30 December 2017, 18:22 | #1 |
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The Grail by Microdeal
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looking for The Grail by Microdeal. Doesn't seem to be available on the usual adf sites. I know it's included in the Talespin game construction set, but I think it's a different version. HOL lists it as extremely rare, but there are at least too loose disks on ebay at the moment, so maybe it's worth salvaging. Last edited by mk1; 30 December 2017 at 18:33. |
30 December 2017, 19:48 | #2 |
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Its going to be boring, but I suspect its going to be on a compilation disk somewhere, unfortunately, unlike the ST, the Automation series and all the other series of comps are all catalogued, the Amiga wasnt.
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30 December 2017, 20:42 | #3 |
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Any idea where to look?
I had the game as a kid and just revisiting old titles I didn't complete back then. I know it's not a good game. |
30 December 2017, 20:55 | #4 |
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I have put a disk in the zone, maybe its the game you are looking for!?
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30 December 2017, 20:57 | #5 |
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...the other problem is that the one included in with Talespin is shortened:
From HOL notes: Code:
A shortened, playable version of THE GRAIL was included with TALESPIN. |
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You are welcome!
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But let's see, now that I got the game itself. |
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30 December 2017, 21:22 | #9 |
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Hmm. Seems to be the same "problem" with the standalone version that none of the characters in the castle appear even though I'm following a walkthrough / atari st longplay.
Running the development mode while playing in Talespin one can see that all the character graphics and conditions are there but they just never appear. Tried on WinUAE emulating A500 + 512kb ram and on a real CDTV. Maybe the Amiga version is bugged? |
31 December 2017, 13:55 | #10 |
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Uploaded a 'clean' ADF from my original of The Grail to the Zone!
The one mai uploaded seems to have a virus at some point as ADF Workshop shows this: Code:
------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------- Content list | Size | CRC32 |BA|HR|SQ| Date | Information | ------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------- s/ | <DIR>| |OK|OK| |1990.02.08 11:40| | s/startup-sequence | 26|22D3A880|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:40| | Trashcan/ | <DIR>| |OK|OK| |1990.02.07 16:35| | !FIL-$6CB | 2.608|903186FB|??|KO|OK|1970.01.01 00:00|Lost | Virus: BGS9 1 | cd | 1.756|0F915856|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:40| | disk.info | 370|BDDAEF5A|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.07 17:52| | diskone.tal | 177.012|5065FF7D|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:31| | disktwo.tal | 383.060|673F93D5|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:38| | stack | 872|324CE791|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.07 17:50| | start.tal | 32.430|514568DF|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:32| | telltale | 52.656|CDF6AD79|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.07 17:50| | telltale.info | 302|2DBD58F5|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.08 11:39| | Trashcan.info | 1.166|21CCBE3B|OK|OK|OK|1990.02.07 16:35| | ------------------- -------- -------- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------- |
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Nice one BarryB
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31 December 2017, 14:32 | #12 |
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Cheers, BarryB!
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31 December 2017, 15:06 | #13 |
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Hope it's OK!
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31 December 2017, 15:08 | #14 |
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Still no luck getting this game working properly.
Tried running kickstart 1.2 too, but didn't help. |
31 December 2017, 17:02 | #15 |
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How far into the game is it? I'm wandering around streets outside the castle at the moment.
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The disk is modified, but i would like to check if it has a protection. EDIT : it has none. The game works with kickstart v1.3 / A500 Last edited by dlfrsilver; 31 December 2017 at 17:09. |
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31 December 2017, 17:48 | #17 |
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What's modified? There are no save games on it?
I don't have a Kryoflux anymore, gave it to a friend last week, got fed up of waiting for news of IPF's and no updates to DTC in nearly 3 years so have abandoned preservation and just collect now! |
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As the game is included in Talespin you can see that all these characters have a probability value which means they don't always appear but for me they never appear, not in Talespin or in the standalone game. EDIT: Here's a walkthrough if someone wants to try. |
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01 January 2018, 16:15 | #19 |
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Looking at a longplay of the Atari ST version then it's clear the Amiga version is a bad port of that version. There are no people in the castle as you say, no sound effects and following the solution doesn't do what it says, so looks to be another unfinishable game!
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