Help with TI Game Shelf

[jwild]

Hi guys,

 

I know this is a basic question and I should know this already.   But I need help.

 

I'm trying to pick a new game of the month.   I'm trying to broaden my horizons and explore other games.

 

I find that I'm not as good as I thought I was at playing games that need the Editor/Assembler cartridge.

 

One I am considering is called "Virus Attack" (timely title).  Go Here: http://tigameshelf.net/asm.htm

 

search that page for the game and download the TIFILES format "vir-arc.bin"

 

How do I run this file?    I tried using Classic 99 with EA cartridge.  I copied over the "vir-arc.bin" to my DSK2 directory for classic 99.  then in EA, I use option 5 and give it the name "DSK2.VIRUS1" and i get I/O Error Code 7.

 

If i try DSK2.VIR-ARC I get the same I/O Error Code 7.

 

If I rename the vir-arc.bin file in Windows to vir-arc (removing the .bin) I get the same I/O Error code 7 when I try to run "DSK2.VIRUS1" error code 2 when I try to run "DSK2.VIR-ARC".

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[atrax27407]

The file appears to be archived with a TIFILES header. You can process the file with TIDir which will allow you to remove the TIFILES header and examine and transfer the files from within the archive. The file is NOT a .bin file.

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by atrax27407

[jwild]

Thank you atrax. The lesson learned is TI99Dir is your friend. Appreciate the help.


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[+Airshack]

I used TIDir to extract the five files and to load them onto a disk to use with Classic99.

 

Download the file ATTACHED BELOW and establish it as DSK2 on Classic99 like this...

 

EA Option 5 below...

 

A Tetris clone with nice music

 

Enjoy!

- James

 

Covid19

[+Airshack]

My TI Game shelf guilty pleasure of the day is Marc Hull’s excellent Never-Lander!

 

[Vorticon]

On the main page of the TI Gameshelf is the following. I hope it clarifies things  This whole .bin scheme was done because back in 2007 it was the only way I could reliably get a browser to download TI binary files as binaries and not try to display them... Things might have changed a bit since...

 

1- TIFILES format which is native to the TI 99/4A computer, which means that they will run directly on a real TI 99/4A machine as well as on the Classic 99 emulator. These files are appended with the .bin extension, and you will need to remove that extension prior to using the files. In addition, some of these files are archived, and those will have a filename ending with arc. You will need to use Barry Boone's Archiver to expand them.

[ti99iuc]

a more recent game similar to Virus Attack was developed from Marc Hull in 2016 and it is very vary nice  
a Fantastic game: TEX TURBO, i think you can find it in the Final Grom ROMS thread  

 

 

Edited April 3, 2020 by ti99iuc

[Vorticon]

I thought TEX TURBO was strictly commercial. Did Marc release it into the public domain?

[ti99iuc]

Yes it is public domain since some years. He also stopped to update his website and all his project 😣 i was very sad for this because Marc always done quality stuff.

[Vorticon]

Indeed... Is the game available as a DSK image as well? I'd like to add it to the TI Gameshelf site which needs an update anyway.

 

[ti99iuc]

sure, you can start from here  
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/254320-new-game-announcement-tex-turbo-and-the-big-bug-battles/?do=findComment&comment=3913695

[+Ksarul]

Actually, I purchased the rights to all of Marc's software, so it is not public domain. Marc placed the files here on AtariAge, but he did not relinquish his ownership rights when he did so. I actually plan to make another run of these cartridges in the near future, so it is also commercially active. Using the file in a FinalROM/FinalGROM cartridge and in emulators is permissible use--making cartridges for sale is not.

[ti99iuc]

Nice that we can use the .bin files for FG99 or emulators, anyway.
Thanks Ksarul, i will update the information on my website too.

[+OLD CS1]

On 4/3/2020 at 4:47 PM, Vorticon said:

This whole .bin scheme was done because back in 2007 it was the only way I could reliably get a browser to download TI binary files as binaries and not try to display them... Things might have changed a bit since...

This will depend upon MIME type settings in the web server itself.  When a browser downloads a file, there is a header in the response sent by the web server which tells the browser what to expect.  Generally speaking, a MIME type of "application/octet-stream" will convince the browser to actually download the file.  Thus, you can set the extension of .dsk to this type and all would be well.  Right-click and Save-As works, too.  The automated alternative would be put the .dsk into a Zip file, which is universally recognized.