Short: HD Installer for Superfrog V1.1 Author: jffabre@ensica.fr (Jean-François Fabre) Type: game/patch Install-Script & HD-loader © 1996/1997 Jean-François FABRE Superfrog is ©1993 Team17 Software. --- SUPERFROG Hard Disk Installer --- This installer requires the ORIGINAL disks from Superfrog (there are 3) It will NOT work for cracked versions of Superfrog. The HD-Patched game will need about 5Mb of memory. Thanks to a user who had problems with 1MB Chip and 4MB Fast, I rewrote the memory routines and it now works (but you cannot quit or save high scores). It should work on ALL Kickstarts and ALL CPUs (up to '060). Report me any bugs you'll find. Note: I created and tested this package with a A1200/060/50 16Mb, so there should be no problems for all 680x0 CPUs (caches,chipset...). It degrades display properly so Multiscan users won't have any sprite or screen problem. All my installers are now fixed for A3000/A4000 users (thanks Robert :-) ) However, I think some MMU softkicked amigas will not be able to run the patch properly. I can't do the impossible, sorry... When the disks are copied during installation, the pointer freezes. That's normal cause the game uses a custom trackload routine (copy-protection), and it does not easily multitask. No checks are done to see if you swapped the disks or not. FEATURES: - Full HD Install of the game - Convenient install script provided (adapted from Bert Jahn's ones) - Full use of fast memory, improved for V1.1. Now only needs less than 4MB of fast memory. - Fully 680x0 compatible without modifications - Load/Save Hi-Scores now work with hard drive or floppy on request (NOOSSWAP tooltype) - F10 key allows you to quit the game at any time (5MB of fast required). - Introduction HD installed too WARNING: - You have to load the high scores by the LOAD SCORES option. This is not done at startup. - Do NOT use a copyback disk cache on your games partition. This could be harmful if you reboot the computer before you quit the game, if you use the SAVE SCORES option (disk buffers not updated). BTW, here are the level codes (thanx Sweetcheater) STAGE 1.1-'NOCODE' STAGE 3.1-"343522" STAGE 5.1-"452234" STAGE 1.2-"234644" STAGE 3.2-"882311" STAGE 5.2-"984841" STAGE 1.3-"447464" STAGE 3.3-"992334" STAGE 5.3-"383772" STAGE 1.4-"747822" STAGE 3.4-"091332" STAGE 5.4-"093152" STAGE 2.1-"392822" STAGE 4.1-"467464" STAGE 6.1-"387211" STAGE 2.2-"446364" STAGE 4.2-"818234" STAGE 6.2-"981122" STAGE 2.3-"984448" STAGE 4.3-"182394" STAGE 6.3-"017632" STAGE 2.4-"477444" STAGE 4.4-"298383" STAGE 6.4-"398112" PROJECT F------"837122" If you find some other bugs, or the game crashes, please e-mail me (specify your configuration). I'm also looking for people who could send me original disks for me to patch them for 680x0 or write HD-Installers (NO WAY FOR CRACKED VERSIONS). E-mail me if you're interested, or if you simply like this installer. DISCLAIMER: I'm not responsible for any damage caused directly or indirectly by this piece of software. DISTRIBUTION: This patch can be distributed freely, but I'd appreciate that you drop me a line if you include it in a coverdisk or PD collection. However, FFD (France Festival Distribution) is not allowed to include it in any of its PD disks (if you read usenet in fr.comp.sys.amiga, you'll know why). It's the only exception for the distribution. ME: Visit my patch page, where all my HD work is gathered, along with some other quality installers (all for original software), and some other interesting freeware stuff: http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/patches.html And my home page (totally stupid stuff): http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/ (english) http://www.ensica.fr/~jffabre/index_fr.html (french) E-mail: jffabre@ensica.fr -- Enjoy this GREAT game from Team 17 on your HD. Jeff ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1690 506 70.0% 03-Jan-97 20:28:44 +Install-Superfrog 1871 1020 45.4% 03-Jan-97 20:23:40 +Install-Superfrog.info 9236 8834 4.3% 08-Dec-96 12:40:12 +introhd 3743 2021 46.0% 03-Jan-97 20:23:30 +introhd.info 8504 8150 4.1% 26-Dec-96 12:17:24 +rob2file 3975 2044 48.5% 05-Jan-97 20:16:24 +sfroghd.readme 5146 1618 68.5% 03-Jan-97 20:23:30 +sfroghd.readme.info 12840 12002 6.5% 05-Jan-97 19:53:36 +Superfrog 4379 2047 53.2% 03-Jan-97 20:23:30 +Superfrog.info 2278 568 75.0% 05-Jan-97 20:14:56 Superfrog.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 53662 38810 27.6% 08-Jan-97 11:35:12 10 files