Mclaneinc Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Superb, as always.. Thanks for that speedy update... Paul.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hey guys. I just download this. It's pretty slick. Right away, I see that two of my favorites are in there (Ultima 3, Universe). Only issue that I had was that Google/Chrome complained about the size of the file when it tried to scan it. Nice work. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ignore chrome. the file is fine..Its just set up to scan small files.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hey guys. I just download this. It's pretty slick. Right away, I see that two of my favorites are in there (Ultima 3, Universe). Only issue that I had was that Google/Chrome complained about the size of the file when it tried to scan it. Nice work. Bill If there are additional games you would like to add to the game pack, please let me know them. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 I have found a nice game from the computer gaming world magazine. The game is Space Station Zulu. I am considering to add this game to the game pack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLHZsJGQCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Looks ok, you are the boss There are still some games out there that have not been added simply because there's so much to choose from and of course as with any machine there's a lot of not so good titles out there to muddy the waters. I'm always looking at the games when testing stuff out on Altirra and the gamepack users are still coming up with good titles so the best gamepack will keep improving game wise. If people think the pack is missing a good game then tell us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 If there are additional games you would like to add to the game pack, please let me know them. Thank you very much. I see Zork I - III. How about the Enchanter Trilogy: Enchanter, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I see Zork I - III. How about the Enchanter Trilogy: Enchanter, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker. Okay, I will add them to the next update. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 New game to be added to the next update. (The youtube video is not a game ad. ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVdaRqR4Tww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I bet this is a personal choice for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I bet this is a personal choice for you Yes, it's my personal favorite. :)I like this kind of simulation game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Another personal favorite game to be added: Computer Acquire... From: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-computer-acquire_1273.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Been doing the SAPS and have a list for you with saps attached Also found CityHawk (the game, not sap) was faulty, attached proper in with the SAPS. Galahad does not need BASIC (could affect the game), it also has a horrible loader show random bits of memory.. (works though.) The gauntlet sap already in the database is for the Gauntlet by Mindscape, not the game just named Gauntlet that is a shooter. Hobgoblin needs a /type a added to the command line.. Here's roughly 50% of the saps done...Will do the others in a few days as there's no rush.. Paul.. SAPS.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Been doing the SAPS and have a list for you with saps attached Also found CityHawk (the game, not sap) was faulty, attached proper in with the SAPS. Galahad does not need BASIC (could affect the game), it also has a horrible loader show random bits of memory.. (works though.) The gauntlet sap already in the database is for the Gauntlet by Mindscape, not the game just named Gauntlet that is a shooter. Hobgoblin needs a /type a added to the command line.. Here's roughly 50% of the saps done...Will do the others in a few days as there's no rush.. Paul.. Great! Thank you so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Here is a test version which is able to run games via AspeQt. It is very primitive. Please check it out. Download THIS ZIP FILE and extract it to 'gamepack' folder. