Operation: Inner Space [Archive]

Timpsi

20-12-2005, 11:57 AM

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Dec 20 2005, 03:51 PM
That is fantastic - the shareware version was awesome, and I would have liked the full version but they were charging some extortionate sum for it. Neato!
Yep, the price was terrible for a shareware game. Nevertheless, I always wanted to buy it once I'd get a real job. Now when I've finally got one, the company has gone inactive. :/

Oh, well.. now I can save my pennies for some other shareware goodie.

Someone

14-01-2006, 10:05 PM

Any word on this?

BeefontheBone

14-01-2006, 10:11 PM

I was wondering that, too :P

Havell

14-01-2006, 10:29 PM

Oh yeah. I played the shareware when I was really young. The way it kind of took over your PC was cool, even though it did freak my parents out. The way that you played in your HD was great. Though with today's cavernous hard drive it would take my entire natural lifetime to complete.

Bobbin Threadbare

15-01-2006, 06:58 AM

I might have it. We need to wait 'til tomorrow to check.

Yobor

15-01-2006, 01:38 PM

This game is amazing. Really neat idea. I think I owned it at one point, but for some reason my dad threw away all our floppies. I think it may have been pirated....

BeefontheBone

09-02-2006, 07:30 PM

Bump - any news on this one?

LZW

10-02-2006, 08:12 AM

I have this game on my downloaded list shown as burned on cd... Will dig it out and see if it works!

Let me know where you want it sent?

LZW

10-02-2006, 10:45 AM

I enjoyed reading the forum for awhile and waited to see if anyone would tell me where I could 'go stick this file' LOL, but I think must people are asleep... I send it to the usenet:

alt.binaries.warez.windows31

Operation Inner Space - "rptrispace.zip" (1/6) 1.2 MBytes yEnc

Eagle of Fire

10-02-2006, 09:32 PM

This one has been found, it appears. With any luck, it will be reviewed by the end of the week.Well, Kosta's got it from somewhere. No idea how, but he has it.

The "update" requested was about the review and when the game will get to the site.

Yobor

16-02-2006, 08:38 PM

Why does that thingy say "Warez" .....?

Eagle of Fire

16-02-2006, 08:55 PM

Because this game been given the status "Abandonware" since very little time. Before that, you had to buy it from some site at a very ridiculous price.

temperamental

17-04-2006, 11:47 PM

Man, I bought this game way back in '94 (or, so my dad did, I was quite young then...) and I just remembered I still had it. Being a bit nostalgic, I tried to install it from the disk again... it has this RETARDED copy protection thing where if it's installed on a previous hard drive it cannot be installed on another one, and unfortunately the old 486 I used to have this game on is well, long gone (I think).

I could upload the disk on yousendit or something, but somehow I doubt people would find use for it unless someone manages to find a way around this copy protection. The version's also hella old. Let me know though.

BeefontheBone

18-04-2006, 08:30 AM

Seeing as this has been bumped already, how's the update going?

Neryam

24-04-2006, 01:03 PM

Yay first post!
Wow what happened and why is it talking so long to come on the site? O_o

Btw, I love this game and I have the full version, but yeah the floppy has copy protection and if I try to copy everything off of it onto my HD the installer doesn't work anymore. :/
Plus, it only allows you to install on one computer. These guys did NOT want their game to be pirated. Ideas?

Eagle of Fire

24-04-2006, 01:07 PM

At the very worse, copy the floppy as an ISO and send it to us with all the infos you can spare. The label of the floppy is one of those infos which could be important.

I don't beleives that it can't be cracked in a way or another. I always did find in my young days to pass copy protection, and this game is very old... I'm willing myself to give it a try.

The Fifth Horseman

24-04-2006, 01:28 PM

ISO? EoF...

IMG, rather. You can use something like WinImage to read and write floppy images.

Neryam

24-04-2006, 01:38 PM

Hmm, okay I will try WinImage and will put the image on my site. 200kb limit here..

The Fifth Horseman

24-04-2006, 01:40 PM

Actually, you can put it up on www.rapidshare.de or www.megaupload.com .

