Sentinel by Firebird

alexh · 27 April 2006, 22:24

I notice this game hasnt been released, has it been successfully dumped?

It's one of my favourite games, killer eerie bacground music, great fun.

IFW · 28 April 2006, 11:37

We don't have an unmodified copy of either that or another Firebird game, Return to Genesis.

So feel free to dump those, we will get lucky eventually...

BlaCkAdDa · 26 August 2006, 08:44

I should have this too... will dump it also

IFW · 26 August 2006, 16:01

Thanks, fingers crossed.

BlaCkAdDa · 26 August 2006, 16:02

couldnt find it must be at my parents place in adelaide, will get in october hopefully.. in the meantime i gotta figure this whole dumping thing out.

stainy · 27 August 2006, 10:50

I have Return to Gensisis, but like you I would need to wrap my head around the dumping tool

gizmomelb · 27 August 2006, 12:02

I just tried dumping (mainly for my own interest - see below) E-Motion and seems pretty straight forward if you've a machine with 8+ MB of RAM and a HDD

my main worry is I don't think any of my floppy drives are 100% ok. Anyone know were I can buy replacement internal floppies for an A1200 please?

Or if a converted IBM floppy drive will be ok for SPS dumping?

IFW · 27 August 2006, 14:48

Some of your drives seemed to be ok.
e.g. the ones running at 299 rpm or 301 rpm should be fine.
Or was there a specific problem with those?
Just make a test dump using mode 1 and see what happens if in any doubt.

gizmomelb · 27 August 2006, 16:23

Hi IFW,

ok, I'll have a look at the list and see which drives those were - out of my 2 external drives 2 of them seemed to have trouble formatting a floppy (might have been dud floppyies, they're all getting on as well) but 1 drive (DF1) seemed to be ok, so I did a test read of E-Motion (mode 0) on that. I've posted the 1MB (zipped) file to you to check, please let me know if it copied ok.

I have a large amount of missing SPS games which I'm happy to dump, but some of them I do not know if they are new or second hand. But I'm willing to dump them regardless if it's no trouble for the SPS project to check if they're actually new, unwritten disks or not.

Thanks,
Gizmomelb

IFW · 27 August 2006, 16:58

Hi Gizmomelb,

Please check your email. I think I've replied to everything in detail there.

Cheers,
IFW

27 April 2006, 22:24	#1
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28 April 2006, 11:37	#2
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 51 Posts: 1,838	We don't have an unmodified copy of either that or another Firebird game, Return to Genesis. So feel free to dump those, we will get lucky eventually...

26 August 2006, 08:44	#3
BlaCkAdDa Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Adelaide / Australia Age: 46 Posts: 214	I should have this too... will dump it also

26 August 2006, 16:01	#4
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 51 Posts: 1,838	Thanks, fingers crossed.

26 August 2006, 16:02	#5
BlaCkAdDa Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Adelaide / Australia Age: 46 Posts: 214	couldnt find it must be at my parents place in adelaide, will get in october hopefully.. in the meantime i gotta figure this whole dumping thing out.

27 August 2006, 10:50	#6
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 51 Posts: 1,660	I have Return to Gensisis, but like you I would need to wrap my head around the dumping tool

27 August 2006, 12:02	#7
gizmomelb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: melbourne Age: 54 Posts: 541	I just tried dumping (mainly for my own interest - see below) E-Motion and seems pretty straight forward if you've a machine with 8+ MB of RAM and a HDD my main worry is I don't think any of my floppy drives are 100% ok. Anyone know were I can buy replacement internal floppies for an A1200 please? Or if a converted IBM floppy drive will be ok for SPS dumping?

27 August 2006, 14:48	#8
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 51 Posts: 1,838	Some of your drives seemed to be ok. e.g. the ones running at 299 rpm or 301 rpm should be fine. Or was there a specific problem with those? Just make a test dump using mode 1 and see what happens if in any doubt.

27 August 2006, 16:23	#9
gizmomelb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: melbourne Age: 54 Posts: 541	Hi IFW, ok, I'll have a look at the list and see which drives those were - out of my 2 external drives 2 of them seemed to have trouble formatting a floppy (might have been dud floppyies, they're all getting on as well) but 1 drive (DF1) seemed to be ok, so I did a test read of E-Motion (mode 0) on that. I've posted the 1MB (zipped) file to you to check, please let me know if it copied ok. I have a large amount of missing SPS games which I'm happy to dump, but some of them I do not know if they are new or second hand. But I'm willing to dump them regardless if it's no trouble for the SPS project to check if they're actually new, unwritten disks or not. Thanks, Gizmomelb

27 August 2006, 16:58	#10
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 51 Posts: 1,838	Hi Gizmomelb, Please check your email. I think I've replied to everything in detail there. Cheers, IFW

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