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Howdy Master System superfans (I promise I will never say that again). With how we were able to get some lead on the Godfather prototype (though the search has died unfortunately) I want to start another search for a lost port of some DOS or Amiga game that was also set to come out around the same time period. Tintin on The Moon!

The Godfather was shown in that Danish video game show and that's how we know of it's existence, but there apparently is just nothing on this Tintin game except for one blurry screenshot from a magazine at the time. We don't even have a cover art for it (there's a fan made one somewhere out there).

What is there that we can do to initiate this search, other than just asking Twitter again?

This magazine image?

TinTin.jpg (145.59 KB)

Hikaruon86 wrote

This magazine image?

Yes, it's the only material that we have to go by at the moment.

I can give you some small leads we had with Bock.

Producer was Angela Sutherland, Bock contacted her about the game (he can provide the conversation he had with her). It seems the game was complete and delivered to Virgin, but they were unable to secure the license.
Programmer was Paul Shirley, from Spindizzy fame. I found him on Linkedn but he didn't answered to my questions (He seems not to be a heavy Linkedn user).

Have shared on twitter, fingers crossed for you mate.

VenomRush1997 wrote

Hikaruon86 wrote

This magazine image?

Yes, it's the only material that we have to go by at the moment.

There's also this other pics:
https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Consoles%20%2B%2010%20-%20June%201992%29.JPG
https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Consoles%20%2B%207%20-%20March%201992%29.JPG

https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28SuperSonic%20-%20May%201992%29.JPG
https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon.JPG
https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Sega%20Pro%206%20-%20April%201992%29.jpg
https://ia904700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Joypad%209%20-%20June%201992%29.jpg

I'm putting them as links because the parser of the img tag doesn't like the url format...

We want attachments anyway. It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from. (We are behind on adding French magazines to the site.)

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Maxim wrote

We want attachments anyway. It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from. (We are behind on adding French magazines to the site.)

Thank you for these! Can someone identify the magazines that these come from though?

Just to state the obvious, one is Sega Pro (UK) April 1992. The rest are French but connoisseurs may be able to identify them from the styling of the pages.

Sorry @Maxim, I was writing and pasting from the phone, so I didn't thought about putting them as attachments. Thanks to the attachment fairy!

I'm wondering if a proto is sleeping in someone's Tintin collection who has no interest at all in videogame...

Maxim wrote

It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from.

From left to right and from top to bottom:
(Consoles + 10 - June 1992)
(Consoles + 7 - March 1992)
(SuperSonic - May 1992)
?
(Sega Pro 6 - April 1992)
(Joypad 9 - June 1992)

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VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Tintin on The Moon (Unreleased) Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:48 am
VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Howdy Master System superfans (I promise I will never say that again). With how we were able to get some lead on the Godfather prototype (though the search has died unfortunately) I want to start another search for a lost port of some DOS or Amiga game that was also set to come out around the same time period. Tintin on The Moon! The Godfather was shown in that Danish video game show and that's how we know of it's existence, but there apparently is just nothing on this Tintin game except for one blurry screenshot from a magazine at the time. We don't even have a cover art for it (there's a fan made one somewhere out there). What is there that we can do to initiate this search, other than just asking Twitter again?

Hikaruon86 Joined: 03 Jan 2023 Posts: 10	Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 2:53 am
Hikaruon86 Joined: 03 Jan 2023 Posts: 10	This magazine image? TinTin.jpg (145.59 KB)

VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:02 am
VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Hikaruon86 wrote This magazine image? Yes, it's the only material that we have to go by at the moment.

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:42 am
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	I can give you some small leads we had with Bock. Producer was Angela Sutherland, Bock contacted her about the game (he can provide the conversation he had with her). It seems the game was complete and delivered to Virgin, but they were unable to secure the license. Programmer was Paul Shirley, from Spindizzy fame. I found him on Linkedn but he didn't answered to my questions (He seems not to be a heavy Linkedn user).

8BitBoy Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 222 Location: Lancashire UK	Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:10 pm
	Have shared on twitter, fingers crossed for you mate.

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:43 pm
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	VenomRush1997 wrote Hikaruon86 wrote This magazine image? Yes, it's the only material that we have to go by at the moment. There's also this other pics: https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Consoles%20%2B%2010%20-%20June%201992%29.JPG https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Consoles%20%2B%207%20-%20March%201992%29.JPG https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28SuperSonic%20-%20May%201992%29.JPG https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon.JPG https://ia804700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Sega%20Pro%206%20-%20April%201992%29.jpg https://ia904700.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/12/items/archive_202301/archive.rar&file=Sega%2FMaster%20System%20-%20Annul%C3%A9s%20%2B%20beta%2FTintin%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28Joypad%209%20-%20June%201992%29.jpg I'm putting them as links because the parser of the img tag doesn't like the url format...

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14368 Location: London	Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 5:22 pm
	We want attachments anyway. It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from. (We are behind on adding French magazines to the site.) 83AD51D5-9BAE-4227-9BCD-CD066A8548C2.jpeg (175.2 KB) 4EB37C8A-41FA-48B8-868C-2D773A5AA05A.jpeg (92.57 KB) A025A5EE-B083-4C27-BE48-6E775D2D77B5.jpeg (116.73 KB) A7235168-7FA7-4F49-BA93-987DE9AD20E9.jpeg (124.57 KB) BE816770-1E33-46A8-AE24-581A959D257F.jpeg (642.84 KB) 5AF4457A-CA97-4167-922C-A002B575B9C8.jpeg (1003.91 KB)

VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:45 am
VenomRush1997 Joined: 19 Nov 2015 Posts: 57	Maxim wrote We want attachments anyway. It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from. (We are behind on adding French magazines to the site.) Thank you for these! Can someone identify the magazines that these come from though?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14368 Location: London	Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:16 am
	Just to state the obvious, one is Sega Pro (UK) April 1992. The rest are French but connoisseurs may be able to identify them from the styling of the pages.

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 2:58 pm
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 833 Location: Spain	Sorry @Maxim, I was writing and pasting from the phone, so I didn't thought about putting them as attachments. Thanks to the attachment fairy!

Kenneth Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 714 Location: Lyon, France	Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:04 pm
	I'm wondering if a proto is sleeping in someone's Tintin collection who has no interest at all in videogame...

Youloute Joined: 12 Feb 2012 Posts: 23	Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:50 pm
Youloute Joined: 12 Feb 2012 Posts: 23	Maxim wrote It’d also help to identify the magazines and issues these are from. From left to right and from top to bottom: (Consoles + 10 - June 1992) (Consoles + 7 - March 1992) (SuperSonic - May 1992) ? (Sega Pro 6 - April 1992) (Joypad 9 - June 1992)

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