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Not sure about Gauntletak.. It has been a while and may only affect A800win.. but you may have to turn off high speed SIO or even the H: device. I had issues with it when playing on atarixlbox (based on a800) over a long period of time. From threads I read here by the author he replaces alot of the OS routines with his own. So that may have something to do with the conflict. However when I was having the problem I would have to be playing the game a pretty long time before it started showing erratic behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Never had an issue with gauntletak myself but it won't hurt to unpatch the SIO and H: is off by default, atarixlbox from memory has not been updated in years (used to run quite a few emu's on the Xbox) and its basic compared to Altirra in emulation quality, as always I'd suggest Altirra as the base emulator, not just because I'm a long term fan but because its probably the most accurate / feature inclusive out there. That's not to rubbish A800 which is also superb as is Atari++ but Altirra has so much built on and the compatibility is SUPERB. Anyway, enough of what's starting to look like an advert for it @Starwindz, can't test the Aspeqt at the moment, we have builders in putting entry phones etc at the moment and had to pack stuff away so any one else tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I had updated the atarixlbox core to the 2.03 version of A800 a couple of years ago so at this point it is fairly up to date. About the only new big thing I've seen in A800 lately is the pokey update. But I'd have to see a good example of where it improves over the pokey code I'm using before I consider trying to switch to it (so that I would have something to compare to). Someday I'd like to take a crack at porting Altirra over to the 'ol xbox. Simply because, as you mentioned, it is the best and has alot of features I'd like to see on the xbox. But right now it is not in the cards. Anyways the point being is that the fast SIO and H:, at least in a800, is done by patching the actual BIOS and system RAM. In the case of the H: driver it is patched into the SIO drivers chain. So I have seen cases where they have to be deactivate when running code that does not expect those kind of changes to exist. It is reasonable to assume that Altirra works in a similar way. FWIW I never pinned down that issue to the H: handlers.. however after seeing how the H: handlers can affect certain software I realized later that this was likely a possibility since Gauntletak actually disables alot of BIOS interrupts and handlers and pretty much runs it's own bare bones versions. This is one of the many tricks the programmer used to achieve the speed that he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Last night I tried the latest release with AspeQt. I loaded some games to my A8 DE1 FPGA and it worked very well but I didn't see a way to load multiple disks. Thank you everyone involved in making Atari 800 - Best Game I really like the addition of AspeQt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Last night I tried the latest release with AspeQt. I loaded some games to my A8 DE1 FPGA and it worked very well but I didn't see a way to load multiple disks. Thank you everyone involved in making Atari 800 - Best Game I really like the addition of AspeQt. Great! Thank you so much for testing this new feature. BTW, Regarding a way to load multiple disks, I think it is an AspeQt side issue. Are there anyone who know the solution? Edited September 20, 2014 by starwindz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 To-do-list 2 for V1.2.0 (2014.09.21) (This list will be combined with to-do-list 1 later.) - NOTE - *** : Key features and new games ** : Bug fixes and etc * : Pendings 1. New features of front end (1) Pressing 'enter' in the keyboard to play a game which name is highlighted (now we need to double click) [by LidLikesIntellivision] [DONE] (2) Next search button added (When number of search result is more than 2, Next search button enabled) [by starwindz] [DONE] (3) The dialog box to select the game version shouldn't appear when there's only one game file. [by LidLikesIntellivision] [DONE] (4) Fav list clear/import [by starwindz] [DONE] (5) Genres grouping [by Mclaneinc] [DONE] ***(6) APE utility linking [by Defender-ace, NML32] (A way to load multiple disks?) *(7) Multiple disk feature (Altirra /disk option) [by starwindz] 2. Bug fix of front end (1) If you set a tune playing and then right click on the music icon the tune stops BUT if like me you double click on a game to start it, the tune obviously starts again. [by Mclaneinc] [DONE] *(2) if you have the front end set to play SAPS automatically and you use the arrow keys to select games then when it hits a game with a tune and plays it the arrow keys stop working to select games, I presume it loses focus? [by Mclaneinc] **(3) Incorrect Genres of some games 3. Bug fix of games (1) Beamrider: Version 1 freezes (both emulators) when you destroy the mothership in the end of each level. Version 