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[Fork] This is the Official site for the classic game Seven Kingdoms Ancient Adversaries from 1998 by Enlight Software, the current source is on https://sourceforge.net/p/skfans/7kfans-web
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Proposal: Include 3rd Party 7kaa Programs #10

Open tmr83 opened 3 years ago

tmr83 commented 3 years ago

This proposal stems from writing the "How to Contribute" page on the old wiki. I also considered hosting the beta, demos, and patches for archival purposes once. Consider linking in the "Source" tab:

There are also some helpful programs that I do not quite remember where they are on the forums. I would have to dig through it to exemplify here.

tmr83 commented 3 years ago

To discuss hosting the betas, demos, patches, I imagine it is a far stretch, but often I see sources in my research of 7kaa. There are often many such sources with articles, advertisements, and software on some of the old archived material on the Internet Archive. I would ask for a page on the static website to at least list them if not make it easier and have the 7k material hosted in an easy to access way. I have quite a few patches and demos. I will try to add a list here.

Edit: Here is a small list of files archived on the Internet Archive:

Seven Kingdoms Demo from 16/10/97 Jogos Épicos by CD Expert https://archive.org/details/cd-expert-cdrom-jogos-epicos

Seven Kingdoms II v1.2 patch Komputer Świat GRY 10-11/2000 by Komputer Świat Gry 

latki/7k2e120       2000-09-22 19:43:42 
latki/7k2e120/7k2.exe       2000-08-29 16:15:08 2326528
latki/7k2e120/RESOURCE      2000-09-22 19:43:42 
latki/7k2e120/RESOURCE/t_firm.res       1999-09-22 09:58:22 7539
latki/7k2e120/newrule.txt       2000-08-29 16:13:48 3610

https://archive.org/details/komputer-swiat-gry-10-11-2000

Seven Kingdoms demo circa 1998 Computer Buyer Issue 81 CD-ROM by Dennis Publishing https://archive.org/details/computerbuyercd-1998-02

Seven Kingdoms II demo LEVEL CD-ROM Romania 09/99 August 1999 by Vogel Publishing Seven Kingdoms 2 Publisher: Enlight

RO: Una dintre cele mai aşteptate continuări va ateriza în curând în PC-urile voastre. La ce ne putem aştepta? Campanii generate aleator, noi unităţi, grafică detaliată, teren 3D, 12 rase...
CZ: Dlouho očekávané pokračování real-time strategie Seven Kingdoms je konečně tady. Co nabízí? Generované kampaně, nové jednotky, mnohem detailnější grafiku včetně 3D terénu, hrdiny, 12 starobylých ras...

Screenshot: /LEVEL/7k2 | Launch Date: 0999 /Seven Kingdoms 2/SETUP.EXE | Win95, Pentium, 16 MB RAM, 90 MB HDD https://archive.org/details/LEVEL0899R

LEVEL CD-ROM Romania 12/98 November 1998 by Vogel Publishing SEVEN KINGDOMS: ANCIENT ADVERSARIES patch 2.12

Updates/7K AA       1998-10-26 19:12:34 
Updates/7K AA/7K.EXE        1998-10-13 10:42:50 1591296
Updates/7K AA/DATA.TAG      1998-10-13 15:49:54 103
Updates/7K AA/ImDp3.dll     1998-10-01 17:34:24 15872
Updates/7K AA/ImMulti.dll       1998-09-29 11:08:20 59904
Updates/7K AA/ImoPS.dll     1998-09-30 11:23:44 57344
Updates/7K AA/Readme21.txt      1998-10-09 11:15:42 736
Updates/7K AA/SETUP.EXE     1998-01-22 22:23:28 60416
Updates/7K AA/SETUP.INI     1998-10-13 15:49:54 68
Updates/7K AA/_INST32I.EX_      1998-07-30 14:14:08 291062
Updates/7K AA/_ISDEL.EXE        1998-01-27 14:22:44 8704
Updates/7K AA/_SETUP.DLL        1998-01-23 14:55:20 11264
Updates/7K AA/_sys1.cab     1998-10-13 15:49:52 209236
Updates/7K AA/_user1.cab        1998-10-13 15:49:54 103761
Updates/7K AA/data1.cab     1998-10-13 15:49:54 3094
Updates/7K AA/lang.dat      1997-10-20 10:35:28 4525
Updates/7K AA/layout.bin        1998-10-13 15:49:56 334
Updates/7K AA/os.dat        1997-05-06 14:30:20 417
Updates/7K AA/setup.ins     1998-10-13 15:49:44 59918
Updates/7K AA/setup.lid     1998-10-13 15:49:56 49

