Parallax MSX Games are now freeware (finally)

Looking at the archive link for MCM I recall that sadly, they mixed up the screenshots of number one and two, which was a bit silly :-D

Hi Cas,

Wammes here, editor in chief of MCM back then. Manuel brought this thread to my attention. And even after over thirty years I am still unhappy about how that contest went down. The details are somewhat foggy after all that time, but what it boils down to is that Eurosoft, official sponsor, went bankrupt. And when that happens, a curator steps in. He or she will in most cases just try to maximise the value of the assets on the property. Running projects are killed without any heed of deals and contracts. As I've discoverd later - not by going broke myself - is that often all assets will be used to pay the curator. A strange and wonderfull occupation, to my mind.

In this particular case there were some MSX computers in Eurosofts offices as well, my personal property that I loaned to Eurosoft because they were very short on cash at last. I lost those machines, even written statements as to ownership were neglected. The curator even had the gall to offer me to buy back my own property.

So, as far as I remember, that's the story. Shit happens. But I am sorry about that shit. Things should have ended in an other way.

Grtz, Wammes

As for the original topic: it looks like in 2018 I made DMK images of Magnar, including a scan of the manual.
I tried to run the game, but it seems to hang up when loading after switching to disk 2 after selecting the first mission...

Still, if this is useful to someone, please let me know.

EDIT: oops, looks like I got these DMK's and scans from Meits. I do own the game myself as well.

Hai Cas, is the e-mailaddress in you profile still current? I need to be in contact, but not sure if the address is valid.

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