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Wolf Country (demo) is in the list, not confirmed works for me, well at least a file is downloadable, didn't check further...

LOL! I didn't only post those, I fixed 'em too...

Got three more games from the 'unavailable' list, by courtesy of 'sthomannch':

No Traveller Returns (Demo) - ...another working link(!) was in the game's "Completed Games Announcements" thread - first post!!! (hosted by SSH)

Underwater Adventures

Wolf Country (DEMO)

To be honest, I rather doubt that it makes that much sense at this point to go through our database in search of broken links and not to look up those 'broken' games in the AGSarchives at the same time (i.e. instantly fixing broken links as we go along). Almost all of the games you listed are downloadable in the AGSarchives database right now! Except mabye 2 or 3. It wouldn't be much use to mark those as broken links, since they're available (apart from those 3). The list I compiled was just for reference, those are games that aren't available in the AGSarchive database, the "Net" or our database.
My list is no good, selmiak (it's 'out of date' already), use AGA's automated ones...or is it?!? - too tired...another day.   

Almost spot on - concerning the year of release.

It's a good movie, but it is REALLY not that well known.

I wouldn't even consider it unfair to consult IMDb.com in this case...

Hint: The book this movie is based on was written by a Swedish couple of crime fiction writers. In it's adaptation
however the setting was changed to some major metropolis in the US. (Clint Eastwood escaped from some famous prison island over there, in some
totally unrelated movie. )

Edit: Also, check Eric's godawful spelling(!) in the post above. Good hint!

Good point, Eric! Let's say he has a certain brooding menacing quality in the one in question. By the way, you must know that movie. I know that
for a fact! (don't want to stall the thread for too long...)

Correction:

hint: The most 2nd or 3rdest most serious & menacing you will ever see Jack L...W. Matthau on screen...

by that hint dropping dude below!v v v

[Jack Lemmon]

Yeah, I was already pretty sure it's Jack Lemmon in that first photo - unmistakable cheekbones. But I still don't know what film of his is this.

HEheheee, nice one Ascovel, didn't see that one before!! During a certain period quite permissible to imagine they're one and the same though!

Yeah, I was hoping that came through, he has got a very 'distinct' profile...

hint: The most serious & menacing you will ever see Jack L...W. Matthau on screen...  

Nope! None of them is the real McCoy!

Another one then...

That's the dude, that was neither Nicholson nor Keitel in the previous shot...

Arj0n, you are officially awesome!

[No Traveller Returns (Demo)]

Got three more games from the 'unavailable' list, by courtesy of 'sthomannch':

No Traveller Returns (Demo) - ...another working link(!) was in the game's "Completed Games Announcements" thread - first post!!! (hosted by SSH)

Underwater Adventures

Wolf Country (DEMO)

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http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/downloadcheck/.  This only shows games where the download has been reported as broken though.  Automatically checking all the links the way I did the images would take far too long.

The broken download links list contains only reports from users/members as far as I know. In each entry the link 'If the download link or mirror link doesn't work, please report it.' --> then confirm broken link.
I'd suggest let's fix as many as we can for now and then discuss how that might be avoided in the future. (e.g. Some kind of automated e-mail posting system once screenshot links and download links are reported as broken and confirmed(!) to be broken or something similar. Storing them locally etc. and so on and so forth)

On a kind of related note, I got 5-6 wrongly reported broken download links - the download sites just took a while to load the file and/or you had to click a button or enter captcha and such.

edit: Though I do agree with you Leon. In order to make this effort seem lesser like "Sisyphus playing ball with the rock" , it'd be very, very usefull if someone would be able to update the AGSarchives storage database alongside. Especially, for the 'long lost' games section - some games people were able to recover (now & before), but files on outside servers will continue to expire, those games will disappear again and we can start all over again. (Please, don't get me wrong Peder, I know you're updating the database and I know nothing about the 'background logistics', it just seems like a Herculean task (OK, OK, enough with that Greek stuff already!! ).

So before I disable all the games that have either a broken image or a broken download link, can I just check that still having a broken image link means the download link is also broken (so nobody was able to download it and create their own screenshot)?

Yes, I went through those once more and re-checked. Provided of course, no one reported 'new' broken images - but as far as I can see, those have been fixed as well.

I'm sorry, but I'm just not quite sure about the disabling thing yet: There're still some requests and messages to game creators (that still frequent the forums now!) in limbo and we're awaiting their responses. I suppose they should still be able to edit their entries (maybe I'm misunderstanding something).
RaGG and Layabout for example and others. 

At first I thought "Conquests of the Longbow", but the graphics weren't that elaborate and I couldn't think of any scene
that comes close to this. I'm intrigued!!

You mean the one with Basinger? Then nope.

That one was realeased 3 yeares AFTER "The Two Jakes"...

WOW! That trailer is insane!
Really psyched about your project. Much energy for the home stretch!

Those screenshots in the first post are giving me a django unchained vibe for some reason..!

What a base way of slagging off those beautiful graphics, Mods!

Nice one, but no.

That's neither Nicholson nor Keitel in this shot, though the protagonists might've gas from time to time - not sure though .
It's quite a few years older than the Jakes...

Here it is once more so you don't have to go back to the previous page all the time:

[MISSING GAMES LIST]

Basically that's a good idea. We need to combine the "Broken Image Link list" and the "Broken Download Link" list (some overlap) and post it somewhere.
(I compiled a list, minus the duplicates, in LibreOffice Calc, but it doesn't make much sense to post it here, as the list won't contain the respective links.)

