GAMESEEK - find old/missing adventure games

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TheTMD

Quote from: Mati256 on Thu 01/07/2021 02:56:25
Hello everyone!
I'm looking for any of the demos of Fate of Atlantis 2.
I have one with the name "ip-scumm-test1-win32" that I can't get to run on my PC. The user Dr. Jones uploaded a couple of demos to the, now defunct, FoY Forums with the name "FOA2-Demo1-2.zip" but the link is now dead, maybe someone has these files in a decade old backup or something?
Thanks!

Hi Mati256
Giocherellone gave me a link with 4 demo/versions of FoA2: please, check it if you find the one you are looking
He is a fervent researcher of LucasGames based games (and member of most of the fangames forums around)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/rla2ot0xs31knjy/Indiana+Jones+-+The+fate+of+Atlantis+II.zip/file


TheTMD

Mati256

Thank you! That's exactly what I have been looking for. I'm a fervent researcher of Indiana Jones based FanGames, I have two blog posts (in spanish) about the games that made at least a Demo, that's why I was looking for the FOA2 Demos.
Have you managed to make them run? I can't do it on Windows 10.
My Blog! (En Español)

arj0n

#642
Quote from: Mati256 on Tue 20/07/2021 23:34:15
Have you managed to make them run? I can't do it on Windows 10.

Yes, you can run all 4 demos on a Win8 and Win10 machine. Below is how  :)

First:

  • Demo 2 and 3 do require a DPMI server in order to run, download cwsdpmi.zip here
  • The first 3 demos run fine using dosbox, the easiest way is to download and install D-Fend Reloaded (which is an easie to use front-end for dosbox which comes with a dosbox installation) and install it.

Then:
Indiana Jones - The fate of Atlantis II (demo 1) pathdemo 14-01-1999:

  • drag 'n drop RUNDOS.BAT to D-Fend Reloaded, and run the game.

Indiana Jones - The fate of Atlantis II (demo 2) ipscumm11 14-01-1999:

  • unzip cwsdpmi.zip and copy CWSDPMI.EXE to the demo folder
  • drag 'n drop ATLANTIS.EXE to D-Fend Reloaded, and run the game.

Indiana Jones - The fate of Atlantis II (demo 3) beta6 27-10-1999:

  • unzip cwsdpmi.zip and copy CWSDPMI.EXE to the demo folder
  • drag 'n drop ATLANTIS.EXE to D-Fend Reloaded, and run the game.

Indiana Jones - The fate of Atlantis II (demo 4) engine 20-03-2004:

  • should run fine in Win8 and 10, no dosbox and no DPMI server needed

Mati256

Thanks arjOn! First three work great with your instructions, but demo 4 is not working no matter what I do.
My Blog! (En Español)

arj0n

#644
Quote from: Mati256 on Wed 21/07/2021 23:52:17
Thanks arjOn! First three work great with your instructions, but demo 4 is not working no matter what I do.
Strange, since demo4 is just a win32 application and should therefor run fine from XP to Win10.
It might have to do with your system, for example your graphic card.
You might wanna try to update your graphic card driver...

BTW, when you try to run demo4, a file named ipscumm.log should be created.
This log file probably contain specific info on why the demo doesn't run correctly on your system.

Mati256

Here is the problem, no idea how to fix it:

switching graphics mode to...
bpp    = 16
width  = 640
height = 400
(re-)creating memory page
setting gfx mode
ERROR (SystemConsole::gfx_init): could not set gfx mode.
My Blog! (En Español)

arj0n

On what device (pc/laptop/other) do you try to run the demo?
What is the resolution your system is running in?

Mati256

It's a windows 10 Laptop, resolution is 1366 x 768.
My Blog! (En Español)

arj0n

Have you tried running demo4 after changing the laptop's resolution to 1280x800?

Mati256

I don't have that resolution option, tried some 1024 x 600 and 1280 x 768 tough, and it does not work.
My Blog! (En Español)

Crimson Wizard

#650
I don't know all details, but first of all it's best to run in windowed mode if the game supports it, because it's easier for a system to create a window than to init a fullscreen mode for an old game.