Neryam

24-04-2006, 01:59 PM

Alright, I wasn't sure which format to save the image, but Rapidshare told me that there was already a duplicate file with a different name when I tried to upload the .vfd xD so here is the .IMA.
http://rapidshare.de/files/18816876/ispace.IMA.html

Eagle of Fire

25-04-2006, 01:02 AM

What? You understood me... Use whatever mean necessary to do it... I just don't know how to call them, I'm not a hacker myself. :P ;)

Neryam

25-04-2006, 02:41 AM

No that's the image of inner space I uploaded. :P I have a .vfd too but rapidshare says its the same as the .ima.

Ahh I forgot to give you all the info sry..
There was a sticker on the disk with 19762 handwritten on it. No idea what its for. Label says "To install, run A:/install.exe" and "Operation: Inner Space" with all that copyright stuff.

The installer installs a few files into C:/WINDOWS.. Config files and stuff. What else.. After I reinstalled, the installer had modified/created a file called "secure". ONLY this file. All the other files have not been modified since like 1996. :P

By the way, I uninstalled Inner Space first before making the image so the image is of a "Valid Install" disk ready for a clean new install.

The Fifth Horseman

25-04-2006, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Apr 25 2006, 03:02 AM
What? You understood me... Use whatever mean necessary to do it... I just don't know how to call them, I'm not a hacker myself. :P ;)
I've been using floppy images before, mainly to backup old driver disks.

Neryam

26-04-2006, 02:06 AM

Okay I downloaded the vfd image onto a diff comp and mounted it, it worked! :D Havent tried to extract
the files from the image tho.

win98

26-04-2006, 05:27 AM

I am sorry I do not have them game but I want it bad.

Eagle of Fire

26-04-2006, 10:57 PM

Well, I'm also on the top of the list of people who want it... But it's a Windows game, I'm not sure Kosta would really want to place it on the site. Probably more on AR.

JimmyJ

28-04-2006, 03:14 AM

Well, its mainly a matter of when, not how , because it WORKS, and works well in xp, without compatability :)

Bobbin Threadbare

28-04-2006, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Apr 27 2006, 08:57 AM
...but it's a Windows game...
And you haven't found windows games on here?

JimmyJ

28-04-2006, 11:21 PM

I agree, bobbin..Surely MDK is a windows game :P Or is EOF living in a sick fantasy world

Eagle of Fire

29-04-2006, 02:28 AM

This is not the point. I am pretty sure that MDK have a DOS version, the real reason why we have the Windows version is because it is easier for those who don't know how to use DOS to make it work on their system.

On the other hand, I know Inner Space a lot, I played with it a lot in the past. It's one of the most obvious Windows only game I know.

Just play it, you will understand...

guesst

29-04-2006, 04:06 AM

So what? I say put it up. It was a great game.

Nowhere does Abandonia say "Sportin DOS only games." I know it's a slippery slope...Oh I don't know. I think I say let it be hosted because I want to download and play it. I mean, Abandonia isn't hosting roms of Amiga games here. Although...no scratch that idea.

I'm just going to go to bed now before I have any more bright ideas.

win98

29-04-2006, 08:50 AM

If it has to go on reloaded I do not care I will get it straight away.

Tom Henrik

29-04-2006, 09:52 AM

It's freeware?

BeefontheBone

29-04-2006, 05:18 PM

I doubt it.

xxpirateninjaxx

29-04-2006, 06:31 PM

im new to these forums but just wanted to say that ive been looking for this game off and on for quite a while, and hope someone finds it. i had it years ago when i was a kid, but its since been lost, probably thrown out by my parents

Tom Henrik

29-04-2006, 07:18 PM

Seeing as it was Kosta who requested it in this forum, and not on AR, I think it is safe to say that Kosta wants to host it. Windows or not ;)

Eagle of Fire

29-04-2006, 11:04 PM

Whatever happen, I look forward to download it. :ok:

JimmyJ

30-04-2006, 11:07 PM

I don't for i already got it from the rapidshare link. But i AM looking forward to others getting to play this great game that deserves its small place on the harddrive ;)

Neryam

02-05-2006, 01:27 PM

Well if you guys don't wanna wait for it to go on abandonia proper just download the image from the rapidshare link, download VFD from http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html, mount the image, and install! :/ It works perfectly.

