System-4: Mister Tengus Adventure

[DamienD]

Ok, compared the game file on these disks:

a) "System-4 - Mister Tengus Adventure (1989)(CompuTec Verlag)(DE)(en)[h Powerslaves][Amiga Fun].adf" [CRC 361D3D27]
b) "Megadeth Disk - 5 Games (1989)(-)[KS 1.2].adf" [CRC 0796AA8A]
c) "Amiga Fun #01 (1990-10)(MC Publications)(GB)[cr Abakus][t +1 Olmecs][System-4 - Mister Tengus Adventure, Nov 1990].adf" [CRC 16AF73DF]
d) "Amiga Fun (199x)(CompuTec Verlag)(DE)[a][System 4 & Casino 3000].adf" [CRC F941E651]
e) "Amiga Fun (199x)(CompuTec Verlag)(DE)[System 4 & Casino 3000].adf" [CRC D8D658B4]
f) "AmigaFun1_GB_CrazySue_System4_NecronomDemo_FlightOfDreamsII_Utils.adf" [CRC 50DED42C]
g) "PD Games Volume 026 (199x)(The Assassins)(PD).adf" [CRC 5F7732FA]
h) "Pack Game #2 (1990)(Supplex).adf" [CRC AC09FC9A]

DISK      FILE NAME         FILE SIZE       VERSION   
a)        1                 139568          Preview
b)        2                 115892          Preview
c)        tengus2.exe       164080          Release
d)        1                 191504          Release
e)        1                 191504          Release
f)        af2               165276          Release
g)        system            165276          Release
h)        4                 164080          Release

a) & b) are preview versions working perfectly.
c) & h) are release versions but faulty & trained.
d) & e) are release versions but faulty.
f) & g) are release versions working perfectly; got to level 7 before quitting

New disk on it's way

[DamienD]

Old disk (with faulty '1990 release' version) removed from post #13...

New disk with working '1990 release' version attached to this post

Sorry to all that downloaded the old disk...

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by s2325

game is also on disks Supplex-PackGame2, Megadeth Disk - 5 Games (19xx)(-)[b] (load games from CLI)

Thanks for the info s2325

Megadeth Disk - 5 Games (1989)(-)[KS 1.2].adf [CRC 0796AA8A] is the '1989 preview' version so updated post #4.

I can't find "Supplex-PackGame2" anywhere; do you have this disk that I can look at my friend?

[s2325]

I think it was renamed to /Commodore_Amiga/TOSEC [2016-01-03]/Commodore Amiga - Compilations - Various (TOSEC-v2014-10-27_CM)/Pack Game #2 (1990)(Supplex).zip

[DamienD]

Thanks, found it

The file on "Pack Game #2 (1990)(Supplex).adf" [CRC AC09FC9A] is the '1990 release' version (but faulty and trained) so updated post #4.

[DamienD]

Just made it to level 27. From level 16 onwards you need to jump on squares twice to change their colour.

Level 17 is the same as level 1 and they repeat afterwards...

That blue raspberry looking enemy AKA "Paint Fool" who changes squares back to their original colour is a real pain in the bum

Also a word of warning; if you pick up the "miniature hero item with L above" (which gives you an extra life); don't go past 7 lives... I did this, the lives counter reset to 0 and when I died the game ended

[DamienD]

Alrighty, have now finished this game. There are 32 levels and here's the final screen if HOL / Lemon Amiga want to use it:

[MarkG]

level 32 lol guessing you used some sort infinite lives hack, game gets alot harder once the paintfool baddie arrives and starts undoing all your work, dont think i ever got to level 16 even back in the amiga days when i played this alot, so well done if you didnt cheat

[DamienD]

Nope, didn't cheat

The game is pretty easy once you work out a few strategies:

a) Jumping <fire button> takes off energy so use sparingly; usually just to jump over enemies or get to an item quickly.
b) Collect the "cake" as much as you can. This gives you extra energy.
c) Collect the "green bowl with orange balls". This gives you speed and you can collect more than once for extra speed (I think 4 times but could be 3).
d) Collect the "miniature hero item with L above". This gives you an extra life.
e) A trick I use when low on energy or lives is to change all squares but one on the grid. Just keep moving around and wait for more "cakes" or "miniature hero item with L above" to appear. It doesn't matter it the "countdown" finishes; you just don't get the bonus points.

Note: a word of warning, don't pickup the "miniature hero item with L above" if you have 7 lives... I did this, the lives counter then resets to 0 and when I died the game ended

Finally, as I've now finished the "1989 preview" and "1990 release" version; the good news is that the disk I created is 100% working

[hipoonios]

Originally Posted by DamienD

That blue raspberry looking enemy AKA "Paint Fool" who changes squares back to their original colour is a real pain in the bum

This ruined the whole game! Another thing I do not like is that the squares do not change color when you have jumped on them once.

I think I like Puggles more: http://hol.abime.net/4363

[s2325]

Amiga need Xagon port

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[MarkG]

maybe time to bump this request for whdload version with exit hiscore saving, now a few whdload coders are active atm

also thanks to cfou & stingray for fixing my intact problems during this lockdown

[MarkG]

2years, no whdload yet, maybe someday

[MarkG]

Another year goes by... still hoping for a whdload version with hiscore saving someday