Bladedancer

[marcusjambler]

This is sounding sooooo.... EPIC
I have everything in the house crossed

[lurkio]

This is sounding sooooo.... EPIC
I have everything in the house crossed

Yes, it would be shame if this all just faded away at this stage! Let's hope danielj gets his hands on the discs soon.

[leenew]

I am still holding my breath for this one!
Did Daniel ever receive the discs? were they unreadable?

Lee.

[lurkio]

I am still holding my breath for this one!
Did Daniel ever receive the discs? were they unreadable?

Erm, I don't think the discs have actually been posted yet!

Ever since the author agreed to send Daniel the discs, about two months ago, I've been emailing him to remind him to do so, but although he has said that he would get round to it, more recently he's been saying that he's very busy and that posting the discs isn't a high priority for him.

I think he's a bit sick of me pestering him now, but if anyone else wants to contact him and give him a polite, friendly nudge, just to show how keen we all are to preserve and play his game, please feel free! It would be such a shame if Bladedancer just drifted off and became a distant memory.

So, I could slit them and put the disk into a clean, flat sleeve? That would lessen the risk of the buckling actually putting excessive pressure on the disk surface and destroying the media?

That would be fine by me. They're useless as they stand, it'd be nice to get SSD images.

[leenew]

Gah! Wow that is a shame!
Does anyone live near him? maybe they could collect them from him if he is too busy to post them?

Lee.

[danielj]

*wakes up* Hello? Was there something I was meant to do?

d.

[CMcDougall]

*wakes up* Hello? Was there something I was meant to do?

yeah, wait for postman pat !

[danielj]

Oh heck, don't tell me it's him doing the delivery. It's probably halfway up a cow's bottom or something... I'm fairly sure My Hermes are modelled on him.

d.

[lurkio]

*wakes up* Hello? Was there something I was meant to do?

Not really, but if you feel like it, maybe email the author and remind him you're standing by..?

[CMcDougall]

Oh heck, don't tell me it's him doing the delivery. It's probably halfway up a cow's bottom or something...

you noticed that too, makes a dogs ear of everything, then when he fixes his mistakes , folk think he's great

Luckily not Special Delivery, Jess would eat it

[AJW]

I have a copy of Bladedancer. How much would it be worth on ebay?

My memories are that it was terribly slow.

[lurkio]

I have a copy of Bladedancer.

Would you be prepared to let someone archive it?

[AJW]

Will have to see as it's not at my home at present. Would you return it after archiving?

[lurkio]

Will have to see as it's not at my home at present. Would you return it after archiving?

Yes, absolutely.

I'm only interested in borrowing it to make a digital copy of it, for the archive. (Currently the game is MIA.)

[Arcadian]

Will have to see as it's not at my home at present. Would you return it after archiving?

Ah was gonna say it would be great if we could get it archived before being resold.

In fact, I actually tipped BillCarr off this morning about this post (which he hadn't seen) - he often makes offers for games that are higher than what you might get on eBay (especially as selling prices are down at the moment due to what's going on in the world).

Plus he archives everything to FSD and shares with the community; hence check your PMs as I think you should have an incoming message ...

[lurkio]

Will have to see as it's not at my home at present. Would you return it after archiving?

Yes, absolutely.

I'm only interested in borrowing it to make a digital copy of it, for the archive. (Currently the game is MIA.)

If you were willing, you could send me the discs and I'd copy and preserve them and then return them to you.

So then you'd still be able to sell them, if you so wished.

[AJW]

Will let you and Bill Carr know once I'm able to get hold of them.

[lurkio]

Will let you and Bill Carr know once I'm able to get hold of them.

Many thanks. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

[leenew]

Did we get any further with this?

Lee.

[AJW]

For my part i can't get to the game for a while as it's located elsewhere.

[RobC]

It's being advertised on eBay.

Hope someone on here gets it (although the starting bid is pretty high).

[lurkio]

Will let you and Bill Carr know once I'm able to get hold of them.

Any news about this?

[AJW]

Yes I just put it on Ebay rather than keep hold of it.

[lurkio]

Yes I just put it on Ebay rather than keep hold of it.

So you're no longer interested in giving anyone on Stardot a chance to archive the disc(s) before you sell them?

[AJW]

I don't want to go back and forth with it.

[Arcadian]

Disappointing.

Hardly in the spirit of the community...

[lurkio]

I don't want to go back and forth with it.

Would you be able to upload a decent scan of the cover?

[AJW]

Hopefully when I get back home.

[lurkio]

Hopefully when I get back home.

That would be much appreciated by all. Would it be possible to get a 600dpi scan for our preservation archives?

[klintworth]

I was intrigued by BladeDancer and just found this review in Acorn Computing from April 1993

BladeDancer Review 1993.pdf

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