Moonstrider

31-05-2006, 04:29 PM

This game is excellent! :D But does anyone have the bigger ship factory ? The one that comes with the game isn't all that good...

marko river

02-06-2006, 09:07 AM

Hmmm, i've just looked on awlist by the word "inner" and have discovered that Might and Magic 1 is abw. WOW!! :D

guesst

10-06-2006, 05:36 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(marko_river @ Jun 2 2006, 09:07 AM) 233738</div>
Hmmm, i've just looked on awlist by the word "inner" and have discovered that Might and Magic 1 is abw. WOW!! :D
[/b]
Yeah, and doesn't it have a windows remake too?

Distrance

17-06-2006, 05:57 PM

I hope this Topic is not dead yet,I just discovered this site and read about Inner Space. I have been wating this game for years but dont want and cant buy it.
I downloaded the file from rapidshare but cant get it work cos the vfd program doesnt work on WIn98 ( yeah LOL pc ) so any suggestions on this ?
I've searched so much for it on Dc++ etc but found...nothing and I really want this game really bad..

SupSuper

21-06-2006, 02:22 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(guesst @ Jun 10 2006, 06:36 AM) 235553</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(marko_river @ Jun 2 2006, 09:07 AM) 233738
Hmmm, i've just looked on awlist by the word "inner" and have discovered that Might and Magic 1 is abw. WOW!! :D
[/b]
Yeah, and doesn't it have a windows remake too?
[/b][/quote]Don't confuse "Might and Magic 1" with "Heroes of Might and Magic 1" ;)

Sonicfan37

10-08-2006, 01:13 PM

AAUGH! I have the full version, but I lost it... like forever ago. Sorry, but I guess that's not helpful, is it?

Tycoon

31-08-2006, 04:15 PM

I hate to be a party pooper, but isn't the game still available commercially at the site below? :)

http://www.sdispace.com/index.html

If so, then it's not technically abandonware at all, more's the pity....

Abi79

31-08-2006, 05:01 PM

And it costs like $24.95. Very expensive for an old game... :(

Cloudy

31-08-2006, 10:45 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tycoon @ Aug 31 2006, 05:15 PM) 252139</div>
I hate to be a party pooper, but isn't the game still available commercially at the site below? :)

http://www.sdispace.com/index.html

If so, then it's not technically abandonware at all, more's the pity....
[/b]

Seems that way :unsure:

Oh well.. looks like this is a no-go then :bleh:

guesst

01-09-2006, 12:53 PM

Wow. Well there's a fine how-do-you-do from left field. They can't be selling any at that price. What are they thinking?

Abi79

01-09-2006, 03:01 PM

Maybe they aren't thinking. :P

Zup

26-11-2006, 01:14 PM

Newsgroups doesn't work in my computer.

Rapidshare link is dead.

No news from eMule nor Bittorrent.

Anyone has a valid link for this game?

Will this game work in Windows 98 / VMWare?

I had a ISO but it keep telling that Inner Space disc was not inserted... Windows fault? My computer fault?

Any advice about similar games? :sos:

Zup

29-11-2006, 02:18 PM

OK, I've been working on the ISO image... it seems it works using DOSBox and Windows 3.11 (Spanish). Next move: I'll try with VMWare and Windows 98 SE.

BugMeNot

26-12-2006, 06:46 AM

I'm pretty sure that although the site is still up for some reason, the game is no longer being sold. I ordered the add-ons a couple years ago and have yet to receive them, and any emails to the company bounce. I've emailed the designer/programmer/artist via his personal email about any chance of it being released as freeware and I'll let you guys know if he gives me a reply, but for now, the rapidshare link is dead and I think we'd all appreciate a more stable host. :)

Tycoon

27-12-2006, 12:41 AM

I remember writing to SDI about two years ago, asking some questions about Inner Space and they gave me a prompt reply at the time. So I naturally found the comments made by BugMeNot quite interesting.

I thought I'd plug an email to their sales department asking if the game was still available and within 45 minutes, I got a reply saying they still sell it. It is not likely to be an automated reply, because it contained some minor syntax errors, not to mention that it sounded much too personal for an automated template. Clearly there was no email bounce though.

For now anyway, the conclusion is inescapable. This game is simply not abandonware, as much as we all wish it was :) I don't know how much hope there is that the author will release it as freeware either. Even if he wanted to, sometimes authors have made previous agreements with publishers in this kind of situation that prohibits them for doing so. It all sounds rather dismal to me.

