GameBase Amiga 2.0 - Page 3

Retro-Nerd · 06 January 2016, 14:08

Maybe the Windows Compatibility Mode (for Win 7/8) works for the whdrun.exe.

high-5 · 06 January 2016, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Maybe the Windows Compatibility Mode (for Win 7/8) works for the whdrun.exe.

Thanks, did try this and also Admin Credentials with no luck.

Retro-Nerd · 06 January 2016, 17:09

Then it's maybe related to the mingwm10.dll. Probably not compatible with W10.

1time · 06 January 2016, 17:45

Offff.. thats a bummer. No GB 2 for me then ;(

manic23 · 09 January 2016, 16:54

Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks Belgarath for creating this new version, I have been using 1.6 for many years and can hardly believe that there is a new version now, just awesome! I only discovered this today.

1time · 09 January 2016, 18:03

Maybe someone could compile and try this version?

https://github.com/MrFlibb/WHDRun

I do not know how to do this myself ;(

liveevil · 13 January 2016, 11:23

I just thought i'd run the ADF games through the latest TOSEC dat for a laugh and whooaah! There are a lot of Bad Dumps, Bad Dos Copy's, Mixed cracked versions, Mixed Alternate versions etc. It definitely shows that this began creation a long time ago. Thanks though.

manic23 · 13 January 2016, 12:16

Will there be a new whdload pack or do we use the old one still?

Retro-Nerd · 13 January 2016, 13:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by manic23

Will there be a new whdload pack or do we use the old one still?

All newer installs from Retroplay are supported. Grab them all via a FTP tool from the EAB file server.

manic23 · 13 January 2016, 13:51

Ok thanks

Retro-Nerd · 13 January 2016, 14:28

But first you need to convert the lha archives to zip. WinRAR can do that.

Anubis · 13 January 2016, 15:08

It would be much simpler if all archives are made the same way. To make them work I remade them in Amiga with classicwb for my other project.
What games did not work with ZIP?

manic23 · 13 January 2016, 15:13

Do they need renaming?

Retro-Nerd · 13 January 2016, 15:35

No renaming, just convert them. Some might not work, but only a few i assume.

manic23 · 13 January 2016, 15:40

Ok many thanks

mai · 13 January 2016, 15:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by liveevil

There are a lot of Bad Dumps, Bad Dos Copy's, Mixed cracked versions, Mixed Alternate versions etc.

I dont think so, this time offered ADFs are carefully selected, at least a step forward.
Please report supposed bad dumps etc!

liveevil · 13 January 2016, 16:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by mai

I dont think so, this time offered ADFs are carefully selected, at least a step forward.
Please report supposed bad dumps etc!

I was just talking about the current Gamebase 2.0 ADF games that Belgarath put on the FTP. The latest TOSEC reports a lot of them as alternate versions mixed with normal, Disk 1 cracked by one group and Disk 2 cracked by a different group, bad Dos Copy's etc. Maybe these are the only combination that work correctly. Just run the TOSEC on the ADF games and you'll see what I mean. I don't think it's anything major.

mai · 13 January 2016, 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by liveevil

I was just talking about the current Gamebase 2.0 ADF games that Belgarath put on the FTP. The latest TOSEC reports a lot of them as alternate versions mixed with normal, Disk 1 cracked by one group and Disk 2 cracked by a different group, bad Dos Copy's etc. Maybe these are the only combination that work correctly. Just run the TOSEC on the ADF games and you'll see what I mean. I don't think it's anything major.

There are no known bad dumps anymore in v2, there are a few doscopies, but already reported:
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...5&postcount=25
some of them are still there, beause no better version available, and its not proved if this doscopy issue causes any proplem in this games.
again post examples!!

Belgarath · 13 January 2016, 18:02

Yes thanks to Mai I've replaced most of the bad dumps, there are a few still in there but that's where as far as I know there's no known good dump.

Mixed alternates is not a problem, I've had sets of disks that were part of one package get reported as different alt sets. Although there's been major improvements in tosec names, there's generally little proof that all [a]'s belong together and all [a1]'s are part of another set.

I've tested what I could but if you do find a problem game then report it and I'll change it! Simple as that

Also as far as I know GameBase Amiga is still the closest thing you will get to an offline version of HOL.

liveevil · 13 January 2016, 18:25

I found these by passing the Gamebase 2.0 ADF's through the latest TOSEC. Maybe they are still useable.

1000 Miglia (1992)(Simulmondo)(en-it)[cr Goonies][t +1 Goonies][b crack]
Double Dragon (1989)(Melbourne House)[cr QTX][m baddump]
Great Courts (1989)(Ubi Soft)[cr QTX][b dump]
John Madden American Football (1992)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 2 of 2)[m baddump]
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match (1989)(Impressions)[cr QTX][b corrupt file]
Kwasimodo (1987)(Courbois)[cr][h BST][b corrupt file]
Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards v1.000 (1991-07-04)(Sierra)(Disk 3 of 4)(2)[cr SR][b corrupt file][SCI remake]
Lords of Doom v1.00 (1991)(Starbyte)(Disk 2 of 2)[b checksum error]
Retee 2! (1993)(Ocean)(IT)(en)(Disk 2 of 2)[h TCB][b checksum error]
Think! (1991)(Wolf Computertechnik)(DE)[cr DLT][b corrupt file]
Time Race (1990)(Loriciel)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Angels - Genesis][b corrupt file]
Typhoon v1.0 (1987)(Kingsoft)[cr Movers][h Infernal Duo][b corrupt file]
Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar (1988)(Origin)[b missing files]

