Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe AGA

Feltzkrone · 15 September 2003, 01:28

As you might have read this game isn't in TOSEC, at least not the AGA version, so I must be lucky when I ask for somebody who tried to run this game in WinUAE...

After completing level 2 the game accesses disk #4 and instead of displaying pictures (like after completion of any level) it will display an error message on red background including the text "... wrong bitcolors ... " (hardly readable as the graphics is defunct at that point).

I know that in May somebody requested this game (cracked by Crystal), so can anybody confirm the mentioned error? Or has somebody managed it to get the game working?

To me it's totally unclear if this is an emulator bug or a disk data bug. As the disks use FFS there's no checksums for file data, but viewing the contained files from disk #4 with an hex editor I didn't find any errors (e.g. DMS ERROR!!! blocks or something else that looks like a block has been overwritten).

As this game is somewhat rare (I found it on Amigascene CD 2 only) I just want to find somebody who can confirm a disk error or an emulation bug. Can somebody help?

derSammler · 18 September 2003, 19:35

Quote:

I know that in May somebody requested this game (cracked by Crystal), so can anybody confirm the mentioned error?

Yes, I also get this error message after completing level 2. It's a bad dump I guess...

Feltzkrone · 20 September 2003, 03:27

Hehe, I guess this one could be placed on some MIA list. This sort of error remembers me of the good old C64 times where those were fixed by replacing a corrupt level file by another one. Not really a choice for getting a 100% working version...

BTW: Is it "to replace x BY y" or "to replace x WITH y"?

haynor666 · 20 September 2003, 08:11

Try install this game on HDD. Maybe from HDD will work.

derSammler · 20 September 2003, 12:58

@haynor: No, it doesn't work from HD too.

haynor666 · 20 September 2003, 13:48

I'm going for weeding today so I'll test my version tomorrow.

Maybe my will work.

haynor666 · 21 September 2003, 09:35

Ok. Install process work fine. No errors at all but You must test this installed version by yourself.
BTW. I requested this game long time ago.

My version was cracked by Classic.

Since The Zone doesn't working right now take it here:
HND

RCK · 21 September 2003, 11:53

Quote:

Originally posted by haynor
Since The Zone doesn't working right now take it here:

hum ? it's working well here.

haynor666 · 21 September 2003, 12:38

Sometimes not but I don't know why

Feltzkrone · 21 September 2003, 18:11

Hehe, mine is cracked by Classic, too, NOT by Crystal. Shame on me...

BTW: Using cycle exact emulation and non cycle exact give different results on how the playfield is filled with numbers. This works for both AGA and ECS versions of the game in the same way. Anyway, I played around with the config as much as possible but it didn't help. Still get the error message on every try.

haynor666 · 22 September 2003, 18:41

Try my HDD version.

Feltzkrone · 22 September 2003, 20:42

Is the HDD version working or not? Or sometimes?

If it's working we can probably figure out which file is defunct on the disk version and replace it by the proper one from the HDD version...

EDIT: Oops, it was made USING the non-working disk version? But for what reason it does work when it's installed but it doesn't when playing from disk?

haynor666 · 22 September 2003, 21:55

I don't know, but I've installed this game on emu and everything works.

15 September 2003, 01:28	#1
Feltzkrone Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 103	Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe AGA As you might have read this game isn't in TOSEC, at least not the AGA version, so I must be lucky when I ask for somebody who tried to run this game in WinUAE... After completing level 2 the game accesses disk #4 and instead of displaying pictures (like after completion of any level) it will display an error message on red background including the text "... wrong bitcolors ... " (hardly readable as the graphics is defunct at that point). I know that in May somebody requested this game (cracked by Crystal), so can anybody confirm the mentioned error? Or has somebody managed it to get the game working? To me it's totally unclear if this is an emulator bug or a disk data bug. As the disks use FFS there's no checksums for file data, but viewing the contained files from disk #4 with an hex editor I didn't find any errors (e.g. DMS ERROR!!! blocks or something else that looks like a block has been overwritten). As this game is somewhat rare (I found it on Amigascene CD 2 only) I just want to find somebody who can confirm a disk error or an emulation bug. Can somebody help?

21 September 2003, 09:35	#7
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	Ok. Install process work fine. No errors at all but You must test this installed version by yourself. BTW. I requested this game long time ago. My version was cracked by Classic. Since The Zone doesn't working right now take it here: HND Last edited by haynor666; 21 September 2003 at 09:40.

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20 September 2003, 03:27	#3
Feltzkrone Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 103	Hehe, I guess this one could be placed on some MIA list. This sort of error remembers me of the good old C64 times where those were fixed by replacing a corrupt level file by another one. Not really a choice for getting a 100% working version... BTW: Is it "to replace x BY y" or "to replace x WITH y"?

20 September 2003, 08:11	#4
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	Try install this game on HDD. Maybe from HDD will work.

20 September 2003, 12:58	#5
derSammler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 1,655	@haynor: No, it doesn't work from HD too.

20 September 2003, 13:48	#6
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	I'm going for weeding today so I'll test my version tomorrow. Maybe my will work.

21 September 2003, 12:38	#9
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	Sometimes not but I don't know why

21 September 2003, 18:11	#10
Feltzkrone Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 103	Hehe, mine is cracked by Classic, too, NOT by Crystal. Shame on me... BTW: Using cycle exact emulation and non cycle exact give different results on how the playfield is filled with numbers. This works for both AGA and ECS versions of the game in the same way. Anyway, I played around with the config as much as possible but it didn't help. Still get the error message on every try.

22 September 2003, 18:41	#11
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	Try my HDD version.

22 September 2003, 20:42	#12
Feltzkrone Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 103	Is the HDD version working or not? Or sometimes? If it's working we can probably figure out which file is defunct on the disk version and replace it by the proper one from the HDD version... EDIT: Oops, it was made USING the non-working disk version? But for what reason it does work when it's installed but it doesn't when playing from disk?

22 September 2003, 21:55	#13
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,753	I don't know, but I've installed this game on emu and everything works.

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