Looking for some Alone in the Dark (DOS) related stuff...

Hi guys, I'm working on a small project about how Alone in the Dark came to be.
I watched Frederick Raynal's GDC conference and I wanted to know if he made public the tools and protos for the game....

 

This has also been of interest to me, I'd love to try out his old 3Desk utility and any AitD betas. Has anyone tried to contact him about this before? Who knows, he might not mind releasing them.

 

I don't know if anyone tried to contact him...and I don't know if he can release the tools and stuff becuase of Infogrames...

 

I would also be very interested in this. I know the early prototype with the bubble heads is on YouTube, but I'm not sure if that one has been leaked in playable form. Pretty sure it's only the attic part of the game anyway. That game sure scared the crap out of me haha. Bought it on GOG with the first 3 games for $6.

 

I guess it depends on who owns the rights to those tools and prototypes, He left Infogrames shortly after the first game.

 

but he also left the tools at Infogrames....
By the way, what happened to Infogrames?

 

I'm sure that the stuff he showed at the GDC was in his possession and not something he'd have to ask Infogrames for. As for what happened to the company, I believe they merged with Atari (or something like
that). I might try writing a message to Fred, It shouldn't hurt to ask what the status of those files is. Look at how many prototypes of games have leaked in the past and nothing was done about it, the
real issues are with the tools.

 

Well, I contacted Mr. Raynal, and it looks like we won't be getting anything anytime soon. But it's nice to know anyway. Here's what he wrote:

Hello ------,

Yes, I digged back 3Desk and old versions of the game for the GDC
presentation, not very easy to use through DosBox (and it was meant for a
dedicated network organisation).
Unfortunatly, I don't have the rights to make them available. May be one
day...

Best regards,
Frederick.

 

We'll just wait for Infogrames to close or something^^
Thanks for trying anyways^^

 

Ahh, that's pretty depressing. Now all we can do is wait and hope. I remember that Inforgrames kinda screwed him over with the release of AITD. He was really disgusted with them. Also Inforgrames merging with Atari makes sense since they published the mediocre AITD reboot.

 

Mhhhh, old versions...
I would also like to see a beta or prototype.

They even faked Edwards head for marketing reasons ^^




http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/aitd/aitd.htm

 

The game is a gem, one my favorites of all times... Still have the original 3.5" fdd release

 

That is an amazing site. I could spend days and days on there. Their write-up for the entire AitD series are great.

 

I know this thread is old but as of around August Frederick Raynal won a lawsuit against infogrames and Atari giving him credit for 3desk and SceneEdit.

If someone has his email it's possible he can now let us use the tools. I don't have his email address unfortunately.

 

Hi, I don't know the specifics of the lawsuit as I haven't heard about it, but he can be contacted via his website at the following page:

http://www.ludoid.fr/site/index.php/menu-accueil

 

Ok, I tried emailing him so I will wait. Here's a link to the article (in French so use Google translate):

http://www.afjv.com/news/6747_f-raynal-fait-reconnaitre-ses-droits-sur-alone-in-the-dark.htm