Shadow of the Beast II | < > | Shadow of the Beast (Demo) |
download the install package | Beast3.lha |
created at | 2022-03-02 |
size of install package | 60550 Bytes |
Author/Contact (use it to report problems with that install) | Mr.Larmer & Galahad & Bored Seal & StingRay & JOTD |
Mantis BugTracker | 67 |
Hall Of Light | 1893 |
Lemon Amiga | 956 |
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 "Shadow of the Beast 3" © 1992 Psygnosis. Thanks to Chris Vella for original (NTSC) disk images, and Jan Krolzig for original (PAL) disk images. REQUIREMENTS: - Slave requires WHDLoad V17+ and RawDIC - Game requires 512Kb chip mem (+2.9Mb other memory for preload option) Version 2.1 (27.02.2022) done by JOTD - fixed graphic glitches (joypad controls) and 3-button joystick support (issue #0005420) - meta controls are always active if CD32 joypad is connected (CUSTOM3 is gone) Version 2.0 (14.07.2021) done by JOTD - now uses 512k of chipmem only (issue #0005286) - install script fixed (issue #0005291) - BUTTONWAIT to be able to see old man HAM pic & mission pics (issue #0005288) - meta controls are now optional (CD32 joypad) - 3 button joystick support - fixed/reduced graphic glitches (joypad controls) (issue #0005293) - enabling button for jump wrongly skipped intro screens Version 1.7 (08.06.2020) done by JOTD - CUSTOM2: blue/second button jumps instead of up (and ladders are properly handled) (issue #0005274) - Trainer: infinite lives / in-game keys now enabled only with the trainer - Skip introduction now mapped to CUSTOM4 Version 1.6 (august-2017) done by JOTD - changed memory map from 1MB chip to 512K chip & 512K fast - added code to detect joystick (with 2 buttons)/joypad - removed CUSTOM1: button 2 or joypad now always active (depending on which is connected) - CUSTOM2 also skips Reflections & title screen Version 1.5 (15-Jun-2016) done by StingRay - Intro patches completely redone, PAL version now fully supported - Disk accesses removed - Bplcon0 color bit fixes - Byte writes to volume register fixed - "Insert Game Disk 1" screen after intro disabled - Intro can be skipped with CUSTOM2 - ByteKiller decruncher optimised and error check added Version 1.4 (15-may-2016) done by JOTD - CUSTOM1=1 enables joypad controls - Quit key works on 68000 - Source code included under the GPL license Version 1.3 - done by Bored Seal - PAL version works again (intro sequence patched for both versions) - Decrunch routine moved in Fast RAM - Small bugs removed Version 1.2 - done by Galahad of Fairlight - Intro sequence is now patched to work - Reworked RomIcon and NewIcon and new GlowIcon (created by Codetapper!) Version 1.0/1.1 - done by Mr.Larmer/Wanted Team - Full load from HD - Protection removed - Quit option (default key is F9) IN-GAME KEYS: - ESC : lose a life and restart - HELP : restart - F10 : return to menu - SPACE: scroll through inventory - cursor right: invincibility - cursor left : normal joypad controls: - RED: normal fire - BLUE (second button on a 2 button joystick): - weapon change (space) (if CUSTOM2=0) - jump (if CUSTOM2=1) - GREEN (or third button): weapon change (if CUSTOM2=0) - START: pause (P) - GREEN+YELLOW: restart part (HELP) - FORWARD+BACKWARDS: quit current game (F10) and if in-game cheat keys are on: - FORWARD: invincibility (cursor right) - BACKWARDS: remove invincibility (cursor left) Notes for 2.1 (JOTD): Finally got rid of joypad related glitches. Thanks to other experiences in amiga game development, I figured out that joypad read was done too soon and perturbated the original game screen sync, resulting in some horrible glitches in some parts. Moving that joypad read later in the sequence fixed the bugs Notes for 1.7 (JOTD): Here is the new control option: the controls are soooo much better with a dedicated jump button. Note that using jump when you're facing a ladder just makes the character cling to the ladder In some other games adaptations (Gods, Ghost'n'Goblins), I could make the character jump instead, but here the game logic is made so if you're jumping and pass in front of a ladder you cling to it automatically so it's by design (exactly like in Cedric or Moktar/Titus). The only thing that needed some thinking is the fact that you can go up a ladder with "up", and also you can start climbing a ladder with "up", whereas "up" has no effect on jump. A funny thing was: if I didn't distinguish between demo and real play mode, the character doesn't jump in the demo (because it's receiving a "up" order) so it misses the trajectory, continues right and falls and ... locks up the machine :) The infinite lives trainer is different from the invincibility trainer because you have to actually be careful of not being hit