Todbog's Collection

[Todbog]

I have a few games that I saw were not readily available on the site so I thought I would try and contribute in some small way.

The first is a compilation of games by the title of The Definitive Wargame Collection. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/de...ame-collection


It contains the following twelve games.

Battles of Napoleon [Uploaded]
Conquest of Japan [Uploaded]
D-Day: The Beginning of the End (Already on the site)
Decisive Battles of the Civil War [Uploaded W/Review]
Global Domination [Uploaded W/Review]
Gold of the Americas (Already on the site)
Battlefront: Panzer Battles [Uploaded]
Reach for the Stars
Sword of Aragon
Wargames Construction Set II: Tanks!
Warlords (Already on the site) [Manual Uploaded]
When Two Worlds War

The reason I am mentioning the titles that are already on the site is due to the collection itself. The collection clocks in at 12.9 mb compressed, which offers a launcher and manuals for all the games above. The manuals are in Xview format by the way.

The second title I am offering is pretty rare.

Red Ghost Empire Interactive 1995 [33.6mb] [Uploaded]http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/red-ghost

This one is an iso as it requires the disc to play. Both have been tested to work under Dosbox as well.

[TotalAnarchy]

Red Ghost [APPROVED] No valid buylinks found (only one copy at yestergames.com which is fishy, and some at Amazon Marketplace, which doesn't count) It's also interesting that Empire Interactive has just closed, I think in May, this year.

Unfortunately we can't accept the collection. It's impossible to write a review for so many games. We could have made an exception, probably, if they were from the same series. It would have been great if the games were available separately.

Do you have FTP access to upload Red Ghost?

[dosraider]

Shouldn't be that hard to get them games to run from separate archives .... as it's a dos compil.

[Luchsen]

Like dosraider said, but we can also make an entry for the compilation and (when existing) add the reviews of the single games to the connected games.

Todbog, do you have something with the compilation logo that you are able to scan in (but not in circle like on the CD)? Or is the logo perhaps in the game launcher? I would be nice to have it for the series/compilations labelling. :)

[Ermuli]

Ehhh...aren't these perfect for ISO Cellar?

[skillz]

Ehhh...aren't these perfect for ISO Cellar?

I was gonna say the samething

[Todbog]

The launcher has a splash screen so that would be perfect for the compilation. Each game is set in a separate directory, so splitting them up would not be a problem at all. The only stumbling block would be the manuals as I am not sure how to convert the Xview files to txt or Word. Any recommendations would be welcome here.

[Todbog]

Oh, and if you could PM me the details for uploading I would appreciate it.

[Luchsen]

PM sent. :PM:

[Todbog]

Thanks for the PM. I accidentally started sending the unpacked iso for Red Ghost so I stopped it and sent the packed version instead. You just need to delete the iso fragment. Otherwise I send the iso and about 8 screenshots.

As for the compilation, I believe only Battles of Napolean needed a manual so I could easily upload the rest seperately. I just want to check that each game is not protected before proceeding that route.

[Ermuli]

I could easily upload the rest seperately.
Please, if "The Definitive Wargame Collection" is on a CD, upload also the CD image. Thank you! :)
BTW, are the discs original or are they just downloaded images?

[Todbog]

Both discs are original. I will work on uploading the collection a little later today. I am on call for work today so I don't want to start it until that is over. :)

[skillz]

Awsome Todbog thank you very much

[Ermuli]

:drool:

[Todbog]

I actually found out the manuals that are included on the disc are actually simple ASCII files, so you can open them with notepad. I will try and convert them to simple .txt files and include them with each game.

[Todbog]

Ok. The iso and screens for the collection are uploaded. I will work on the individual games next. Converting the manuals to texts should be the only thing that will take any time.

[Todbog]

Ok. I will update the collection in my first post as I get them uploaded. I might try and review a few, but Wargames by their nature are time consuming and... obtuse. :)

[skillz]

Sounds good Tod thx again

[Todbog]

No problem. I am sure you guys already noticed, but I am uploading the games with manuals and screens. I will mark any I reviewed as well. If anyone wants me to review a particular one to get it ready for the site, let me know. :OK:

[Todbog]

I have to stop uploading while tired. I have a small fragment I uploaded to the Global Domination folder. ACW.rar can be deleted. Forgot to change directories when I uploaded the last game. :doh:

[Todbog]

Oh yeah. Found another game collection that might be interesting. It actually was a pack-in with PC Gamer Magazine (July 2000) containing full versions of 12 different games. In no particular order:

The Secret of Monkey Island
Wing Commander
Ultima I
Ultima Underworld I
X-Com UFO Defense
King's Quest
Alone in the Dark
Duke Nukem II
Links: The Challenge of Golf
Descent
Terminal Velocity
Road and Track Presents: The Need for Speed

Again, I understand that several of these are already on the site, and a few more are protected. I am offering to upload whatever individual ones that are needed, and if people would like, I could upload a disc image of the PC Gamer CD for ISO Cellar.

As might be understandable, I was EXTREMELY happy when I received this issue in the mail back on 2000. :3:

Oh... as a bonus with the disc you get a demo of Daikatana, here described as John Romero's opus!

[Chris]

all of those games were on one PC Gamer CD back in 2000? What was the price of that issue? 200 bucks? :omg:

[Todbog]

Surprisingly... standard retail price. I was shocked as well when I got it. Fantastic value.:3:

[TotalAnarchy]

The Secret of Monkey Island [ON Site]
Wing Commander [ON Site]
Ultima I [ON FTP]
Ultima Underworld I [ON Site]
X-Com UFO Defense [ON Site]
King's Quest [On Site]
Alone in the Dark [On Site]
Duke Nukem II [SOLD] here (http://www.3drealms.com/duke2/index.html)
Links: The Challenge of Golf [APPROVED]
Descent [On Site]
Terminal Velocity [On Site]
Road and Track Presents: The Need for Speed [PROTECTED] till 2010


Basically only Links is approved.