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ORIGINAL: Agathosdaimon

i use Dosbox for TOTP and PITS, - was Panzers East a dos game. I dont have any other emulators except WinUAE and C64. I wouldnt mind though playing some old Atari ST/Apple 2e games if there are emulators for these- SSI's Battlecruiser i woud like to play and it was never released on Dos

Likewise for Battlecruiser on my Atari 800.

ORIGINAL: dox44
some have "panthers" on them; some have "tigers" on them.
One disk is titled "dragons in the mist"...an add on for Tigers or Panthers.

Dragons in the Mist is a TOP2 series game in it's own right (It covers the PTO). DIM is not an addon or scenario disk.

ORIGINAL: demyansk

U guys using emulators for this stuff? I loved to play the game Panzers East

I believe Panzers East was a Trash 80 (aka TRS-80) game by Avalon Hill?

Im curious how "free" a distribution of TOTP/PITS is?
The reason I say this is I bought a physical copies of both about ten years ago, along with the scenario editor.
AND I edited the executable of each to skip the keyword lookup in the manual at start.
I think I still have them but dont want to run afoul of HPS for giving away something they havent sold in 15 years.

Correct, you just popped in numbers, I played it on a c64. Now, don't play much

dosbox DIM. never used dosbox. need to make the window a little larger

he'll figure it out...

also had been worried about the manual but i found it in perfect condition in another box.

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

Im curious how "free" a distribution of TOTP/PITS is?

Is there a way to contact HPS about it? I'm really interested in a copy of both the scenario disks and Dragons in the Mist (the PTO version of the game).

Edit: Heck! From what I heard, HPS itself could be interested in a copy, given that they lost many of the originals [:D]

Ive fired off a query to HPS to see if they care if I put the files up on Dropbox.
Im assuming they will care, but who knows.

WoW. I didn’t expect that pits and totp was still used by so many of us.

I think that these old games are much better than Poa 2.5 and TU. I find Poa and TU too slow in the run phase.

I hope that the disks can be shared.

Fingers crossed

Good News! Rich told me Scott has given his approval to freely distribute TOTP/PITS provided its understood there will be no support.

Here's what I have, sadly I dont have any of the expansions.
TOTP-PITS folders

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

Good News! Rich told me Scott has given his approval to freely distribute TOTP/PITS provided its understood there will be no support.

Here's what I have, sadly I dont have any of the expansions.
TOTP-PITS folders

I guess the same is true for Dragons in the Mist, if someone has it available.

Great news anyway! Thanks!

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

Good News! Rich told me Scott has given his approval to freely distribute TOTP/PITS provided its understood there will be no support.

Here's what I have, sadly I dont have any of the expansions.
TOTP-PITS folders

Here's some descriptions of your uploaded scenarios...

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Tigers on the Prowl 2
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VALLEYA.ZIP Quasi-historical 1943 Soviet/German battle that starts as a small
infantry engagement and escalates as various elements arrive on both
sides. Good for PBEM. By Peter von Kleinsmid.

VASTAV.ZIP Hypothetical 1942 battle. Russian forces must capture bridges held by
German forces. A fun small scenario for PBEM by Sal Vasta.

ZAJCEVO.ZIP Russian 50th Army supported by cavalry forces attack a kampfgruppe of
the 17th Panzer Division, 3 December 1941. By Arnaud Bouis.

DHANKOJ.ZIP German delaying action at Dhankoj, Crimea 12 April 1944.

DMITROVKA.ZIP 1941 German Panzer Kampfgruppe attack. By Peter Mitchell.

LUBIMOVKA.ZIP 6th Panzer Division has been assigned the task of breaking through the
front of the 7th Guards Army during the battle of Kursk, July 1943. By
Arnaud Bouis.

HILL621v1.1.ZIP German blocking action outside Minsk, June 1944 with minor
revisons. From AH Squad Leader scenario. By Denny Aberg.

