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Pinball Mania (21st Century Entertainment)

download the install packagePinballMania.lha
created at2023-01-04
size of install package38639 Bytes
Author/Contact
(use it to report problems with that install)
JOTD
Mantis BugTracker200
Hall Of Light1062
Lemon Amiga2137


 THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
 PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
 TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
 CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
 PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.

 This install applies to "Pinball Mania" © 1995 21st Century Entertainment.

 This install requires WHDLoad to be in the path. It can be found in the
 WHDLoad package.

 The installed program requires 1.5 MB ChipMem and 1.3 MB OtherMem.
 It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").

 The game requires an installed A1200 or A4000 Kickstart 3.1 image.
 The kickstart image must be located in the directory "Devs:Kickstarts" and
 must be named "kick40068.A1200", or kick40068.A4000. 
 The image can be extracted from a A1200 (resp A4000) with tools like 'GrabKick'
 or similar which can be found on aminet.
 If the image is of wrong version or altered in any way WHDLoad will quit with
 an appropriate requester.
 Additionally the file "kick40068.A1200.RTB" or  "kick40068.A4000.RTB" must
 be installed in the same directory as the kickstart image.
 It can be found in the archive "util/boot/skick346.lha" on aminet.

 If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
 version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
 some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, NOVBRMOVE, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
 that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
 can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page or create a mantis issue directly
 at http://mantis.whdload.de

 For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
	http://www.whdload.de/
 or	aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
 and	aminet:game/patch/

 version 2.1 (03.01.2023) done by JOTD:
 - added support for SPS0896 (only SPS0804 was supported earlier) (issue #0005913)
 
 version 2.0 (28.05.2022) done by JOTD:
 - running from fast memory to avoid slowdowns with accelerator boards (issue #0000465)
 - full joypad control (issue #0004686)
 
 version 1.4 (30.05.2010)
 - Tarantula access fault workaround (being sitting on my harddrive for a long while, untested)
 - no longer requires separate A1200/A4000 slaves

 version 1.3-B (08.10.2003)
 - fixed keyboard problem appeared in v1.3 (which is unusable BTW)

 version 1.3 (18.10.2003)
 - support for A4000 ROM
 - adapted for WHDLoad v16

 version 1.2 (21.04.2003)
 - fixed another access fault in "Kick Off" table
 - reassembled with new kick31/kickfs
 - reduced fastmem usage

 version 1.1 (10.01.2003)
 - fixed all VBR accesses (sorry, I thought I had removed them)
 - fixed many access faults in "Kick Off" table

 version 1.0 (05.01.2003) done by JOTD:
 - initial release
 - removed VBR accesses
 - highscore sorted (I was told it did not work properly)
 - save scores to HD, in game directory
 - sourcecode included
 - icons by Exoticons



CD³² joypad controls: 

Red           - start game                (F1)
Down		  - launch ball               (return)
Rev/Forward   - left/right flippers       (left/right shift)
Up            - nudge table upwards       (space bar)
Play		  - pause game                (p)
Green         - quit                      (ESC)
Yellow        - confirm quit              (Y)
Blue          - right flipper
Left          - left flipper

menu options:
- red: Tarantula
- blue: Jail Break
- yellow: Kick-off
- green: Jackpot

If CUSTOM2 is set the controls try to use only standard joystick (port 1) inputs so:

Red           - start game / add a player (numerical enter)
Down		  - launch ball               (return)
Up            - nudge table upwards       (space bar)
Right         - right flipper
Left          - left flipper

control keys are achieved through joystick (port 0)

Joy2 button 1  - escape
Joy2 left      - Y
Joy2 right     - N

menu options:
- left: F1/Tarantula
- right: F2/Jail Break
- down: F3/Kick-off
- up: F4/Jackpot
- reverse: F5/options
- forward: F6/configure keys (do not do that with joypad controls!)
- play: esc

Of course, that setting isn't practical with a joystick because you cannot use left+right at the same time, but
the person who asked for this feature wants to create an arcade cabinet so it's not a problem activating left+right

to enter hiscore, you need keyboard. If you don't have a keyboard, you can
still skip this part by entering "Y" (yellow), "P" (play) or "space" (up). It won't
be your initials, okay, just change your name to Yander Price and it will be fine.

(with CUSTOM2 set, use the joystick in port 0 left/right to enter Y or N)

Finally after almost 20 years this game uses fast memory. This was extremely easy to fix
because pinball code is well-written, only the overlay loader is broken and forces chip
memory even on program code.

The new release of the slave allows game to run properly on accelerator boards.

Icons contained in install package

WHDLoad Slave information
PinballMania.slave - 03.01.2023 23:13:06 - 14376 bytes
required WHDLoad version17
flagsNoError Req68020 ReqAGA NoKbd EmulPriv Examine
required Chip Memory1536 KiB ($180000)
required Expansion Memory768 KiB ($c0000)
info namePinball Mania
info copy1995 21st Century Entertainment
info installadapted by JOTD
Version 2.1 (03-jan-2023 23:10:38)
Kickstart name40068.a1200 40068.a4000 40063.a600
Kickstart size512 KiB ($80000)
Kickstart checksum$9ff5 $75d3 $970c
ConfigurationC2:B:Full control by 2 joysticks;

Install Archive Content Listing
UnpackedLvlMethodPackedOSDate/TimeName
84181lh52391Amiga2010-05-30 22:09:56PinballManiaInstall/Install
20181lh51696Amiga2010-05-30 22:10:46PinballManiaInstall/Install.info
65461lh56429Amiga2003-01-03 11:51:28PinballManiaInstall/PinballMania.exoticon
16191lh5632Amiga2003-01-03 11:51:58PinballManiaInstall/PinballMania.inf
80411lh56068Amiga2003-01-03 11:17:04PinballManiaInstall/PinballMania.newexot
143761lh58956Amiga2023-01-03 23:13:06PinballManiaInstall/PinballMania.slave
2101lh591Amiga2003-01-03 11:55:40PinballManiaInstall/PMAMCFG
52921lh52559Amiga2023-01-03 23:12:48PinballManiaInstall/ReadMe
19901lh51310Amiga2002-12-03 21:27:02PinballManiaInstall/ReadMe.info
1111lh575Amiga2010-05-30 22:16:42PinballManiaInstall/source/Makefile
4041lh5258Amiga2021-01-02 11:03:02PinballManiaInstall/source/Makefile_windows.mak
140291lh55120Amiga2023-01-03 23:13:06PinballManiaInstall/source/PinballManiaHD.s
66851lh52136Amiga2023-01-03 23:13:06PinballManiaInstall/source/ReadJoypad.s

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