about parallax ARC game

Enlighted (4155)

03-08-2020, 17:53

I've found time ago a great game named ARC.
I'm , however unable to play it. I go stuck at the first screen.
Does this game have multiple screens or does some kind of scroll?
I do not know how to progress, got at the first screen...

Anyone had a kind of suggestion or a youtube video of the gameplay? i'm hust curious of how it does look...

By Mafcase

Champion (258)

03-08-2020, 18:11

There is a map available on MSX Eggerland: http://eggerland.msxblue.com/arc-map.png

> I do not know how to progress, got at the first screen...
Wasn't there something about a copy protection? Iirc the game needs a cartridge

See: https://www.generation-msx.nl/software/parallax/arc/release/...

By Bas040

Master (222)

03-08-2020, 18:10

I just tried. Move to the right and you enter a new screen.
Don't know what is going wrong.

By JGM

Master (144)

03-08-2020, 18:13

I thought it was a copy protection "joke" so you get stuck at the first screen.
But I'm not sure...

By PingPong

Enlighted (4155)

03-08-2020, 19:41

Thx to all I guessing I cannot play the game because I do not own the cart ????

By Manuel

Ascended (19678)

03-08-2020, 20:22

openMSX emulates the cart.

By Bas040

Master (222)

03-08-2020, 20:45

Without the cart I get a message that you need the cart to play the game.
Without the cart I don't even enter in the first screen.

By JGM

Master (144)

04-08-2020, 08:25

just found these video's on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNZp5NvDkJ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxlMLKI9sOc

By Gig71

Expert (81)

04-08-2020, 11:54

Is it Dumped?

By Briqunullus

Paladin (765)

04-08-2020, 15:30

The .rom file can be found online, I have never encountered dumps of the disks. Would be curious as well...