+Philsan Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I found that Spinnaker's Adventure Creator is a very nice tool for kids. Unfortunately I am unable to find a working disk/xex version. After game start, if I select EDIT, press RETURN, press FIRE on CREATURES, press FIRE on OFF (it changes to SLOW), press SPACE BAR, my real Atari freezes (Altirra emulator gives an error). Rom version doesn't have that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Have you tried more than one "release" of Adventure Creator? Could it be a form of copy protection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) I found that Spinnaker's Adventure Creator is a very nice tool for kids. Unfortunately I am unable to find a working disk/xex version. After game start, if I select EDIT, press RETURN, press FIRE on CREATURES, press FIRE on OFF (it changes to SLOW), press SPACE BAR, my real Atari freezes (Altirra emulator gives an error). Rom version doesn't have that problem. I have this .ATR version. It loads up, but I don't know how to use it. I'll try it on a real Atari. It seems to work in Atari800wiinplus4. Tried it on real 800, works. Seems to work on 800XL also. Adventure Creator.zip Edited June 22, 2014 by russg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 I have this .ATR version. It loads up, but I don't know how to use it. I'll try it on a real Atari. It seems to work in Atari800wiinplus4. Tried it on real 800, works. Seems to work on 800XL also. Thanks but the version you uploaded doesn't work too. Like all versions I tried before, it seems to work but if you do exactly those steps the computer freezes: select EDIT press FIRE press RETURN select CREATURES press FIRE select OFF press FIRE (OFF changes to SLOW) press SPACE BAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Thanks but the version you uploaded doesn't work too. Like all versions I tried before, it seems to work but if you do exactly those steps the computer freezes: select EDIT press FIRE press RETURN select CREATURES press FIRE select OFF press FIRE (OFF changes to SLOW) press SPACE BAR Yes, that sequence freezes, those steps. If you hit RESET, it goes back to the intro screen. So, it is working, but crashes when you try to do something with it. You're trying to use it, which I don't know about. It is cracked and there is a PRO version I think I have. I'll try your sequence with the PRO version. No..... I couldn't find a PRO version. Maybe you're right, it only came as a cart and hasn't been cracked successfully. The .ATR I have is a cracked version that loads with the 'K' at the start. Atarimania only has the 'K' version also. So, this may not be a good question, is it disabled such that you can't use it? Edited June 22, 2014 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 If I am not wrong, Adventure Creator was released on ROM only. Perhaps cracked ATR/XEX versions don't work. My sequence is a quick way to find that the program doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Try this Xex and Atr. Is Dos needed? System Reset will wipe out program on XEX file. Adventure Creator.XEX Adventure Creator (1984)(Spinnaker Software)k-file.atr Good luck, Doug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) If I am not wrong, Adventure Creator was released on ROM only. Perhaps cracked ATR/XEX versions don't work. My sequence is a quick way to find that the program doesn't work. I played with it a little. Yes, your sequence locks up. You can RESET out of it, then go back to CREATURE and it works properly. Hitting SPACEBAR is supposed to take you to the opening menu, which it does after your RESET from the hang. It says 'Speak' when it hangs. You may need to give a password, a creature name and other things that I didn't get far enough to see. What I'm saying is it may be usable to create your adventure, just have to RESET and go back to where you were. Without getting further into learning how to make an adventure, I don't know why RESET won't work. Maybe RESET makes you lose all your work, but going to CREATURE and editing the creature and then you will properly go back to the menu with a SPACEBAR, which is what is supposed to happen. I think a FIRE button also takes you back sometimes. I briefly looked at the documentation on ATARIMANIA.COM, just enough to learn that SPACEBAR is supposed to take you back up the menu. It may be a fatal fault, or it seems to me to be recoverable. I don't know which. The .EXE and the .ATR seems to work the same. The SPACEBAR is detected with a VBI or DLI routine, I think. Edited June 22, 2014 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Try this Xex and Atr. Is Dos needed? System Reset will wipe out program on XEX file. Adventure Creator.XEX Adventure Creator (1984)(Spinnaker Software)k-file.atr Good luck, Doug Also one more version that seems to work. Adventure Creator (1984)(Spinnaker Software).xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thank you very much to all! The versions attached by FULS don't freeze the computer but only one of them (k-file) can be inserted in a DOS disk and save into it. So, I attach .xex and .atr working versions. In the next days I will test .atr version with my daughter! Adventure Creator (1984) (Spinnaker Software).atr Adventure Creator (1984) (Spinnaker Software).xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gucaza Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) sorry, how is this erased, error Edited April 8, 2020 by gucaza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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