Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon - Different Versions - Page 6

invent · 11 December 2018, 05:33

on a slightly related topic: King of Chicago version looks so much better on Amiga than the mac https://www.mobygames.com/game/macin...go/screenshots .. mac version is possibly the worst translation I have ever seen. Weird clay models?

I also thought that blue bar was some visual glitch also.

ricky500 · 11 December 2018, 07:08

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Originally Posted by invent

on a slightly related topic: King of Chicago version looks so much better on Amiga than the mac https://www.mobygames.com/game/macin...go/screenshots .. mac version is possibly the worst translation I have ever seen. Weird clay models?

I also thought that blue bar was some visual glitch also.

The Mac version of King of Chicago wasn't a translation, it was the original version of the game.

invent · 11 December 2018, 12:33

Thanks for clarifying ricky500.... via Wikipedia, ...This game was first developed by Doug Sharp on the Mac, then limited to a monochrome display, using graphics based on digitized images of clay models.

meynaf · 13 December 2018, 12:36

Ok folks. Are you ready ?
Here is first release of Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon ported from ST version.

malko · 13 December 2018, 13:05

Hope you left me some texts to debug

Will give a try this evening.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 13:27

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Originally Posted by meynaf

Ok folks. Are you ready ?
Here is first release of Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon ported from ST version.

Outstanding work yet again from the Atari ST --> Amiga porting master... thank you so much meynaf

Christmas really has come early this year with the releases of Powerglove Reloaded + Tiger Claw; and now this

*** runs off to download, play ***

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 16:45

Updated this thread after the news today: Ports / Conversions --> Amiga

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 16:51

For anyone that wants a disk version; please see attached

...will run on a standard A1200 - 2MB Chip RAM.

Retroplay · 13 December 2018, 17:28

And for our french speaking buddies.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 17:42

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Originally Posted by Retroplay

And for our french speaking buddies.

...I was getting around to doing that, but been busy playing the game

Anyway, I see you've used the .ADF I created and just modified the "S/Startup-Sequence" as required

Retroplay · 13 December 2018, 18:35

No need to re-invent the wheel.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 19:11

Indeed

meynaf · 13 December 2018, 20:15

- Warning -

Floppy versions are not supported.
If you want the game to run properly, use the HD version I have uploaded.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 20:25

Understood

...the floppy version just extracts your .LZX archive into RAM before running; that's all.

meynaf · 13 December 2018, 20:28

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Originally Posted by DamienD

Understood

...the floppy version just extracts your .LZX archive into RAM before running; that's all.

The lzx you used on your disk isn't identical to my lzx archive.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 20:33

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Originally Posted by meynaf

The lzx you used on your disk isn't identical to my lzx archive.

No, because for some reason when I extracted your .LZX file from disk; it would fail sometimes.

I guess you use a later version of .LZX which isn't fully compatible with "Unlzx" that I use on disk.

...so, I ended up extracting your original .LZX file in my "ClassicWB 3.1 .HDF" environment; then slightly adjusted the "sinbad.readme" (so that in WinUAE it displays better in a 640 x 480 resolution) and then re-LZX'd.

Besides the "sinbad.readme", look at the files; they are absolutely identical

...and it now extracts everytime from disk without issue.

meynaf · 13 December 2018, 20:44

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Originally Posted by DamienD

No, because for some reason when I extracted your .LZX file from disk; it would fail sometimes.

I guess you use a later version of .LZX which isn't fully compatible with "Unlzx" that I use on disk.

...so, I ended up extracting your original .LZX file in my "ClassicWB 3.1 .HDF" environment; then slightly adjusted the "Sinbad.readme" (so that in my collection it's better entered on a 640 x 480 screen) and then re-LZX'd.

Besides the "Sinbad.readme", look at the files; they are absolutely identical

...and it now extracts everytime from disk without issue.

But you removed the multilanguage support while it would have been easy to add a small menu for this...

meynaf · 13 December 2018, 21:09

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Originally Posted by DamienD

Yeah, guess I could have but as I mentioned weeks ago... I don't care for a French version.

The .ADF I made is for the original conversion; be it English language

Besides, Retroplay has provided the French version as a separate disk; which he based off my .ADF and only had to change lines in the "S/Startup-Sequence"...

I guess that makes us even. You don't care for a French version, I don't care for a floppy version...

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 21:10

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Originally Posted by meynaf

But you removed the multilanguage support while it would have been easy to add a small menu for this...

Yeah, guess I could have but as I mentioned weeks ago... I don't care for a French version.

The .ADF I made is for the original conversion; be it English language

Besides, Retroplay has provided the French version as a separate disk; which he based off the .ADF I created and only had to change lines in the "S/Startup-Sequence"...

Anyway, people can totally ignore these 2 x English / French .ADFs if they like and install your .LZX file to hard drive... no-one is being forced to use them; and as you've pointed out... they are totally unsupported.

DamienD · 13 December 2018, 21:17

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Originally Posted by meynaf

I guess that makes us even. You don't care for a French version, I don't care for a floppy version...

...and that's totally ok.

But I'd image some people will; those who don't know how to install WB, get .LZX files across; extract etc...

Anyway, what's wrong with having more options available though?

Again, I haven't modified your files; except for spaces in the English "sinbad.readme" (for better reading in 640x480 resolution via WinUAE) and then re-LZX'ing everything up.

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11 December 2018, 05:33	#101
invent pixels Join Date: May 2014 Location: Australia Age: 52 Posts: 476	on a slightly related topic: King of Chicago version looks so much better on Amiga than the mac https://www.mobygames.com/game/macin...go/screenshots .. mac version is possibly the worst translation I have ever seen. Weird clay models? I also thought that blue bar was some visual glitch also.

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invent pixels Join Date: May 2014 Location: Australia Age: 52 Posts: 476	Thanks for clarifying ricky500.... via Wikipedia, ...This game was first developed by Doug Sharp on the Mac, then limited to a monochrome display, using graphics based on digitized images of clay models.

13 December 2018, 12:36	#104
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	Ok folks. Are you ready ? Here is first release of Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon ported from ST version.

13 December 2018, 13:05	#105
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,856	Hope you left me some texts to debug Will give a try this evening.

13 December 2018, 16:45	#107
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Updated this thread after the news today: Ports / Conversions --> Amiga

13 December 2018, 18:35	#111
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,079	No need to re-invent the wheel.

13 December 2018, 19:11	#112
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Indeed

13 December 2018, 20:15	#113
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	- Warning - Floppy versions are not supported. If you want the game to run properly, use the HD version I have uploaded.

13 December 2018, 20:25	#114
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Understood ...the floppy version just extracts your .LZX archive into RAM before running; that's all.

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