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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 22:59:54 GMT -5
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Dec 18, 2010 4:19:37 GMT -5
Your puns made meow laugh - well done! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2010 5:29:17 GMT -5
Thanks. Well done is also the article.
By the way, finding a complete copy of this game seems to be near impossible. I've been trying to find a copy from time to time for at least a year. With no luck, catdammit. ;D
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Post by Shellshock on Dec 19, 2010 2:08:01 GMT -5
Thanks. Well done is also the article. By the way, finding a complete copy of this game seems to be near impossible. I've been trying to find a copy from time to time for at least a year. With no luck, catdammit. ;D It's not impossible. I remember seeing at least one. And I check GameBoy Ebay regularly. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 16:52:24 GMT -5
I'm aware that I've probably missed a complete copy when there has been one, since I only check eBay whenever I've money to buy something, which is like two times a month. The most complete auction that I've seen so far was for the cartridge and manual.
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Post by bishop on Dec 20, 2010 11:16:20 GMT -5
I enjoyed this article; I particularly always appreciate it when HG101 brings that sort of behind-the-scenes historical-perspective information to the forefront.
You have to love that, at some point, someone took this compelling puzzle design and said, in typical Japanese fashion, "Needs more cat-people."
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Post by ReyVGM on Dec 20, 2010 11:45:12 GMT -5
You gotta have more cowb... cat-people.
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Post by Trickless on Dec 20, 2010 12:08:44 GMT -5
Would that have anything to do with PITGAL that was featured in the Oh!MZ November 1985 issue?   |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Dec 20, 2010 13:13:03 GMT -5
Could be! Do you actually have that magazine? Because if so, Derboo mentioned he'd like to type up the BASIC listing for archive purposes, which I thought was an ingenious idea. It looks like that says: "PITMAN M PITGAL". Could it be an update which features the dual character element? Various places say the first only had around ~50 levels, as opposed to the GB's 100 - so maybe the second included PITGIRL as a second controllable person. All speculation of course. My original source was this: bgm.sub.jp/700USA/700softlist2.htmlIf that is the magazine, I'd love some scans of the BASIC listing. Nice find! |
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Post by Trickless on Dec 20, 2010 19:03:44 GMT -5
Could be! Do you actually have that magazine? No i don't own it, the picture itself is from a Yahoo auction: page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e109822777If you want to bid for it, you have roughly 12 hours left... Initially I was going to see if I can find the cover for the Aug'85 issue. I did find an auction for it, but it had already ended so the page was gone. Not too sure if this is useful info, but I did manage to find out that the Oh!MZ magazines are also identified by the topic that is printed on the cover. For example, the Nov'85 issue above has: マシン語入門大全集 Aug'85 issue has: GAME25時パソコンは眠れな い It looks like that says: "PITMAN M PITGAL". Could it be an update which features the dual character element? hmmm... to me it looks like 'PITMAN & PITGAL' As expected there's absolutely no solid info about it, but random chit-chat from BBS forums seem to suggest that Pitgal is a seperate game that may have been released for the X1. Possibly a port? Or a sequel? Why isn't it listed on Isokawa's site? An unofficial sequel like Ms.Pacman? Oh, so many questions.  |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Dec 21, 2010 3:30:28 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for the link and the information!  4 hours now... I would bid, but I haven't logged in with my Y!J account in years, and I'm not sure how I'd pay the guy. Credit card? Would probably be pretty fiddly to arrange, plus it's a bit more than I'm willing to pay for a retro magazine. |
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Post by Stuart Gipp on Dec 21, 2010 17:09:04 GMT -5
I'm absolutely convinced this game was reviewed in a UK magazine (possibly Total!) as "Power Paws".
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Dec 21, 2010 17:28:58 GMT -5
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Post by Discoalucard on Dec 21, 2010 17:29:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 20:28:07 GMT -5
After some googling, I found out that there's a review of Power Paws in the free handheld magazine that came inside Computer and Video Games, issue 141 (Aug 1993):   So I guess the game was released as Power Paws in the UK? Either that or only the review copy was called that. |
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