Date   : Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:38:06 BST
From   : Michael Searle <searle@...>
Subject: Re: Exile

Robert Schmidt <rsc@...> wrote:

> Michael Searle wrote:

>> Does anyone have a disc image of Exile? I wouldn't ask here but there
>> doesn't seem to be anything on the Web. The BBC Lives archive has a
>> file-level archive, but it has has it's protection broken specifically
>> for one emulator, which only runs on Acorn machines. I've got the
>> protection book, but don't have a chance to use it as it automatically
>> goes into wrong-password demo mode. It's broken in other ways also, I
>> think because of being a file level archive. This does mean though that
>> a plain disc image is all I want, as long as I can find an emulator
>> that will run it.

> The readme file in the Exile archive might be a bit misleading, as I
> picked that up from another source than from where I actually got the
> game files.  I kept it in the ZIP archive as interesting reading
> material...  However, the files just *might* be the ones discussed in
> the readme - I've got no way to tell for sure.

Well, Beebem won't run it at all. Xbeeb gets to the Supervisor, but then has
problems doing most things, and if you try and run the game you get a 'Wrong
password' message and the demo runs. The demo sort of works, with flickering
blue background but playable. Because of the password crack that doesn't
work, I assumed it was what it said it was.


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Michael Searle - csubl@...