List of Oric software
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List of Oric software
Is there a list of every commercially released tape and/or disk for the Oric, and if so, where can I find one? I think it'd be interesting to compile a list if there isn't one already.
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Greetings Chris,
Unsure how complete, but a good start is to be found at:
http://www.oric.org/
Unsure how complete, but a good start is to be found at:
http://www.oric.org/
Peter (TheSpider) Paterson
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
software list
I think Oric.org has become difficult to view, the way it is laid out.
For the database on which oric.org was based look at the list(s) on my website. www.48katmos.freeuk.com
Muso
For the database on which oric.org was based look at the list(s) on my website. www.48katmos.freeuk.com
Muso
Re: software list
Is there something in particular that causes problem ? My only real problem is that you have to be logged in to see the screenshots.Steve M wrote:I think Oric.org has become difficult to view, the way it is laid out.
What "commercially released" means anyway?
Would OUM or CEO games be included in them?
Would magazines that sold on tape or disk the games they published as listings be included?
Would individuals that sold their programs at small scale be included?
Pretty complicated!
BTW Oric.org is not complete, but none of the guys (including myself) that used to update it seem to have enough spare time to carry on now.
Would OUM or CEO games be included in them?
Would magazines that sold on tape or disk the games they published as listings be included?
Would individuals that sold their programs at small scale be included?
Pretty complicated!
BTW Oric.org is not complete, but none of the guys (including myself) that used to update it seem to have enough spare time to carry on now.
Commercial releases are those software titles that were available as an item for sale - so not listings from mags.Symoon wrote:What "commercially released" means anyway?
Would OUM or CEO games be included in them?
Would magazines that sold on tape or disk the games they published as listings be included?
Would individuals that sold their programs at small scale be included?
Pretty complicated!
OUM (Mirage)and CEO (CEOSoft) produced software could be considered because it was available for sale though they weren't professionally produced. Usually commercial releases would mean those professional produced packages, but home computers have a history of software produced at home by individuals, so the small industry items should be included.
Anything sold on tape (or disk). Listings weren't sold individually as items in their own right, but some were sold on tape and so those would count.
Well, the Oric had a lot of books like "50 games for your Oric", which contains nothing except listings, and you have to buy the book to get the games.Steve M wrote:Listings weren't sold individually as items in their own right, but some were sold on tape and so those would count.
Commercial or not ?
What I meant here is, for instance, Theoric that sold disks holding the programs that were in the mag, to avoid having to type them.Steve M wrote:Commercial releases are those software titles that were available as an item for sale - so not listings from mags.Symoon wrote: Would magazines that sold on tape or disk the games they published as listings be included?
I don't think they came with a special box or something, but they were actually sold.[/b]
They were disk compilations, weren't they?
If they were available for everyone to buy, i.e not just subscribers then I guess you could include them - it's about the same as the Oric Attributes from Oric Computing magazine, but really commercial titles tends to refer to anything you'd find sold in shops which could include all the stuff from software houses, be they one man operations or larger companies. The magazine listings tended not to be on general release and were only available via the magazine.
It's a grey area but I would expect a commercial list to include material from software houses so I wouldn't include listings that were made available on compilations. So OUM disks, CEO disks, Théoric disks, PD software library disks wouldn't count. (CEOsoft and Mirage etc would).
Just my view, of course!
If they were available for everyone to buy, i.e not just subscribers then I guess you could include them - it's about the same as the Oric Attributes from Oric Computing magazine, but really commercial titles tends to refer to anything you'd find sold in shops which could include all the stuff from software houses, be they one man operations or larger companies. The magazine listings tended not to be on general release and were only available via the magazine.
It's a grey area but I would expect a commercial list to include material from software houses so I wouldn't include listings that were made available on compilations. So OUM disks, CEO disks, Théoric disks, PD software library disks wouldn't count. (CEOsoft and Mirage etc would).
Just my view, of course!