Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!intelhf!agora!billsey From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Emerald Mine Message-ID: <1990Sep17.191258.13604@agora.uucp> Date: 17 Sep 90 19:12:58 GMT References: <35@screamer.csee.usf.edu> <1990Sep17.084656@sardaigne.inria.fr> Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.games Organization: Open Communication Forum Lines: 59 In article <1990Sep17.084656@sardaigne.inria.fr> buffa@mirsa.inria.fr writes: :In article <35@screamer.csee.usf.edu>, stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu :(Gregory M. Stelmack) writes: :> Someone mentioned this game in a post of good arcade games. :> :> I played this one once, and thought it was great, but haven't seen it for :sale :> recently. Anybody know where I can find a copy? I loved the game, but have :> never been able to find a copy, and Rockford doesn't come close... : :Well, EMERALD MINES is far the best Boulderdash-type game on the Amiga. :Unfortunately, it's a very old game, and it's not available now. This is :really a shame because this game is one of the best EVER made on the amiga, :fantastic gameplay, smooth scroll, and an ideal system for saving your scores :and progression. In europe, an EMERALD MINES club exists, and provides to its :members extra data disks (13 are available now), a tutorial disk and a level :editor. I'd be very interested in getting those data disks... Are they compatible with Emerald Mine II data disks? :If somebody has got more information about the availability of this game, tell :me. The game is by KingSoft, a German or English company. : :In the case the game is not available, I can send a copy of mine, because it's :not protected, and in this case, I don't call this piracy. Careful here... It's still piracy, even if the game isn't being sold. the correct method is to get ahold of the authors and try to get distribution rights. After all this time, they may be willing to release the executable as freely distributable, but intil they do, it can't be distributed without violating thier copyrights. :By the way, the club told me that they contacted the authors of the game, and :that they left Kingsoft, that Kingsoft has been bought by another company... :a real mess !!! : :More information ? : :PS: I can post here some extra levels for emerald mines if people are :interested. Yes! :------------------------------------------ :Michel Buffa: Projet Robotvis, INRIA, France : : Internet: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr :Surface Mail: Michel BUFFA, INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, : 2004, route des Lucioles, 06565 Valbonne Cedex -- FRANCE : Voice phone: (33) 93.65.78.39, Fax: (33) 93 65 77 65 :------------------------------------------ -- -Bill Seymour ...tektronix!reed!percival!agora!billsey ============================================================================= Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842