Turrican 2 AGA (PC-DOS conversion) - Released! - Page 8

Witchbone · 24 December 2022, 21:02

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Witchbone · 24 December 2022, 21:03

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Originally Posted by TCD

Witchbone over on a1k.org made some disk labels for the game:

Thx for Posting, Happy X-MAs @all

Gzegzolka · 24 December 2022, 22:14

Is there only one secret drone in shmup section? Or there are three, but I miss two?

Predseda · 24 December 2022, 22:35

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Originally Posted by Gzegzolka

Is there only one secret drone in shmup section? Or there are three, but I miss two?

From the official info:

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Each level (excluding the spaceship sections) contain three hidden drones. They become visible when shot, but also let off a sound when they are on screen as a hint. Follow the drones to find secret items. Collect all 24 secret items and complete the game to unlock a special gameplay option.

TCD · 25 December 2022, 00:41

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Originally Posted by Witchbone

Thx for Posting, Happy X-MAs @all

Welcome to EAB and thank you for the disk labels

rare_j · 25 December 2022, 01:20

Thanks for this great release. I was able to play some of it tonight.
The new graphics (new to me, anyway) and secrets make it a really fun new challenge.

saimon69 · 25 December 2022, 04:42

Throwing a bone: now that there is the engine i wonder if as community we can do OUR Turrican III,IV,V, etc.

john4p · 25 December 2022, 10:45

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Originally Posted by saimon69

Throwing a bone: now that there is the engine i wonder if as community we can do OUR Turrican III,IV,V, etc.

And Turrican I AGA.

amigoun · 25 December 2022, 22:40

Thanks for making the conversion so well.
Played little on a stock machine with just PCMCIA SRAM, which was obviously causing lots of slowdowns. Next time I install some accelerator.
I noticed the autofire is on by default. Could it be made optional?

BigD · 26 December 2022, 00:14

Has anyone got this to load on THEA500 Mini? I just get the custom loader screen followed by black forever....

PAL version on 1.1.1 latest firmware at 50hz.

Muzza · 26 December 2022, 00:46

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Originally Posted by BigD

Has anyone got this to load on THEA500 Mini? I just get the custom loader screen followed by black forever....

PAL version on 1.1.1 latest firmware at 50hz.

I have had reports from other people who had problems with the A500 Mini version. Given that the process for adding games is rather poor, I put it down to configuration problems.
Just to check myself, I did a fresh USB drive with THEA500 folder on it and put the game on it. It did run, but it took a long time to start (2 minutes ish). Subsequent runs started much quicker. It seems A500 Mini does some kind of cacheing.

Perhaps you could try waiting for longer to see if that fixes it?
If not, I'd be very interested in tracking down the cause. Do you think you could zip up your USB drive and send me the contents so I can see if I can get it to happen on mine?

BigD · 26 December 2022, 01:07

@Thread

Ok, read the guidance online and you have to update the WHDLoad Database file.

Where's it stored on your USB?
THEA500/whdboot/game-data/whdload_db

Add the contents of the xml file included in the game download THEA500 Mini Pal package after first </game> comment and save. Use Windows and WordPad and not MacOS as the Mac hides the folders that you need.

dlfrsilver · 26 December 2022, 01:23

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Originally Posted by john4p

And Turrican I AGA.

Exactly, and even port the SNES versions

skan · 26 December 2022, 10:30

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Originally Posted by Muzza

You can download the game here. It is free.

Whoa, been off the grid for some days and THIS gets released?!? Congrats man!

(...and totally I don't deserve the main credits screen presence here, I feel an imposter now... Seriously, "additional graphics" = "small anim fixed, quick'n'dirty"... JSYK

)

mc68060 · 26 December 2022, 11:26

I think the next PC DOS port by Muzza should be the missing levels from The Lion King. In contrast to the PC and console versions, the Amiga version of The Lion King only came with 7 levels and the best level, the "Can't wait to be king" level with the ostrich run, was actually missing (even though it was pictured on the box's back). I think it's time to undo this injustice and finally give Amiga users the full Lion King treatment!

