Fixing Flashback versions.. Ongoing..

DamienD · 07 April 2006, 20:54

Just tried out the set which I use i.e.

... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 1 of 4)
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4)
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 3 of 4)
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 4 of 4)

As snarkhunter said only enable 1 disk drive (which I had set already). I didn't need to do what snarkhunter described though. Here's what I do:

... Load the game, type in LYNX for the password and you get asked to insert Disk 3.
... Now press <END> + <F1> (which ejects the disk in DF0) and double-click on Disk 3.

Loads fine

Mind you, it did take a while to load. If you need to check that there is disk activity you can press F12, go to Host --> Misc --> tick On-Screen LEDs, and then click OK...

snarkhunter · 07 April 2006, 20:56

You're welcome : it's always a genuine pleasure to be able to help anyone here...

sh

Darkripper · 07 April 2006, 21:09

Thanks again

You helped a lot, cos in my case it required that little trick! As for disk activity, I have the Floppy Drive Sound Emulation enabled. That way I can hear if there is disk activity.

DamienD · 07 April 2006, 21:17

No problem

Did you try just doing this though:

... Press <END> + <F1> (which ejects the disk in DF0) and double-click on the required disk.

That's what I do whenever I need to change disks for any game. It should work and you don't need to eject, go back to the game, insert the new disk for loading...

Anyway, no matter which way you've achieved this, I'm glad it works for you now

Adderly · 08 April 2006, 01:42

I'm keen on to know which disks are good dumps, 100% cracked/working to the end. Please post the exact disknames here so we could give them the verified good dump flag [!], a bad crack flag or a broken disk flag etc. over at the tosec project!
I have zoned ALL Tosec versions of that games and my own Genetix and Interpol cracks who are not yet in the Tosec dats!

Thanks for your help!

Ps: the zoned files are packed with 7zip, sorry if that makes any troubles, but rar packed all files to 28.8 MB and 7zip to 2.4 MB!
You can get 7zip from www.7-zip.org (PC only).

BippyM · 08 April 2006, 01:44

Well I just found another Interpol cracked set (fr) that has a Skid Row trainer

(This trainer ver is not in tosec!)

If anyone wantsd lemme know and I'll zone it

BippyM · 08 April 2006, 01:45

With winrar turn on SOLID archives and files will be smaller

Adderly · 08 April 2006, 01:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by bippym

Well I just found another Interpol cracked set (fr) that has a Skid Row trainer

(This trainer ver is not in tosec!)

If anyone wantsd lemme know and I'll zone it

I say zone it, maybe someone will have a look...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bippym

With winrar turn on SOLID archives and files will be smaller

ups, yes, much better compression, but still 5.8 MB

So if someone has trouble with 7zip i can reupload it compressed with rar...

demoniac · 08 April 2006, 03:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by bippym

Well I just found another Interpol cracked set (fr) that has a Skid Row trainer

(This trainer ver is not in tosec!)

If anyone wantsd lemme know and I'll zone it

Sure. I'll get to it eventually.

BippyM · 08 April 2006, 10:35

Will be zoned, though obviously don't submit to tosec as I'll be doing this

DamienD · 08 April 2006, 11:50

Over the weekend I'll try and finish FlashBack with the set I use i.e. the [cr Interpol][a] set and post my findings

DamienD · 08 April 2006, 19:04

Hmmm, been testing Flashback (on Easy level to speed things up)...

Using the Interpol [a] set, I finish Level 1 (which is on Disk 2), it tries to load the next level and stops after about 1 minute...

I've now also testing with the Interpol set and it does load Level 2!!!

Going to keep testing the full game using this set and post any findings

demoniac · 08 April 2006, 21:35

bippym,

Thanks for the image. Won't upload to TOSEC.

DamienD · 09 April 2006, 01:11

Going slower than anticipated... Maybe that has something to do with drinking Vodka while playing, LOL

Ok, finished Level 2. Been prompted for Disk 3 and successfully loaded the 3rd Level...

One very small issue with Level 2. On the 3rd "job" where you need to fix a CPU in a computer, the mission brief had f$%ked up text (see screen shot). Otherwise the disk is perfectly usable.

More to come

DamienD · 09 April 2006, 02:48

Third Level finished... I'm happy to report no bugs this time...

