Loopz

musashi5150 · 02 December 2006, 18:55

Hey guys. I've been playing the game 'Loopz' this afternoon (http://hol.abime.net/912). I've only discovered this game in the last few weeks as it came on a disk with my Atari STE (boooo!

)... so I'm used to the ST version.

But I downloaded the Amiga version today and tried it (on both WinUAE and a real Amiga). The graphics seems really dark and murky compared to the ST version!! The HOL Amiga screenshot seems to be nice and bright... what am I missing here??

s2325 · 02 December 2006, 22:42

Try 'Astronut & Wiseman - Trivia Game Show & Loopz' (planetemu.net). For me looks like from the HOL screenshots.

musashi5150 · 02 December 2006, 23:03

I just tried that one and it still is dark, murky display for me... I'll attach a pic so you can see what I mean.

It's the same on a real Amiga not just WinUAE... I just wonder why

I poked the games colours regs with my Action Replay to make them brighter ($0xxx += $0555) but they still look bad, so it's not just being dark - they are also murky and washed out...

It's not a bad crack either as I've tried the SPS version too...

Codetapper · 02 December 2006, 23:46

It looks like the colour registers are set for the Atari ST which only has 8 bits for RGB colour. The Amiga has 16 so you need to double all the values.

I have 2 versions of the game, one has the colour table at $11810:

Code:

00011810 0000 0121 0221 0232 0342 0464 0453 0777  ...!.!.2.B.d.S.w
00011820 0743 0760 0057 0210 0310 0521 0632 0777  .C.`.W.....!.2.w

I just did a quick test, on the screen where it says press Space to start, I hit Shift-F12 and pasted this in:

W dff182 242
W dff184 442
W dff186 464
W dff188 684
W dff18a 8C8
W dff18c 8a6
W dff18e eee
W dff190 e86
W dff192 ec0
W dff195 ae
W dff196 420
W dff198 620
W dff19a a42
W dff19c c64
W dff19e eee

Then 'g' to restart with the screen nice and bright. I think I grabbed the original pictures for HOL, I will investigate further later.

musashi5150 · 03 December 2006, 00:32

Thanks Codetapper. I found 2 colour tables so far - one for the title screens and one for the 'green' levels. There are more for the other levels too. I fixed them in my exe, but it seems weird this was ever released like this...

02 December 2006, 18:55	#1
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	Loopz Hey guys. I've been playing the game 'Loopz' this afternoon (http://hol.abime.net/912). I've only discovered this game in the last few weeks as it came on a disk with my Atari STE (boooo! )... so I'm used to the ST version. But I downloaded the Amiga version today and tried it (on both WinUAE and a real Amiga). The graphics seems really dark and murky compared to the ST version!! The HOL Amiga screenshot seems to be nice and bright... what am I missing here??

02 December 2006, 23:03	#3
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	I just tried that one and it still is dark, murky display for me... I'll attach a pic so you can see what I mean. It's the same on a real Amiga not just WinUAE... I just wonder why I poked the games colours regs with my Action Replay to make them brighter ($0xxx += $0555) but they still look bad, so it's not just being dark - they are also murky and washed out... It's not a bad crack either as I've tried the SPS version too... Last edited by musashi5150; 02 December 2006 at 23:11.

02 December 2006, 23:46	#4
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	It looks like the colour registers are set for the Atari ST which only has 8 bits for RGB colour. The Amiga has 16 so you need to double all the values. I have 2 versions of the game, one has the colour table at $11810: Code: 00011810 0000 0121 0221 0232 0342 0464 0453 0777 ...!.!.2.B.d.S.w 00011820 0743 0760 0057 0210 0310 0521 0632 0777 .C.`.W.....!.2.w I just did a quick test, on the screen where it says press Space to start, I hit Shift-F12 and pasted this in: W dff182 242 W dff184 442 W dff186 464 W dff188 684 W dff18a 8C8 W dff18c 8a6 W dff18e eee W dff190 e86 W dff192 ec0 W dff195 ae W dff196 420 W dff198 620 W dff19a a42 W dff19c c64 W dff19e eee Then 'g' to restart with the screen nice and bright. I think I grabbed the original pictures for HOL, I will investigate further later.

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02 December 2006, 22:42	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Try 'Astronut & Wiseman - Trivia Game Show & Loopz' (planetemu.net). For me looks like from the HOL screenshots.

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musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	Thanks Codetapper. I found 2 colour tables so far - one for the title screens and one for the 'green' levels. There are more for the other levels too. I fixed them in my exe, but it seems weird this was ever released like this...

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