However, most of these games (not all!) are in the 'hardcore' unavailable category - Arj0n posted almost the exact same list of games for the AGS Archives a while ago.

Some were found or sorted out, but most of them are still gone.

It'd be invaluable IMO to have the authors' names/usernames included in this list, as there seems to be no other option than to contact them directly. (Would this be possible with some of your database trickery, AGA?)
I'm refering more to e-mail rather than PM, as most of these people haven't been around for quite a while.
This way we'd be able to ask those who do answer, but who don't have a copy anymore, whether it makes sense to deactivate certain entries (from public view)? 

Most of these authors don't seem to have an e-mail-link in their profiles - that means only longterm members, who are still in contact (or have been) with those game creators can reach them.

Just some thoughts, very much open for discussion.

Ahh, what the heck, I post 'em anyway:

MISSING GAMES LIST

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A walk in da tomb: Final       "Normal" version in database. might be considered for deletion?
A.L.I.
Abstract
AGS Background Editor v1.4
Aliens Inc. (demo)
All Hallows' Eve
All the magical things
An Egypt Adventure
Awakening - Part 1: Escape
Battle Warriors DEMO 3.0
Block PAD
Cacho Quest
Clash of Forces - Episode 2
Connect 4
Connect 4 v.2.1
Count Spatula, Volume 1 :: The Seafood Years
Crap Quest                        by LGM, contacted, he ain't got it!
Crazy Mansion / Maniac Mansion 3
D.Jones: Deceased
Day of School
Deflus Technical Demo
Desktop Adventures: The 11 Minute Game                 by LGM, contacted, he ain't got it!
Domestic Conspiracy Demo    ..Vince's game, will ask him once he's back from his vacation
drugs and aliens
Everlight Forest Demo v1.1
Everlot-Demo
Fractal Creator
Fribbeldib
FSi's SymDefecation          ...Cat contacted FSi++, he doesn't have them ATM (more games missing from him)
Gil: The Trillion Dollar Journey DEMO
Harrys Strange Day
Hell's Satans
Horror Hospital Incomplete Demo
I Need A Wee!
Indy y la Abadia de Effel
It ain't easy
Kill Davy Jones (demo)                      by FSi++
Kiselyova Unleashed!                        by FSi++
Klaus Kerner and the Fate of Atlantis
Legend of Rovendale 2 Mystic Island
Lorry Len
Lost In The Nightmare - Demo
Matt and James Amazing Game For Everyone
Meaning Quest DEMO
Mimis the rat
Mittens Mystery Extravaganza
My 40 bullets (v1.1)
N.orth E.ast W.est S.outh
New frontier                       ...by RaGG, contacted, hasn't signed back in yet...
Nightmare Demo
No Traveller Returns (DEMO)
Oldman's Quest
Once Upon a Time in Keel
Princess leaves the tower            ...by RaGG, contacted, hasn't signed back in yet...
pSyCHo!@!                              ...Leon, you had that one, when Arj0n asked last time?
Quikstrike89's Stupid Test Game
Revenge of a guy derogatorily referred to as the n-word!
Ringo's Big Adventure
Roger's Lame Adventure
Sam&Moos and the treasure of grandpa
Season Greetings 2002 - ITA
Secret Santa Generator
Shooting Gallery
Simpsons Adventure Game
Simpsons Adventure Game
SkyTower Rescue Demo
SL vs AUS O7
Slime Quest 2 Demo
Smile or Die Nonplayable Demo
Soldier of Misforune
Soldier: Demonstartion
Space Madness
Stickman RPG
SWEET NIGHTMARE
Sweet_Nightmare
T.I.T
Tempus Fugit
The Alien and the Hick        by LGM, contacted, he ain't got it! Anyone?
The Case (Demo)
The Death of Luke Simpson
The Holocaust Museum               by LGM, contacted, he ain't got it!
The Legacy of Taft Demo
the lord of the bytes
The Quest for my Raincoat (aka DickBoy)        ...sent Layabout a PM, though he didn't answer yet.
The Strange Day
Time-Space Escape
Totaskalan
Who Killed Who?
William in the USA

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Some more people have been contacted, but didn't answer yet.

Universe is a very unique looking game. There were non other i can remember that had this 'grainy' effect except Curse of Enchantia by the same developer. I cant say much about the story since i played it almost 20 years ago but i remember it as a very fun and original experience. Tramponline You schould check it out some time.

I am. Literally right now!
('Curse of Enchantia'(!!! ), that explains why I missed the other one: I hated that game from the bottom of my heart, it felt like stuffing quite beautiful visuals with nonsensical & irritating fluff! Uhh, how I despised that game... )

on topic: Looks like a fairy tale adventure...mh...

As far as I know, the next one is probably not that well known, so I went with a
fairly revealing shot...

Universe!! 

That game seems to have passed me by completely. Is it really that good?

Lady Jessica in the courtyard - Dune.
Saw this one many, many times!

Great movie choices! Jeunet's visual style is incredible. (even more so when he teams up with Caro!)

Nevermind, you meant uploading uploading, not in the database - I'm a bit thick today as it seems...

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4048/talesofchickchapter1.png

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edit: I always do screenshot filenames in CamelCase - but stupid imageshack.us just changes those to plain lower case. Not sure if that matters at all for your testing thing though.