On to Level 4... well tomorrow anyway, bed now

DamienD · 09 April 2006, 16:38

Phew, finally finished the game... Here's some more information:

Level 4:
... No issues observed.

Level 5:
... No issues observed.
... After picking up / using the Transmitter + Reciever, a password protection screen appears. Just entered anything (as with the first password protection screen in the game) and continued.

Level 6:
... No issues observed.

Level 7:
... Again after using the Transmitter + Reciever, a password protection screen appears. Just entered anything and continued.
... Observered what could be a considered "very slight" graphic bug (see attached).

The only other thing I noticed is that anytime you need to type something in, the keyboard is not either US or UK. I think it's French to be honest, here's a brief description of what keys did what:
... A = Q and vice-versa
... W = Z and vice-versa
... : = M

Adderly · 09 April 2006, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Hmmm, been testing Flashback (on Easy level to speed things up)...
Using the Interpol [a] set, I finish Level 1 (which is on Disk 2), it tries to load the next level and stops after about 1 minute...

This one?
Flashback (1993)(Delphine - U.S. Gold)(Fr)(Disk 2 of 4)[cr Interpol][a].adf (crc B560BF2A)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Phew, finally finished the game... Here's some more information: ...

Great! Hope you had some fun with it (and not only with the bottle of vodka

)
Can you please post the full disknames of the disks you played and finished the game with? Thanks!

DamienD · 09 April 2006, 17:58

Hey Adderly,

Here's some more info:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adderly

This one?
Flashback (1993)(Delphine - U.S. Gold)(Fr)(Disk 2 of 4)[cr Interpol][a].adf (crc B560BF2A)

I grabbed all my sets from Planetemu, there is no Flashback (1993)(Delphine - U.S. Gold)(Fr)(Disk 2 of 4)[cr Interpol][a].zip on there

This is the one I had issues with:

... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4).adf {crc b560bf2a}

Strange though that your Disk 2 marked (Fr) has the same CRC32 as the one I used... This is probably the issue. The Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4).adf on Plantemu is really the French [a] version, just named incorrectly

Disk 1 seemed to work fine i.e. Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 1 of 4).adf {crc a9128c90}

Didn't try playing with Disk 3 or Disk 4 of this set as Disk 2 stopped loading the second level. Saying that though, when I tested Disk 3 using the password LYNX a few days ago it loaded to the level fine...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adderly

Great! Hope you had some fun with it (and not only with the bottle of vodka

)
Can you please post the full disknames of the disks you played and finished the game with? Thanks!

Yup, had fun playing (even though I finished it on the SNES about 7 months ago). Wicked game

The full names of disks that I used and worked (except for the 2 reported "bugs" and the French keyboard issue) are:

... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk 1 of 4).adf {crc 39e19b3d}
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk 2 of 4).adf {crc e953c8b3}
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk 3 of 4).adf {crc 32070e27}
... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk 4 of 4).adf {crc e469102f}

Hope this helps.

Adderly · 09 April 2006, 18:54

Thank you!
Great you supplied the crc, much easier to check it out this way. I'll post my findings later. For now: The b560bf2a file is from the latest Tosec dat and marked as (Fr) - seems that Planetemu has not updated their files lately....

DamienD · 09 April 2006, 20:03

Is there a correct disk Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4).adf? Guess I should really check out all the FB disks yourself and bippym uploaded to The Zone hey?

If so, maybe I should test the full set of Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk x of 4) to see if the 2 possible "bugs" found in the Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk x of 4) set exist?

07 April 2006, 20:54	#1
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Just tried out the set which I use i.e. ... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 1 of 4) ... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4) ... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 3 of 4) ... Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 4 of 4) As snarkhunter said only enable 1 disk drive (which I had set already). I didn't need to do what snarkhunter described though. Here's what I do: ... Load the game, type in LYNX for the password and you get asked to insert Disk 3. ... Now press <END> + <F1> (which ejects the disk in DF0) and double-click on Disk 3. Loads fine Mind you, it did take a while to load. If you need to check that there is disk activity you can press F12, go to Host --> Misc --> tick On-Screen LEDs, and then click OK... Last edited by DamienD; 07 April 2006 at 21:04.