https://archive.org/details/LEVEL1198R

7k2 HotShot LEVEL CD-ROM Romania 01/99 December 1998 by Vogel Publishing 

Level/7k201.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:28 117812
Level/7k202.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:34 127521
Level/7k203.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:38 122970
Level/7k204.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:44 113529
Level/7k205.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:48 122472
Level/7k206.jpg     1998-11-22 15:00:54 122681
Level/256/7k201.bmp     1998-11-23 22:14:32 31080
Level/RGB/7k201.bmp     1998-11-23 18:43:34 31080

https://archive.org/details/LEVEL1298R

Seven Kingdoms 2 HotShot LEVEL CD-ROM Romania 01/99 December 1998 by Vogel Publishing Seven Kingdoms 2 Publisher: I-Magic

EN: Sequel to successful realtime strategy game offers plenty of enhancements including more detailed graphics, RPG features, new races and units.
RO: Sechela reuşitului joc de strategie real-time care oferă o mulţime de facilităţi, inclusiv grafică detaliată, cracteristici RPG, noi unităţi şi rase.
CZ: Pokračování úspěšné realtimovky nabídne spoustu skvělých vylepšení včetně detailnější grafiky, RPG prvků, magie, nových národů a jednotek.

Screenshot: /LEVEL/7K2 | Launch Date: 0499 https://archive.org/details/LEVEL1298R

7kaa Update LEVEL CD-ROM Romania Nr. 11/1998 July 1998 by Vogel Publishing Seven Kingdoms AA Original to Datadisk Upgrade /Seven Kingdoms AA/7kaa_upd.exe https://archive.org/details/LEVEL0798R

Seven Kingdoms II beta Australian PC User October 1999 by Australian Consolidated Press Seven Kingdoms II \new\7kingdoms2\7k2openbeta.exe https://archive.org/details/APCUOct1999

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries demo Computer Buyer Issue 88 CD-ROM by Dennis Publishing

Buyer/Games/seven.bmp       1998-05-14 15:08:38 630
Games/Seven/Install.exe     1998-04-28 13:39:00 19304852

https://archive.org/details/computerbuyercd-1998-09

7kaa demo LEVEL CD-ROM Romania Nr. 9/1998 May 1998 by Vogel Publishing 7K Ancient Adversaries Publisher: I-Magic

EN: New version of fantasy real-time strategy offers three new nations, 15 new scenarios, snowy terrain, new weapons and even more improvements. Let's see if you'll like it.
RO: Versiune nouă de strategie real-time care vă oferă 3 naţiuni, 15 scenarii, teren în timp de iarnă, noi arme şi alte îmbunătăţiri. Să vedem dacă vă place.
CZ: Nová verze real-timeové strategie nabízí tři nové národnosti, 15 nových scénářůs, zasněžený terén, nové zbraně a spoustu dalších vylepšení. Zkuste si, zda se vám bude líbit…

Screenshot: /LEVEL/7KAA | Launch Date: 0598 /Seven Kingdoms AA/7KAADEMO.EXE | Win95, Pentium, 16 MB RAM, 40 MB HDD https://archive.org/details/LEVEL0598R

Seven Kingdoms Demo from 16/10/97 LEVEL CD-ROM Romania 3/97 November 1997 by Vogel Publishing https://archive.org/details/LEVEL1197R

7kaa demo Computer Buyer Issue 88 CD-ROM by Dennis Publishing https://archive.org/details/computerbuyercd-1998-09

Also, we should probably host the demo scenarios for download; 7kaa-demo-scenarios.zip at https://www.7kfans.com/forums/download/file.php?id=34

lennyhans commented 3 years ago

This proposal stems from writing the "How to Contribute" page on the old wiki. I also considered hosting the beta, demos, and patches for archival purposes once. Consider linking in the "Source" tab:

I think this is more a "Community" content tab, but the idea is great. You have done a really exhaustive work investigating seven kingdoms, about the references or material will help to have them as a "historic" relevant data because that does not offer any practical use or advantage, unless I was missing something, but still is important on the background of the game.