With good reason.

One thing at a time. I'm quite busy.

I sent you some photos, Frog. Check your email.

Any news on the Battlesphere Movie?

It's much closer than it was last week. I got a little DVD recorder and it has an S-Video input that (once I get it figured out) can capture video from the Jag.

I was going to do it with my capture card in my PC, but I have a bunch of fragile experimental video drivers installed for specific reasons and they don't support video capture. I don't dare try and change it because it took forever to get the environment configured the way it is now, and I'm quite afraid of breaking it.

I will soon just be able to capture it on DVD and then load it in the PC that way.

Sounds like a plan. Looking forward to it.

What???

S-Video video capture!!

Why not make use of your screen dumping program and dump each frame of the movie
for the best possible quality movie available?

The screen dump feature is disabled in the intro screens because of memory restrictions.

I have a DVD recorder just send me the cart!

Battlesphere ROCKS!

I agree!

At least the little bit I played of it any way.

I remember this one. Wasn´t this the semi-announced Battlesphere add-on which was basically just an Asteroids variant set in the BS universe?

Wonder what happened to it.

There was also a playmode we wanted to do which was like "BallBlazer" only without the floor.

Are you serious?

Ballblazer remains one of the best one-on-one sports simulations ever.

Yeah, well it was going to be NETWORKED too!

Once all this piracy crap blows over, we still might make an addon CD or something. Just taking a "wait and see" attitude regarding how much harm this piracy crap causes.

Quite understandable.

Woah....
wait, see and code....
Now that would be wonderful

wow 49 pages you guys really like battlesphere!
its a great game

There is an auction for a JUGS package on eBay right now, can JUGS be used without the Battlesphere GOLD cartridge? I guess this is from the buyjugs.com website that was up at one time before Thunderbird stopped selling all ScatoLOGIC stuff. If there is a CD in the baggie is it for the computer or the Jaguar? Did T-bird use regular ziplock baggies as pictured? I am considering bidding on this so if anyone knows the answers to these questions please let me know here. Thanks.

T-bird is no longer with us.

JUGS eBay auction

My JUGS DD Version 1.01 Compact Disc which came with BattleSphere™ Gold and also works with the original BattleSphere™ comes in a plain white sleeve that has a circular plasic section to see the CD inside the sleeve. Perhaps this is an earlier version? I would ask for photos of the printed CD. It should give a Version number at least. It shouldn't mention some off the shelf CDR name either. The CD goes into the PC to work with the cartridges mentioned above... using a JagLink cable from the COM port to the DSP port on the back of the Jaguar. It works similar to BJL with Protector... which probably explains one of the secret games named in BattleSphere Gold.

Doubtful ScatoLOGIC ever used ziploc baggies. They had high quality products well worth their original price.

Thanks MegaData, I'll have to ask the guy for some pics of it.

The JUGS stuff in Battlesphere came in a baggie... at least with my copy it did...

My copy of BS:G was delivered just like Megadata described. No baggie. Must be a JUGS from the original BattleSphere then.

Mine came as described.

I think I got my in a bag, if memory serves correctly.

I got my copy in a bag too, it's for the original BattleSphere but you can use it for BSG too.

I never got JUGS with the original Battlesphere... is the JUGS version number different?

Version 1.00 I believe.

Theres a copy of BSG on e-bay.

Yeah, I saw that - it's brand new SEALED! being sold by THUNDERBIRD to help combat piracy. He's CaptainAwesome on eBay. I was going to buy the regular Battlesphere that ended today for $307.00 CIB - not bad for this game. But I decided I needed to use the money elsewere. Man would it be GREAT to have a SEALED BSG!!!!!!!! It would be like GOLD! $500.00 an ounce!

Frog... you're making yourself out to be a ScatoLOGIC boot-licker!

(After all, a crappy game like BS couldn't possibly deserve such praise, nor could it be worth more than a few Euros more that Club Drive!)

You should submit Surrounded to the Jagcode 500.

Why not?

I guess that makes you a bad developer then.

Stand by for severe flameage.

Pardon me, I don't want to get involved in a devastatingFLAME WAR but, I have something more along the lines of this thread to say: BATTLESPHERE GOLD RAWWWKZ!!!

That's just your imagination.

I'm told the game is uninspired and has a bad HUD.

I know it's true, 'cuz I read it on the internet!

These guys think it bothers me when their tiny voices are drowned out by the positive reviews from people who are unbiased.

ZB on AA is a SOB, he does sound biased, very negative towards BS, I wonder what his beef is against it?, I said it's a great game and he basically told me I don't know what a good game is because he catagorized me as a console only gamer, therefore I don't what a good game is.

I could have said; well you know what they say about opinions - their like assholes every one's got one pal. but I didn't want to feed into his negativity and start a flame war so I just explained I have games on the PC also.

He said he's played it, so it's not like he's mad about not ever having a copy.

This has been going on for many years now. There's not much we can do about it.

There are probably many motivations behind the negativity. Some are just resentful that the game was successful and someone other than them has a tiny smidgen more fame than they have, so they try and sabotage the popularity of the game. Others are people who just like to incite flames, and they found a hot topic, sure to cause an eruption. Others are just people who have been slapped down by myself or Oppressor over the years and now they bear a grudge.

In any case, it's mostly sour grapes and obviously contribed complaints about the game. All subjective and difficult to prove. You'll notice a LOT of popular games have these kinds of "I don't know why this sucky game is so popular" detractors.

There's also a segment of bashers who are mad because they see the game as a "cash cow" and when our efforts to stop the gravy train failed, we stopped selling them. This pissed them off and now they bash us over it. The high prices these games fetch on ebay attracts a constant stream of "new" gold-diggers who learn the history and join in the bashing.

It sucks to sell a game and make a few dollars for charity, only to see the buyer sell it on ebay the next day for hundreds of dollars profit.

What can you do?

The Pilots aren't so bad... you'll see.

Enjoying your Battlesphere Gold Christmas present I see! Have fun!

I think it was but that data may have been posted in another thread. I don't see what it was, looking back in this topic.

Pilots are fun to shoot. Those little pricks.

I have yet to complete all twenty levels of pilot training.

Me too... but I made it pretty far before I moved on to other things.

It's amusing watching Scott fence with Zylonbane over on AA. I wish he would have pressed more for an answer to why he feels the need to drone on and on about it so many years later. Based on his reasoning he should have moved on years ago, yet every time the subject comes up he's right there flapping his gums about the same tired old criticisms... many of which are nonsense like the differences between BS and Star Raiders HUD.

His bashing of our networking shows he is completely biased against the game for some reason because people by a huge margin find the networked modes to be the most enjoyable.

Oh well, another mind suffering from Atrophy-Age™.

Yeah, I saw that. Geez, if Zylonbane dislikes BS so much I'll be happy to buy his copy off him...