Then there's a program known as "dgvodoo", it emulates old graphic drivers. Recently we had a conversation on Discord, and a person found this may improve running some ancient AGS games which modern engine cannot run. Maybe it can help with this game too.

arj0n

Quote from: Mati256 on Sat 24/07/2021 02:21:24
I don't have that resolution option, tried some 1024 x 600 and 1280 x 768 tough, and it does not work.
Mmhh, demo4 runs fine on my laptop using 1280x768, can't check 1024x600 cause my laptop doesn't offer such resolution.

As Crimson Wizard noted, you could try to run the demo in windowed modus.
Just edit config.cfg and change 'fullscreen' from 1 into 0.

If that fails too, you can try dgVoodoo, as Crimson Wizard also noted.
Run dgVoodooSetup.exe and try Fullscreen with 16bit depth

Mati256

Running as a window did the trick! Thanks arj0n and Crimson Wizard!
My Blog! (En Español)

R4L

I saw my Nightmare Demo on this list, which amazingly I still have lol. I can update the games page for it although there isn't much there (after all I was like 12 years old).

heltenjon

Quote from: R4L on Sun 12/09/2021 16:48:55
I saw my Nightmare Demo on this list, which amazingly I still have lol. I can update the games page for it although there isn't much there (after all I was like 12 years old).

Please do! All your four entries in the Database have missing/broken links now, so it would be great if you could make them available again.  (nod)

R4L

Quote from: heltenjon on Sun 12/09/2021 17:16:20
Quote from: R4L on Sun 12/09/2021 16:48:55
I saw my Nightmare Demo on this list, which amazingly I still have lol. I can update the games page for it although there isn't much there (after all I was like 12 years old).

Please do! All your four entries in the Database have missing/broken links now, so it would be great if you could make them available again.  (nod)
I've updated 3 out of 4 of my entries with new download links and screenshots, not that there was much to update honestly... It's interesting playing anything I made 17 years ago, that's for sure.

Ray and the Guitar can be scrubbed. I do not have that game anymore sadly.

heltenjon

Quote from: R4L on Tue 14/09/2021 01:28:01
Ray and the Guitar can be scrubbed. I do not have that game anymore sadly.

We're in luck - it's preserved in the MAGS collection: https://archive.org/details/ray-and-the-guitar

R4L

#657
Quote from: heltenjon on Tue 14/09/2021 08:12:39
Quote from: R4L on Tue 14/09/2021 01:28:01
Ray and the Guitar can be scrubbed. I do not have that game anymore sadly.

We're in luck - it's preserved in the MAGS collection: https://archive.org/details/ray-and-the-guitar

Waste of storage if you ask me.  :=

Ill update the page for it. Thanks!

Edit: all done! Funny, I played it and can't believe I missed a simple bug that lets you skip a puzzle! Are MAGS still a thing?

TheTMD

#658
THANKS R4L for your updates!!!!   (laugh)
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Preface: i've updated the list of MISSING AGS GAMES, and splitted it into 3 different posts due to technical limitation to the number of chars that a post can have
So i've preferred to create these new posts and 'to empty' the OLD #628, so that the list may have a semblance of continuity :-D

Hi all,
in my spare time i'm trying to create a database of graphic adventures, just for my pleasure, and i'm looking for some old AGS games,
and just in the last days I've found that in the AGS forum there was a topic for these old/missing games
I've registered, and searched the old pages of this topic, to find if some of the games i'm looking for were already requested and if there were still links, but haven't found any
edit: I'm searching the AGS depository that is on the internet archive
They should be all freeware, but if for any chance i've inserted a link to a commercial game, please tell me and i'll edit to remove it from my request

Note: in most cases i've tried to get in contact with authors, and in most cases i'm still waiting for answers, nevertheless the games of those authors are in the list

Thanks a lot for any answer you can give me, even links to pages that have the game or any help in searching them in internet
T.

