> Firebird
> Fly Wars (working copy only)
> Frenzy
> Grapple
> Wavy Navy
> Alien Typhoon
> Galaxy Gates
> Jellyfish
> Reversal (working copy only)
> Gobbler

I find a LOT of nonworking Gobblers.

> Puckman
> Super Puckman
> Bezman
> Head On
> Hyper Head On
> Laser Silk
> Hell Storm
> Icbm Strike
> Red Alert
> Lunar Leeper
> Syzygy ????????
> Jabreaker II
> Snack Attack
> Snoggle
> Joust

Only copy of this I find is partly in an S file, so figuring this out's 
gonna be a pain. :/

> Jouster
> Gladiator
> Kamikaze
> The Snapper
> Spindizzy
> Star Clones
> Killer Klams
> Orbitron
> Pulsar II
> Rings Of Saturn (instructions?)
> Star Mines
> Hungry Boy
> Star Cruiser
> Worm Wall
> Seafox
> Shamus
> Shuttle Intercept
> Spy's Demise
> Spy Strikes Back
> Suicide
> Genetic Drift
> Thief
> Threshold
> Viper

> from Adventure:
> Obviously all the Scott Adams text files

I wonder how they save o.o;, if they rely on DOS, or they rely on tape 
storage, they won't really work (since the crunch disks use RDOS)...

> from Simulation:
> F-15 Strike Eagle ??
> Gato ??
>
> from Sports:
> Karate Champ ??

I know I got that somewhere o.o...

> Kung Fu Master ??
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