miker Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 No chances to put working dumps on atarimania? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Ok, they have been added lately. At least those working ones: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-games-20_1224.html Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 the problem may be the xc-12 tape door is terrible and must be straightened to keep from mucking up tape playback and tracks... once I did that, many things loaded that would not before... A few games seem to have a lot more to them and better versions when on tape.... very strange indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) Has anyone still got the tapes themselves or the WAV recordings? The original conversion to CAS was botched, but we have better tools today, I would try converting them again if someone pointed me to the WAVs. Edited June 9, 2015 by Kr0tki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 and please remember one other thing about the old tapes, they sometime have tight and loose spots and are inconsistantly wound up for sitting and being knocked about in storage..... a few fast forward to the end rewind to the end cycles and the sound becomes more stable and suddenly a bad tape is a good tape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 4/4/2007 at 1:11 PM, Noelio said: I don't know HOW rare this is, but I haven't found any other online. Its contents are in English & French, so I would imagine it is a french canadian company.(?) It's a folder style case with 6 tapes inside. the games are actually pretty good, but obvious knock offs of arcade games at the time. I have no idea how to do cassette dumps, but I will read up on it as this collection is really worth the download. If you have directions / howto, I will get right to it as I just bought a brand spankin new XC-12 from B & C solely for this purpose. Image attached. what were the controls for Frogs? used to play as a kid went to play it today cant remember how to move them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 maze master? anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Under emulation? Frogs appears to work with the "greather than" / "less than" keys as well as SHIFT / RETURN (the instructions aren't clear at all). Who else still has a copy of the compilation? Can't believe I'd be the only one. If nobody has it, you'll have to wait a bit and pray that I don't die before it can be redumped. Edited December 6, 2019 by www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 You are not the only one Bertrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 my copy was lost in a transatlantic move mid 80s I was so happy when I found this. I imagine this should be a bit more popular sears used to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Fred_M said: You are not the only one Bertrand That's good to know. The company should've sold the package as some sort of tutorial, some of the games were really well programmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Fred_M said: You are not the only one Bertrand And I made tape to disk copies of your Cymbal Software (Games 20) collection. Think I could copy all 20 games and a) put them on a DOS 2 disk (90k, one diskside per tape) and b) put them on twenty separate bootdisks with CasDis. Note: The DOS 2 diskversions do not contain a DOS nor a menu, just the copied data (transfered with C/D Copy 54k by M.Thiel). The CasDis bootversions can be booted with Atari Basic and a lot of patience, since almost all Basic programs do load further data (font file, object code, etc.)... I recorded all tapes onto CD-RW with my Hifi system, but I did NOT keep my CD-RW recordings and also did not create WAV or CAS files. (Erased the CD-RW after successfully converting all 20 programs to diskette.) Games20_DOSdisk.zip Games20_CasDis_Bootdisks.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, CharlieChaplin said: And I made tape to disk copies of your Cymbal Software (Games 20) collection. Great to know that my tapes are working ? These cassettes are on my list to dump for the a8preservation project including cas- and wav-files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, CharlieChaplin said: And I made tape to disk copies of your Cymbal Software (Games 20) collection. Think I could copy all 20 games and a) put them on a DOS 2 disk (90k, one diskside per tape) and b) put them on twenty separate bootdisks with CasDis. Note: The DOS 2 diskversions do not contain a DOS nor a menu, just the copied data (transfered with C/D Copy 54k by M.Thiel). The CasDis bootversions can be booted with Atari Basic and a lot of patience, since almost all Basic programs do load further data (font file, object code, etc.)... I recorded all tapes onto CD-RW with my Hifi system, but I did NOT keep my CD-RW recordings and also did not create WAV or CAS files. (Erased the CD-RW after successfully converting all 20 programs to diskette.) Games20_DOSdisk.zip 84.2 kB · 4 downloads Games20_CasDis_Bootdisks.zip 113.74 kB · 4 downloads is this all 20 games?!?! getting excited here! can you guys scan the inserts? this fills a void for me guys. thanks so much edit couldn't wait to get to my computer. installed Colleen on my android phone and tried the arts. my first time seeing maze master since my childhood. thank you so so much. made my day. I'm honestly so grateful. so happy. I have for a long long long time thought this childhood memory was gone. so happy. Edited December 7, 2019 by oo7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Yes, all 20 games on diskette. I tested them and as it loooks, all work fine... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 5 hours ago, CharlieChaplin said: Yes, all 20 games on diskette. I tested them and as it loooks, all work fine... been playing them all. so greatful. could not find these anywhere and I been looking forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 now that all 20 games exist can anyone scan or take a pic of the game instructions so we can upload the package all over the internet and it won't die into the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) On 4/4/2007 at 1:31 PM, Noelio said: Its listed as unbelievably rare. Sounds like I got a gem! I had this since I was a kid. In fact, I got a 600XL & this tape set for Christmas, with no tape deck! Had to wait about six months before I could use it hahaha. Some really well done games. I hope I can dump it but I am slightly concerned where there are approx 3 second pauses (tape stops then starts again) between load chimes. Might be an early piracy prevention scheme... Not sure. http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=1224 I too had got this before a tape drive lol. my mom had got it via Sears Canada for me. Edited December 8, 2019 by oo7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 well cant seem to find anyone to scan the instructions for this. Did find the next best thing. Someone gave me the VIC20 version. better than nothing for anyone who wants this as bad as i do so here. Games 20 VIC Leaflet.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 If anyone ever comes up with scans of the included instructions of the atari version please post them here. PLEASE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 On 10/26/2023 at 1:46 PM, oo7 said: If anyone ever comes up with scans of the included instructions of the atari version please post them here. PLEASE Sorry that I have not revisited this topic sooner. Here you are 😉 Cymbal_20_games_en.pdf Cymbal_20_games_fr.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 10/27/2023 at 2:03 PM, Fred_M said: Sorry that I have not revisited this topic sooner. Here you are 😉 Cymbal_20_games_en.pdf 1.55 MB · 10 downloads Cymbal_20_games_fr.pdf 1.57 MB · 5 downloads Amazing!!!! Thank you so very much!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 12/6/2019 at 10:15 PM, oo7 said: my first time seeing maze master since my childhood. thank you so so much. made my day. This game is really well done. Good AI for the "ghosts." I also love the fact that you can accumulate power pills and use them when you want to, instead of being forced to use them on pickup. (Note: This file is the same one uploaded by CharlieChaplin. I've just renamed it for clarity.) Maze Master (req Basic).ATR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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