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some MIA inlays
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:59 pm
by Ralf
I still have quite a lot of MIA programs on my disk but this time I'd like to upload a few missing inlays for the database.
The quality is so-so because most of them were obtained from photos at Ebay auctions
but I think they are acceptable
The images below are clickable:
Clueso:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9610
Count To Ten
(some uMIA I believe, I don't remember details but the publisher seems to be some Moorgate)
Diabetes:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=11652
Fun To Learn
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=20639
Knock Out
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9884
Mini Putt
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3220
O Zone
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6829
Spi Droid
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=4747
Super Story
(a different inlay from the one present in the database)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=14587
Vega Table
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=12211
And all the inlays packed together:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/ns57lk
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:10 pm
by PeterJ
Thanks [mention]Ralf[/mention], the makers of the handheld device that we don't mention, that has been in the news the last couple of days should consider that last title for their 1,000 included titles.
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:06 pm
by Ivanzx
Very interesting thread, Ralf!
Amazing that a game by Accolade, EA has still its cover unpreserved and it was really almost not sold at all!
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:45 am
by Rorthron
BTW the first inlay seems to suggest the correct title is Clue's'o, not Clues'o' (as shown in the archive).
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:07 am
by R-Tape
Rorthron wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:45 am
BTW the first inlay seems to suggest the correct title is Clue's'o, not Clues'o' (as shown in the archive).
Tricky.
It looks like the would be typo came from this page of
ZXComputing.
But unless my eyes decieve me
this page seems to show a 3 apostrophy Clue's'so' on the inlay. It also describes it as "Clueso" in the text!
What to do?
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:53 am
by Ralf
What to do?
Actually I have not only the inlay but the game as well
If you check it at WOS, it's currently MIA but at some moment in the past someone shared it on Facebook.
I'll upload everything today in the evening and maybe it'll help to decide.
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:25 pm
by Rorthron
R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:07 amBut unless my eyes decieve me
this page seems to show a 3 apostrophy Clue's'so' on the inlay. It also describes it as "Clueso" in the text!
What to do?
You are right: that image is clearer and shows an extra apostrophe. It also looks like there is a space: CLUE'S 'O' (as if short for "clue is 'O').
Since that is the only primary source (the others are all secondary), I'd suggest that is the most authoritative, until Ralf can provide more information.
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:19 pm
by Ralf
As promised, here's the download of Clueso + some more pics
So yes, it seems like it's
Clue's'o' or maybe
Clue's 'O', with a space. It seems like some English wordplay, you probably should
get it better.
The download
https://www.sendspace.com/file/zh4ym9
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:09 pm
by R-Tape
Rorthron wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:25 pm
It also looks like there is a space: CLUE'S 'O' (as if short for "clue is 'O').
Since that is the only primary source (the others are all secondary), I'd suggest that is the most authoritative, until Ralf can provide more information.
The loading screen puts it on a different line suggesting a space, and every instance it is capitalised, so it looks like the clue is O (or the clue owns O?).
I'll go with
CLUE'S 'O' unless there are any objections.
Re: some MIA inlays
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:44 am
by Ralf
As I've written before, some of these games are MIA and I got their inlays from Ebay auctions.
Now I've been asked if I have any of these MIAs.
Actually not many, but I have some. I already shared Clueso. I also have Vega-Table and that's all.
Here's the download for Vega-Table:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/1bqgjv
It's some crazy Basic program supporting healthy eating and diets, I guess. You can choose your plan of eating cabbage or beetroots in current month and even draw some diagrams for that
Anyway, as always, it would be great to see it in the archive.