Rare: Battle Squadron 100% (2 disks)

07 October 2002, 14:26

i am looking for Battle Squadron 100% (on 2 disks). I was only able to find the one-disk version cracked by tic. But this version doesn’t include the intro-disk. I attached an review-article of battle squadron from an old german magazine (amiga joker 11/1989) where you can see some screenshots from the intro.

Does anyone have this 2-disk-version of the game or at least a standalone version?????

Dizzy · 07 October 2002, 19:25

This picture is taken from The legacy

Only show one disk

RetroMan · 07 October 2002, 20:02

I also owned the original game some years ago and I´m sure it came on one Disk

Frog · 07 October 2002, 20:13

WHDLoad version which requires original also come in 1 disk.

It exists at least 2 versions of this game, NTSC & PAL. PAL version handle 320x256 screen game play.
a direct link of the game is available on www.whdload.de (don't know if it's PAL or NTSC version)

andreas · 07 October 2002, 21:52

Whdload.de only offers the installer for the game, not the original game image!

Quote:

Originally posted by rObOt
i am looking for Battle Squadron 100% (on 2 disks). I was only able to find the one-disk version cracked by tic. But this version doesn’t include the intro-disk. I attached an review-article of battle squadron from an old german magazine (amiga joker 11/1989) where you can see some screenshots from the intro.

Please attach this one - I'd like to check this out myself...thanks.

Frog · 07 October 2002, 22:03

Quote:

Originally posted by andreas
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Whdload.de only offers the installer for the game, not the original game image!

Look better, there's a link with amiga.emucamp.com !

Konrad · 07 October 2002, 22:06

I once had the original. It came on ONE disk and had an intro.

CodyJarrett · 07 October 2002, 22:17

I've got a budget original and (guess...) it's one disk.

andreas · 07 October 2002, 22:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Frog
Look better, there's a link with amiga.emucamp.com !

Yes, of course I've seen that.

Let's take a closer look:
The disk version is the TIC crack and trained by Freestyle.
The HD-version is a pre-installed game!
In general, I do not like pre-installed games!
Imagine that there's another installer version available for download from whdload.de with some fixes - and what are you supposed to do with the image tampered with by the installer or with those single files in this case? Nothing, most likely.

So if anyone has the ORIGINAL IMAGE (warped, whatever) of this game, please post it. If possible, *no* single files caught inside a LHA or ZIP, por favor.

Thanks in advance.

Akira · 08 October 2002, 00:49

Quote:

Originally posted by andreas
and what are you supposed to do with the image tampered with by the installer or with those single files in this case?

????

WHDload installers do not touch the images at all. I didn't understand you fully there andreas.

Shatterhand · 08 October 2002, 02:05

What you call an "intro" for Battle Squadron ?

That nice pic while loading the game ? Because thats the only bit of intro I ever saw in Battle Squadron.

But I saw a nice intro of Battle Squadron in the mega-drive version

andreas · 08 October 2002, 02:09

@Akira
I think they do!
Sometimes the image is DICed and then modified a few bits to patch some things. Look closely at your HD-installed versions...some contain an image *around* 880K, but not *exactly* 880K, even with "special" AmigaDOS games that just differ from "normal" AmigaDOS games by the impossibility to copy the files off the disk in CLI (e.g. Budokan).
These *were* images with 901120 bytes, but were patched because of this and that.

gary · 08 October 2002, 02:44

I had the TIC cracked version on 1 disk.
It did have the intro, the difference between that version and the WHDload version was that the intro is not shown after the title-picture, you had to wait a while (after the options start screen and the demo) for the intro to start.

The intro I'm talking about is the one showing black+white pictures with green text narrating the BattleSquadron storyline.

The sequence (from memory) was something like this on
the TIC cracked single disk:

1. Title pic
2. Options screen
3. Demo
4. Options screen
5. Intro

Frog · 08 October 2002, 03:07

Battle Squadron PAL WHDLoad version in the Zone.

Codetapper · 08 October 2002, 03:15

Quote:

Originally posted by andreas
@Akira
I think they do!
Sometimes the image is DICed and then modified a few bits to patch some things. Look closely at your HD-installed versions...some contain an image *around* 880K, but not *exactly* 880K, even with "special" AmigaDOS games that just differ from "normal" AmigaDOS games by the impossibility to copy the files off the disk in CLI (e.g. Budokan).
These *were* images with 901120 bytes, but were patched because of this and that.

Bullshit.

Only complete lamer patchers would ever tamper with the disk image. The whole WHDLoad project relies on extracting the data off the original disk and patching around it.

Sometimes AmigaDos disks appear smaller than 901120 bytes purely because we analyse the game and work out where there are redundant tracks - for example Stunt Car Racer. There is no point having a 901120 byte file when the game never loads more than about 450k - so in the imager I slice out the useless part which means Amiga's without much memory can still play the game. Games with more than 901120 bytes are custom MFM format and we rip the useful tracks off the disk, sometimes converting the game to files if there are big gaps on the game disk.

In the rare circumstances that a piece of code cannot be decrypted (eg. Tearaway Thomas) the original disk image is included as well as another decrypted file which is loaded inplace of the original loader.

