Fony gets old, Futuredisk 42

Expert (84)

29-04-2004, 17:03

Hi all,

For the occasion that Eggbert was finished 10 years ago, FONY had a little meeting.
We even played Eggbert on a real MSX
So while doing that I found a nice package with Futuredisk 42... which I forgot to read in 1999...
So now I'm wondering, was this the last issue? Was there ever an official ending of the Futuredisk???
Am I still a member??????

If there's anyone who knows, please let me know

Greets,
Stephan

By Latok

msx guru (3928)

29-04-2004, 17:06

You are still a member, dude. You even paid for it I remember the letter we received stating they were going to stop and that #50 (?) would be their last issue. I was SOOOOOO happy, coz I knew that meant they would continue longer than any other diskmagazine

Unfortunately, they never really made their promisses

By BiFi

Enlighted (4348)

29-04-2004, 17:08

If you have paid until the last issue (50) like me, you're still a member. We've confronted some persons of Team Bomba as well with that as they were one of the people behind Future Disk as well. I think there was already a thread about the sudden ending of Future Disk.

By Arjan

Paladin (782)

29-04-2004, 17:58

hey hey, I made up for it by giving DISK8 my unreleased texts

to sum things up:
FD 42 was the last released issue
There hasn't been an official ending (yet?)
You're still a member

It's been more than a year ago that I heard about the progress of the final stuff, so I wonder if it will be finished... I won't/can't promise anything, unfortunately...

By The_Engineer

Master (188)

29-04-2004, 18:26

AFAIK Issue#43 is still on the desk of Koen Dols... This is supposed to be a SouthPark edition. It contains a game "Kill Kenny" (guess what the purpose is ) and a nice selector with some funny effects.

I finished this stuff way back in the spring/summer of 2000. I don't know what happened with the stuff after that.

There was also a Spanish game that would become #44, as far as I recall.

I don't think Koen is interested anymore in finishing the last 8 issues.

An old idea of Koen and me was that the last three issues (#47-#50) would be one single game... a game in the style of The Zoo called 'Derrick: Aus der Reihe', in which the famous German detective had to solve some very stupid murder mystery. Knowing that we had some digitized pictures of (in)famous MSX-ers, probably some of you would have played key roles in the game.

By ssfony

Expert (84)

29-04-2004, 18:26

Ok, now I know
Thanks...

I don't blame them, I think this is a typical Futuredisk action
Anyway, to the FD crew:

Thanks for all the 42 disks of fun!

By mars2000you

Enlighted (6437)

29-04-2004, 18:39

I'm a little confused about the last editions of Future Disk.

I don't have edition 42 .... but :
- Future Disk 41 : Almost Real
- Future Disk 43 : Sir Dan

So, is it really a number 42 or must I understand that number 43 is this number 42 ???

By Arjan

Paladin (782)

29-04-2004, 18:52

erm you're right.. 43 (Sir Dan) is the last edition. Issue 42 does exist too, so something must've gone wrong when mailing it.

By mars2000you

Enlighted (6437)

29-04-2004, 18:59

I was not subscriber to the Future Disk, but i've buyed a MSX disk package on eBay ... so, this package was not complete ...

By Arjan

Paladin (782)

29-04-2004, 19:02

ah ok

By Sonic_aka_T

Enlighted (4130)

29-04-2004, 19:57

No way! Jan Willem?!? Whazzup? Long time no mebotheringyouoverthephone! You okay buddy? Nice to see you on these forums! Drop by from time to time... I would ofcourse like to make the zoo game if it means we get to mock Stefan Boer. And actually, I have a game engine lying around (well, it's not all finished) that could easily serve the purpose. I guess no-one else is up for the challenge though -meaning Patje-.

But anyways, nice to see you on these forums...