high voltage Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) I have 1 Zong issue in English (and 1 in German too), were there any more in English language? And what does Zong mean anyway? Edited August 22, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Nope, this is the only one - it was made especially for the one AMS which Kemal/KE-Soft visited... (and since AMS was a flop for KE-Soft they never visited AMS again). -Andreas Koch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Cool, I went to that AMS way back, it was a good show though. Edited August 22, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 is that English version available to download ? I only found: http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-zong_38.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I like this mag. It reflects the spirit of the times for atari users in Germany in the nineties. Many news of the nineties, tips, tricks, cheats, reviews and so on. The meaning of ZONG in english? I would translate it to .... ZONG (or Pow, Wham, Zap, Bam or something else you could read in comics). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) The U.K. was a difficult market for the West-European Atari companies. At ANG Software we made 3 issues of The best of Pokey in English, but there was not enough interest. Especially for the best of Pokey we found out that the direct manner of writing and expressing opinions on software was very difficult to handle for UK readers and companies. For example, I wrote a mega review of Dean Garraghty software in English. It was published on the best of Pokey and the TWAUG newsletter. My review wasn't very positive. The result was many angry letters of Dean Garraghty and threats of legal action to ANG and TWAUG. It was just a article with a personal view of the quality of the software... On the other hand. If you read old issues of Page 6, many times European software was not very positively reviewed by the them. ANG software never sold much software directly to the UK, but when we sold the software through Micro Discount (UK company of Derek Fern) it sold very well... So in those days I think the UK-users did not like to buy European software from non-UK companies or subscribing to NON-UK magazines. That's why there are only 3 issues of the best of Pokey and one issue of Zong in English. Edited August 22, 2013 by Fred_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 think they made a mistake with that issue AMS was never held in blackpool, only stafford and London (the once) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 think they made a mistake with that issue AMS was never held in blackpool, only stafford and London (the once) It mentions that inside the issue, Kemal went to Blackpool to ride the roller coasters, he was gonna ride the Pepsi Max, but it wasn't open yet. BTW, there where two Alternative Micro Shows in London, we attended the second on 1st April 1989, you can read about it in issue 7 of 8: 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) double Edited August 23, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 The U.K. was a difficult market for the West-European Atari companies. At ANG Software we made 3 issues of The best of Pokey in English, but there was not enough interest. Especially for the best of Pokey we found out that the direct manner of writing and expressing opinions on software was very difficult to handle for UK readers and companies. For example, I wrote a mega review of Dean Garraghty software in English. It was published on the best of Pokey and the TWAUG newsletter. My review wasn't very positive. The result was many angry letters of Dean Garraghty and threats of legal action to ANG and TWAUG. It was just a article with a personal view of the quality of the software... On the other hand. If you read old issues of Page 6, many times European software was not very positively reviewed by the them. ANG software never sold much software directly to the UK, but when we sold the software through Micro Discount (UK company of Derek Fern) it sold very well... So in those days I think the UK-users did not like to buy European software from non-UK companies or subscribing to NON-UK magazines. That's why there are only 3 issues of the best of Pokey and one issue of Zong in English. I think a lot of it had to do with the thought of ordering from another country, regardless of the country itself. Before the advent of the internet it was very rare for myself or any of my friends to be ordering stuff unless it was from a UK supplier. Hence why once we could get the stuff via Micro Discount we tried to order as much as we could, it was great software at a reasonable price. I know I put in three or four orders through Derek and was rarely disappointed. I would agree that some of the software was bashed a bit in the UK magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I would love to scan the two issues but it can't be done without breaking the spine, so I won't, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) I recently came across a USB stick with a folder full of Zong.atr's just wondering if anyone is interested enough for me to zip and download here..to AtariAge.. Here is a listing of all the ATR's created with a PC utility called Xdir...Zong.TXT Edited September 28, 2013 by rdea6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 There's a good reason that I didn't buy from non UK suppliers back in the 90s. I was a child until 96 and didn't have access to a debit or credit card. I didn't even have a cheque book. So when ordering, I would have to order via postal order. Postal orders were useful in the UK and you would pay the post office a premium for using them so it was expensive. International money orders were if I remember correctly 14 pounds before you've even been ripped off on the exchange rate. That is why I didn't buy from non UK suppliers. I thought the quality abroad seemed good at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I recently came across a USB stick with a folder full of Zong.atr's just wondering if anyone is interested enough for me to zip and download here..to AtariAge.. Here is a listing of all the ATR's created with a PC utility called Xdir...Zong.TXT You bet! Always interested in checking out new stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 You bet! Always interested in checking out new stuff OKay, Sample atr's for preview:ZONG92-04-A.ATR ZONG92-04-B.ATR And the zip file:Zong.zip Have fun looking.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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