Eskadra (POLISH)

[andreas]

Toni, it seems we've got another nasty track loader bastard again. :smileek

I've just uploaded Eskadra, a very rare game from L. K. Avalon, Poland. :)
At least the title music has this addictive sound that reminds me a bit of the marvellous Pinball Dreams (21st Century) intro.

Back to the game - it seems to load fine but you can't START a game ... everything is over at Track #77.
NOTE: The game did work on my A500 when I tested it last year, so it's definitely O. K.
I'd like to know what causes WinUAE floppy code to just stop loading at this very point.
Thanks for looking in there a bit ... :)

[Toni Wilen]

This game tries to step to illegal tracks (>83).

I guess Typhoon Thompson's and this game's loading problems are caused by same bug in floppy emulation.

Unfortunately I don't know why this happens... (yet!)

[LUKas007]

yeaaa Eskadra rocks :laughing :p

[andreas]

yes, but it has a bastard of a loader requiring Toni to do some magic with the code...

yeaaa Eskadra rocks
were you part of the programming team? :laughing

[LUKas007]

Originally posted by andreas
were you part of the programming team? :laughing

Nope , just searching for word 'poland' :p and played the game some time ago... on A500 or A1200

[Akira]

I'd like to knwo what's this game about...

download time :)

[LUKas007]

Its shot'em up game :)

[LUKas007]

Btw, 'eskadra' is Polish word for 'squadron' ;)

[andreas]

OK, so let me dig out this ancient thread again...

WORKING DISK 1 (WANTED TEAM) IS IN THE ZONE!
(Thanks a million to Don Adan - playtested by me :))

Can be used with TOSEC disk 2.

[TheCyberDruid]

Thank you very much andreas :great

[Shoonay]

BTW: it's also available on PPA (http://www.ppa.pl/rodzynki.html)

[s2325]

More than one player is required to play. Very short and annoying music in game and at loading screen. Not bad gfx and controls.

[haynor]

Anyone have original of this game? Still not in SPS.;)

[andreas]

BTW: it's also available on PPA
NO!!
Not this cracked version. PPA has the original, which to my knowledge has a problem only solvable by using the WHD install: score won't increase from 0000!
But try it out from disk if you like, then report me back ;)

Ugly site...
Well! When a game is not available, they should not provide ACTIVE URLs to it! (Result: 404)

More than one player is required to play

Yes. Noted this down in HOL too.

BTW: about the music? You nuts? :p
The intro music is PERFECT my friend! (i mean when the credits show up)

[haynor]

Not only this link don't work.

[mailman]

Ugly site...
Well! When a game is not available, they should not provide ACTIVE URLs to it! (Result: 404)


What do you mean? Links on PPA work.

Not only this link don't work.

And which don't?

[haynor]

on PPA I've found strange links like

http://www.ppa.pl/artykuly//artykuly/artykul.php?idd=7&ids=26&id=1133

removing //artykuly solves the problem

[mailman]

on PPA I've found strange links like

http://www.ppa.pl/artykuly//artykuly/artykul.php?idd=7&ids=26&id=1133

removing //artykuly solves the problem

Tell me exactly where it is. I'll fix it. It might happen because of the server migration that occured in winter. I wasn't able to check all of them but I assure that every link work (until somebody tells me it is not ;)

[mailman]

Tell me exactly where it is. I'll fix it. It might happen because of the server migration that occured in winter. I wasn't able to check all of them but I assure that every link work (until somebody tells me it is not ;)

OK, I found it. It was just a link in the interview that I put wrong. The file was available also from different location and worked.

Tell me about other not working links.

[andreas]

(offtopic alert)
e. g. some Simulmondo games that have not been found yet. But yet there are links to this, which lead to 404s.

[mailman]

(offtopic alert)
e. g. some Simulmondo games that have not been found yet. But yet there are links to this, which lead to 404s.

Yup, it should be fixed but on the other hand, it is said there that it is not available (in polish - sorry).

[andreas]

Well, I understood the "not available" thing.
Yet there should not be URLs clickable to it.

No link is better than a clickable link which leads to a 404.
So difficult? :p