twitek (13973) on 1/6/2022 9:47 AM · Permalink · Report

Hi, it looks like i messed up this game entry and also https://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-genius-presents-computer-diplomacy

Originally this game entry was meant for the commercial release from Virgin. Instead i added screenshots for the Amiga homebrew by Steve Douthat.

And the screenshots for commercial release by Virgin, i added to the other game entry, which was supposed to be only for the C64 and DOS release.

We could either fix both entries with these four corrections i posted, or start from scratch?!

To fix them, i had these four corrections:

Correction1: There was no review in CGW in Sep, 1992, nor in Sep, 1993. Even if there was in another issue, it would have been for a different game published by Virgin in 1992 and developed by Leisure Games. by Patrick Bregger: page 123 Comment by twitek: You're right, there's a little tidbit about Computer Diplomacy by Avalon Hill, Ron Sutherland. But this game is Computer Diplomacy by Steve Douthat. It's a homebrew only for the Amiga

Correction2: The game is called "Diplomacy", not "Computer Diplomacy" in-game as well as in the manuals of rev 1 and rev 2. Since this is a shareware program, there is no box art. See screenshots documentation of rev 2: memphisamigagroup.net/diskmags/199202-03/Diplomacy/diplomacy.doc

Correction3: There was no Atari ST version of the game from Steve Douthat. https://temlib.org/AtariForumWiki/index.php/List_of_Commodore_Amiga_games_that_are_not_at_Atari_ST

Correction4: There is no mention of being developed by Microcomputer Games, Inc. It actually says in the documentation.doc file of the 1.0 version: Diplomacy for the Amiga is Copyright (c) 1989 Steven Douthat I just found the 2.0 version here: http://memphisamigagroup.net/diskmags/199202-03/Diplomacy/ Diplomacy for the Amiga Version 2.0 Copyright (c) 1991 by Steve Douthat Documentation.doc says: It is being distributed as shareware and may be copied and distributed freely So it's distributed and developed by Steve Douthat. No Avalon Hill and no Microcomputer Games involved.

Rejected by Alaka: You are going to have to make a forum post outlining the issue between these games. At this point its too complex to fix piecemeal by corrections.