Unofficial CDTV Conversion Thread - Page 5

Retro1234 · 30 December 2019, 21:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amigajay

Just before the end of the year, i've pushed out Vol.2 for the CDTV (finally!) downloads links are in the first post, enjoy!

Well done

Amazed you could find so many good games to work on the basic Spec.

Amigajay · 30 December 2019, 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro1234

Well done

Amazed you could find so many good games to work on the basic Spec.

Cheers! Yep it was starting to become a struggle, with lots of testing and many games needing 1.5mb ram, so this will prob be the last volume of this mixed game kind for a while, although i do have plans for 2-3 other genre volumes which i have already started, one of which is for Infocom fans.

Amigajay · 03 January 2020, 14:51

Added the following solo CDTV game discs;

#52 - Secret Of Monkey Island, The (1MB)
#53 - Dreamweb (1MB)

Both are on Vol.4 but due to loading via the workbench compilation menu they require more than the stock 1MB on there, these solo discs work with just 1MB RAM.

#54 - Impossible Mission 2025

NeoHippie2016 · 05 January 2020, 10:26

@amigajay: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Viceroy · 05 January 2020, 13:29

Thank you :-)

Amigajay · 05 January 2020, 19:53

Appreciate the words of thanks guys!

Been working flat out on three more compilations the last couple of weeks which are just about done, so expect the first tomorrow if i don’t forget in-between taking the Christmas decs down!

Back to CD32 compilations after those, lots of updating to do!

utri007 · 05 January 2020, 22:41

The Adventures of Willy Beamish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ad..._Willy_Beamish would be like originally targeted. Weird that there wasn't CDTV version, but instead multidisk version.

Amigajay · 05 January 2020, 23:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

The Adventures of Willy Beamish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ad..._Willy_Beamish would be like originally targeted. Weird that there wasn't CDTV version, but instead multidisk version.

I’m sure there would have been if the CDTV took off, alot of developers were sitting on the fence waiting as the list of cancelled games shows.

Amigajay · 06 January 2020, 17:29

CDTV Vol.5 and Vol.6 are now available to download from Internet Archive and Mega!

ScottC2010 · 10 January 2020, 18:07

Hi,
I get the message insufficient free store when booting the Alien Breed on my real CDTV (Standard 1MB machine)

Amigajay · 10 January 2020, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottC2010

Hi,
I get the message insufficient free store when booting the Alien Breed on my real CDTV (Standard 1MB machine)

I haven’t released a CDTV disc with Alien Breed on?

ScottC2010 · 10 January 2020, 22:53

I must have got this form another folder - i have found it now - i guess it must be cd32 then

ransom1122 · 11 January 2020, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottC2010

Hi,
I get the message insufficient free store when booting the Alien Breed on my real CDTV (Standard 1MB machine)

Use 2mb chip ram.

DamienD · 11 January 2020, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottC2010

Hi,
I get the message insufficient free store when booting the Alien Breed on my real CDTV (Standard 1MB machine)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ransom1122

Use 2mb chip ram.

How exactly do you propose ScottC2010 does this on his real CDTV (standard 1MB)?

ransom1122 · 11 January 2020, 02:42

Thought he was using emulation. That game won't run on a real cdtv

DamienD · 11 January 2020, 02:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by ransom1122

Thought he was using emulation. That game won't run on a real cdtv

Why not?

Alien Breed runs on an "A500 / OCS / KS 1.3 / 512KB Chip & 512KB Slow Ram"...

The CDTV is quite similar in specs; but "1MB Chip RAM"

The reason why this game probably doesn't run on his CDTV, on whichever "compilation" ScottC2010 is talking about; is that the WHDLoad version was probably used (that's my guess anyway without checking).

ransom1122 · 11 January 2020, 04:02

Sorry my bad it was Alien Breed - Tower Assault (1994)(Team 17)[m].iso that needed 2mb chip

ScottC2010 · 11 January 2020, 15:52

Thanks for looking into this

I will have a look sometime at upgrading memory in the near future - maybe look at a rom sharer too so i can use both kickstarts as well

Amigajay · 12 January 2020, 11:23

Vol.7 has been finished and uploaded, this will be my last CDTV disc for a while, so download and enjoy, cheers!

earok · 25 April 2020, 06:35

Random question:

I found out fairly recently that Kickstart 1.3 forces a CLI to open every time, even if you don't run anything that prints in the startup sequence. So that wastes a tonne of ram, but you can claw some of it back with Add21K, and you can claw even more back with some tools that Ross gave me (40K or so).

CDTV seems to use a version of Kickstart 1.3, so I could possibly investigate using Ross's tools to save some RAM there.

Are there any games that should try as a test? Possibly Lemmings 2: Tribes? I vaguely remember trying, and failing, to make a CDTV version of that.

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03 January 2020, 14:51	#83
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,887	Added the following solo CDTV game discs; #52 - Secret Of Monkey Island, The (1MB) #53 - Dreamweb (1MB) Both are on Vol.4 but due to loading via the workbench compilation menu they require more than the stock 1MB on there, these solo discs work with just 1MB RAM. #54 - Impossible Mission 2025

05 January 2020, 10:26	#84
NeoHippie2016 Freak Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Gladbeck Age: 47 Posts: 580	@amigajay: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

05 January 2020, 13:29	#85
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	Thank you :-)

05 January 2020, 19:53	#86
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,887	Appreciate the words of thanks guys! Been working flat out on three more compilations the last couple of weeks which are just about done, so expect the first tomorrow if i don’t forget in-between taking the Christmas decs down! Back to CD32 compilations after those, lots of updating to do!

05 January 2020, 22:41	#87
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	The Adventures of Willy Beamish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ad..._Willy_Beamish would be like originally targeted. Weird that there wasn't CDTV version, but instead multidisk version.

06 January 2020, 17:29	#89
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,887	CDTV Vol.5 and Vol.6 are now available to download from Internet Archive and Mega!

10 January 2020, 22:53	#92
ScottC2010 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Leamington Spa / Warwickshire Posts: 532	I must have got this form another folder - i have found it now - i guess it must be cd32 then

11 January 2020, 02:42	#95
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,814	Thought he was using emulation. That game won't run on a real cdtv

11 January 2020, 04:02	#97
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,814	Sorry my bad it was Alien Breed - Tower Assault (1994)(Team 17)[m].iso that needed 2mb chip

11 January 2020, 15:52	#98
ScottC2010 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Leamington Spa / Warwickshire Posts: 532	Thanks for looking into this I will have a look sometime at upgrading memory in the near future - maybe look at a rom sharer too so i can use both kickstarts as well

12 January 2020, 11:23	#99
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,887	Vol.7 has been finished and uploaded, this will be my last CDTV disc for a while, so download and enjoy, cheers!

25 April 2020, 06:35	#100
earok Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Auckland Posts: 3,542	Random question: I found out fairly recently that Kickstart 1.3 forces a CLI to open every time, even if you don't run anything that prints in the startup sequence. So that wastes a tonne of ram, but you can claw some of it back with Add21K, and you can claw even more back with some tools that Ross gave me (40K or so). CDTV seems to use a version of Kickstart 1.3, so I could possibly investigate using Ross's tools to save some RAM there. Are there any games that should try as a test? Possibly Lemmings 2: Tribes? I vaguely remember trying, and failing, to make a CDTV version of that.

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