Hi there,
may I ask for your attention please...
Be prepared for one of the oldest AGS games around: :o
Alles Euro?! (or "Everything Euro" for the international audience)
(http://blog.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alleseuro.png)
(http://blog.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alleseuro2.png)
Things that makes you wanna play this game:
It's one week older than Rob Blanc
See the first appearance of a character you might already know
Messing around with Dosbox to make this game work
historical reasons
Cheesy english translation, altavista's babelfish couldn't do better ;)
Drawbacks:
It's not in english - although it's not hard to finish without speaking german
It used to be an educational game about the launch of the euro currency - so gameplay is somewhat limited
It's short and ugly :)
So here's the download:
English (somehow.. at least english words):
ev_euro_en.zip
(http://blog.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ev_euro_en.zip)
German:
alleseuro.zip
(http://blog.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alleseuro.zip)
edit: forgot to tell you:
This game is from Feb. 2000, not a new release or anything else. I recompiled it with AGS 2.06, because my original files got corrupted somehow. Still I'm not sure, which version was used originally...
edit2: I also forgot to explain, what this is all about :)
You play a guy, who doing an alternative civilian service (to avoid army). Doing so, he has to care for Grandpa Schmidt-Rheinfeld who is confused about the new currency - he's afraid to loose half of his money. So you've to get him a brochure and learn a lot about the euro. Bam, it's that easy.
Wow, you've done a great job of selling the game to us all!!! ::)
If it's such a short game, why don't you translate? Those ugly graphics sort of appeal to me, and it sounds like an amazing story!
Hmm.. I did translate the demo once, so CJ could play it too.
But if I'd translate it, I'm pretty sure I ruin every joke in the game
On the hand... not one understanding language, doesn't make it funnier too.
But yay! Replies!! ;D
edit: I've started to translate this game, but it won't be too great. By the way, this AGS 2.06 message editor is a real pain! I'm glad, it's 2008 ;)
Quote from: abstauber on Thu 24/07/2008 13:14:09
It's not in english - although it's not hard to finish without speaking german
It used to be an educational game about the launch of the euro currency - so gameplay is somewhat limited
Well, if it's an educational game, the gameplay is limited and it's more about jokes than it really doesn't make sense for any non-german to play it, regardless how easy it is to finish it without knowing the language.
But, hey, since I AM a german I'll give it a try.
Wow, thnx! This one was still missing from my list. Couldn't find it anywhere, exept for the DB entry. Will download and play.
100 Euro - well that's only 50 Mark!
Translation status:
Just 12 dialogs to go (and all the hotspots). And again, don't expect too much ;)
@leon
There's a DB entry?! :o Which DB should that be?
But it's still awesome that you remember this game!
@Kaputtnik
lol! You should really replay the game :D
Yay, translation finished. Headless and rushed, but finally done (updated the first post)
As I translated the game, some more details came back to my mind. This game doesn't really teach you anything about the euro. It was meant as an addition to an info-CD we did in school. The purpose of the the CD was to inform you about the euro, and while playing the game, you could test your knowledge.
Nowadays, making fun about old people who're confused about modern times isn't exactly my style anymore :-\
But as I mentioned before - this is rather of historic nature than praising my adventure creation skills.
Nope, sorry, my mistake. There isn't a DB entry but I found the name here (http://www.americangirlscouts.org/AGSAwards/reglist2001.htm). That's why I knew of it's existense.
I'm working on a complete list of AGS games ... that's why I was interested.
As you can see here (http://gamesolutions.efzeven.nl/ags-index-f/) it's in the list, but without any info. Until now. Very soon it will be updated, have a walkthrough and all details added.
By the way, since you stil seem to have the source code, do you by any chance also have other games from that era? (I won't say stone-age but still... ;) )
[Edit] I'm not sure what you translated but in the english version only Mac is a hotspot and that's about it. You can't do anything... ?
[Edit 2] In the German version, bailing out on Omi's questions and returning messes up the order of answers with the questions.
Oh, it seems that roomedit wiped out all walkable areas and hotspots for the first room. I've fixed the second bug too (hopfully) - both upload links have been updated.
