Haha, what happened with Wiz N Liz?

[MethodGit]

First it got updated, and now it's been pulled and reverted back to the older version???

[MethodGit]

Ok, NOW it's come back again. :p Any story behind this?


I happened to download the DJ Mike release the first time before it got pulled, out of interest. ;)

[musashi5150]

It probably had a small bug which is now fixed. This happened to me with one of my installs because I'm new to WHDLoad.

[Retro-Nerd]

Ok, NOW it's come back again. :p Any story behind this?


I happened to download the DJ Mike release the first time before it got pulled, out of interest. ;)

DJMike updated the game twice on the release day.

HISTORY:
- v1.0 Original release by Dark Angel
- v2.0 (DJ Mike 07/06)
- Completely rewritten from scratch (original install never worked properly)
- Rob Northen Copylock finally cracked properly!
- Uses modern WHDL functions and infos
- Reduced amount of disk space needed (must reinstall to get this)
- Quit key now works on 68000 machines AND during intro!
- Added code to skip the intro using the fire button at any time
- Made some new icons myself and included others
- v2.1 (DJ Mike 07/06)
- Blit waits added to fix graphics for 040/060 systems
- Colour bit setting fixed

[DJ Mike]

There was some disagreement over my doing a complete rewrite of this install (and "disregarding" Dark Angel's old code). Basically my argument was that the original install should never have been released - clearly nobody ever played the game properly because you couldn't have done for more than 10 minutes! Your character would slow to a crawl and the game would be one huge frustration to play!

Anyway, all has been resolved now and this install should work 100% for everybody :-)

[Galahad/FLT]

Who disagreed Mike?

[andreas]

Good question. If old code can be proved "crap", there's no doubt it must be ditched. Quality should be the first aim, not "preserving traditions" ;)
Great work DJMike. :)

[DJ Mike]

Basically Bert's take on things is that all developers who contribute to the history of an install should be credited alongside its entry on the site.

While I can appreciate that side of things, essentially that gives Dark Angel an equal credit when his install was never really playable in the first place. I'm not putting down his work on other installs - he's done some good ones - which really begs the question of why this one was so poorly tested.

Anyway, regardless of some credit on a website, you all have access to the best possible version of Wiz'n'Liz now :-) I'd prefer my work speak for itself before my name.