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Didn't 17bit run a PD library as well as a disk magazine? Back in the day, if you wanted free software or shareware you ordered it by post from a Public Domain
by richardjdare 10y ago
Didn't 17bit run a PD library as well as a disk magazine? Back in the day, if you wanted free software or shareware you ordered it by post from a Public Domain library. They used to advertise in the Amiga magazines.
I was a Blitz Basic programmer myself (still do a bit now and again). The other big Blitz Basic game was Skidmarks, a really cool isometric racing game from Acid Software. I used to carry my Amiga and TV set a few hundred yards to my friends house for multiplayer games over a null modem cable!
I was a huge fan of Alien Breed, Team17's first self-published release. It was a gauntlet style top-down shooter with an "Aliens" theme. Rico Holmes's pixel art was fantastic and it had great sound. I had to buy an extra 512k for my A500 for £25 in order to play it.
I think it was also one of the earliest games to have a pre-rendered animation sequence in the intro. It was made by Tobias Richter, who was well known on the Amiga scene for his 3d renders.
- anexprogrammer 10y agoThey did. The mag was probably started to promote the PD library - it'd include a few PD things each time. Seem to remember they'd put a scene demo, a game and an app or utility on every disk. They seemed to curate their PD collection and give good descriptions, rather than havng to buy on blind faith and a disk title. The main PD competition, the Fred Fish disks were so very variable by comparison.
- busterarm 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFOzKrv8RY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFOzKrv8RY Ahh man...Allister Brimble's themes man...so good. Even the (relatively) recent remakes were quite good!