2 is a hack without this problem. [by LidLikesIntellivision] [DONE] (2) Commando gives the message 'unsupported cartridge size' in Altirra. It doesn't load in atari800win too. [by LidLikesIntellivision] [DONE] (Choose 128K XEGS) (Atari800Win still cannot run it) (3) Neptune's Daughter: Changed to Version 2) [by LidLikesIntellivision] [DONE] (4) Pool 400: gamepack\atarimania\extras\Pool 400\pub_idsi.jpg (0 byte) [by starwindz] [DONE] (5) Crisis mountain: Clean copy of crisis mountain (gamepack version has graphics corruptions in game and on title screen) [by AHA] [DONE] **(6) Galahad does not need BASIC (could affect the game), it also has a horrible loader show random bits of memory.. (works though.) [by Mclaneinc] **(7) Hobgoblin needs a /type a added to the command line.. 4. New games (1.Register, 2.Extra_std, 3.Extra_maps, 4.Screenshot & Run, 5.Copy files(inc. extras_maps), 6.Basic run test) (1) New platform games [by AHA] [The list has been confirmed by Mclaneinc] http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226801-atari-800-best-game-pack-releases/?p=3067315 A-Zone [DONE] Agonia [DONE] Alp Man [DONE] Artefakt Przodkow [DONE] Basil Great Mouse Detective, The [DONE] Cavernrun [DONE] (atari800winplus not working...) Deathland [DONE] Deimos [DONE] Escape From Doomworld [DONE] Dwie Wieze [DONE] Dziedzictwo Gigantow [DONE] Frank & Mark [DONE] Freaky Factory [DONE] Glut! [DONE] Gold Hunter [DONE] Gunhead [DONE] (PAL node) Hawkmoon [DONE] Helix [DONE] Honky [DONE] Imagine [DONE] Jaffar [DONE] Janosik [DONE] Jaskiniowiec [DONE] Joe's Adventure [DONE] Jumping Jim [DONE] Jumpman Zero [DONE] Labyrinths Of Kamerra [DONE] Magia [DONE] Magic Dimension [DONE] Maxwell Manor - Skull of Doom [DONE] Mediator [DONE] Melt-Down [DONE] Midnight [DONE] Monkey Magic [DONE] Morky [DONE] Naturix [DONE] Neron [DONE] Olki [DONE] Pyramid [DONE] Robot Knights [DONE] Rockford [DONE] Tarzan of the Apes [DONE] Technus [DONE] Mission on Thunderhead - Operation Tempest [DONE] Top Secret [DONE] Upior [DONE] (2) New adventure games [by AHA] [The list has been confirmed by Mclaneinc] http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226801-atari-800-best-game-pack-releases/?p=3067334 pirates of the barbary coast [DONE] buckaroo banzai (Already included in game pack) Other enture #2 - The Curse Of Crowley Manor (Already included in game pack) Hi-Res Adventure #6 - The Dark Crystal [DONE] Dratewka the Shoemaker [DONE] guild of thieves (Already included in game pack) gunslinger [DONE] institute, the [DONE] knight orc [DONE] mask of the sun, the [DONE] mindwheel [DONE] (disks 1 and 3 mounted at the same time to make it easier to play initially) neverending story, the [DONE] sands of egypt, the (OSB) (Already included in game pack) Serpent's Star, The [DONE] star trek adventure, The [DONE] strange oddysee (Already included in game pack) Transylvania [DONE] (3) New arious games 1 [by AHA] (The list has been confirmed by Mclaneinc) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226801-atari-800-best-game-pack-releases/?p=3067697 Alf In The Color Caves [DONE] Barroom Brawl [DONE] Bigfoot [DONE] Bilbo [DONE] Break It [DONE] Break Out II [DONE] Bubble Trouble [DONE] Busy Baby [DONE] Castle Top [DONE] Citadel Warrior [DONE] Crystal Crisis [DONE] Danger Ranger [DONE] Despatch Rider [DONE] Dino [DONE] Donald [DONE] Drag [DONE] Enigmatix [DONE] Fidget [DONE] Floor Walker [DONE] Frantic! [DONE] Go Elwood Go! [DONE] Greenout [DONE] Hats [DONE] Heart Break [DONE] Herbert [DONE] Home Pong [DONE] Homer's Honey Craze [DONE] Hunch Back (NOBAS) (OSB) [DONE] Icky Squishy [DONE] Jump! [DONE] Jumping Jack [DONE] Killa Cycle [DONE] Krazy Mazes [DONE] Laser Robot, The [DONE] Leggit! [DONE] Let's Hop [DONE] *Light Races ??? (Game lock up) Lunar Jetman [DONE] Mad Bomber [DONE] Marinus [DONE] Maze War (19xx)(ANALOG Computing)(US) [DONE] Mission ArSoft [DONE] Monstrum [DONE] Mr. Cool [DONE] Ms. Bulimia [DONE] Mustak Hunters [DONE] Nexuss MCMLXXXVIII - Part I [DONE] Oh Frankie [DONE] Omidor [DONE] One Life [DONE] Periscope Up [DONE] Pogotron [DONE] Rockman [DONE] Snap II [DONE] Speed Run [DONE] Sport Goofy (5200) [DONE] Stickybear Basket Bounce [DONE] Richard Petty's Talladega [DONE] Test Drive [DONE] TLC [DONE] (4) New arious games 2 [by AHA] (The list has been confirmed by Mclaneinc) http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226801-atari-800-best-game-pack-releases/?p=3067706 Airwolf [DONE] Asteroids Emulator [DONE] Battle Eagle [DONE] Blue Max - 2001 [DONE] Boing! II [DONE] Bop'n Wrestle [DONE] Bump Pong [DONE] Caverns Of Callisto [DONE] Ceres [DONE] Cityhawk [DONE] Cosmic Pirate [DONE] Crossbow [DONE] Cuttlemania! [DONE] Dark Abyss [DONE] Death