I do remember, that I've archived most games of 2000 (and beginning 2001) on a CD - but I can't remember were I've put it. But I keep looking for it.
btw. Thanks for beta testing :)
Quote from: abstauber on Sun 27/07/2008 19:10:34
I do remember, that I've archived most games of 2000 (and beginning 2001) on a CD - but I can't remember were I've put it. But I keep looking for it.
Whenever you find it, I'm
very interested in it. More out of historical interest than adventure, althoug I'd be happy to play them. Let me know when you come across it and we'll work out a way to preserve the ancient bits....
Strange game... Good for a few minutes of entertainment!
Sort of liked it, well, lets say it made me smile.
Thanks. Good to know not to start all over again if you had the wrong answer :)
@TassieDevil:
So the brute force translation worked for you ;)
@Leon:
I've found the backup - altough I thought, I had more stuff from those days. Here's what I've found:
- Book of Spells by Spyros
- Cosmos by Joe Kent
- Example "Quest" by Helm
- Fantasy Quest by Greg Hurst
- Floyd SB by Stephen Owens
- Hacker Jack (Demo?) by The Death
- Housequest by Ian Merpaw
- Indy and the
- Indiana Jones and the Gold Medallion (Demo?) by Ben Chivers
- Larry Vales Demo - Phil Reed
- Lassis Quest 1, 1 english, 2 Demo by Visy
- Rob Blanc 1-3 - Yahtzee
- Rock Bishop Rolling Demo - m0ds(?)
- RPG Demo by Greg Hurst
- Shooting Gallery by Greg Hurst
- Tale of Roland by Greg Hurst
Quote from: abstauber on Mon 04/08/2008 11:25:36
I've found the backup - altough I thought, I had more stuff from those days.
What I don't have yet:
- Example "Quest" by Helm
- Fantasy Quest by Greg Hurst
- Hacker Jack (Demo?) by The Death
- Indy and the
- Indiana Jones and the Gold Medallion (Demo?) by Ben Chivers
- Tale of Roland by Greg Hurst
Or maybe I do and then they have a complete illogical filename and I haven't played it yet. So can I bother you by that time and ask you to send them? I recon they're very small since it's from the early days.
Thanks for the effort.
'Indy and the' was a typo ;D
But I suppose Tale of Roland might be the only full game among those others. Anyhow - do you have an email Account which can handle a few mails?
Quote from: abstauber on Mon 04/08/2008 11:25:36
@TassieDevil:
So the brute force translation worked for you ;)
No, sorry. I played the German version, born there ages back, just living here for good now - and by choice!
Quote from: abstauber on Mon 04/08/2008 11:25:36
@TassieDevil:
So the brute force translation worked for you ;)
@Leon:
I've found the backup - altough I thought, I had more stuff from those days. Here's what I've found:
- Book of Spells by Spyros
- Cosmos by Joe Kent
- Example "Quest" by Helm
- Fantasy Quest by Greg Hurst
- Floyd SB by Stephen Owens
- Hacker Jack (Demo?) by The Death
- Housequest by Ian Merpaw
- Indy and the
- Indiana Jones and the Gold Medallion (Demo?) by Ben Chivers
- Larry Vales Demo - Phil Reed
- Lassis Quest 1, 1 english, 2 Demo by Visy
- Rob Blanc 1-3 - Yahtzee
- Rock Bishop Rolling Demo - m0ds(?)
- RPG Demo by Greg Hurst
- Shooting Gallery by Greg Hurst
- Tale of Roland by Greg Hurst
That list sure brings up some memories :)
Oh man I've seen those bg's in that resource pack that you could download on the ags home page waaaaayyy back.
Abstauber, you could upload your backup to http://rapidshare.com
Sorry, I've just spotted your answers.
Visy!! ;D
If you ever like to do a remake of lassi's Quest I shall send you the sprites.
@jetxl
Do you mean those old games or the backgrounds? Unfortunately I don't have a paid rapidshare account so it would get deleted after 60 (or 90?) days. If you have an rs-account, I could temporary put the demos on a ftp.
If you PM me you can upload them to my FTP. I'll make sure the games are saved and hosted for those who are interesed.