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" © 1989 Wings of Tomorrow.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad and DIC 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 (+0.9 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
- OS stuff emulated (DoIO, Text)
- Interrupts fixed
- Access fault fixed (wrong loop counter)
- DMA settings fixed
- ROM access fixed (random number routines, interrupt acknowledge)
- Illegal copperlist entries (write to HTOTAL) fixed (x16)
- DMA wait in replayer fixed (x7)
- Byte write to volume register fixed (x6)
- Sprite problems fixed
- Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x19)
- ByteKiller decruncher relocated, optimised and error check added
- NewIcon (created by me)
- Source code included (also on Github, link below)
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
Old but still enjoyable demo that was mentioned on EAB a while ago, as it
only works on Kickstart 1.2 due to ROM access to acknowledge the interrupts.
Always liked this demo, so I created a patch for it. Code is quite OK, there
were no really bad problems to fix, a lot of OS routines had to be disabled
or emulated though, for example DoIO (which was used for trackloading) or
Text (graphics.library) which was used to write the text for the loading
screens. There also were annoying sprite problems, which I have fixed as well.
Not relevant for this patch (as all OS routines have been either disabled
or emulated), but still interesting enough to mention is the fact that in
many parts Forbid was called at the beginning, but instead of calling the
correct Permit at the end of the part, Forbid was called again.
Unfortunately, there is no fully working image of this demo availabe, part 7
is broken and has been disabled in this patch. If a good version of this
demo ever turns up, I will update the patch to support part 7 as well.
The latest version of the source for this patch can be found on
my Github: https://github.com/MK1Roxxor/WHDLoad_Patches/blob/master/Demos/WOT_Megademo2_WHD.s
Enjoy the demo from HD.
Sting, 19.02.2023
History:
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version 1.00 (19.02.2023) 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/ |