Star Battle [DONE] Domain Of The Undead, The [DONE] Duellin'Droid [DONE] Excelsor [DONE] Fantastic Voyage [DONE] Fighter Pilot [DONE] Fortress Underground [DONE] Gladiator, The [DONE]a Golf Championship [DONE] IK+ (Removed) Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge [DONE] Jocky Wilson's Darts Compendium [DONE] Kick Off [DONE] Mule Wars [DONE] Qb [DONE] river rally [DONE] Satellite [DONE] Scorpions [DONE] Sea Fighter [DONE] Slot Machine [DONE] Space Binvaders [DONE] Space Combat (OSB) [DONE] Space Dungeon (5200) [DONE] Starfire Warrior [DONE] strip Poker (BAS) [DONE] Strip Poker 0 (BAS) [DONE] Tempest Xtreem [DONE] Titan [DONE] Uridium [DONE] Who Dares Wins II [DONE] Wyzle [DONE] (5-1) New games by starwindz Oxygene [DONE] Oblitroid [DONE] ***(5-2) New games by starwindz (From CGW magazine review) Star Maze [DONE] Computer Stocks and Bonds [DONE] Computer Acquire [DONE] Planet Miners Cypher Bowl Pool 1.5 Flak Cribbage (APX) Cribbage (Antic) Train Dispatcher Space Station Zulu More Avalon Hills games (6) New games by CyranoJ Mediator (Already recommended by AHA) Basil the Mouse Detective (Already recommended by AHA) Robot Knights (Already recommended by AHA) (7) New games by TheEditor Jumbo Jet Pilot [DONE] Submarine Commander (Already included in game pack) **( 8 ) Checked by Jetboot Jack 1) Mr. Robot 2 and Mr. Robot 3 are not games - just badly edited levels for Mr Robot 2) Boulderdash Pro is another daft hack too 3) Mission and Misja are the same game 4) Gauntlet and Gauntletak are the same game (Gauntlet was the "PD" version of Gauntlet and Gauntletak was the "FULL" version released to the public by the programmer himself a few years ago. => by Shannon) 5) Dreadnaught Factor 2 and Dreadnaught Factor 3 are just hacks of Dreadnaught Factor 6) Night Rally is a poor hack of Baja Buggies (9) New game by Wrathchild *AtrQuads pack (?) (http://atariage.com/forums/topic/210798-infocom-adventures-without-disk-swapping/?p=3070432) ***(10) New games by Bill Lange Enchanter Trilogy: Enchanter, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker 5. New extra data **(1) More SAP music and fixes (adding as many of the missing ones) [by Mclaneinc] 1) Also found CityHawk (the game, not sap) was faulty, attached proper in with the SAPS. 2) The gauntlet sap already in the database is for the Gauntlet by Mindscape, not the game just named Gauntlet that is a shooter. - Here's roughly 50% of the saps done...Will do the others in a few days as there's no rush.. 6. All games check **(1) One-by-one games check [by Mclaneinc] (Default game image file, Video system(NTSC/PAL), Game names('.The')) Game OK? Any changes Set default to this image. 180 Yes Speed needs to be set to PAL by default 221b Baker St Yes 221B Baker Street _ side A.atr [.] Ace of Aces Yes Ace Of Aces (v1).atr [.] Action Biker Yes Ace Of Aces (v3).atr [.] Action Quest Yes Action Quest (v2).atr [.] Adax Yes Adax (v2).atr [.] Adventure No1 Yes Adventureland (v1).atr [.] 7. Release candidate check (1) Best games list confirmation (2) No. of screenshots check (>= 2) (3) Game search index rebuilding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) A brilliantly executed real-time strategy game of Atari 800 (Already included in the game pack). It's one of my personal favorite games. from http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-legionnaire_2959.html Edited September 20, 2014 by starwindz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) How are you making an atr load into Aspeqt? Can the same idea not just be repeated for D2: D3: etc? Or is it that you would need to go through all the multiple disk games and set a config for each one? You would also have to take into account that not every game looks for multiple drives Edited September 20, 2014 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 How are you making an atr load into Aspeqt? The some part of registry of AspeQt is changed to load .atr file in the game pack code. Please see the attached file. Can the same idea not just be repeated for D2: D3: etc? Or is it that you would need to go through all the multiple disk games and set a config for each one? You would also have to take into account that not every game looks for multiple drives Hmm... I'll check it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I saw a registry file in the gamebase and presumed it was Aspeqt making it....very clever... Was hoping Atari8warez was going to add command line support... Just looked at the registry after 4 drives are loaded and it looks like you could just re-key the registry in that style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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