Zabi · 26 December 2022, 11:32

Very nice!

dlfrsilver · 26 December 2022, 12:01

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Originally Posted by mc68060

I think the next PC DOS port by Muzza should be the missing levels from The Lion King. In contrast to the PC and console versions, the Amiga version of The Lion King only came with 7 levels and the best level, the "Can't wait to be king" level with the ostrich run, was actually missing (even though it was pictured on the box's back). I think it's time to undo this injustice and finally give Amiga users the full Lion King treatment!

Lionking is C coded if i remember well. It would require to hack the Megadrive version...... Good luck :/

sokolovic · 26 December 2022, 12:09

The engine seems pretty solid indeed. I hope it will be used for other 2D games but anyway this one is already a great xmas gift. Have a good rest Muzza !

Henk Nieborg have done recently pixel art for a Megadrive game. Who knows, maybe he would be interested to make some for a new AGA game ? A sequel to Lionheart for A1200/CD32/modern platforms would probably be easily founded on a kickstarter.

https://www.henknieborg.nl/

mc68060 · 26 December 2022, 12:11

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Lionking is C coded if i remember well. It would require to hack the Megadrive version...... Good luck :/

Why is it a problem that Lionking is C coded?

dlfrsilver · 26 December 2022, 12:57

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Originally Posted by mc68060

Why is it a problem that Lionking is C coded?

It's much more complicated to hack a C coded game. It's "easier" when coded in ASM.

26 December 2022, 01:07	#152
BigD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: UK Posts: 497	@Thread Ok, read the guidance online and you have to update the WHDLoad Database file. Where's it stored on your USB? THEA500/whdboot/game-data/whdload_db Add the contents of the xml file included in the game download THEA500 Mini Pal package after first </game> comment and save. Use Windows and WordPad and not MacOS as the Mac hides the folders that you need. Last edited by BigD; 26 December 2022 at 01:58.

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rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Thanks for this great release. I was able to play some of it tonight. The new graphics (new to me, anyway) and secrets make it a really fun new challenge.

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saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,529	Throwing a bone: now that there is the engine i wonder if as community we can do OUR Turrican III,IV,V, etc.

25 December 2022, 22:40	#149
amigoun Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Czech Rep Posts: 599	Thanks for making the conversion so well. Played little on a stock machine with just PCMCIA SRAM, which was obviously causing lots of slowdowns. Next time I install some accelerator. I noticed the autofire is on by default. Could it be made optional?

26 December 2022, 00:14	#150
BigD Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: UK Posts: 497	Has anyone got this to load on THEA500 Mini? I just get the custom loader screen followed by black forever.... PAL version on 1.1.1 latest firmware at 50hz.

26 December 2022, 11:26	#155
mc68060 With MMU and FPU! Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On your mainboard Posts: 270	I think the next PC DOS port by Muzza should be the missing levels from The Lion King. In contrast to the PC and console versions, the Amiga version of The Lion King only came with 7 levels and the best level, the "Can't wait to be king" level with the ostrich run, was actually missing (even though it was pictured on the box's back). I think it's time to undo this injustice and finally give Amiga users the full Lion King treatment!

26 December 2022, 11:32	#156
Zabi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Finland Posts: 31	Very nice!

26 December 2022, 12:09	#158
sokolovic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Marseille / France Posts: 1,437	The engine seems pretty solid indeed. I hope it will be used for other 2D games but anyway this one is already a great xmas gift. Have a good rest Muzza ! Henk Nieborg have done recently pixel art for a Megadrive game. Who knows, maybe he would be interested to make some for a new AGA game ? A sequel to Lionheart for A1200/CD32/modern platforms would probably be easily founded on a kickstarter. https://www.henknieborg.nl/

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