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Magnet System update: more unknown titles
#353425 - 04/24/16 09:04 PM
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A small update about Magnet System hardware from spanish company EFOSA. An ad published in 1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
- The Burning Cave
- Scorpio
- Paris Dakar.
The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were finally published.
I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here (spanish):
http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
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Re: Magnet System update: more unknown titles
[Re: dave00]
#353440 - 04/25/16 04:30 AM
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>A small update about Magnet System hardware from Spanish company EFOSA. An ad published in
>1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
- The Burning Cave
- Scorpio
- Paris Dakar
>The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were finally published. I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here (Spanish):
http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
Interesting find. Good to see games/hardware that may or may not be obscure in this day and age still being discovered/re-discovered. If the Magnet System was produced and existed in arcades/stores back then, that will be a challenge finding diskettes that are in readable condition by this time.
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Re: Magnet System update: more unknown titles
[Re: dave00]
#353462 - 04/25/16 04:06 PM
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> A small update about Magnet System hardware from spanish company EFOSA. An ad
> published in 1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
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> - The Burning Cave
> - Scorpio
> - Paris Dakar.
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>
> The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were finally
> published.
> I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here (spanish):
> http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
The flyer actually says "The Burning Cavern", not "The Burning Cave"
Anyhow, added all three to Undumped Wiki.
- Stiletto
Edited by Stiletto (04/25/16 04:15 PM)
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Re: Magnet System update: more unknown titles
[Re: gregf]
#353485 - 04/25/16 11:20 PM
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> > A small update about Magnet System hardware from Spanish company EFOSA. An ad
> published in
> > 1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
>
> - The Burning Cave
> - Scorpio
> - Paris Dakar
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>
> > The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were
> finally published. I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here
> (Spanish):
> http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
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>
> Interesting find. Good to see games/hardware that may or may not be obscure in this
> day and age still being discovered/re-discovered. If the Magnet System was produced
> and existed in arcades/stores back then, that will be a challenge finding diskettes
> that are in readable condition by this time.
Yes gregf, It's a very rare system even here in Spain, and I'm trying to document every stuff I found about it. Unfortunately the diskettes are protected, so It might be a not easy task read them.
(images in previous entry:
http://retrolaser.es/magnet-de-electronica-funcional-operativa-efosa/)
Anyway, someone had the pcbs and some diskettes (they were bootlegs of foreign titles, in a decision to try to up the sales of the system). I guess the system included a BIOS, and I think It would be interesting at least dump it.
> The flyer actually says "The Burning Cavern", not "The Burning Cave"
>
> Anyhow, added all three to Undumped Wiki.
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> - Stiletto
Many thanks Stiletto! I fixed it, and thanks for add the entries in Undumped Wiki. Please take note the new URL for the Burning Cavern:
http://www.recreativas.org/the-burning-cavern-1161-efosa
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Re: Magnet System update: more unknown titles
[Re: dave00]
#353503 - 04/26/16 06:50 AM
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> A small update about Magnet System hardware from spanish company EFOSA. An ad
> published in 1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
>
> - The Burning Cave
> - Scorpio
> - Paris Dakar.
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>
> The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were finally
> published.
> I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here (spanish):
> http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
... okay dude, does your host block Mexico or is my ISP being stupid? I've NEVER been able to reach your site. Windows' Ping utility doesn't even resolve a single jump.
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Re: Magnet System update: more unknown titles
[Re: Foxhack]
#353537 - 04/26/16 09:10 PM
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> > A small update about Magnet System hardware from spanish company EFOSA. An ad
> > published in 1987 includes screenshots from some games and 3 new unknown titles:
> >
> > - The Burning Cave
> > - Scorpio
> > - Paris Dakar.
> >
> >
> > The are still no confirmation of if all games designed for Magnet System were
> finally
> > published.
> > I leave more info, including a comments from a few designers, here (spanish):
> > http://retrolaser.es/magnet-system-los-juegos-perdidos-de-efosa/
>
> ... okay dude, does your host block Mexico or is my ISP being stupid? I've NEVER been
> able to reach your site. Windows' Ping utility doesn't even resolve a single jump.
I'm sorry to hear this. From Mexico shouldn't be blocked. I PM you for more details.
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