Post by Ricchesuccio on Aug 30, 2004 15:11:31 GMT
Hello guys,I'm Italian,sotty for my poor/fake english. 
I have some infos about 'Cattivik',a platform game from italian Idea Software that weren't released.
The coder is Giancarlo Calzetta.He was the chief-writer in italian Zzap! version in the late '91-92.Meanwhile,he worked on Cattivik's code.Some screenshots with unifinished graphics were published on a Zzap! issue.
The game was announced by Idea for 1992 Christmas for release,but then they drop all the projects (even Sturmtruppen,another platform based on an italian comic who was planned for the same year).
After Zzap!'s death,in 1994,Giancarlo still working for Xenia,The Games Machine (italian version)'s publisher.In 1994 I phoned to TGM for know some infos and Giancarlo replied to me.I remember I asked him why he let Cattivik unfinished!!! His reply: "In october 1992 I was called for Italian Militar Service (Army) [that was during a year] and I haden't no time to finish the game.Idea Software freezed the project but,at my return (the end of 1993) they doesn't want to resume the game,and all plans ended.".Less or more,he told me that... Now I don't know if Giancarlo still working for Xenia,I doubt,but if I will have good leads to contact him,I will tell him to write to C64 GTW!!!! Crossing fingers!!!
I have some infos about 'Cattivik',a platform game from italian Idea Software that weren't released.
The coder is Giancarlo Calzetta.He was the chief-writer in italian Zzap! version in the late '91-92.Meanwhile,he worked on Cattivik's code.Some screenshots with unifinished graphics were published on a Zzap! issue.
The game was announced by Idea for 1992 Christmas for release,but then they drop all the projects (even Sturmtruppen,another platform based on an italian comic who was planned for the same year).
After Zzap!'s death,in 1994,Giancarlo still working for Xenia,The Games Machine (italian version)'s publisher.In 1994 I phoned to TGM for know some infos and Giancarlo replied to me.I remember I asked him why he let Cattivik unfinished!!! His reply: "In october 1992 I was called for Italian Militar Service (Army) [that was during a year] and I haden't no time to finish the game.Idea Software freezed the project but,at my return (the end of 1993) they doesn't want to resume the game,and all plans ended.".Less or more,he told me that... Now I don't know if Giancarlo still working for Xenia,I doubt,but if I will have good leads to contact him,I will tell him to write to C64 GTW!!!! Crossing fingers!!!
