Re: Can you help me remember an old game for the Apple II...

[Bob Jones <aalang99@gmail.com>]

On Aug 6, 4:35 pm, Geo3 <gr...@wowway.com> wrote:
> On Aug 6, 1:45 pm, Bob Jones <aalan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 6, 11:59 am, Geo3 <gr...@wowway.com> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 6, 2:03 am, Bob Jones <aalan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Aug 6, 12:34 am, Geo3 <gr...@wowway.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Aug 5, 9:16 pm, Bob Jones <aalan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > On Aug 4, 8:28 am, Geo3 <gr...@wowway.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > On Aug 1, 3:15 pm, Al <aalan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Hey everyone!  I've been trying to track down a game from my early
> > > > > > > > youth that ran on an Apple II.  Rather than a game, it was more of a
> > > > > > > > print shop type program where you built a creature and put it before a
> > > > > > > > number of backdrops- so you could pick legs, arms, head, and put it on
> > > > > > > > an alien backdrop (surface of moon or something similar) or any number
> > > > > > > > of 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, and I figured with all the classic Apple fans
> > > > > > > > here, someone might know!  If it helps, it was not a free-form drawer
> > > > > > > > like kid pix, and we played it at school in our comp. classroom.  This
> > > > > > > > would have been around 1988.
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> > > > > > > > Also, I've checked out Creator Creator by DesignWare and Print Shop
> > > > > > > > Companion which both looked promising, but weren't it.
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> > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > Al
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> > > > > > > Their are a few that come to mind.  Color Me, The Electric Crayon,
> > > > > > > Fantavision, Graphic Magician, Graphic Magician Jr.,Rainbow Painter,
> > > > > > > Monsters Believe&More, Pow Zap Kerplunk, Picture Builder, SuperPrint,
> > > > > > > and Cartooners which was a IIgs one. Their are other printing programs
> > > > > > > that may fit or come close. More than I mentioned but I do not have a
> > > > > > > working knowledge of them all.
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> > > > > > > Take Care
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> > > > > > Well, I tried nearly all of them (the ones I could get my hands on, or
> > > > > > at least read an old review), and they weren't it.  The only ones I
> > > > > > didn't were Monsters Believe&More (I had no idea what you meant by the
> > > > > > title- did you miss a comma somewhere? :)), and Pow Zap Kerplunk as I
> > > > > > couldn't find it.
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> > > > > > Any others?  Anyone?
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> > > > > Well,
> > > > >  A few more would be Print Master, Story Tree, Story Maker, Robot
> > > > > Writer, Slide Shop, Animate, {Baudville (movie tips)} Mr.pixel Cartoon
> > > > > Kit, Movie Maker, Software Studio, Baudville Blazing Paddles, and Take
> > > > > 1 or Take One.
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> > > > Geo3, you seem to have a lot of knowledge in this area.  Could you not
> > > > take a look if you have these programs?  I'm new to the scene and am
> > > > not familiar with all the various formats of roms, etc. (many I
> > > > download just crash on me).  The only thing I need to find out is if
> > > > you can build up a creature with limbs, heads, etc., and place it
> > > > before a background- specifically I recall a moon background with a
> > > > crater in it.  Could you do that?  Then I'll know which rom to get,
> > > > figure it all out, etc.
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> > > > Many thanks!
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> > > Sorry, I do not have that much free time to boot every disk and then
> > > all the numerous data disks to look at all the files/pictures for you.
> > > Even then I might not have that one data disk or file. The program
> > > might not work on an emulator even if it is found.
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> > Oh that sucks :(.  Do you actually have all these on disk??
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>  I have stuff to get out to people and disks to image. Yes I do. Over
> 600 on printing alone, some maybe dupes. But you do not know until you
> try them out to see if it what says and actually works. You might try
> talking to the people that you knew back then, even the teachers to
> see if they remember the name of the program.
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> Take Care

That's amazing!  Quite the impressive collection.  Re: people from my
youth who might know.. yeahhh.. not likely :).  Most of my teachers
then were white haired already (this was 20 years ago).  They'd have
no idea what I was talking about.  And I know my classmates wouldn't
know.