LOST-AUTHORS.TXT: ------------------------------ LordNews Issue #10: Lost LORD Authors Listing October 2007 Update: ================================================== 10/29/07: Was found by Nick Shreder. Author of the igms Circus of Freaks 2.0 and Terror Extreme v2.0. Email address: nshreders@gmail.com. He believes he still has the source code. ======================================================= Listing of LORD Authors who I was unable to locate valid Email address information for. Have not attempted to use search engines to look most up. It's very time-consuming, and I just haven't wanted to devote much time to that. Note: Names are listed in alphabetical order by First name or Nickname: ================================================================ Status Changes in 2005: ============================== George Batalias, Jr. - Free World - Located in summer 2005. Source code is presumed lost, but that has not been specifically confirmed yet. George had a friend storing his old bbs computers, and the friend has not told him if he still has those computers or not. Ken Davis - Village Hut {RTE200 - not patch-able} -- Located in Fall 2005. Ken has turned over the IGM's source code to me, and I will be working on new version in December 2005 and later months in 2006. Joshua Eckerman - Mirror of Illusion v2.1, Talent For the Skill v1.1 Joshua Eckerman - Dragon Town University v1.30 -- Located by Doug Rhea. Status of Lord programs unknown. -- I've done RTE200 patches of all 3 IGMs. Available upon request. -- Author located by Doug Rhea in early summer 2005. He sent his igm files on 3.5" disks to Doug, and the Post Office lost them. Source code is confirmed lost. IGMs can not be supported by anyone. My RTE200 patches of the three IGMs are authorized for distribution/usage by Joshua. ============================================================ These authors are still Lost, as of Nov. 2005: ============================================================ Adam Geitgey - Pool of Transformation v1.10c Alex Earhart - Castle of the DreamLord {RTE200 - not patch-able} Alan Boyer - Dragon's Breath Square v1.02 -- Has various usability problems. One is that it causes system -- trouble if user has a scanner connected to parallel port. Allyn Cross - Napping Ocean Adventure, Holding House, Allyn Cross - RimWell Isle of Witches. -- All 3 are IGMDrive-based, have RTE200, and are un-patch-able. Andy Phillips - Purple Haze (Bar) v1.50 Arthur Lewis - Gate Way to Heaven. Barry Webb - K9 igms package Becky Benjamin - Red Dragon's Lair v1.8, Sunshine's Fairy Land -- Both IGMs are IGMDrive-based and have RTE200. Bram Luknight - Haldar's Arena v2.0b, Underground v1.2 -- Underground: Has RTE200 - not patch-able} Brian Bacon - Baldur's Camp 2.00; Torrin's Training Center (*NEED*) Brian Myers - Juancho's Paradise Brian Crooks - LordCng utility Brian Rittmeyer - LordBKup utility Chad Schwartz - Let's Have Fun Charles Feldmeier - Strong Man I's e-Man World Charles Feldmeier - Strong Man I's Love Shack v1.33 Charles Feldmeier - Strong Man I's Race Track v2.0 beta -- All three igms have RTE200 and could not be patched. Chris Carson - Chance's Cafe, Mega Bucks Lottery Chris Dorf - DownSide Tavern v1.02 Chris Fisher - Castle Colddrake, Kaldor's Court Chris Infinger - Simple Lord v2.0, Star Port v2.0 Christian Danychuk - Arkhaim Asylum v2.02 Craig Edgar - Time Lord v1.0 Craig Obery, etc - Lord Change menuset. Dan Buckler - Jadov Daniel Owens - City of Eros v0.70 {RTE200 - not patch-able} David Coburn - Barton's Battle Training v1.00 {IGMDrive/RTE200} David Coburn - Mystified Mage, Haunted House, Larissa's Lair -- All three IGMs have RTE200 - not patch-able. David Holderness - Midsummer's Dream v2.1, Oasis of El-Sayal 0.90 -- Oasis: RTE200 patch is available