BUKRIN II.ZIP Revised original ToP scenario includes map improvements and more
accurate OB. By Peter von Kleinsmid

ADAMOW.ZIP Revised original scenario fixes minor errors. By Peter von Kleinsmid.

DOROGOBUSH.ZIP Revised original scenario fixes minor errors. By Peter von Kleinsmid.

9LIVES.ZIP Elements of the 18th Panzer division under General Nehring encounter for
the first time the monster KV-1as as they meet the crack 1st Moscow
Motorized Division under Major General I.G. Kreyzer. The battle takes
place near the Berzina R. during July 1941 Barbarossa Campaign.

SUJEWO_1.ZIP The 502d Schwere Panzer Battalion counterattacks, June 44. By Ralph
Dowsing.

SOWCHOS.ZIP 11th Panzer Division in action December 1942. By John Pancoast.

SHES.ZIP Panzer Pioniere Bn.128 / 23rd Pz. Div holds bridgehead on the Askay
River during the attempt to relieve Stalingrad, December 1942. By Peter
Mitchell. View Map.

CLASH.ZIP Clash along the Psel - 12 July 43. A converted ASL scenario by Neil
Stevens.

FEO_REV1.ZIP Updated Feodosiya 1941 Scenario by Peter Mitchell. Improved map and OOB
data, plus readme file.

FINN39.ZIP Russian attack during Russo-Finnish War, 1939. Author Unknown.

KRVTSY.ZIP Semi-historical engagement in northern Russia near Kirovitsky, 1944. By
Nicholas Bell.

NAPIORKI.ZIP Grossdeutschland Panther Battalion counterattacks in Poland, Oct '44.
By Nicholas Bell. Topographic Map of Battle Area.

LIPOVKA.ZIP Semi-historical attack by 24th Pz Div in July 1942. By Nicholas Bell.

BARANOV.ZIP 3rd Pz Div attacks in Poland, August 1944. By Nicholas Bell.

8_JAN_44.ZIP 1st SS Panzer Division defensive action in the Ukraine, January 1944.
By Nicholas Bell.

DAKEN.ZIP The Fuehrer Grenadier Brigade in action in East Prussia, October 1944.
By Nicholas Bell. Map of Battle.


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Panthers in the Shadows
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BODANGE.ZIP The Belgian Chasseurs Ardennais attempt to halt the advance of the 1st
Panzer Division through Bodange, on 10 May 1940. Author Unknown.

DORNOT.ZIP The attempt by CCB, 7th Armored DivCCB to force a crossing of the
Moselle at Dornot, France in September 1944. By Peter Mitchell.

ELGUBI.ZIP The Battle of Bir El Gubi between 22nd Armoured Brigade & Ariete
Armoured Div in 1941. Author Unknown.

HAUT.ZIP The counterattack on 14 May 1940 by French 5th Motorized Division
against the 7th Pz Div's 7th Motorcycle Bn. This game should be a good
challenge played with the AI as German player #2. Author Unknown.

NISPEN.ZIP The Battle of Nispen in October 1944 as 9th RTR and 49th Infantry
Brigade open the way for Clarke force to attack into Holland. Author
Unknown.

BREVITY.ZIP British attack at Fort Capuzzo, May 1941.. By John Pancoast.

SANTAM.ZIP US 351st Infantry, 88th Inf Div assaults Santa Maria on the "Gustav
Line" in Italy, May 1944. By Peter Mitchell.

EVRECY.ZIP Semi-historical British attack during the Normandy fighting.. By Andrew
Offen

OMAHA2.ZIP This is the standard Omaha scenario without any carpet bombing which
historically missed the beach.

HASTYATK.ZIP A custom scenario for PitS. At the end of a long day of battle you must
take your depleted TF and make a hasty attack across a river and capture
a supply depot. Read the read.me file for installation instructions. By
Micheal Andress.

PITSTUT.ZIP A series of tutorial missions to train new users, by Martin Rapier. The
missions get progressively harder.

