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 "Megademo 2" © 1988 Megaforce.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad and RawDIC to be in the path.
These programs can be found in the WHDLoad package.
To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.
The installed demo requires 0.5 MB ChipMem (+0.5 MB for preload).
It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").
Features:
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- Full load from HD (real files!)
- All OS stuff patched
- Blitter wait added
- Wait for "Backspace" key before loading last part disabled
- Decruncher (ByteKiller) relocated and error check added
- Color flashing during decrunching can be enabled with CUSTOM1
- DMA wait in replayer fixed (x3)
- Byte write to volume register in replayer fixed (x3)
- DMA settings fixed
- 3 NewIcons (all created by me)
- Source code included as usual
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
And yet another patch for quite a classic demo is finished.
Yesterday I patched MFC's first megademo but encountered problems
with 2 of the parts that only appear on AGA machines and have no
idea yet how to fix them. Hence I started to patch MFC's megademo 2
when I arrived at work this morning and except for a problem with the
scroller in part 1 there were no major problems so everything was
finished after about an hour.
Crazy Typer made some really nice demos and this one is no exception,
it's still enjoyable almost 25 years after its initial release.
All parts were crunched with ByteKiller, I have relocated the decruncher
and added an error check, if decrunching fails WHDLoad will quit with
an appropriate error message. If you like the flashing colors during
decrunching that were in the original demo you can enable them with
the CUSTOM1 tooltype.
Apparently Crazy Typer's assembler had a bug as in the original
decruncher the instruction to calculate the checksum
(which wasn't checked anyway) was incorrect. Instead of "eor.l dx,dy"
it was "cmp.l dx,dy". There also still is the code for the ByteRun
decruncher even though it is not used in this demo, the first
megademo uses it.
There was a check for the backspace key before loading the last part,
I have no idea why and disabled it in this patch so you don't need to
press backspace to load the last part.
The 3d line vector in part 4 can be controlled with F1-F9 keys,
thought I'd mention it as there's no info about it in the demo.
The demo can be downloaded here:
http://ftp.amigascne.org/pub/amiga/Groups/M/Megaforce/Megaforce-Megademo2.dms
Enjoy yet another classic demo from HD and have a nice summer everyone.
Sting, 15-Aug-2013
Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid and all the other usual suspects. :)
Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide except those
lowlifes who "borrowed" my MK1 for a joyride!
Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
Revision 2014! :)
History:
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version 1.00 (15.08.2013) done by StingRay:
- initial release
- source code included
Contact:
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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, EXPCHIP, 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.
For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
http://www.whdload.de/
or aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
and aminet:game/patch/ |
