.exe games

28 May 2005, 17:32

i remember my friend sold me a CD once
with lots of Amiga games
but they were all in .exe files
they were not roms
id like to know were i can get more of these games
cos when i download from websites
it just gives me disk 1 2 3 4
but on that CD i had
i just opend the File (example) Monkey Island / then there was lots of little files
and 1 exe...i run the exe...and the game worked
i cant find these type anymore

sry im noob...

Amiga1992 · 28 May 2005, 20:49

Read the FAQ and post on th correct forum from now on.
Thread moved.

By the way there are no amiga game ROMs.

Marcuz · 28 May 2005, 21:10

i'm not sure on your question: there are indeed some exe files around, some custom set in compact hdf files that some guys made for hard disk problematic game: i've not the link for the site, but if you search on google "hoborg" you should find a polish or czech site with them.
but i have to ask you to articulate: the stuff on that cd were pc versions of amiga games wich worked in windows enviroement or simply the whole content of the game for amiga in wich the main program name was simply added of a exe extension like the hoborg' one? consider that as amiga os works different from windows, the extensions of the names are in unmeaningful as the properties of the files concerning stack of memory and means of execution for instance are stored differently.

so least that the files are using extensions by mean of some commodity program that bypass the usual way and that force the os to execute them in the same manner, you can rename almost every executable as you want. i know i'm cutting it simple. someone else if you need can give you more insight.

Amiga1992 · 29 May 2005, 02:56

He mans some PC thing I think.

Maybe he's even referring to BAT files.

no one could know in these cases...

29 May 2005, 04:09

You guys didn't understand. This wasn't a question, this was a poem!

TjLaZer · 29 May 2005, 08:06

The guy was experiencing a ID10T moment. lol When he downloaded files all he got was a .ADF file and he wants the contents of the disk. LOL Funny stuff...

29 May 2005, 16:19

sry im just a noob
ive been tryin to figure out how to play amiga games
for 2 days now
nonstop
i cant seeem to do it
maybe some1 can Remote Assist me on msn
and look at all the files i have..and if im doing everything right
my msn is Warzinak@hotmail.com
and no i dont want u to do everything for me
ive read the FAQS
i just dont seem to understand
its all so confusing
once i got yojoe to work for me
and now its just all f'ed up
help me plz
u guys dont understand what its like for noobs
becuase u know everything u jsut say..oh its easy
omg just search
but its not so easy
:@
plz help me

29 May 2005, 16:23

i wish 1 day some1 could do a SMPLE tutorial
in my opionion this is a simple tutorial
Download This :
bla bla bla
Run this:
bla bla
just a REALY easy tutorial plz
and just put ur self in my shoes
i dont know ANYTHING about emulators
i just started
im only 16
and i used to play amiga
i just want ot play it again
plz help me

Marcuz · 29 May 2005, 17:53

ok.
so you are on pc.
you want to play amiga games. the ones you played were pc games, or pc versions of amiga games.
so:
1)download winuae.
winuae emulate the amiga hardware machine: amiga had ROM that we can describe as a set of rules for the machine to handle the software. the ROM was revised in the years, so you have a bunch of different roms, called KICKSTARTS. these are required to the machine and to winuae to work BUT are still copyrighted and not available but from Cloanto or by extracting them from a real machine. if you have read the faqs these things are explained there and you have the adresses you need.
2)so you have the kickstart roms.
3)the applications/games
the operating system, called Workbench was loaded at each startup by inserting its disks, these too revised during the years and going along with the kickstart. these too still under copyright and available from Cloanto.
but the OS was not required to play all the games, these in fact were almost all bootable.
BOTH OS and games/applications came on disks wich format is unreadable by modern pcs and so, to be used by winuae, they are required to be transformed in "disk-images", files that are the exact reprodution of the original disk byte by byte and so are all 880Kb long when uncompressed. these are the files that you downloaded by the site you had mentioned and numbered 1 2 3 etc.

Marcuz · 29 May 2005, 17:55

if you have amiga still, in the faqs you are pointed on how to extract the files you requires and on how to transfer them on pc to use them: the Kickstart for first thing and the Workbench and then the other disks.
without kickstart you can't do anything.

28 May 2005, 17:32	#1
Wavid Posts: n/a	.exe games i remember my friend sold me a CD once with lots of Amiga games but they were all in .exe files they were not roms id like to know were i can get more of these games cos when i download from websites it just gives me disk 1 2 3 4 but on that CD i had i just opend the File (example) Monkey Island / then there was lots of little files and 1 exe...i run the exe...and the game worked i cant find these type anymore sry im noob...

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29 May 2005, 02:56	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	He mans some PC thing I think. Maybe he's even referring to BAT files. no one could know in these cases...

29 May 2005, 04:09	#5
oldpx Posts: n/a	You guys didn't understand. This wasn't a question, this was a poem!

29 May 2005, 08:06	#6
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,915	The guy was experiencing a ID10T moment. lol When he downloaded files all he got was a .ADF file and he wants the contents of the disk. LOL Funny stuff...

29 May 2005, 16:19	#7
Wavid Posts: n/a	sry im just a noob ive been tryin to figure out how to play amiga games for 2 days now nonstop i cant seeem to do it maybe some1 can Remote Assist me on msn and look at all the files i have..and if im doing everything right my msn is Warzinak@hotmail.com and no i dont want u to do everything for me ive read the FAQS i just dont seem to understand its all so confusing once i got yojoe to work for me and now its just all f'ed up help me plz u guys dont understand what its like for noobs becuase u know everything u jsut say..oh its easy omg just search but its not so easy :@ plz help me

29 May 2005, 16:23	#8
Wavid Posts: n/a	i wish 1 day some1 could do a SMPLE tutorial in my opionion this is a simple tutorial Download This : bla bla bla Run this: bla bla just a REALY easy tutorial plz and just put ur self in my shoes i dont know ANYTHING about emulators i just started im only 16 and i used to play amiga i just want ot play it again plz help me

29 May 2005, 17:53	#9
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	ok. so you are on pc. you want to play amiga games. the ones you played were pc games, or pc versions of amiga games. so: 1)download winuae. winuae emulate the amiga hardware machine: amiga had ROM that we can describe as a set of rules for the machine to handle the software. the ROM was revised in the years, so you have a bunch of different roms, called KICKSTARTS. these are required to the machine and to winuae to work BUT are still copyrighted and not available but from Cloanto or by extracting them from a real machine. if you have read the faqs these things are explained there and you have the adresses you need. 2)so you have the kickstart roms. 3)the applications/games the operating system, called Workbench was loaded at each startup by inserting its disks, these too revised during the years and going along with the kickstart. these too still under copyright and available from Cloanto. but the OS was not required to play all the games, these in fact were almost all bootable. BOTH OS and games/applications came on disks wich format is unreadable by modern pcs and so, to be used by winuae, they are required to be transformed in "disk-images", files that are the exact reprodution of the original disk byte by byte and so are all 880Kb long when uncompressed. these are the files that you downloaded by the site you had mentioned and numbered 1 2 3 etc.

29 May 2005, 17:55	#10
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	if you have amiga still, in the faqs you are pointed on how to extract the files you requires and on how to transfer them on pc to use them: the Kickstart for first thing and the Workbench and then the other disks. without kickstart you can't do anything.

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