Highway Encounter ST

[tom-cat]

Hi every1.

cycyc suggested I also post this news here since it is VERY relevant.

I have got hold of an Atari ST version of "Highway Encounter" originally done on ZX Spectrum by Costa Panayi. He did the graphics for the ST version, the coding was done by the late Mark Haigh-Hutchinson). Unfortunetly I cannot reveal who gave me the game and what is even more sad I cannot release the game since Mark denied distribution 10 years ago when he provided the game. We are currently trying to reach Costa Panayi or Luke Andrews (original authors) if they would give us a go ahead to make the game freely available on the internet. If anyone has any possible contact information then please tell us. Here are some screenshots from the game:







TC

[Klapauzius]

Wow, that's really a nice surprise!
Judging from the screen shots this looks like an ace title.

Hope everythings goes well with making this publicly available.

PS: of course, I wouldn't say no to hard disk/Falcon/etc. patching this game.

[insanity]

cycyc suggested I also post this news here since it is VERY relevant.

I'm known as insanity on here!!

Thanks for posting TC - Would be great to see another unreleased game saved!!

baz/insanity/cycyc/whatever...

[Mug UK]

Unreleased rarities are always welcome in the ST world. Have you tried asking on the World of Spectrum forums as someone might know Costa through his ZX Spectrum work?

[dma]

Wow, it indeed looks like a great game.

[tom-cat]

Yes, I have posted over on WOS forums and we are currently trying to get hold of one of the author's contact information. I have already tried emailing Costa, we will see what comes of it. Lets keep our fingers crossed... it is a GREAT game indeed.

[tom-cat]

Some more screenshots (note that even if it says Demo version, this is the FULL version of the game... all 30 screens are present... as you can see from the demo mode) :

[tom-cat]

And... We have PERMISSION from the man himself :

"
Hi Tomaz

Thanks for your kind words.
As long as the Atari ST version is made available free of charge as stated below, then you have my permission to release it.

Best regards
Costa
"

So, without prolonging this any further, you can download the game from the following address:

http://pc.sux.org/tomcat/HighwayEncounterST.zip

Best regards and have fun !

[Desty]

And... We have PERMISSION from the man himself :

Wow, tom-cat you're a legend for finding the author and sorting this out! Brilliant news indeed

[dma]

Many many thanks! Will try it ASAP!

[Marakatti]

Fantastic! Absolutely big thanks for your hard work. This year is starting very nice

Do you have any other stuff (scans, articles or similar...) related to this title so we could add them to Atarimania?
Backup can be found from us too along with a gamemap

If somebody manages to complete the game (Hi Xerus ), could you please send the rest of the screenshots for us to make the map complete...

[Mug UK]

I'm sure Klaz will be along soon with a souped up version which will allow us non-Xerus' to finish the game (and it'll work on a multitude of machines too)

Anyone got any pics of Mark Haigh-Hutchinson and Costa Panayi? Might be a nice touch to add them to a front-end intro on Klaz's version?

[Xerus]

Very surprising new
Bravo tom-cat and thank you for this discovery
Thanks to Costa too

@Marakatti
))

[Shredder11]

This was one of my favourite games on my ZX Spectrum 48K, a totally brilliant game! Many thanks to all concerned with this ST version.

[dlfrsilver]

I'm sure Klaz will be along soon with a souped up version which will allow us non-Xerus' to finish the game (and it'll work on a multitude of machines too)

Anyone got any pics of Mark Haigh-Hutchinson and Costa Panayi? Might be a nice touch to add them to a front-end intro on Klaz's version?

finding a picture of Mark Haigh-hutchinson should not that hard, but costa panayi a little more

anyway +1 for Muggy Your idea is just excellent !!!

[tom-cat]

Unfortunetly this image is all that I have got... so no additional material.

[Heavy Stylus]

Is anyone working on backwards-engineering this one to add music/make it HD installable?