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  Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games? Arseface <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-04-03 11:14 -0500
    Re: Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games? "Paul E Collins" <equi+web@cl4.invalid> - 2012-04-03 18:04 +0100
      Re: Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games? spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2012-04-08 22:19 +0100
    Re: Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games? "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-04-03 18:28 +0100
    Re: Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games? rogerjowett <rogerjowett@gmail.com> - 2012-05-18 05:22 -0700

#751 — Heavy on the Magik - Gargoyle games?

Hi Spechums. Delurked to try and get an answer from some of you experts.

I know a bloke called Alan Rossant who adamantly claims to be the author or 
an author of Heavy on the Magik published by Gargoyle Games.

I was suspicious when he kept going on about it and a search through the 
WOS archive would suggest it was co-written by Greg Follis and Roy Carter, 
who were responsible for the rest in the series Tir Na Nog, Dun Darach etc.

Pictures of both Greg and Roy look nothing like this bloke I know

So is this Alan Rossant bloke lying through his teeth?

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#752

On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:14:56 +0100, Arseface <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> So is this Alan Rossant bloke lying through his teeth?

Probably, but I don't see how you can debunk him, because if you ask him  
things about the game code he will say he's forgotten by now, and if you  
ask him to show that he knows those two people and worked with them, he'll  
say he's out of touch with them, etc...

Eq.

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#787

And verily, didst Paul E Collins <equi+web@cl4.invalid> hastily babble thusly:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:14:56 +0100, Arseface <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>> So is this Alan Rossant bloke lying through his teeth?
> 
> Probably, but I don't see how you can debunk him, because if you ask him  
> things about the game code he will say he's forgotten by now, and if you  
> ask him to show that he knows those two people and worked with them, he'll  
> say he's out of touch with them, etc...

Suppose one thing that could be done is scan memory for his name.
Imagine programmers add that and other little details or jokes into the
unused bits. Hardly conclusive but if his name appears you confirm it.

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#753

Dunno but at least one of the two you mentioned claimed many moons ago to 
hold the copyright and was willing to have the games sent around for 
nothing. I'm out of the loop these days, and any written permissions are 
long gone either to Chezron or the bin.
 Brian

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"Arseface" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:XnsA02AAF8611517nospamnospamcom@216.196.97.131...
> Hi Spechums. Delurked to try and get an answer from some of you experts.
>
> I know a bloke called Alan Rossant who adamantly claims to be the author 
> or
> an author of Heavy on the Magik published by Gargoyle Games.
>
> I was suspicious when he kept going on about it and a search through the
> WOS archive would suggest it was co-written by Greg Follis and Roy Carter,
> who were responsible for the rest in the series Tir Na Nog, Dun Darach 
> etc.
>
> Pictures of both Greg and Roy look nothing like this bloke I know
>
> So is this Alan Rossant bloke lying through his teeth? 

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#1029

On Apr 3, 5:14 pm, Arseface <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hi Spechums. Delurked to try and get an answer from some of you experts.
>
> I know a bloke called Alan Rossant who adamantly claims to be the author or
> an author of Heavy on the Magik published by Gargoyle Games.
>
> I was suspicious when he kept going on about it and a search through the
> WOS archive would suggest it was co-written by Greg Follis and Roy Carter,
> who were responsible for the rest in the series Tir Na Nog, Dun Darach etc.
>
> Pictures of both Greg and Roy look nothing like this bloke I know
>
> So is this Alan Rossant bloke lying through his teeth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4Xoz75yHI

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interlaced sam coupe animations

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