GRNHELL.ZIP US attack in hedgerows, July 1944. Author unknown.


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These are attached....
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Dragons in the Mist
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WAKE.ZIP Japanese invasion of Wake Island, 1941. By Mike Walker.


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Broken Alliance
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1952.ZIP A hypothetical 1952 scenario depicting a Soviet armored attack on a dug
in US Task Force. By Bob Philips.

BDAWN.ZIP "Bohemian Dawn" Hypothetical 1953 US-Soviet Meeting Engagement. By Peter von Kleinsmid.

BAOMG.ZIP This is a Broken Alliance scenario specifically designed by Jim Richberg
for PBEM matches. It is a pretty big scenario featuring the attack of a
Soviet Operational Maneuver Group (OMG) in 1949. Includes briefing .doc
files for both players.

BIBURG.ZIP Hypothetical Soviet Assault in Bavaria against US Forces. By Nicholas Bell.

Hello,

Below all my scenarios for top2 and pits:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2t39qm272ex11 ... s.zip?dl=0

Most of the scenarios are made by myself. So don't expect high quality scenario's.

Best regards,

Hapshott

Gents -

Just came across this thread.

I have the original discs for TOP2; Panthers in the Shadows; Dragons in the Mist and Broken Alliance. I also have the Map Builder utility.

While reasonably computer literate, I do not have Drop Box (but could do the free trial). I have just recovered TOP2 and Panthers from Carbonite - just under 7 Megs each. Will have to look on an old back up drive for BA and Dragons; I think that both are stand alone. I am presuming that Rich and Scott have no objections to the Expansion Discs.

Perhaps one of the Smart Guys (tm) could guide me through this.

Am not on the computer during the week, but will return next weekend.

I have both POA2 and Tigers Unleashed; but still enjoyed the DOS games about four years ago.

Mac

Hello Mac,

Very good to hear that you want to share the files. [&o]

I think that the easiest method is dropbox. You get a few 100mb for free.

You need to upload the files to the public folder of your dropbox account. After that you can generate the link and copy it in the message here on the forum.

I only use dropbox in the web browser. I never used the dropbox app you get with your Windows 10 installment.

Best regards,

Hapshott.

ORIGINAL: Agathosdaimon

i use Dosbox for TOTP and PITS, - was Panzers East a dos game. I dont have any other emulators except WinUAE and C64. I wouldnt mind though playing some old Atari ST/Apple 2e games if there are emulators for these- SSI's Battlecruiser i woud like to play and it was never released on Dos

I missed the SSI BC portion of your post before, but this should fix that aspect...

ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II ... 28.6.0.zip
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II ... ruiser.zip

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

Good News! Rich told me Scott has given his approval to freely distribute TOTP/PITS provided its understood there will be no support.

Here's what I have, sadly I dont have any of the expansions.
TOTP-PITS folders

Hello,

I just had contact with someone who has dragons in the mist and broken alliance. I assumed that only the campaign disks are allowed for distribution. Is it also allowed to distribute the Dragon in the mist and broken alliance game executables?


Best regards,

Hapshott

Gents -

Sorry about the delay in responding; I have been off the computer due to work.

Hapshott - I will follow your instructions; if help is needed I will contact you.

OK - trial Dropbox account created. Here is the share link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dd8ft79lxf23x ... A.zip?dl=0

TotP; BA; PitS; TotP maps. Will have to look elsewhere for Dragons in the Mist; do not remember if standalone or addon. Also have to find the editor. Of course I have the DOS discs; but no way to read them...

Let me know if this works.

Mac

Gents -

Dragons is on a external Western Digital drive; I am having problems retrieving (although worked fine earlier). Will figure it out.

Mac

ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan

Gents -

Dragons is on a external Western Digital drive; I am having problems retrieving (although worked fine earlier). Will figure it out.

Mac

Thanks for your efforts. [&o] DitM is eluding me since the ‘90s (I never cared about BA)