Author Topic: $ale of the Century (Read 5586 times)

SuperMatch93 · « **on:** August 05, 2010, 11:48:06 PM »

Does there exist a downloadable version of $ale of the Century for PC? (Not a host control like the BasicGames one, a standalone game.)

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2010, 03:48:51 AM »

I'm not sure about fan-created ones, but I'm pretty sure that the Australian version did have a Windows 95/98 version that came with plug-in buzzers. Anybody have a pic to back this up?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2010, 04:10:08 AM »

[quote name=\'Jeremy Nelson\' post=\'245485\' date=\'Aug 6 2010, 02:48 AM\']I'm not sure about fan-created ones, but I'm pretty sure that the Australian version did have a Windows 95/98 version that came with plug-in buzzers. Anybody have a pic to back this up?[/quote]I remembered this one; its the German $ale...can't tell if you can download it or not.

vtown7 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2010, 07:55:59 AM »

Yes indeed there is an Aussie standalone game - I have a copy kicking around in my games area (somewhere!). The only problem is that indeed you needed to have a set of the buzzers called "the slammer", which over here came with a mid 90's version of Jeopardy/You Don't Know Jack. Basically it is a 19-pin port entry, so it's time to break out the adapter...

I'd tell you what it was like, but after shelling out good money on eBay Australia, I couldn't get it to work - doesn't seem to work without the buzzers.

R.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2010, 08:14:00 AM »

The Slammers are what you expect them to be. It worked okay with J! as long as you only had 2 players, but seemed to work fine with YDKJ. I'm not sure if there were any other slammer games, but if I could get that adapted and through Joy2Key....

Fwiw, J! was one of the versions where you typed in your answer, and seemed to be decent in terms of acceptance.

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2010, 08:56:23 AM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'245486\' date=\'Aug 6 2010, 03:10 AM\']I remembered this one; its the German $ale...can't tell if you can download it or not.[/quote]
I've seen this version for download somewhere....if I find the link, I'l share it here.

EDIT: The C64 disk roms are HERE. Just scroll down.

MikeK · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2010, 09:42:42 AM »

Going on memories of playing it a decade ago since I can't get the Slammer to work on either my XP or Vista machines...

The Aussie version was authentic for most of the game. I don't recall a speed round after the 3rd Fame Game and I'm quite sure there was no shopping or any final segment after the main game was done. The end of the game was something to the extent of "You're the winner! Good job! Do you want to play again?"

My parents still have one of my old Win98 boxes at their house. I'll take it off their hands this afternoon, see if I can get it working, and try to get a review besides decade-plus old memories tonight.

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2010, 01:30:58 PM »

[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'245487\' date=\'Aug 6 2010, 04:55 AM\']Basically it is a 19-pin port entry,[/quote]
19? Gameports were 15, serial ports were 9 or 25, parallel was usually 25. What the heck was 19-pin?

(Or was it a 25-pin socket that didn't use all of the pinouts?)

SuperMatch93 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2010, 03:40:36 PM »

So, since there may not be any definite American version of this, would any programmers on this forum like to collaborate with me on this? I would be willing to write questions and/or choose prices and/or work on set design (i'm not really an artist, but i would be willing to choose what elements the set design could have)

EDIT: I can also do voice-overs.

vtown7 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2010, 05:51:05 PM »

To be honest it's from memory... away on vacation right now so I couldn't tell you!

R.
/wishes his hotel room was a low low Sale of the Century price, not what I'm paying in actuality.

pacdude · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:10:14 PM »

[quote name=\'SuperMatch93\' post=\'245500\' date=\'Aug 6 2010, 03:40 PM\'](i'm not really an artist, but i would be willing to choose what elements the set design could have)[/quote]

So, I could ask you for what you wanted the set to be, or I could Google Image Search "$ale of the Century."

Hmm...

SuperMatch93 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2010, 11:17:32 PM »

[quote name=\'pacdude\' post=\'245539\' date=\'Aug 7 2010, 09:10 PM\'][quote name=\'SuperMatch93\' post=\'245500\' date=\'Aug 6 2010, 03:40 PM\'](i'm not really an artist, but i would be willing to choose what elements the set design could have)[/quote]

So, I could ask you for what you wanted the set to be, or I could Google Image Search "$ale of the Century."

Hmm...
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The choice is yours, friend. -__-