Emerald Mine & Boulder Dash

bytemind · 16 October 2009, 08:07

2x whishes; Emerald Mine & Boulder Dash

I have uploaded both in The Zone!

Retro-Nerd · 16 October 2009, 08:58

Asman is currently working on Emerald Mine.

Quote:

Emerald Mine (King Soft), 20% complete (rework, RECODE slave ) 24.7.2009 Asman

Asman · 16 October 2009, 10:05

Hi Bytemind.

Yes, I'm still working on this game and its long story. And there is many features which I want to add.

I checked that BoulderDash on WinUae and it is a 'clone' of EmeraldMine. I call BoulderDash 'clone' of Emerald Mine, coz main engine is from EmeraldMine version 2.

If you can't wait I can upload to the zone latest version of Emerald Mine in next week I think. Just give me a sign.

bytemind · 16 October 2009, 12:19

Hi,

Is it a lot of work? - I have never made a conversion from adf to WHD, so i have no idea.

Cant wait? Well, there isnt much in havin "beta" versions out there, so i rather wait for the full version

Any ETA?

Angus · 16 October 2009, 13:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by bytemind

Hi,

Is it a lot of work? - I have never made a conversion from adf to WHD, so i have no idea.

Cant wait? Well, there isnt much in havin "beta" versions out there, so i rather wait for the full version

Any ETA?

This has reminded me of an ancient conversation I had back in the eighties.

A guy had an A1000 (he was pretty knowlegable) and he reckoned that the high score screen (I think) on Emerald Mine, which I seem to remember used a copper display, worked differently on his A1000 than it did on our A500's. I may be a bit confused here, but I think that was essentially it. Anything in that?

Asman · 14 May 2010, 10:10

Hi,

Very first version of Emerald Mine WHDLoad version done. There is still so many work to do with this game. I spent unbelievable amount of time to fix this game and I learn so much about patching and improving this game. I want to thank to Mark Knibbs for docs/sources and biggest thanks for any ideas about EM. As I said its very first version but I decide to show it

. Short info about fixes:
- fixed rom based routines (*6)
- fixed bad conversion from BPTR to APTR after dos routine LoadSeg
- fixed bad conversion from APTR to BPTR for dos routine UnLoadSeg
- fixed bad jmp to the end of music and fix access to the read only registers on mc68000 machines
- fixed programmer bug ( probably made by mistake )
- fixed wait blitter
- added missing blitwaits
- changed $bfe0ff --> $bfe001 (*5)
- fixed calculate time left bug with a4 address ( access to the wrong adr ), very hard to find this bug, occured only when you finish level and engine calculate time left bonus, then in A4 there is no baseA4 address and random memory is written. The bug depend on how em and data are located in memory
- fixed jewel sparkle bug
- fixed cpu speed depend loop
- removed blithogs (*3)
- fixed bug which generate bad address of bitplanes
- removed protection
- fixed SOPROL routine ( title music player used in EM ). Many fixes

For sure this slave will be rewritten to fix, improve EM . Next things to do. Very shot list:
- relocate main engine ( em ) to the fast memory
- join files to minimize amount of files
- change raw screen into interleaved to speed up blitter operation +change blitter operation: one blit instead of four blits.
- possibility to change blitter copy routine into processor routine + move gfx objects to the fast mem
- add keyboard support ( fully configurable, for two players )
- add support for Emerald Mine clones ( like AmiDasher, AceMines1, Adventures of Mr. B part 1 , and others .. ).

Emerald Mine WHD in the zone by the way. Any ideas / criticism are welcome. I'm open for any suggestion.

Regards
Adam

Leffmann · 14 May 2010, 13:33

Thanks. Nice job

15 May 2010, 21:48

I might be an idiot, but I CAN'T find it

Who can guide me?

Retro-Nerd · 15 May 2010, 21:51

http://eab.abime.net/faq.php?faq=vb_...ezone_faq_item

16 May 2010, 00:08

THX!
As I've said - me = idiot, but not anymore :-)

Magix · 31 August 2010, 14:16

Hi Adam,

Can you please, reupload it to The Zone!?

Thanks in advance...

Cheers,
Magix

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asman

Emerald Mine WHD in the zone by the way. Any ideas / criticism are welcome. I'm open for any suggestion.

Retro-Nerd · 31 August 2010, 14:19

Done.

Magix · 31 August 2010, 14:28

Thanks mate.

1time · 02 September 2010, 19:37

Tried Emerald Mine from the Zone.

It works fine on my A1200 with Blizzard 1260.

Nice work!

Asman · 02 September 2010, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1time

Tried Emerald Mine from the Zone.

It works fine on my A1200 with Blizzard 1260.

Nice work!

Great,

Could you check third or fourth ( level with drops down ) level and give me short feedback. I mean about speed of the game. On that level when there is a lot of the drops then EM slowdown a bit o my machine ( a1200/030 blizzard 1230 50mhz ). Thank you. For information: that slave doesn't contains any speed up optimization. If I find some time I will try to release next version.

Regards

ungi · 23 October 2010, 13:52

Well done so far Adam!

I am also one of those guys waiting for a final whdload version of Emerald Mine, becuase I think it is the best Boulder Dash clone on the Amiga.

I found no real bugs in your v0.1 slave so far - why not release it as version 1.0 on the whdload site and add later improvements as version 1.1... you would also probably get bug reports if the slave still has serious problems.

