I don't think that "PET Pourri" write-up is actually a review. It reads
just like a news release from RTC. That was a common practice both then
and now, where the magazine editor does little or nothing but basically
printing whatever they're sent.
So I don't think it's a given that the game was actually released or
sold to the public. Even if that is a review written by the magazine's
staff, it still isn't proof of a release - RTC could have sent the
magazine a copy for review.
Robin.
On 2015-04-17 2:27 AM, Kevin Casteels wrote:
Thanks for the replies!
Syd, I downloaded and played Quarx 9 and it is definitely not that game. It is possible that the game was renamed... I'll see if I can find other RTC games and try them out. Maybe its one of those, though I doubt that is the case. The game review in Pet Pourri (the link in my original email) describes the games as I remember it, so it was definitely sold to the greater public. The first level consisted of dodging asteroids and I remember it being quite hard. Could you possibly show the former RTC employees you know that game review? Maybe it will jog their memories. Here is the link again (page 5):
http://www.bobnj.com/cbm/articles/KilobaudMicro/1983_12%20PET-pourri.pdf
Robin, if nothing else pans out, I will definitely consider sending the disk to someone with more sophisticated data extraction techniques, although I fear the disk is totally blank... It started going bad in around 87 or 88, so might not be much hope. And it is mostly definitely not that Jupiter Lander clone, Planet Qwarrks...
Kevin
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Robin Harbron <macbeth@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:macbeth@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I assume it's not the game "Plantet Qwarrk" found half-way down
this Hungarian C64 site's page:
http://c64hq.hu/games/p/p3.htm
Although the game is about 1983-quality, it's more of a Jupiter
Lander clone than what you're describing about Quarx.
Robin.
On 2015-04-16 4:21 AM, Kevin Casteels wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to the mailing list here and this in my first
post. I grew up new Cobourg, Ontario and have always been
into C64 stuff, but until recently I wasn't aware of the
TPUG. I wish I had known before... Now I live in Victoria,
BC and meetings are a bit far!
I have a bit of a mystery... I recently began archiving my
collection of floppies to .d64 and there is one disk which I
was really hoping to recover. As a kid it got corrupted and
stopped working but I was hoping I could at least salvage
something using Zoomfloppy or my 1541u2. Well its totally
gone... Nothing at all left on the disk. The game in question
is called Planet Quarx by RTC (Richvale Telecommunications).
They were based in Richmond Hill, Ontario so I was hoping that
someone on this list might know something about it. I was
able to find a review of the game here:
http://www.bobnj.com/cbm/articles/KilobaudMicro/1983_12%20PET-pourri.pdf
on page 5, top right. Basically its a game where you start
out dodging asteroids on your way to Planet Quarx, and when
you finally get there you fly around on the surface. I've
also attached a picture of the disk, in case it helps. I have
been unable to find this game in any of the online collections
of archives and it would be really great if someone has a copy!
Thanks,
Kevin