I would say that the only people who modify disk images are twats that can't crack games properly and use generic slaves to run a cracked disk image. And these unofficial patches will never be uploaded to the WHDLoad site.

And on the subject of Battle Squadron, the game is definitely one disk, definitely has a long intro consisting of lots of different pictures and is custom MFM format meaning a lot more than 900k was squeezed onto the disk.

Akira · 08 October 2002, 04:13

Told ya

Shatterhand · 08 October 2002, 09:25

Quote:

Originally posted by gary
I had the TIC cracked version on 1 disk.
It did have the intro, the difference between that version and the WHDload version was that the intro is not shown after the title-picture, you had to wait a while (after the options start screen and the demo) for the intro to start.

The intro I'm talking about is the one showing black+white pictures with green text narrating the BattleSquadron storyline.

The sequence (from memory) was something like this on
the TIC cracked single disk:

1. Title pic
2. Options screen
3. Demo
4. Options screen
5. Intro

Goddamn! I never saw the intro on the Amiga version! The mega-drive version has this same intro, but I never saw it in the amiga version!

Guess I never waited long enough

Mr Creosote · 08 October 2002, 12:07

I guess this is the intro picture from the Amiga Joker rObOt is talking about. Later in the review, they say what they reviewed wasn't the final version, but an early beta, so I guess what they show there could be wrong

Mr Creosote · 08 October 2002, 12:08

Argh! Damn attachment died on me. Next try.

7-Zark-7 · 08 October 2002, 12:16

Just to go slightly off-topic, but still Battle Squadron related, what's everyone's opinion's on it?
How does it compare to later vertical-scrolling shoot-em-ups like SWIV & Banshee? I do recall Zzap giving it a good review for the time, but I wondered if it was that good?

07 October 2002, 14:26	#1
rObOt Posts: n/a	Rare: Battle Squadron 100% (2 disks) i am looking for Battle Squadron 100% (on 2 disks). I was only able to find the one-disk version cracked by tic. But this version doesn’t include the intro-disk. I attached an review-article of battle squadron from an old german magazine (amiga joker 11/1989) where you can see some screenshots from the intro. Does anyone have this 2-disk-version of the game or at least a standalone version?????

08 October 2002, 12:08	#19
Mr Creosote Evil Mastermind Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 527	Argh! Damn attachment died on me. Next try. Attached Thumbnails

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07 October 2002, 19:25	#2
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,401	This picture is taken from The legacy Only show one disk

07 October 2002, 20:02	#3
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 3,704	I also owned the original game some years ago and I´m sure it came on one Disk

07 October 2002, 20:13	#4
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,257	WHDLoad version which requires original also come in 1 disk. It exists at least 2 versions of this game, NTSC & PAL. PAL version handle 320x256 screen game play. a direct link of the game is available on www.whdload.de (don't know if it's PAL or NTSC version)

07 October 2002, 22:06	#7
Konrad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Age: 36 Posts: 563	I once had the original. It came on ONE disk and had an intro.

07 October 2002, 22:17	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 40 Posts: 5,739	I've got a budget original and (guess...) it's one disk.

08 October 2002, 02:05	#11
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 34 Posts: 2,584	What you call an "intro" for Battle Squadron ? That nice pic while loading the game ? Because thats the only bit of intro I ever saw in Battle Squadron. But I saw a nice intro of Battle Squadron in the mega-drive version

08 October 2002, 02:09	#12
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 5,858	@Akira I think they do! Sometimes the image is DICed and then modified a few bits to patch some things. Look closely at your HD-installed versions...some contain an image around 880K, but not exactly 880K, even with "special" AmigaDOS games that just differ from "normal" AmigaDOS games by the impossibility to copy the files off the disk in CLI (e.g. Budokan). These were images with 901120 bytes, but were patched because of this and that.

08 October 2002, 02:44	#13
gary Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 275	I had the TIC cracked version on 1 disk. It did have the intro, the difference between that version and the WHDload version was that the intro is not shown after the title-picture, you had to wait a while (after the options start screen and the demo) for the intro to start. The intro I'm talking about is the one showing black+white pictures with green text narrating the BattleSquadron storyline. The sequence (from memory) was something like this on the TIC cracked single disk: 1. Title pic 2. Options screen 3. Demo 4. Options screen 5. Intro

08 October 2002, 03:07	#14
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,257	Battle Squadron PAL WHDLoad version in the Zone.

08 October 2002, 04:13	#16
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: New York Posts: 17,686	Told ya

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08 October 2002, 12:07	#18
Mr Creosote Evil Mastermind Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 527	I guess this is the intro picture from the Amiga Joker rObOt is talking about. Later in the review, they say what they reviewed wasn't the final version, but an early beta, so I guess what they show there could be wrong

08 October 2002, 12:16	#20
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,240	Just to go slightly off-topic, but still Battle Squadron related, what's everyone's opinion's on it? How does it compare to later vertical-scrolling shoot-em-ups like SWIV & Banshee? I do recall Zzap giving it a good review for the time, but I wondered if it was that good?

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