Team Ford Q8 Demo V1.1 - Page 2

Konrad · 29 December 2006, 17:34

I'm using the newest WinUAE, Quickstart A500. Works flawless.

s2325 · 29 December 2006, 18:01

screenshot from this nice game:

andreas · 29 December 2006, 18:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

theres only room on the disk for 4 levels, at the moment I'm struggling to get all the levels to fit on one disk.

LOL thanks Galahad! So no wonder they don't work :P
[edit] DOH I was too quick ('n dirty) and completely missed the part of Tony's post when he stated that!

Galahad:
again, this is for having a toy for you guys to play around with, i. e. for TEST ONLY. If you are really going to make a "proper" version come reality, forget about mine, pretending it had never existed!

BTW...you may want to take a look into what happens when you FINISHED a level. I did, the car turned sideways by 90 degrees, but the game apparently froze...("sound loop") ESC worked but resulted in a trip to India i. e. a guru...

@all: Has anyone managed to get rid of the initial sound distortion at the beginning?

IFW · 29 December 2006, 19:06

Hi Tony,

Can you make a raw dump of this using our tool?

Thanks.

Galahad/FLT · 29 December 2006, 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreas

LOL thanks Galahad! So no wonder they don't work :P
[edit] DOH I was too quick ('n dirty) and completely missed the part of Tony's post when he stated that!

Galahad:
again, this is for having a toy for you guys to play around with, i. e. for TEST ONLY. If you are really going to make a "proper" version come reality, forget about mine, pretending it had never existed!

BTW...you may want to take a look into what happens when you FINISHED a level. I did, the car turned sideways by 90 degrees, but the game apparently froze...("sound loop") ESC worked but resulted in a trip to India i. e. a guru...

@all: Has anyone managed to get rid of the initial sound distortion at the beginning?

I worked from an MFMWarp file, I have checked yours and it also works fine.

Its a demo, so the code for the game isn't 100% sorted hence the sound distortion.

All the things you have listed with it crashing are what it does as its a demo evaluation.

Its not very good hence why no-one took it on. Frankly, the Lotus Series are the technical benchmark for this style of game on Amiga, and frankly they haven't got anywhere near Magnetic Fields.

Tony Landais · 30 December 2006, 09:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by IFW

Hi Tony,

Can you make a raw dump of this using our tool?

Thanks.

Sure I can but it might take a while since I don't know when I am going to France next time... All my old stuffs are there.
But as soon as I will go I will send it to you.
I might have some originals you could be interested in if it's not too hard to make a raw dump.

stainy · 30 December 2006, 10:34

Quote:

@all: Has anyone managed to get rid of the initial sound distortion at the beginning?

Think that might be something to do with Winuae? maybe... the sound is all over the place apparently.. with these betas..

just an idea!

Galaxy · 30 December 2006, 11:21

Interesting...

Thalamus were working on Q8 Team Ford Rally Simulator - was their first licenced game and was due for release in 1990, however it never appeared on the Amiga (although I think a C64 version was released).

The game looks quite different though (see preview in TGM31)

andreas · 31 December 2006, 12:13

THALAMUS!!
That rings a bell, Galaxy!

After using MFM2WWarp on the MFM raw dump, WWarp too recognized the format of some of the tracks as 'thalamus' when it analyzed sync and mask of the *.wwp file!
This is even more interesting, isn't it?

WayneK · 31 December 2006, 20:17

As Tony mentioned in one of his first posts in this thread, the developers (SoftEyes) also made another game that was released by Thalamas (a truly awful shootemup called 'Venom Wing' when it was released). Sounds to me like the superfast lovely vector driving game they (Thalamus) were planning never materialised, and SoftEyes were probably contacted to provide a replacement game?

Old Fool · 13 June 2008, 16:55

I tried the ADF of this game and I was really suprised how good driving game this would have been! It seems to be some kind of Lotus 2 rip-off but the graphics are good and the playability is great too! I like the idea of accelerating with the button and changing gears up and down via joystick. I mean there's only few good view-behind racing games for Amiga so its nice to play game like this.

Graham Humphrey · 13 June 2008, 17:38

Could anyone upload this again please? I'm interested now.

DrBong · 13 June 2008, 18:17

@Graham
In the Zone. Like Galahad, I don't think it's as good as the Lotus Turbo games. It could have been something, though, if it had lived up to the few magazine previews that appeared initially:

ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/si...ine3100008.jpg

Anyway, have fun with the demo.....

frikilokooo · 13 June 2008, 18:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrBong

@Graham
In the Zone.

.mfm file?,it doesn't work in WinUAE.

Old Fool · 13 June 2008, 19:05

Extended ADF's are impossible to convert 880k ADFs, aren't they?

DrBong · 13 June 2008, 19:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by frikilokooo

.mfm file?,it doesn't work in WinUAE.

Use MFMWarp or WWarp to write it back to disk to use with real hardware (probably can be converted to an extended ADF for emulation use too). Anyway, use the extended ADF someone else kindly upped to the Zone if you're emulating.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Fool

Extended ADF's are impossible to convert 880k ADFs, aren't they?

Yep and only really useful to emulator users.

frikilokooo · 13 June 2008, 19:36

Thanks!

Graham Humphrey · 13 June 2008, 20:20

Thanks for the uploads guys

DrBong · 13 June 2008, 21:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Thanks for the uploads guys

Don't forget to give us a mini-review of the demo once you've checked it out

StingRay · 14 June 2008, 01:42

I just saw this thread and quickly cracked the game so you can try it on your real Amigas now. I've uploaded it to the zone, source is included in the archive. I didn't bother to fix any bugs in the game, I only "fixed" the menu, it is not possible to select any level other than 1-4 in the menu anymore.

29 December 2006, 18:01	#22
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	screenshot from this nice game: Attached Thumbnails

14 June 2008, 01:42	#40
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	I just saw this thread and quickly cracked the game so you can try it on your real Amigas now. I've uploaded it to the zone, source is included in the archive. I didn't bother to fix any bugs in the game, I only "fixed" the menu, it is not possible to select any level other than 1-4 in the menu anymore. Last edited by StingRay; 14 June 2008 at 01:51.

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andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	THALAMUS!! That rings a bell, Galaxy! After using MFM2WWarp on the MFM raw dump, WWarp too recognized the format of some of the tracks as 'thalamus' when it analyzed sync and mask of the *.wwp file! This is even more interesting, isn't it?

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WayneK Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Somewhere secret Age: 50 Posts: 364	As Tony mentioned in one of his first posts in this thread, the developers (SoftEyes) also made another game that was released by Thalamas (a truly awful shootemup called 'Venom Wing' when it was released). Sounds to me like the superfast lovely vector driving game they (Thalamus) were planning never materialised, and SoftEyes were probably contacted to provide a replacement game?

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Old Fool Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampere Age: 40 Posts: 600	I tried the ADF of this game and I was really suprised how good driving game this would have been! It seems to be some kind of Lotus 2 rip-off but the graphics are good and the playability is great too! I like the idea of accelerating with the button and changing gears up and down via joystick. I mean there's only few good view-behind racing games for Amiga so its nice to play game like this.

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Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Could anyone upload this again please? I'm interested now.

13 June 2008, 18:17	#33
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	@Graham In the Zone. Like Galahad, I don't think it's as good as the Lotus Turbo games. It could have been something, though, if it had lived up to the few magazine previews that appeared initially: ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/si...ine3100008.jpg Anyway, have fun with the demo.....

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