By the way BugMeNot, the site states that it's not possible for them to sell the add-ons alone, you have to buy the full game from them too. That might explain why you had trouble receiving the add-ons you ordered :)

Zup

31-12-2006, 01:18 PM

It seems they made changes to their web, so it might be still supported (although they claim that it's the oldest game still supported, they haven't released any new version in agest).

For those interested in a "good" version, the ISO version that can be found out there works with DOSBox 0.65 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, but it doesn't work with XP SP2 (at least, it doesn't work for me). I don't know if it works with 95, 98, 2000 or if it can work inside a virtual machine.

Some things that may help you...

CRCs of the "working files"
----------------------------------
ISPACE.bin 4CDCD0CF
ISPACE.cue C68A30DC

- MD5 hashes:
-------------------
449a02668fae485c879cff59af372140 *ISPACE.bin
09a86c760d8aabcbc52d4042cf43a966 *ISPACE.cue

(CRCs and MD5s generated with RapidCRC)

I guess it could help you to locate a working copy of the files.

P.S.: I'm going to order the game... to see it they're still in bussiness and get a licensed copy...

<------------------------------------------------------------------------>

EDIT: (I hope) I've bought the complete set (Inner Space, ship factory, sound & voice effects, military ships and nation ships). They've added PayPal, so I guess they're alive. In a month we'll know if they're still in bussiness or not.

What is the Warn thing displayed below my member #?

Tycoon

31-12-2006, 04:16 PM

I've also brought the complete set and had it sent by email. It all arrived without a problem and plays perfectly. So I can confirm that they are definitely still in business.

Zup

10-01-2007, 09:45 PM

Today, I've received two e-mails from SDI, one containing the game and the other containing the Add-Ons.

So definitely, they're still in bussiness.

[EDIT] Today, I've received the physical package via mail. It has appeared 10 days after the purchase, although their web says it could take 3 weeks...

The floppy version and the mail version works ok with XP SP2. I guess the CD version has some compatibility issue, but no need to work on it now.

Tycoon

12-01-2007, 10:16 PM

Did you order the email version or the physical packaged version? I have no idea if they are going to send me a package or not. The email I received said they would, but I didn't see that when I ordered it (the email version).

The page below illustrates the options:

http://www.sdispace.com/content/world/order_game.htm

Zup

13-01-2007, 07:16 PM

I bought the physical package. It's funny to see a DVD case containing a manual and a floppy... Why not Inner Space with DVD quality cut scenes? LOL LOL LOL

Tycoon

17-01-2007, 10:54 PM

That explains it then :) Wish I'd known about them sending the game via email first though with the packaged version, it was practically the same price as the email one if I remember rightly :) I could of had a virtually free package and manual thrown in ;)

barbosa

22-01-2007, 07:22 PM

BUT, RECAPITULATING, can we download the full version of Inner Space from anywere or there is someone that can share the full version with me? :sos:
I like a lot this game, please help me.

(I read the all the topic,but I got a bit confused)

Abi79

23-01-2007, 11:30 AM

Nope. It's warez.

Tycoon

23-01-2007, 07:43 PM

Sorry about the confusion Barbosa :)

The point that was being made is that Inner Space is still being sold, this has been confirmed by people who have brought it recently. Therefore, the game itself cannot be considered abandonware and it would be completely illegal to distribute it.

That's pretty much the end of the trail in terms of this website. The only recourse at this stage is to actually buy it.

ReconMikel

23-01-2007, 08:24 PM

Is there an active link to download the full version?

bruno

23-01-2007, 11:02 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Abi79 @ Jan 23 2007, 02:30 PM) 276100</div>
Nope. It's warez.
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ReconMikel

24-01-2007, 08:20 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bruno G @ Jan 24 2007, 12:02 AM) 276195</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Abi79 @ Jan 23 2007, 02:30 PM) 276100
Nope. It's warez.
[/b]
[/b][/quote]

but seriously... there HAD been some old links that are no good? where's there a NEW link?

Abi79

24-01-2007, 04:36 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(reconmikel @ Jan 24 2007, 11:20 AM) 276220</div> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bruno G @ Jan 24 2007, 12:02 AM) 276195
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Abi79 @ Jan 23 2007, 02:30 PM) 276100
Nope. It's warez.
[/b]
[/b][/quote]

but seriously... there HAD been some old links that are no good? where's there a NEW link? [/b][/quote]You will NOT find a download link anymore. It's illegal. Want it? Buy it.