too much. But I didn't fix the energy refill, so when you lose a life, you don't know the energy status. This status isn't supposed to refill during game so it would require some more reverse engineering... Notes for 1.5 (StingRay): I had a look at the Beast 3 patch because of a report that the music runs too slow, this was not a problem with the patch but just running the NTSC version of the game on a PAL machine. You need to use WHDLoad's "NTSC" option to make the music play at proper speed in that case. However, there were quite a few real problems with the old patch, the most serious one was the not fully supported intro for the PAL version, it would just freeze after a while. This was caused by a buggy loader patch which only worked by coincidence for the NTSC version! I have completely recoded the loader for the intro data and now, 15 years after support for the PAL version was added, the intro now finally works properly! I have also disabled the "Insert Game Disk 1" screen that was shown after the intro and added an option to skip the intro with CUSTOM2. There also were Bplcon0 fixes needed and bytes write to the volume register in the replayers which I have fixed as well. I have also optimised the ByteKiller decruncher and added an error so in case the loaded data is corrupt WHDLoad will quit with an appropriate error message. I may update the patch further in the future but for now this should do. StingRay, 15-Jun-2016 Regards are going out to : Bert, Codetapper, Chris Vella and everyone from the pages of the Amiga's history that are still sticking around :) Bug report form, full WHDLoad package and other installs: http://www.whdload.de/ |
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ShadowOfTheBeast3.slave - 27.02.2022 08:25:32 - 3020 bytes | |
required WHDLoad version | 17 |
flags | NoError EmulTrap ClearMem |
required Chip Memory | 512 KiB ($80000) |
Expansion Memory | 0 KiB |
info name | Shadow of the Beast 3 |
info copy | 1992 Psygnosis |
info install | Installed and fixed by Mr.Larmer Joypad/2-button controls by JOTD Intro sequence fixed by StingRay Other fixes by StingRay Version 2.1 (27-feb-2022 08:25:33) |
Kickstart name | 0 |
Kickstart size | 0 KiB ($0) |
Kickstart checksum | $0000 |
Configuration | BW C1:X:Infinite lives/retries:0 C1:X:Enable original in-game keys:1 C2:B:Enable second button for jump C4:B:Skip Intro |
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Unpacked | Lvl | Method | Packed | OS | Date/Time | Name |
3204 | 1 | lh5 | 1119 | Amiga | 2021-07-08 22:43:02 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Install |
2050 | 1 | lh5 | 1711 | Amiga | 2021-07-08 22:41:20 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Install.info |
6713 | 1 | lh5 | 3227 | Amiga | 2020-06-07 22:53:34 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Manual |
2040 | 1 | lh5 | 1581 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:34 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Manual.info |
6804 | 1 | lh5 | 3277 | Amiga | 2022-02-27 08:19:52 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ReadMe |
2040 | 1 | lh5 | 1581 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:34 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ReadMe.info |
14553 | 1 | lh5 | 11596 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ShadowOfTheBeast3.glowicon |
12486 | 1 | lh5 | 5601 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ShadowOfTheBeast3.inf |
628 | 1 | lh5 | 417 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ShadowOfTheBeast3.islave |
19706 | 1 | lh5 | 7356 | Amiga | 2001-10-02 09:29:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ShadowOfTheBeast3.newicon |
3020 | 1 | lh5 | 2136 | Amiga | 2022-02-27 08:25:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/ShadowOfTheBeast3.slave |
6228 | 1 | lh5 | 2672 | Amiga | 2003-09-24 00:41:56 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Solution |
1990 | 1 | lh5 | 1315 | Amiga | 2015-12-20 04:05:52 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/Solution.info |
16101 | 1 | lh5 | 5885 | Amiga | 2017-08-30 22:40:02 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/source/Beast3HD.s |
138 | 1 | lh5 | 96 | Amiga | 2016-05-15 21:51:12 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/source/Makefile |
328 | 1 | lh5 | 232 | Amiga | 2020-08-29 11:22:22 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/source/Makefile_windows.mak |
6730 | 1 | lh5 | 2135 | Amiga | 2022-02-27 08:25:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/source/ReadJoypad.s |
19850 | 1 | lh5 | 7233 | Amiga | 2022-02-27 08:25:32 | ShadowOfTheBeast3Install/source/ShadowOfTheBeast3HD.s |
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