Are 'bamcopy' considered OK ? I miss-read them as 'bad copy' (There are a lot). Example :-
4D Sports Boxing v1.0 (1991)(Mindscape)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr CSL][m bamcopy]

Also, are mixed cracked versions OK ? (The disk numbers on the following example seem strange too) :-
Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr FLT][t +3 DTC]
Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr FLT]
Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 3 of 3)[cr SCX][t +1 SCX]

Federation Quest 1 - B.S.S. Jane Seymour (1990)(Gremlin)(M3)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr PDX]
Federation Quest 1 - B.S.S. Jane Seymour (1990)(Gremlin)(M3)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Valhalla]

Some disks aren't even detected by TOSEC for example :-
Ghouls 'N Ghosts (1989)(U.S. Gold)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr Flashtro][t +13 Flashtro] (detected)
Disk 2 ? (Not detected or may have been detected as a different game disk ?)

13 January 2016, 11:23	#47
liveevil Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 331	I just thought i'd run the ADF games through the latest TOSEC dat for a laugh and whooaah! There are a lot of Bad Dumps, Bad Dos Copy's, Mixed cracked versions, Mixed Alternate versions etc. It definitely shows that this began creation a long time ago. Thanks though. Last edited by liveevil; 13 January 2016 at 11:29.

13 January 2016, 18:25	#60
liveevil Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 331	I found these by passing the Gamebase 2.0 ADF's through the latest TOSEC. Maybe they are still useable. 1000 Miglia (1992)(Simulmondo)(en-it)[cr Goonies][t +1 Goonies][b crack] Double Dragon (1989)(Melbourne House)[cr QTX][m baddump] Great Courts (1989)(Ubi Soft)[cr QTX][b dump] John Madden American Football (1992)(Electronic Arts)(Disk 2 of 2)[m baddump] Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match (1989)(Impressions)[cr QTX][b corrupt file] Kwasimodo (1987)(Courbois)[cr][h BST][b corrupt file] Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards v1.000 (1991-07-04)(Sierra)(Disk 3 of 4)(2)[cr SR][b corrupt file][SCI remake] Lords of Doom v1.00 (1991)(Starbyte)(Disk 2 of 2)[b checksum error] Retee 2! (1993)(Ocean)(IT)(en)(Disk 2 of 2)[h TCB][b checksum error] Think! (1991)(Wolf Computertechnik)(DE)[cr DLT][b corrupt file] Time Race (1990)(Loriciel)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Angels - Genesis][b corrupt file] Typhoon v1.0 (1987)(Kingsoft)[cr Movers][h Infernal Duo][b corrupt file] Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar (1988)(Origin)[b missing files] Are 'bamcopy' considered OK ? I miss-read them as 'bad copy' (There are a lot). Example :- 4D Sports Boxing v1.0 (1991)(Mindscape)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr CSL][m bamcopy] Also, are mixed cracked versions OK ? (The disk numbers on the following example seem strange too) :- Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr FLT][t +3 DTC] Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr FLT] Deliverance (1992)(21st Century)(Disk 3 of 3)[cr SCX][t +1 SCX] Federation Quest 1 - B.S.S. Jane Seymour (1990)(Gremlin)(M3)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr PDX] Federation Quest 1 - B.S.S. Jane Seymour (1990)(Gremlin)(M3)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Valhalla] Some disks aren't even detected by TOSEC for example :- Ghouls 'N Ghosts (1989)(U.S. Gold)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr Flashtro][t +13 Flashtro] (detected) Disk 2 ? (Not detected or may have been detected as a different game disk ?) Last edited by liveevil; 13 January 2016 at 18:49.

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06 January 2016, 14:08	#41
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	Maybe the Windows Compatibility Mode (for Win 7/8) works for the whdrun.exe.

06 January 2016, 17:09	#43
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	Then it's maybe related to the mingwm10.dll. Probably not compatible with W10.

06 January 2016, 17:45	#44
1time Amiga Lover Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 612	Offff.. thats a bummer. No GB 2 for me then ;(

09 January 2016, 16:54	#45
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks Belgarath for creating this new version, I have been using 1.6 for many years and can hardly believe that there is a new version now, just awesome! I only discovered this today.

09 January 2016, 18:03	#46
1time Amiga Lover Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 612	Maybe someone could compile and try this version? https://github.com/MrFlibb/WHDRun I do not know how to do this myself ;(

13 January 2016, 12:16	#48
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Will there be a new whdload pack or do we use the old one still?

13 January 2016, 13:51	#50
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Ok thanks

13 January 2016, 14:28	#51
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	But first you need to convert the lha archives to zip. WinRAR can do that.

13 January 2016, 15:08	#52
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058	It would be much simpler if all archives are made the same way. To make them work I remade them in Amiga with classicwb for my other project. What games did not work with ZIP?

13 January 2016, 15:13	#53
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Do they need renaming?

13 January 2016, 15:35	#54
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	No renaming, just convert them. Some might not work, but only a few i assume.

13 January 2016, 15:40	#55
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	Ok many thanks

13 January 2016, 18:02	#59
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	Yes thanks to Mai I've replaced most of the bad dumps, there are a few still in there but that's where as far as I know there's no known good dump. Mixed alternates is not a problem, I've had sets of disks that were part of one package get reported as different alt sets. Although there's been major improvements in tosec names, there's generally little proof that all [a]'s belong together and all [a1]'s are part of another set. I've tested what I could but if you do find a problem game then report it and I'll change it! Simple as that Also as far as I know GameBase Amiga is still the closest thing you will get to an offline version of HOL.

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