Shadow of the Beast demo

macce2 · 10 June 2007, 13:27

Hey, that's a classic, dudes!

I want the demo version, please! It's almost a part of the Amiga's history, isn't it ? Helped to sell a lot of A500 machines, no doubt ?!

Please.

Codetapper · 10 June 2007, 14:23

Install and images here: http://www.whdload.de/games/BeastDemo.html

alexh · 10 June 2007, 15:38

I dumped that demo and Psygore did the slave...

Whitesnake · 10 June 2007, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

I dumped that demo and Psygore did the slave...

Does the demo contain a unique level or any content not seen in the final game?

alexh · 10 June 2007, 21:03

Nope... It's just a rolling demo of several parts.

Muerto · 11 June 2007, 15:50

isen´t there an .adf?? (SOTB-Demo.adf)

alexh · 11 June 2007, 16:04

No, only WHDload. (Perhaps IPF I cannot remember if I sent it to SPS)

It is a copy protected format which cannot be converted to ADF.

There may be a crack floating around. The SOTB III demo was cracked and widely spread.

killergorilla · 11 June 2007, 16:17

The one I used to install the whdload is here:

http://p.muhlheim.free.fr/Amiga/demo..._BeastDemo.lzx

I can't check inside the lzx to see what format it is, but it might be worth taking a look to see if it runs without whdload if you really want to.

alexh · 11 June 2007, 16:47

That is psygore's homepage and that is the entire WHDload slave and image made from the warped disk image I gave him.

Crap was that really five years ago?

killergorilla · 11 June 2007, 16:53

Hehe, well there ya go

Damn these work PCs for not having lzx as standard

5 years ago... I remember having to hunt high and low for any whdload installed stuff, it's amazing the amount of stuff that's happened in that time.

macce2 · 12 June 2007, 12:17

Thanks a lot, dudes.
I'll check if that demo works better than the game.

killergorilla · 12 June 2007, 14:46

Well it's a rolling demo so you can't actually play it

I can't believe there wasn't a coverdisk of it somewhere along the line

Graham Humphrey · 12 June 2007, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Well it's a rolling demo so you can't actually play it

So no different to the full game then

Muerto · 13 June 2007, 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

There may be a crack floating around. The SOTB III demo was cracked and widely spread.

any chance to upload it in the zone?

alexh · 13 June 2007, 16:04

The SOTB III demo crack?

http://aminet.net/package/game/demo/b3-demo

Muerto · 13 June 2007, 16:05

woh! - thats what i call service!!

_ThEcRoW · 28 June 2007, 03:15

One quick question: why protect a demo?. it was a kind of movie, so no playing possible, then why they protected it?.

Codetapper · 28 June 2007, 03:46

Apparently back in the day, game demos wouldn't be spread by the scene unless they had to be cracked. By protecting it, it meant it was worth spreading for groups because they had the skill to crack it!

alexh · 28 June 2007, 14:08

You really think so?? Isnt there a disk duplicator app provided on the disk? If so I dont think "cracking" is the reason.

I bet it is more laziness. They didnt want have to re-write their disk routines

Or perhaps they needed a custom format to get the amount of data on the disk they wanted.

02 July 2014, 23:44

Just found this thread as i was looking for an ADF of the Beast 1 demo. Old thread i know, does an ADF exist nowodays ?

There is a screenshot here :

http://psygnosisamiga.free.fr/main1.htm

10 June 2007, 13:27	#1
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,221	Shadow of the Beast demo Hey, that's a classic, dudes! I want the demo version, please! It's almost a part of the Amiga's history, isn't it ? Helped to sell a lot of A500 machines, no doubt ?! Please.

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10 June 2007, 14:23	#2
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,187	Install and images here: http://www.whdload.de/games/BeastDemo.html

10 June 2007, 15:38	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	I dumped that demo and Psygore did the slave...

10 June 2007, 21:03	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	Nope... It's just a rolling demo of several parts.

11 June 2007, 15:50	#6
Muerto Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kerteminde / Denmark Age: 48 Posts: 146	isen´t there an .adf?? (SOTB-Demo.adf)

11 June 2007, 16:04	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	No, only WHDload. (Perhaps IPF I cannot remember if I sent it to SPS) It is a copy protected format which cannot be converted to ADF. There may be a crack floating around. The SOTB III demo was cracked and widely spread.

11 June 2007, 16:17	#8
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	The one I used to install the whdload is here: http://p.muhlheim.free.fr/Amiga/demo..._BeastDemo.lzx I can't check inside the lzx to see what format it is, but it might be worth taking a look to see if it runs without whdload if you really want to.

11 June 2007, 16:47	#9
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	That is psygore's homepage and that is the entire WHDload slave and image made from the warped disk image I gave him. Crap was that really five years ago?

11 June 2007, 16:53	#10
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Hehe, well there ya go Damn these work PCs for not having lzx as standard 5 years ago... I remember having to hunt high and low for any whdload installed stuff, it's amazing the amount of stuff that's happened in that time.

12 June 2007, 12:17	#11
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,221	Thanks a lot, dudes. I'll check if that demo works better than the game.

12 June 2007, 14:46	#12
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Well it's a rolling demo so you can't actually play it I can't believe there wasn't a coverdisk of it somewhere along the line

13 June 2007, 16:04	#15
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	The SOTB III demo crack? http://aminet.net/package/game/demo/b3-demo

13 June 2007, 16:05	#16
Muerto Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kerteminde / Denmark Age: 48 Posts: 146	woh! - thats what i call service!!

28 June 2007, 03:15	#17
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 941	One quick question: why protect a demo?. it was a kind of movie, so no playing possible, then why they protected it?.

28 June 2007, 03:46	#18
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,187	Apparently back in the day, game demos wouldn't be spread by the scene unless they had to be cracked. By protecting it, it meant it was worth spreading for groups because they had the skill to crack it!

28 June 2007, 14:08	#19
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,409	You really think so?? Isnt there a disk duplicator app provided on the disk? If so I dont think "cracking" is the reason. I bet it is more laziness. They didnt want have to re-write their disk routines Or perhaps they needed a custom format to get the amount of data on the disk they wanted.

02 July 2014, 23:44	#20
Vollldo Posts: n/a	Just found this thread as i was looking for an ADF of the Beast 1 demo. Old thread i know, does an ADF exist nowodays ? There is a screenshot here : http://psygnosisamiga.free.fr/main1.htm

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