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Old 01-10-2009, 09:15 PM   #1
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I recently bought this old game from the 3D Realms web site and was wondering if I could do a review on it. I currently have a first draft written up on the full version (which is sold) with pictures from all four episodes, but I've come to understand that it wouldn't go live until the game actually got abandoned, which I personally don't see happening soon. On the other hand, I have the shareware version (also from the web site) in a separate folder and could modify my review and get more screens from that if that would be better.
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Old 02-10-2009, 12:25 PM   #2
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Sorry. Our policy doesn't accept limited shareware versions.
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Old 03-10-2009, 12:07 AM   #3
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Okay. Thanks. You can lock this or whatever, then.
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:16 AM   #4
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Do not worry blue

Thread will not be closed, as maybe in the future You will find something else to share, and we like to keep it tidy in offers - one thread per person.
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Old 04-10-2009, 08:34 PM   #5
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Cool. Actually, I was browsing the Games That Need Reviews thread and stumbled on one called "A Journey to Xanth" or something similar. I'm a fan of the series and would be happy to review that one if I could get a copy to play.


Edit: Actually, I found one. I'll play through it a bit when I get a chance. I'm in the middle of a paper at the moment.

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Old 05-10-2009, 06:58 AM   #6
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Cool. Actually, I was browsing the Games That Need Reviews thread and stumbled on one called "A Journey to Xanth" or something similar. I'm a fan of the series and would be happy to review that one if I could get a copy to play.


Edit: Actually, I found one. I'll play through it a bit when I get a chance. I'm in the middle of a paper at the moment.
I was the one reviewing "A Journey into Xanth", really, but if you really want to review it, I will give you the honor: Although I love the Xanth series, I found I am not really into Interactive Fiction lately, even thou there was a time I loved the genre . And I really hated that goddamn river!


And maybe you should try with the version here at abandonia if you want to review it, because that way we can be sure that there are no differences between the review and the archive. Do you really want to review it? If that's the case, then tell me and we should post here and sort it out.

So tell me if you are interested!
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Old 09-10-2009, 04:41 AM   #7
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I was the one reviewing "A Journey into Xanth", really, but if you really want to review it, I will give you the honor: Although I love the Xanth series, I found I am not really into Interactive Fiction lately, even thou there was a time I loved the genre . And I really hated that goddamn river!


And maybe you should try with the version here at abandonia if you want to review it, because that way we can be sure that there are no differences between the review and the archive. Do you really want to review it? If that's the case, then tell me and we should post here and sort it out.

So tell me if you are interested!
I was going to do it since there wasn't anyone else, but honestly, I'm not sure I'd really be able to give a fair appraisal with how busy I am with school at the moment. (Also, I managed to waste over 90 turns fighting with the dictionary before getting anywhere and can't be sure whether it's the game's fault or mine.) If you'd like to do it, I'll turn it over to you.
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Old 23-10-2009, 01:56 AM   #8
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As much as I hate to double post (I'm used to being able to delete a post and just copy the content elsewhere), I was looking through my old floppies and came across one Abandonia doesn't have, and oddly, neither does HOTU. In fact, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. The game's called Quatra Command for Windows. It works in WinXP (albeit insanely fast), but specifically not in DOSBox. This is the best info I've found on it, but I'm not really sure about if it's the kind of thing Abandonia would take (since it's specifically not for DOS) or whether it's protected (the ESA site is either notably silent on their protection list or certainly makes it difficult to find).

Given that my Google-fu is weak, is there anyone with more information on this? Would it be appropriate for the site?
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Quatra Command 1994, published by B&N Companies, developed by DOE Entertainment [APPROVED]

Do you have FTP Access?
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Old 28-10-2009, 07:04 PM   #10
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Quatra Command 1994, published by B&N Companies, developed by DOE Entertainment [APPROVED]

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No. Or at least I've never used it. The last stuff I provided was uploaded by someone else.
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