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Tavis Ormandy
Jan 18, 2021, 5:35:30 PM1/18/21
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I remember playing an elite-clone called U.I.M. on Archimedes when I was
a kid, but never finished it. It was a hard game, I remember the manual
even taunted the player - it said something like "send us a photo of
the end screen and you'll get a certificate.".
It turns out it's also a really rare gam. I would really like to see
that stupid end screen though! I had an alert on eBay for years and
years, but it never showed up....until recently. I thought for sure I'd
get it...who the hell wants a copy of U.I.M.?
I was wrong, the price went way higher than I was expecting, and I got
sniped. I guess I underestimated how much vintage game collectors are
willing to spend, I had no idea!
I guess I'll have to wait for someone to upload a copy to archive.org!
Tavis.
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a kid, but never finished it. It was a hard game, I remember the manual
even taunted the player - it said something like "send us a photo of
the end screen and you'll get a certificate.".
It turns out it's also a really rare gam. I would really like to see
that stupid end screen though! I had an alert on eBay for years and
years, but it never showed up....until recently. I thought for sure I'd
get it...who the hell wants a copy of U.I.M.?
I was wrong, the price went way higher than I was expecting, and I got
sniped. I guess I underestimated how much vintage game collectors are
willing to spend, I had no idea!
I guess I'll have to wait for someone to upload a copy to archive.org!
Tavis.
--
_o) $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com
/\\ _o) _o) $ finger tav...@sdf.org
_\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso
Theo
Jan 19, 2021, 9:48:02 AM1/19/21
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Tavis Ormandy <tav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I'll have to wait for someone to upload a copy to archive.org!
The Archimedes Software Preservation Project has a copy:
> I guess I'll have to wait for someone to upload a copy to archive.org!
https://forums.jaspp.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=103&p=751&hilit=uim#p751
Publisher The Fourth Dimension is still operating (as a brand of dealer CJE
Micros) so seems plausible there would be a route to releasing it.
Perhaps worth asking on the JASPP forum what the status is?
Theo
Tavis Ormandy
Jan 21, 2021, 10:14:05 AM1/21/21
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