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Message: 4828
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 08/07/2005
Subject: Re: JSW64 has a web-page
I have started the mammoth task of updating my List of MM/JSW Games
for the first time since February, and have hit a snag with JSW64
(as I try to decide whether JSW64 (the game itself) and JSW64:MM
should be one entry or two on the new JSW64 list - each entry
corresponds to a downloadable package, even if that package contains
several games, as is the case with Party Willy):
john_elliott_uk wrote:
>The installer-program generates files MANIC64W.TAP and MANIC64Z.TAP,
>> So you're declaring that JSW64 itself and JSW64:MM (but not yet
>> JSW64:Dragon32) are now gamma-released? I don't see them on your
>> website yet
>
> They are now.
>
> http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Jsw/jsw64.html
>
> Note that the downloadable zipfile on this page (which contains
> JSW64 and JSW64:MM) isn't a simple zip of tape files. The user has
> to provide copies of JSW, MM and the Spectrum ROM, and it then
> builds JSW64 from them. Since this may be a fiddly business, I'd
> welcome comments from people who've downloaded the ZIP and
> experimented with it.
which I presume are meant to be the same as the JSW64:MM in the
Files section here (John Elliott/manic64.zip).
However, "Central Cavern" features a yellow chip that behaves like a
rudimentary vertical lift, a green periscope, and a magenta Skylab
that cannot be passed, making the game not completable.
Moreover, it seems to have picked up some random data instead of the
Spectrum font. I used 128.ROM from RealSpectrum as SPECTRUM.ROM -
perhaps I should have used 48.ROM instead, in which case I have the
following suggestions:
* the error-message in BUILD.BAT should be more specific than "Could
not find the file SPECTRUM.ROM. Make sure this file is in the
current folder and is a Spectrum ROM image."
* the installer-program should check the length of SPECTRUM.ROM.
The JSW64*.TAP files generated by the installer-program appear to be
fine (including the font - but it's a custom font), though I haven't
done any extensive tests on them.
When will JSW64:Dragon32 be gamma-released?
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manicminerandjetsetwilly/
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