Re: Old kid's graphics game - create a monster (?)

[zainanak80@hotmail.com]

On Jan 16, 12:48 am, Tempest <temp...@atariprotos.com> wrote:
> On Jan 15, 6:31 pm, zainana...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Jan 15, 10:22 am, Tempest <temp...@atariprotos.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 15, 2:06 am, zainana...@hotmail.com wrote:> Hey all.  Had tried this a long while back, thought someone now might
> > > > be able to help.
>
> > > > I've been trying to track down a game from my early youth that ran on
> > > > an Apple II which we played at my elementary school. More than a game,
> > > > it was really a print shop type program where you could build a
> > > > creature and put it before a number of backdrops- you could pick its
> > > > legs, arms, head, etc. from a wide collection, including space aliens,
> > > > and put it on many different backdrops, including the surface of the
> > > > moon and others,
> > > > and then print it out. I haven't had any success in finding it on any
> > > > lists, especially since I have no idea what it was called or who made
> > > > it.  This would have been around 1988.
>
> > > I have Monsters and Make Believe but I haven't fired it up in several
> > > decades.  If that is the game and it's not in Asimov I can dump it and
> > > upload it.  I need to do that for Toy Shop anyway.
>
> > > Tempest
>
> > > > I've checked out the following already without success: Creator
> > > > Creator by DesignWare, Print Shop, Newsroom, Cartooners, MECC Creator,
> > > > Print Design, Graphics Magician, Printographer, Rainbow Printer,
> > > > Fantavision, and Kid's
> > > > Corner.
>
> > > > It may have been a program called Monsters and Make Believe Art Album,
>
> You know what, I'm not sure.  I'll have to check.
>
> > > > but I haven't successfully tracked down a copy of it or the manual to
> > > > verify.
>
> > > > Any ideas?
>
> > > > Thanks so much and I really appreciate your help!!
>
> > Tempest, that would be HUGE!!!  Please, please let me know when it's
> > up- it could save me months of scouring flea markets, etc. :)
>
> > Just to be sure- it's the Monsters and Make Believe Art Album, right?
> > Because they also released "Monsters and
> > Make-Believe" and "Monsters and Make-Believe Plus", which are
> > educational programs that are only text-based.

In either case, I would really love to try this out, so please put up
whatever you find on asimov!

Also feel free to email me (address should be visible) with any other
questions, links, etc.

Thanks!