Alas, time was not on our side and it didn't happen, so I went it alone and put it through testing. Photon - As you guys know, Henrik did me a nice intro for Snow Bros, and I wanted to give him the opportunity to do a nice Easter Egg for Putty Squad. Had I needed to go to System 3, his assistance would have been invaluable. Akira not only has all the needed Amiga hardware relevant to getting it from System 3, he lives but a few miles from there. TCD - Was involved to help Cody as required, as it turns out, I think Adrian just blitzed the entire lot himself.Īkira - There was the distinct possibility that I needed to goto System 3 HQ in person as it wasn't actually known to me how Putty Squad was stored. I also rewarded Codetapper as a long time ago, he was the one who had a bit of a hardon for this game, same avatar, and was making efforts to track it down over a long period of time, so that was another reason to let him do it.Ĭody Jarrett - I didn't want a half arsed job done on the screenshots and maps, and knew not only could he be trusted to not blab, I knew he'd do the required job on it, and as he covers both HOL and AGTW, it meant there was more control over what got done.
We had a few issues with using RawDIC to read from ADF files properly, but we got around it and the WHDLoad install is the best it can be right from the word go. In fact the WHDLoad install ran alongside the disk mastering to ensure everything in the end went smoothly. For his efforts I decided to reward him with first access to the game for WHDLoad installation.
My A1200 is kaput at the moment and obviously Putty Squad HAD to be tested on a Real Amiga A1200 before I could even remotely consider releasing it to System 3, not only would I look a complete idiot, I would have abused the trust placed in me to get this job done, so:Ĭodetapper - testing on real A1200 020 and 030. Obviously, apart from myself, the others held to utter secrecy with the threat of NO release should Putty Squad leak were:Ĭodetapper, Cody Jarrett, TCD, Akira, Photon, and just before release, BippyM. I didn't necessarily need their help, but it sure made the job easier to get Putty Squad realised. Did anyone else know about this release beforehand?įor various reasons, I chose people I could trust for a few tasks.
If there is anything missing, ask and I will answer and add to the list:ġ). So, you've seen that Santa Galahad has been a busy chap, well, its time to explain a few things, a few people are asking questions and raising queries, so I will answer them all here. Having a good Christmas so far? Thought so.