07 April 2006, 21:17	#4
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	No problem Did you try just doing this though: ... Press <END> + <F1> (which ejects the disk in DF0) and double-click on the required disk. That's what I do whenever I need to change disks for any game. It should work and you don't need to eject, go back to the game, insert the new disk for loading... Anyway, no matter which way you've achieved this, I'm glad it works for you now Last edited by DamienD; 07 April 2006 at 21:24.

09 April 2006, 01:11	#14
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Going slower than anticipated... Maybe that has something to do with drinking Vodka while playing, LOL Ok, finished Level 2. Been prompted for Disk 3 and successfully loaded the 3rd Level... One very small issue with Level 2. On the 3rd "job" where you need to fix a CPU in a computer, the mission brief had f$%ked up text (see screen shot). Otherwise the disk is perfectly usable. More to come Attached Thumbnails

09 April 2006, 16:38	#16
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Phew, finally finished the game... Here's some more information: *Level 4:* ... No issues observed. *Level 5:* ... No issues observed. ... After picking up / using the Transmitter + Reciever, a password protection screen appears. Just entered anything (as with the first password protection screen in the game) and continued. *Level 6:* ... No issues observed. *Level 7:* ... Again after using the Transmitter + Reciever, a password protection screen appears. Just entered anything and continued. ... Observered what could be a considered "very slight" graphic bug (see attached). The only other thing I noticed is that anytime you need to type something in, the keyboard is not either US or UK. I think it's French to be honest, here's a brief description of what keys did what: ... A = Q and vice-versa ... W = Z and vice-versa ... : = M Attached Thumbnails

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07 April 2006, 20:56	#2
snarkhunter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: France Age: 59 Posts: 74	You're welcome : it's always a genuine pleasure to be able to help anyone here... sh

07 April 2006, 21:09	#3
Darkripper Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bulgaria Age: 39 Posts: 47	Thanks again You helped a lot, cos in my case it required that little trick! As for disk activity, I have the Floppy Drive Sound Emulation enabled. That way I can hear if there is disk activity.

08 April 2006, 01:42	#5
Adderly [Satan^God] Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 701	I'm keen on to know which disks are good dumps, 100% cracked/working to the end. Please post the exact disknames here so we could give them the verified good dump flag [!], a bad crack flag or a broken disk flag etc. over at the tosec project! I have zoned ALL Tosec versions of that games and my own Genetix and Interpol cracks who are not yet in the Tosec dats! Thanks for your help! Ps: the zoned files are packed with 7zip, sorry if that makes any troubles, but rar packed all files to 28.8 MB and 7zip to 2.4 MB! You can get 7zip from www.7-zip.org (PC only).

08 April 2006, 01:44	#6
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Well I just found another Interpol cracked set (fr) that has a Skid Row trainer (This trainer ver is not in tosec!) If anyone wantsd lemme know and I'll zone it

08 April 2006, 01:45	#7
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	With winrar turn on SOLID archives and files will be smaller

08 April 2006, 10:35	#10
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Will be zoned, though obviously don't submit to tosec as I'll be doing this

08 April 2006, 11:50	#11
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Over the weekend I'll try and finish FlashBack with the set I use i.e. the [cr Interpol][a] set and post my findings

08 April 2006, 19:04	#12
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Hmmm, been testing Flashback (on Easy level to speed things up)... Using the Interpol [a] set, I finish Level 1 (which is on Disk 2), it tries to load the next level and stops after about 1 minute... I've now also testing with the Interpol set and it does load Level 2!!! Going to keep testing the full game using this set and post any findings

08 April 2006, 21:35	#13
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,686	bippym, Thanks for the image. Won't upload to TOSEC.

09 April 2006, 02:48	#15
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Third Level finished... I'm happy to report no bugs this time... On to Level 4... well tomorrow anyway, bed now

09 April 2006, 18:54	#19
Adderly [Satan^God] Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 701	Thank you! Great you supplied the crc, much easier to check it out this way. I'll post my findings later. For now: The b560bf2a file is from the latest Tosec dat and marked as (Fr) - seems that Planetemu has not updated their files lately....

09 April 2006, 20:03	#20
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Is there a correct disk Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk 2 of 4).adf? Guess I should really check out all the FB disks yourself and bippym uploaded to The Zone hey? If so, maybe I should test the full set of Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol][a](Disk x of 4) to see if the 2 possible "bugs" found in the Flashback (1992)(U.S. Gold)[cr Interpol](Disk x of 4) set exist?

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