someguy Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 quoteI hear a lot of the demos are coming off the Demo CD such as Durantik, and the Sinistar stuff. Well, at least Duranik DID make a later post granting ScatoLogic permission to have Native on their demo CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by The Helper: I hear a lot of the demos are coming off the Demo CD such as Durantik, and the Sinistar stuff. You might want to verify exactly what you get on the demo CD as some people on JII were saying they did not want there games released on that demo, they wanted to release the demos themselves. All the demos are included. We had a mixup because I had asked to distribute the demos over 2.5 years ago and it was long forgotten because this was so long in the making. All is cool now, and I want to thank Sinister and Duranik for their help. If these guys release any products, I suggest we all support them! They are top-shelf developers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borsox13 Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Thunderbird, about how long should it take for me to get an order confirmation on BattleSphere Gold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by borsox13: Thunderbird, about how long should it take for me to get an order confirmation on BattleSphere Gold? I'm all caught up in emails as of 5 minutes ago, so you should have a response already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 I got my copy in the mail yesterday! Whoohoo! As someone who missed the boat on getting Battlesphere the first time around, I'm pretty psyched. My first impressions: Having been spoiled by newer space combat games like colony wars and star wars starfighter, the graphics are decidedly simpler. However, the control setup seems great. I've played some of the training missions and gauntlet so far, and combat is very satisfying. The demo CD is pretty cool. There are eight demo in all, three of which are games. The Jaz 3D/Music Engine demo and Turtle 3D demo are more interesting after you've experimented by pressing different buttons! I haven't tried out JUGS yet as I don't have a Jaglink cable, however it was fun to see the pdf of the Color Battlesphere manual... Thanks Scatologic for making Battlesphere available again. Cheers, le geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 Thanks for the posotive feedback! We're really glad you liked it. When I get a little free time, I'll put up some of the history of those demos online, so everyone can see where they originated. For example, the JAZ 3D demo was an in-house Atari demo which was intended to show off to developers their 2nd generation music and sound engine. It's really quite a nice piece of work. They combined it with their updated 3D polygon engine for the demo. I never saw anyone else who had this demo, so I thought it would be cool to share. The Fulsyn demo is a demo of another Atari sound engine. This one uses completely synthesized instruments (no samples). I think it's pretty nice sounding actually. Yes, keep pressing buttons! You'd be amazed what you might find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 I got my copy of BS Gold yesterday. Very well done. I won't rehash about the BS differences, but I absolutely love the demo CD. Having purchased Jugs earlier, I didn't do much with it other than play with some of the demos when I first got it. The demo CD is a real convenience if one has a JagCD. I hope to see more demos released, if not actual games. I would definetely support any folks who develop for the Jag. Slam Racer is pretty nice. It was the first time I played that one. Hope to see some more releases soon. Question for T-Bird- Are the sounds generated on the synth demo all generated from the Jag? If so, I am impressed, those tracks are extremely cool. I assume Stephanie helped out on most, if not all these. Thanks again for a very fine product and your support of the Jag community. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 BSG arrived this morning - and its absolutley fabulous. Easily the BEST Jag game I've ever played - congratulations sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Lee Krueger: Question for T-Bird- Are the sounds generated on the synth demo all generated from the Jag? If so, I am impressed, those tracks are extremely cool. I assume Stephanie helped out on most, if not all these. The JAZ demo is a demo that Atari sent out to developers to promote their new Music/3D engines, late in the life of the jaguar. I'm not sure if anyone ever used this code. I just liked the demo. The Fulsyn demo uses a sound engine that Atari put together that uses only generated waveforms for sound. No samples were used. Thanks for all the great comments! We're so glad you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Jet Boot Jack: BSG arrived this morning - and its absolutley fabulous. Easily the BEST Jag game I've ever played - congratulations sTeVE WOW! Thanks for the kind words. It means a lot to us!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Thunderbird: I rec'd my copy today and my only regret is not buying two more! It broke my heart to break the shrinkwrap; I was thinking 'Geez, I shoulda got 3, two for network play and one for the vault'. Of course thats just wishfull thinking. Congrats on a great game, I know I'll be spending some time with it! thanks, Markimus of K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 It would be nice to see a detailed review comparing Gold against Classic. I own BS:C and I'd like to know exactly what the improvements are with BS:G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Markimus of K.: I rec'd my copy today and my only regret is not buying two more! ... Congrats on a great game, I know I'll be spending some time with it! Thank you so much for the kind words. It was hard to come up with ideas to top what we already did, but judging from the compliments we succeeded. Thanks again for making this hobby so rewarding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Hello, (No, it's not... this is an old thread for historical amusement!) If you don't already know, the Scatologic web-site is down. A limited edition of "BattleSphere Gold" has been announced!http://www.scatologic.com/ For the conspiracy theorists here, who thinks a new product might be on the way? They say they've given up on the Jag, but maybe BattleSphere Gold for the Xbox, or for Windows? What product would you like them to release, if any? If you want to comment to Thunderbird, you have to be a member of the JS-II forum though. I'll ask the same question over there... Let this discussion be flame free though, T'Bird can't come here, and apparently it's just a hosting move problem, or something, but when did a cover story like that excuse conspiracy theories? Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Monkey Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would guess that Scatologic is working on a commercial Jaguar emulator that will come with a licensed Battlesphere ROM. But that is nothing more than a wild guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Hello, Welcome. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would guess that Scatologic is working on a commercial Jaguar emulator that will come with a licensed Battlesphere ROM. But that is nothing more than a wild guess. Are you a BattleSphere or BSG owner yet, how long with a Jaguar? Would you buy such a thing? (It depends I guess if you're new to Jag.) Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Both T-bird and Oppressor have hinted over at JSII about a PC or Xbox 2 release of Battlesphere. The site being down has nothing to do with an update, or at least that's what we've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Both T-bird and Oppressor have hinted over at JSII about a PC or Xbox 2 release of Battlesphere. The site being down has nothing to do with an update, or at least that's what we've been told. Despite the small snag in the topic, they really should read the "Battlesphere: Killer app or old pap" topic first. It was a pretty good insight on what people thought of the game beyond the hype. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53340 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Both T-bird and Oppressor have hinted over at JSII about a PC or Xbox 2 release of Battlesphere. The site being down has nothing to do with an update, or at least that's what we've been told. Despite the small snag in the topic, they really should read the "Battlesphere: Killer app or old pap" topic first. It was a pretty good insight on what people thought of the game beyond the hype. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53340 Well, I know T-bird can't read that forum over here since he was banned. I think Oppressor stopped frequenting here in support of T-bird, but I could be mistaken. There was definitely a few constructive comments (as well as a few not so constructive) in that thread that they could probably incorporate into a release on the PC or Xbox 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hi, Jaysmith I thought that Tbird just canceled his subscription. And by the way, can't ANY guest read the posts? Just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Hi, JaysmithI thought that Tbird just canceled his subscription. And by the way, can't ANY guest read the posts? Just curious Hi Paolo, Well, last time I asked him about this he said he was blocked from coming here. He was indeed banned, if you search through past threads I believe you can still read about it..... I never agreed with the decision to do that, but of course it wasn't up to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanadium Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Hello, (No, it's not... this is an old thread for historical amusement!) If you don't already know, the Scatologic web-site is down. Holy crap, talk about your posts from the past! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hi, JaysmithI thought that Tbird just canceled his subscription. And by the way, can't ANY guest read the posts? Just curious Well, last time I asked him about this he said he was blocked from coming here. He was indeed banned, if you search through past threads I believe you can still read about it..... I never agreed with the decision to do that, but of course it wasn't up to me. Because AtariAge does not require an account like JS-II to read it though, and because there are a multitude of proxy servers out there, including free anonymous ones, if he wants to read anything here I'm sure he can. Also, I gather from his posts previously, whenever anything remotely connected to BattleSphere comes up, people email him threads direct. I think he's then totally free to comment on the parallel JS-II forums. However, no forum needs the authors of all the other Jaguar games to be present to discuss them, and have a good time, we recently had a good chat about , and the Club Drive authors didn't need to be present, although of course perhaps they could have contributed some useful information if they had been, but people might hold back thoughts too. Anyway... the thread was brought back for a tongue-in-cheek hypothetical discussion about what Scatologic might have up their sleeves for when their web-site is back online. Really a wish-list. Your idea of a dream surprise release from them, just as Thunderbird surprised us all with the Gold update to BattleSphere. I'm sure their next product will be great, and I'm sure a lot of people know their enthusiasm for the X-Box (which would itself look great with an Atari logo on it perhaps - but might drive away a generation of MS hating Atari fans - if MS don't buy Nintendo first) and could be the natural home for the next BattleSphere. I still think it would look great on a GameCube though, the spinning big-N-cube would look great with the spinning big-4-cube of 4Play at the start!!! (Sony? I can't see it on a PS2 somehow.) BattleSphere-X I hope... start a petition! Cheers, JustClaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysmith2000 Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hi, JaysmithI thought that Tbird just canceled his subscription. And by the way, can't ANY guest read the posts? Just curious Well, last time I asked him about this he said he was blocked from coming here. He was indeed banned, if you search through past threads I believe you can still read about it..... I never agreed with the decision to do that, but of course it wasn't up to me. Because AtariAge does not require an account like JS-II to read it though, and because there are a multitude of proxy servers out there, including free anonymous ones, if he wants to read anything here I'm sure he can. Also, I gather from his posts previously, whenever anything remotely connected to BattleSphere comes up, people email him threads direct. I think he's then totally free to comment on the parallel JS-II forums. However, no forum needs the authors of all the other Jaguar games to be present to discuss them, and have a good time, we recently had a good chat about , and the Club Drive authors didn't need to be present, although of course perhaps they could have contributed some useful information if they had been, but people might hold back thoughts too. Anyway... the thread was brought back for a tongue-in-cheek hypothetical discussion about what Scatologic might have up their sleeves for when their web-site is back online. Really a wish-list. Your idea of a dream surprise release from them, just as Thunderbird surprised us all with the Gold update to BattleSphere. I'm sure their next product will be great, and I'm sure a lot of people know their enthusiasm for the X-Box (which would itself look great with an Atari logo on it perhaps - but might drive away a generation of MS hating Atari fans - if MS don't buy Nintendo first) and could be the natural home for the next BattleSphere. I still think it would look great on a GameCube though, the spinning big-N-cube would look great with the spinning big-4-cube of 4Play at the start!!! (Sony? I can't see it on a PS2 somehow.) BattleSphere-X I hope... start a petition! Cheers, JustClaws. Good point Richard, I guess that is true. Of course, he can't respond though which is unfortunate. I agree their next project really sounds like it's going to be cool. Scott LeGrand is a lot more forthcoming with information. I know I'll be first in line to pick it up! Who knows what else they might have up their sleeves.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanadium Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 BattleSphere-X I hope... start a petition! Cheers, JustClaws. I tell ya, at least then I could afford a copy! Damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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