To clear up a few misconceptions on this thread - Old Huntsman is the original developer of the game and his last version was 1.2.1.
The game had quite a few teams work on it for short periods of time between version 1.2.2 and 1.3.4 (roughly).
I picked up the game and released my first version as 1.3.5. I released all the versions of the game from 1.3.5 until 1.7.3. I did this on Hongfire under the name of CrushBoss.
I quit (mostly) after releasing version 1.7.3 of the game. Several rogue versions of the game were released (one based on version 1.7.2 of the game). Both FrobozzDaMad
and Ogder released a version 1.7.4
. I combined the two rogue versions (which conflicted with each other), fixed most of the new bugs they introduced (one bug was fatal), and released version 1.7.5. Version 1.7.5 was my way of preserving the integrity of the game since it was being split in multiple directions by two different developers.
A russian developer grabbed my 1.7.3 version and translated it back into Russian and modded it further. I'm not sure where he ended up posting it.
Dark Helmet released version 1.7.6. He did not add the farm or any new enhancements, just a few game mechanic changes and bug fixes (he only spent one to two weeks on it). A couple of his changes I do not agree with. He barely changed anything from version 1.7.5.
Ogder and I began work on version 1.7.7 of Jack-o-Nine-Tails but we were both burned out on the game and never finished it. It isn't in a playable format so don't ask and I no longer have the files.
I was the lead developer for Jack-o-Nine-Tails for 9 months (versions 1.3.5 - 1.7.3 and 1.7.5). I fixed over 1000 bugs during that time (over 250 major fixes) and over 130 feature enhancements / new features. 99% of the attached document were changes I made to the game. I did a near rewrite to the game over the 9 months I developed for Jack-o-Nine-Tails. Aside from Old Huntsman, I made the most bug fixes and improvements to the game by far (Dark Helmet made one small version).
Hongfire began to fall apart approximately two and-a-half years ago. It no longer exists and went offline recently. I found F95zone roughly two years ago and have been here ever since under the name of spectre1viper. The name CrushBoss bothered some people (mainly the "Boss" part) so I dropped that name and no longer use it. Plus it made me sound like an immature kid who thinks he's tough and self-important. That is not the image I want to portray.
I hope this clears up the history of the game.
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