This is an interesting game which is marked Axel Berle (c) 1987 Gallic Digital
It looks as though it might have been a microdrive exchange program published by Sinclair QL World although does anyone else have any more details?
It is machine code and fast and furious - you have to shoot marauding aliens as they zoom around the woods. It also has a really nice title screen with the letters Q-Tron bouncing up and down individually.
Q-Tron
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Re: Q-Tron
Hi guys!
I am the author of this game, I wrote it when I still was a boy (17 years old), living in Belgium. Unfortunately the story behind it is not so great. I spent over a year writing it, in assembler, can you believe it? I sold it to that magazine, and they promised a cut (I don't remember the percentage, I think 25%), but they never paid me a penny. We wrote a couple of letters to the magazine, but they just ignored us...
After a few years, I was already studying Computer Science in Germany when I received a letter from a fan, who got to the last level of the game, where I published my home address. She was a girl, and she even sent me a picture.
Maybe you could send me a few screenshots, I don't remember how it looked like!
Regards,
Axel
I am the author of this game, I wrote it when I still was a boy (17 years old), living in Belgium. Unfortunately the story behind it is not so great. I spent over a year writing it, in assembler, can you believe it? I sold it to that magazine, and they promised a cut (I don't remember the percentage, I think 25%), but they never paid me a penny. We wrote a couple of letters to the magazine, but they just ignored us...
After a few years, I was already studying Computer Science in Germany when I received a letter from a fan, who got to the last level of the game, where I published my home address. She was a girl, and she even sent me a picture.
Maybe you could send me a few screenshots, I don't remember how it looked like!
Regards,
Axel
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Welcome to the forum. Axel - if you agree to this being released as freeware, we can add it to the Sinclair QL Homepage.
In any case, send me a pm with your email address and I will sort out a version for you to play in an emulator
I don't know what happened to the original screenshots in my first post!
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In any case, send me a pm with your email address and I will sort out a version for you to play in an emulator
I don't know what happened to the original screenshots in my first post!
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Re: Q-Tron
I bought this from microdrive exchange at the time. Crazy fast game as I remember ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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Re: Q-Tron
Hello. I'm new to the forum and was wondering if there was ever any update regarding availability of 'Q-Tron'. I bought this game in the early '90's, loved it, and I've been looking for it ever since. Thanks.
Re: Q-Tron
I got a working copy of this on MDV with my QL when I purchased it
Am waiting for my floppy cables and/or vDrive to arrive so I can try and make a safe backup before the MDV fails
Haven't been able to find out much about it on the web, other than what's in this thread!
I don't know what the copyright position is
Am waiting for my floppy cables and/or vDrive to arrive so I can try and make a safe backup before the MDV fails
Haven't been able to find out much about it on the web, other than what's in this thread!
I don't know what the copyright position is