RELEASES:
25/09/2021: NEW MAJOR RELEASE:
   In the last months i've checked the threads from GiP and Completed games, plus some other sources for AGS games. All this work brought the updated list below
   All the links were working the day I stored them in the database, but if for any chance some of them should be broken, a good walkaround is to use the Wayback Machine (eg. the game PP)
   The link provided for each game is taken from the database in order of importance as follow:
   - AGS game page link
   - if no AGS page, then completed games thread link
   - if no completed, then GiP thread link
29/09/21: Removed commercial games "Pedro's Adventures in Spanish", "Just Ignore Them", "Kill Yourself", "Precinct"
30/09/21: Added "btoooooom!" (thanks to heltenjon)
06/01/22: Removed "Quest of Eleycis: Book One - The Pale Flame": Moresco wrote me that the game was never released
   Removed "Space Quest 3 (another p&c remake)", thanks to DrSlash
23/01/22: Added "Military Quest: The Sabotage"
10/04/22:
   - removed
   Enter the Story - Dante's Divine Comedy
   Enter The Story - Genesis Of The God
   Enter the Story - The Count of Monte Cristo
   because commercial (demo available on the site)
   - removed Day of the Tentacle - Remake because the game was cancelled by the author
   - removed My game is finally finished!!!: the author posted a download link to "Nigga's revenge" just the day after the post of "My game is finally finished!!!": so it's assumed that the two games are the same
   - removed pp: i've contacted AGA for some info, and he wrote me that there's no evidence that the game was a legitimate entry in the database, but more a joke for the missing option to delete a game entry
   As always a big thanks to Heltenjon for checking the list of missing games
07/05/2022: i'm thinking about the chars limitations: so it's not too good to 'phisically' remove the link of the found game and write here the revision, it should be better to just strike the link and add optionally a date/description
31/08/2022: removed "Antidote", "Epsilon Outcome", "Falcon City" as commercial, thanks to tag2015
02/09/2022: removed "GrandMa Ep1" (commercial), thanks to tag2015
16/10/2022: added several games, marked with "*"
17/10/2022: removed Grave Digger Joe: seems to be Ed's gravedigger (that is found in Internet Archive and in the AGSArchive torrent): thanks to Heltenjon for rising the doubt
22/10/2022: added Crap Quest
19/11/2022: removed Check out my updated 2 rooms demo!: it's the first post from Ramon82 about his missing game "The Hidden Mystery", thanks to heltenjon
29/06/2023: added Color me bad
21/07/2023: added "Bici's me go murder(ed)", "Accident"

