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flextig
21-04-2005, 12:00 AM
anyone know anything bout congo descent into zinj came out 1996 only jus heard of it loved the film tho!
red_avatar
22-04-2005, 03:46 PM
I have that game - a real underdog. It's damn fine for its age and has great atmosphere. Only problem is, it's BIG. As in a whole CD you can't rip anything out of.
DonCorleone
15-03-2007, 05:49 PM
I don't expect Congo to be abandonware. But since I couldn't find it on the web, I can't help but asking here. Maybe somebody is more professional than I am... :D
Tito
16-03-2007, 10:08 AM
Isn't that game too big for this site? I remember it was a cinematic adventure, wasn't it?
The Fifth Horseman
16-03-2007, 10:53 AM
Published in March 1996 by Viacom Newmedia, according both to Mobygames and HOTU.
Viacom is not an ESA subsidiary, no information or support for the game is offered on their website. Oldwarez List has two games published by them in 1995 and 1996 as AW.

Conclusion - unless anyone is able to find this game for sale, it qualifies as Abandonware. :brain:

PS. I've read "Congo" by Michael Crichton - the book on which this game was based - and I'd love to play the game.
DonCorleone
16-03-2007, 05:03 PM
Sounds very good. I owned the original back in the days. But I lost it together with many other original games. Never managed to get very far into the game. Though I haven't read the book. But I watched the movie. And I'd love to play it again, too. It might be that the game's too huge for the site. But a very nice person named Icewolf pointed me to the possibility of the Iso-Cellar.

EDIT: Ok, I ordered a second-hand copy of this one at amazon. I was tired searching the web. I'm not sure about the language. But I'd love to share it with you... maybe in the cellar?!
Tito
16-03-2007, 05:34 PM
Oh, yes, the ISO Cellar. I always forget about it. :wallbash:

Should take a look at it sometime.
Geezer
16-03-2007, 11:02 PM
514 MB on the CD. Win 3X
DonCorleone
17-03-2007, 06:05 AM
Yeah, I've seen that. Win3.X might be a problem, huh?
The Fifth Horseman
19-03-2007, 01:32 PM
Not neccesarily. DosBox runs Win3.x from what I heard (never tried doing that, though), and if that fails - Virtual PC should do the trick.
DonCorleone
26-03-2007, 12:34 PM
I've got the game now. And it runs under 3.x and W95. But it was somehow crystal clear taht it wouldn't work with vista. You have to install Wing (or something) in order to get Congo to run. And Vista doesn't seem to like this Wing-Video thingy... What about the virtual PC thing?

Unfortunately I've got only the german version. I don't know if games with other languages are allowed to be put into the cellar...???
faralar
27-03-2007, 12:44 PM
I remeber playing the demo for this game during the nineties, at least I think it's the same (it's based on the movie that was based on the book).

Anyway, I seem to recall the game being a win 95 version, although that might have been just the demo..
DonCorleone
09-05-2007, 11:33 PM
Yes, exactly. It is designed for Win95, too. Still own the game but can't get it installed under Vista. Nor can I create an iso since there isn't any program for Vista that would do the job. When time comes I'm ready to upload... I promise. Maybe then someone will find a solution on playing the game. Don't really have the time to puzzle it out... :(
Ermuli
10-05-2007, 02:01 PM
I have already uploaded the English version to 4shared.com 23.04.2007. The size is 413 Mb with
ECM+RAR. How should I proceed with the link? Tens of other ISO games uploaded too.
The Fifth Horseman
10-05-2007, 03:31 PM
You should be able to post in the ISO Cellar Request thread (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13416&st=40&gopid=289839&#entry289839) now. Please post these there and I'll cover the creation of separate topics for them.
Dave
17-07-2007, 05:50 PM
Now on site!
Thanks Ermuli again ^_^
http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14700
Dave
17-07-2007, 05:51 PM
Now on site!
Thanks again and again Ermuli!
http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14700
godlike
20-03-2012, 04:52 PM
Can somebody repost a working link? Id very much like to play this again. The current one doesnt seem to work.
The Fifth Horseman
20-03-2012, 08:32 PM
It's linked in "Similar Threads" just below...
In case you missed it: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14212
godlike
20-03-2012, 11:58 PM
It's linked in "Similar Threads" just below...
In case you missed it: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14212

That link goes to the very same 4shared-account. The folder is empty.
Ermuli
21-03-2012, 06:09 AM
Will be reupped soon(ish).