upon request. David Holderness - Forest of the Raven v2.3 Derek Peterson - Adoption Market Devon Brooks - Maldorf's Mountain v2.5, Aladdin's Palace -- Can NOT be located using last known postal address. -- He sold his BBS programs in 2002 to Korombos (John David) -- who is in prison in Arizona for attempted murder of his wife. -- I've done RTE200 patches of both IGMs. Available upon request. Digant Kasunda - DKLotto 2.20b Ed Mullins - Lord Explorer, Lord Looks -- {Both have RTE200 - not patch-able} Gary Hall - Arena of Lords 2.0, Realm of Immortals v1.0 -- R.O.I. igm is IGMDrive-based and has RTE200. Jaben Cargman - MLEdit v1.0 utility Jason Jones - Red Dragon Flea Market, Red Dragon Pet Shop -- Both have RTE200 and were not patch-able. Jay Cochrane - Highway Man, LORDopoly, Turgon's Dungeon Jay Cochrane - Turgon's Titty Bar -- All 4 igms are IGMDrive-based and are unusable due to RTE200. -- No valid email address. Is un-responsive to email/postal inquiries. Jeff Donchez - Lord Brothel. -- No valid postal address. Jeff Fanjoy - Caves of Despair 1.01 Jeffrey Bowman - Personal Lord Net v1.30 {RTE200} Jim Davis - LordPup utility Jim Koltz - Silver Knight's Castle v1.0s {RTE200 - not patch-able} -- Had brief contact with him in early 2004. Contact then was -- lost after first couple of messages. No valid email address. Joanne Cook - Joanne's Tavern. Joe Pelley - Lord's Realm -- RTE200 - not patch-able} John Gibbard - Land of Merdiqua v1.1 -- He contacted me once in summer 2005 and then disappeared. IGM's status is Abandoned. Source code is presumed lost. John Hutton - Lord Trx!: Socrates Shop -- Contact tried via postal mail. No response 1-2 months later. -- Contacted by Doug Rhea in summer 2005. Source code has not been located by John yet, as of November 2005. John A. Tucker - Fat Man's Misery Justin Manning - Apu's Pawn Shop 1.00 beta K. J. Radley - Cathedral of Nalishar 2.00 {Unusable setup program} Kevin Sauer - Mystic Tower v0.22, Pleasures Paradise v1.99 beta -- Pleasure IGM: RTE200 - not patch-able. Korombos - KDrive, KLord, Fun & Games, Haunted Mansion, IGM-X, etc. -- Is in prison until 2023 for attempted murder of wife in Arizona. -- Owner of Devon Brooks's BBS programs and several other old door -- game authors's programs including Sean Price. Larry Patterson - Axehandler's Arena v2.2d, Larry Patterson - Axehandler's BattleGrounds v0.9c, Larry Patterson - Axehandler's Dominion v0.9c -- All three IGMs are IGMDrive-based, and have RTE200. RTE200 -- patch versions are available, but the patched igms' setup -- programs will not run under MS Windows ME. Lee Hull - Lester's Palace "Life Force" - LordEdit v1.00. Includes Turbo C source code. Lisa Johansson - Chapel of St. George; (The Well - ** don't have). -- Chapel igm has RTE200 - not patch-able. Matt Ernisse - Pscy0's Inn {RTE200 - not patch-able} Matt Granberry - Lord Ski Resort v1.0, Old Man v2.1 ** 04/07/05: Removed Matt Marlor (MZKLord). Located in 2004. Michael Hoffman - Dweebo the Geek's Clubhouse v1.28 Michael Stephens - Kanen's Lotto Hut {RTE200} ** 04/07/05: Removed Mike Eheler (HateMail). Located in 2004. Mike Zrichuk - Fairy Town. Ng Joong Onn - Lord Anarchist v1.1 beta Nick Shreders - Circus of Freaks 2.0, Terror Extreme v2.0 -- {Both have RTE200 - not patch-able} Paul Klingler - Overnighter Rafi Bodill - Business Department v1.0 {RTE200 - not patch-able} Ricky Friesen - Dragon's Breath Mountain v0.73, Player's Market v1.4 -- I've done RTE200 patch of DBM IGM. Available upon request. Robert Ehrhardt - Lord Hunter Robert Strange - Player's Guild, Lord Trivia. -- Contact tried via postal mail. No response ever received. -- {Both igms have RTE200 - not patch-able} Scott Emrich - Mysterious Hut v1.0, Gandolf's Gym (NEEDED), Scott Emrich - The Monastery (NEEDED), Caspian's Orphanage (NEEDED), Scott Emrich - LrdView, Monedit, Lpurge, Igm_mgr, Monrot - All Needed. ** Located in June 2002. Does NOT care about his Lord programs any more, and became unresponsive to email inquiry about source code, etc. IMHO, a total jerk. Status of IGM source code could not be determined. Have never found majority of his Lord programs. Scott Orheim - Lord Trivia v2.00, Lord Stables v0.2 Shane Smotherman - Spellbinder's general store. -- RTE200 - not patch-able} Stephen Marsh - Elaikases's Tower 2.00, Werewolf, Seth's Cottage Stephen Oberholtzer - Magic Shop v2.52 Steve Lorenz - Kingdom of Barbadore, LordChat igm. -- {Both have RTE200 - not patch-able} Steven Hazelett - SinCity Church v1.0 {IGMDrive/RTE200} "Storm" - Lord Guessing Game. No real name known. -- {RTE200 - not patch-able} Thomas Carlisle - LordMon utility ** 04/07/05: Removed Tobin Fricke entry. His LORD Gambling Casino ** was updated by me through v2.10. IGM is now handled/supported ** by Chris Martino. Is being updated to work under Lord/32 beta. Tom Moore - ThomasVille v1.11 Tom Phillips - Phil's Bar v1.1 Tom Toothman - Across the Tracks v5.0 IGM. Tom Walsh - Magic Kiss, Willy Tart's Carnival. -- {Both have RTE200 - not patch-able} ** 04/07/05: Removed Tommy Baker (The Graveyard) entry. ** Located by Doug Rhea. Source code/reg. key generator lost. Tony Pascale - Rodger World, Rocky Horror -- Both have RTE200 and are not patch-able. ** 04/07/05: Removed Trevor Kooy (Lord Life) entry. ** Located by Doug Rhea. Update with free reg. key is available ** from the bbsfiles.com web-site. (Unstable under MS Windows ME) Wiley Black - Clan Master's Inn William Atwell - Red Dragon Casino v1.6 William Turner - Old Man's Cave v1.0 Ziad Alhasawi - Red Dragon's Bank v1.6 {RTE200 - not patch-able.} =================================================================== Note 1: Joseph Masters. Programs taken over by Michael Preslar. ** 04/07/05 Note: All J.M. Lord programs are being updated in 2005 ** by Chris Martino (oddware.org) for use under Lord/32 Beta. Note 2: Dirk Manuel - Visions of the Past igm supported by Ken Weitzel. Source code status is not known. ---------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: I attempted to reach everyone listed here, who was an IGM author, over the past four months using the email address information listed in the various IGMs I have. If anyone knows a valid email address for some authors, please let me know, and I'll take them out of this Lost Authors listing. ================================================================= Prepared by Donald Tidmore. January 14, 2002. For inclusion in LORD Authors Newsletter, issue #10 archive. Stored inside lnws-10h.zip file. And inside cc10misc.zip file. ============================================================= Post-LNWS #10 Update Notes: Revised 04/07/2005: =============================================== 1) Removed Brian Bosscher. He was unable to find source code for Aladdin's Bar and Skill Training Center. 2) Entries removed/replaced with editing notes for: Korombos, Tobin Fricke, Devon Brooks, Jim Koltz, Jay Cochrane, Larry Patterson, Matt Marlor, Mike Eheler, Tommy Baker, Trevor Kooy, and Joshua Eckerman. 3) Notations added to indicate which IGMs are classified as unusable due to setup problems or to RTE200. 4) File update will be officially re-released whenever I finish work on LordNews Issue #14. 10/08/05: Revised info for Joshua Eckerman. =============================================================== Copyright @ 2002-2007 Donald Tidmore. donald.tidmore@usa.net Alternate Email: gtidmore@hiwaay.net or ktidmore@bellsouth.net. Lost-Authors.txt: Revised on October 29, 2007 at 03:30 pm. ===============================================================