Link to the post for games from I to Q
Link to the post for games from R to Z

# - H
58
.EXE Quest
2010: World of Chaos
24 Hour Game, The  -  04/12/2022, thanks to Heltenjon
7 Days in S2 Department
A.L.I.
Abner The Amazing
Abra Cadaver
Abstract - 22/11/2022, got it from Heltenjon and his friend on Itch
Academy, The
Accident - i got the title from https://readv.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/hourgame-accident/
Adventure Game / Arson the buccaneer
Adventures of Hank and Badger, the
Adventures of Lucia
Adventures of Trooper Webb, The
Affair at Northbank, The
After Death
* Aftermath, The - Part 1: Cliffhanger
Agency, The: Part one - The Conspiracy
AGS Hamlet
Akdamar
Aliens Inc.
Aliens Screwed My Beer!
Amazing Adventures of Bob and Rob, The
ambiance of my game?
Amuleto de Monkey Island, El
Apartment, The
Arabian Adventure, An
Augustus
Awesome Quest 1  -  16/11/2022, thanks to Heltenjon: the download link in on abandonsocios
Bachelor Story  -  07/05/2022, found old demo in Internet Archive and IndieDB
Bad Acid
BAKE SALE : Understaffed
Bapu: The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
Barn Runner 0: The Case of the Runaway Robot  -  22/10/2022, faster than a bullet, by Heltenjon: http://www.barnrunner.com/barn0.html
BarOne game series
Barry Snotter and the Meaning of Life
Base 221
Beer Quest
Bici's me go murder(ed)
Berlin 80 - Short demo available.
Berty Bee The Adventure Game
Black Sky, The
Blood Honor Glory
Blood of the Ortolan
Blue
Bluffland - The Adventures of Pineapple
bob's busking nightmare
Bomb Squad: Motionless
Boron-5
Brad Bradson 2
Brass Tacks
Broken Quest 5
btoooooom!
Calm Waters
Case, The
Chronicles of the Shoe, The: Part 1
Chucksy the Great
CJ against the Evil cellphone games plunderers
Cold Virtual Beer
colditz
Color me bad - link to external site
CosmoKid
Count Spatula, Volume 1: The Seafood Years
Crap Quest - Note: could be Krap Quest?
Custards first game
D. Jones: Deceased  -  04/12/2022, Thanks to Heltenjon, the game is available on itch.io
Danse Macabre
Daphne
Dark Seed sequel (AGS Working title)
Darkdevil County
DAVE THE VAMPIRE MOOSE
Day in city 1, A:The Kidnapping
Day of School
Day of the Petmar
Day of the Tentacle 2: Return of the Tentacles
Dead Clive
Death Is Only The Beginning
Demo Quest
Dick Holck
Didi McDoodle!!! (A Nonsense-Adventure)
Dirk's Adventure
Divination Series
Dnepre the suicide commando 1
Dnepre the Suicide Commando 2
Doctor Who - Episode 0: Tardis Trouble
Doctor Who: Episode 1 - Peace And Goodwill
Doctor Who: Lord of Time
Domain, The
Domestic Conspiracy
Dr U-Turn's Revenge
Dragon Slayers - Found by Heltenjon and Scavenger
DragonKnight: The Begining
Dream
DreamWalker, A
Drunken Debauchery!
Dumb Quest 1 - Quest for the Town
Dustin: Extrange Island
Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland
Egypt Adventure, An
El Ammo & the Flying Dutchman's Mine
Elestian Tales: Bittersweet Sanity
E-Mail request for my new game
En Passant
Entrapment
Eragon
Era-Gone Trail, The
Eric And The Apostolic Megalith - 22/07/2023, found on GameJolt!!!! (https://gamejolt.com/games/ericmegalith/421574)
ERIK PARKER school days out
Erytheia: La Venganza de Gerión
Escape
Espacial
Everlot
Evil Snuffy
Existence - the bankai incident
Extreme Hangover, The
Fallen Legend
Falling Skywards
Fantasy Adventure Quest
Faust's girl night out
FIRST EVER GAME!
Flucht von Cheu-Va Island, Die
Flute Biscuit
Footprint
Fragment
Frisbee Fumbling
Gear Bladeâ,,¢.DX
Gerald Ratcliff 1
Gil: The Trillion Dollar Journey
Goose Quest 1  -  15/10/2022: thanks to Heltenjon, now the game is available in the AGS page
Green Cross, The
Greenback - The Beginning
Guardian, The / The Watcher
GUTTENBURG PROJECT, THE
Halo: The Fall Of Reach
Hang's Revenge
hanri kalandjátéka
Harry's Strange Day
Heaven and Earth: Quest for Oy'nix /  The Kindrith Legacy
Henry's adventure 1: The island of treasure
Heppy's Adventure
Hetro Vs. Metro
Hetro Vs. Metro - Trey's Story
Hidden Mystery, The
Hood
Horror Hospital  -  15/10/2022: thanks to Heltenjon, now the game is available in the AGS page
Horror Hotel - The Unsolved Case
Hotel Hell
House of Whispers: Prologue
house, The
Housekeepers quest
Hungry Caveman

TheTMD

#659
31/08/2022: removed "Larry Lotter Test of Time" (commercial), thanks to tag2015
                     removed "Metal Dead Encore" commercial in development
02/09/2022: removed "Lif and the Treasure of the Tanonaes": owned since 2018: don't know why the game was in the list, but anyway thanks tag2015
20/09/2022: removed Puppet of Tersa, The: A Curious Place: commercial - thanks to heltenjon
23/09/2022: removed Pretty Much Unknown Villains Can Have Valentines Too: thanks to heltenjon i've found out that i had two records in database, the other is called PMUVCHVT (and is owned),
16/10/2022: added PizzaMaker
13/11/2022: added Question Mark
04/12/2022: removed My Star Trek crud games from y2k has been released.: heltenjon finds out that the forum page refer to two games by CheapAlert that are already in the DB and available in the AGS Archive
21/07/2023: added Proofeodo

