Re: Apple II - Monsters and Make Believe / Plus / Art Album?

[za <zainanak80@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 18, 6:34 pm, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Jan 18, 10:26 pm, za <zainana...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 17, 11:20 pm, za <zainana...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hey all- through the magic of the internets, I was just now able to
> > > track down a very hard to find game thanks to the wonderful community
> > > on here:
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> > >http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/9...
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> > > Now, as I finish up this research, I'm still uncertain as to whether
> > > or not there were other versions of it.  The one I have is called
> > > Monsters and Make Believe 1.1.  I've seen some material that
> > > references a Monsters and Make Believe Plus and a Monsters and Make
> > > Believe Art Album, but am uncertain what the connection is and whether
> > > or not they existed.
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> > > Anyone here ever seen this or, even better, own them and could help me
> > > out??
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> > > Thanks so much everybody!!!
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> > Ok, a really friendly guy on here was able to send me a IIgs version
> > called M&MB Plus.  Thank you so much!  This really helped me narrow it
> > down.  So, the Plus version is very similar to the original IIe
> > version, with the addition of a few new backgrounds and shapes.  But,
> > here's the kicker, one of its backgrounds is much closer to the one I
> > remember on the IIe from my youth than the current IIe version I've
> > got (1.1).  Given these have almost the same graphics (i.e. it was
> > probably a simple port), I'm beginning to think that between 1.1 on
> > the IIe (called simply Monsters and Make Believe), and M&MB Plus on
> > the IIgs, there must have been another version on the IIe- basically a
> > bridge between the two -that had more of the graphics I'm seeing now
> > in Plus.
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> > So, if you have any disks for the IIe labeled M&MB 1.2 or Plus or
> > anything later than 1.1, please let me know!!  I've already found an
> > enormous amount of info thanks to you guys, and I can basically call
> > this wrapped.  But you know how it is- I would still really love to
> > find some in between version for the IIe if it exists.
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> > Thanks all!
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> Heya,
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> the version I gave you IS the IIe version - it's just on one 3.5"
> disk. If you have a 3.5" drive for a IIe, it should work fine from
> that. It's possible you could also run it from a hard drive or compact
> flash drive. Do you only have 5.25" disk drives available?
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> - Alex

Ok, maybe I'm missing something here.  What you gave me was a .2mg
file.  I had to use a IIgs emulator to run this.  AppleWin wouldn't
run it, as it only takes .dsks, etc.  I'm sure this is all standard
stuff for you guys, but I'm still learning how it goes :).  The
machines we had way back in school only took 5.25" disks, and the
monitors were green, if that helps.  (I didn't even see a 3.5" disk
till at least two years later, when I had left).

Which leaves me with two questions- 1, which emulator can simulate the
IIe, not the gs, with these .2mg files, and 2, the original question-
was there an old 140k, 5.25" version of this program that who have
bridged the two?

Thanks!