First post, by Stiletto
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Can't remember if I told you this... you had asked me this:
In the meantime, please ask Trixter to allow for Amiga/Atari ST entries. When MobyGames started up, there was a specific disclaimer that only "PC" titles would be covered. Then they started displaying Playstation and other console titles.
"Trixter" (Jim Leonard) sent me this a week or two ago:
No, the specific disclaimer was that we were only going to be focusing on PC for the first year or so because that was what we knew. We're just about ready to unveil Amiga, actually, so tell your friend to sit tight for a month. He may have noticed we've opened up SNES, Genesis, and Atari Jaguar. All things in good time...
FYI: MobyGames currently supports the following platforms to submit under:
Booter, DOS, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo GameCube, Sega Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Linux, Nintendo Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo SNES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 3.x, and Microsoft Xbox.
(Booter, for those who don't know, refers to this: Many early PC software titles between 1981 and 1988 came on a 5.25" disk and booted directly. "Booted directly" means that you stuck the disk in drive A: and turned on the machine, and the custom operating system on the diskette took over, booted the computer, and ran the program. The diskette was not formatted with DOS, did not require DOS, and was not even readable by DOS! Attempts to read the diskette return the familiar "Abort, Retry, Ignore" message.)
Also, if you enjoy Jim's work at MobyGames, check out his current project, DemoDVD! (http://www.demodvd.org/) It's really cool!
Description here: http://www.demodvd.org/overview
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Stiletto