Link to post for games from # to H - Main post
Link to the post for games from R to Z

I - Q
I Luv Earl
IAB - 00: The (official) Game
Immortal Soul
In Soviet Russia
Indiana Bond and the mysterious shrine
Indiana Jones and the IRON PHOENIX (AGS)
Indy y la Abadia de Effel
Insta game: Jeremy's Mission: The Cave
Island of Shadows, The
Island of the Magic Seaweeds
Isle Quest
It might eat you!
Jack-in-the-box-factory
Jane the Barbarian
Jerk Perkins
Jim's Adventures in Badly Drawn MSPaint
Joey The Rocker - A Dirty Game Done Dirt Cheap
John and Jose
Johnny Danger!
Karl the Karmite: Bad Karma
Kill Davy Jones
Kill Rem vol.1
KillJowls
King of Rock 2, The: Leaving Home Ain't Easy
Kingdom O' Magic Remake
Klaus Kerner and the Fate of Atlantis
Knight's Of Kooragalot: Shield Search / Knight's Quest: Shield Search
Knight's Quest 2 - Legends of the Black Hand
Krap quest
Lande Explorers
Larry's Quest for a cola
Legacy of Taft, The
Legend of Rovendale 2 Mystic Island
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals - PnC
Leisure Suit Larry 4 - Playable demo
Lif and the Treasure of the Tanonaes  -  02/09/2022, may be found in AGS repository on Internet Archive, thanks to tag2015
Life of a Criminal
Life of Death, The
Life of Marty Shore, The
Little Big Adventure Point & Click
Long Kiss Goodnight, A
Lorry Len  -  15/10/2022: thanks to Heltenjon, now the game is available in the AGS page
Lucky Mellody Tomorrow
Magnicidio in the Court  -  2022-12-22, found by Heltenjon on Abandonsocios
Mah furst game! (sort of)
Marc Antione in the Massif D'Esterel
Marshmallows Of Everalasting Realms
Matt and James Amazing Game For Everyone
Matt Moonshine One
MAYAK: lost way game  -  15/10/2022: thanks to Heltenjon, now the game is available in the AGS page
Meaning Quest
Midnight at the Celestial Palace
Military Quest: The Sabotage
Mimis the rat
Mock's Dark Castle Escape
MOE:VGAdventure
MoNSTeR
Monty Python's Makeout Mansion  -  04/12/2022, thanks to a joint venture by arj0n and heltenjon
Mr.Monster's adventure
Murder By Proxy
Murder in Baden
Murder On The Lady Titania
My 1st game - need some hints
My first game (in dutch)
My Little Pony: Mayhem in Ponyville
Mystery of the Faceless Corpse, The
Necro's Game In Progress. *13-8-03
Neverquest
New Familiar, The
NightScape
Octavia and The Underworld's Cello
October 18
Oldman's Quest
OMGWTF
One Two... Buckle My Shoe
Open the Church
OTHERWORLD
Our Darkest Hour: a Call of Cthulhu Adventure
painter's journey, A
Pajama Sam (?)  -  24/08/2022, removed: the game is Messed-Up Mother Goose - DELUXE MY ASS: ENHANCED Thanks to heltenjon
Panda
Pap Quest--Started and in bussinuss
Party to Adventure
Passion Castaway, Die
Peedy Wants Some Weedy
Pirates Deep
PizzaMaker (note: the link is to Abandonsocios Site)
Plague of the Hero
Plane Number 13 Chapter 1
Plants! - An alternative Game
Please help.how do i upload my game to this web page
Poconia: Evil's Resurrection
Pointless Download
Princess leaves the tower
Project Japan
Project Scooter
Project: 304 Style - Wandering Spirits Part 1  -  04/12/2022, found by Heltenjon, thanks :-)
Proofeodo
Psycho the joke game
Pubicle, The
Punk Quest
Purgatorio
Quest For Glory: A Hero's Death
Quest for Justice
Quest for the Blue Potato
Quest for Weed
quest for whiskey
Quest Through the ICT Word, The
Quest, The - A Simon the Sorcerer Adventure
Question Mark (note: the link is to MODDb site)

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