Bodyblows & Galactic disks

Octopus66 · 19 May 2021, 11:56

Any insight into how Bodyblows Galactic shipped on 2 floppies, while original OCS Bodyblows was on 3 floppies? They seem very similar in content to me..

jotd · 19 May 2021, 16:59

maybe they optimized data. compress disk images and compare compressed sizes see if the 3rd dlsk is really full

CFou! · 19 May 2021, 18:03

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Originally Posted by jotd

maybe they optimized data. compress disk images and compare compressed sizes see if the 3rd dlsk is really full

In my memory disk 0 is almost empty.
Few data for the game and advertissing screenshots for another games as superfrog

jotd · 19 May 2021, 18:18

I guess they couldn't pack data enough to fit in 2 disks, then they had to throw a 3rd disk, then they took advantage of it to put ads for other games (AFAIR Alien Breed SE has a cool ad for superfrog with a good Allister Brimble tune)

dlfrsilver · 19 May 2021, 18:20

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Originally Posted by CFOU!

In my memory disk 0 is almost empty.
Few data for the game and advertissing screenshots for another games as superfrog

Once cracked, Body Blows takes a 4th disk. If disk 0 was empty, the space would have been used then.

jotd · 19 May 2021, 18:31

very true.

19 May 2021, 11:56	#1
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19 May 2021, 16:59	#2
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,206	maybe they optimized data. compress disk images and compare compressed sizes see if the 3rd dlsk is really full

19 May 2021, 18:18	#4
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,206	I guess they couldn't pack data enough to fit in 2 disks, then they had to throw a 3rd disk, then they took advantage of it to put ads for other games (AFAIR Alien Breed SE has a cool ad for superfrog with a good Allister Brimble tune)

19 May 2021, 18:31	#6
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,206	very true.

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