Asman · 26 October 2010, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by ungi

I found no real bugs in your v0.1 slave so far - why not release it as version 1.0 on the whdload site and add later improvements as version 1.1... you would also probably get bug reports if the slave still has serious problems.

Hello ungi,

Point for you, same ( or almost same ) question but about Bagitman ask me Wepl few days ago via Mantis bugtracker. And I'm still thinking about both games

And... probably I will release both soon

Regards

ungi · 26 November 2010, 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asman

Hello ungi,

Point for you, same ( or almost same ) question but about Bagitman ask me Wepl few days ago via Mantis bugtracker. And I'm still thinking about both games

And... probably I will release both soon

Regards

great! Emerald Mine really deserves to be played again.

11 August 2011, 09:40

Hi Asman,

can you please re-upload the beta slave? I'm another Emerald Mine Enthusiast and can't wait for it. Is it compatible to the many clones too (like Eagle Mine, Amiga Mine, Crazy Mine etc)?

Gordon · 11 August 2011, 10:06

You can find the pre installed version of emerald mine in retro plays update of the KGWHDLOAD packs

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=767758&postcount=28

Works great.

16 October 2009, 08:07	#1
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16 October 2009, 10:05	#3
Asman 68k Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere Posts: 829	Hi Bytemind. Yes, I'm still working on this game and its long story. And there is many features which I want to add. I checked that BoulderDash on WinUae and it is a 'clone' of EmeraldMine. I call BoulderDash 'clone' of Emerald Mine, coz main engine is from EmeraldMine version 2. If you can't wait I can upload to the zone latest version of Emerald Mine in next week I think. Just give me a sign.

16 October 2009, 12:19	#4
bytemind Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 15	Hi, Is it a lot of work? - I have never made a conversion from adf to WHD, so i have no idea. Cant wait? Well, there isnt much in havin "beta" versions out there, so i rather wait for the full version Any ETA?

14 May 2010, 10:10	#6
Asman 68k Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere Posts: 829	Hi, Very first version of Emerald Mine WHDLoad version done. There is still so many work to do with this game. I spent unbelievable amount of time to fix this game and I learn so much about patching and improving this game. I want to thank to Mark Knibbs for docs/sources and biggest thanks for any ideas about EM. As I said its very first version but I decide to show it . Short info about fixes: - fixed rom based routines (6) - fixed bad conversion from BPTR to APTR after dos routine LoadSeg - fixed bad conversion from APTR to BPTR for dos routine UnLoadSeg - fixed bad jmp to the end of music and fix access to the read only registers on mc68000 machines - fixed programmer bug ( probably made by mistake ) - fixed wait blitter - added missing blitwaits - changed $bfe0ff --> $bfe001 (5) - fixed calculate time left bug with a4 address ( access to the wrong adr ), very hard to find this bug, occured only when you finish level and engine calculate time left bonus, then in A4 there is no baseA4 address and random memory is written. The bug depend on how em and data are located in memory - fixed jewel sparkle bug - fixed cpu speed depend loop - removed blithogs (*3) - fixed bug which generate bad address of bitplanes - removed protection - fixed SOPROL routine ( title music player used in EM ). Many fixes For sure this slave will be rewritten to fix, improve EM . Next things to do. Very shot list: - relocate main engine ( em ) to the fast memory - join files to minimize amount of files - change raw screen into interleaved to speed up blitter operation +change blitter operation: one blit instead of four blits. - possibility to change blitter copy routine into processor routine + move gfx objects to the fast mem - add keyboard support ( fully configurable, for two players ) - add support for Emerald Mine clones ( like AmiDasher, AceMines1, Adventures of Mr. B part 1 , and others .. ). Emerald Mine WHD in the zone by the way. Any ideas / criticism are welcome. I'm open for any suggestion. Regards Adam

14 May 2010, 13:33	#7
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	Thanks. Nice job

15 May 2010, 21:48	#8
Stuckemuck Posts: n/a	I might be an idiot, but I CAN'T find it Who can guide me?

15 May 2010, 21:51	#9
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	http://eab.abime.net/faq.php?faq=vb_...ezone_faq_item

16 May 2010, 00:08	#10
Stuckemuck Posts: n/a	THX! As I've said - me = idiot, but not anymore :-)

31 August 2010, 14:19	#12
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,478	Done.

31 August 2010, 14:28	#13
Magix calm down do how. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seattle Age: 51 Posts: 306	Thanks mate.

02 September 2010, 19:37	#14
1time Amiga Lover Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 46 Posts: 612	Tried Emerald Mine from the Zone. It works fine on my A1200 with Blizzard 1260. Nice work!

23 October 2010, 13:52	#16
ungi Amiga Games Historian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vienna Age: 52 Posts: 302	Well done so far Adam! I am also one of those guys waiting for a final whdload version of Emerald Mine, becuase I think it is the best Boulder Dash clone on the Amiga. I found no real bugs in your v0.1 slave so far - why not release it as version 1.0 on the whdload site and add later improvements as version 1.1... you would also probably get bug reports if the slave still has serious problems.

11 August 2011, 09:40	#19
DirtyDan Posts: n/a	Hi Asman, can you please re-upload the beta slave? I'm another Emerald Mine Enthusiast and can't wait for it. Is it compatible to the many clones too (like Eagle Mine, Amiga Mine, Crazy Mine etc)?

11 August 2011, 10:06	#20
Gordon Settler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Serf City Posts: 1,760	You can find the pre installed version of emerald mine in retro plays update of the KGWHDLOAD packs http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=767758&postcount=28 Works great.

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