03 December 2023, 03:20 | #1 |
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Wanted: Federation of free traders manual for Amiga
The federation of free traders manual on the file server, and on various sites, is Atari ST specific. If anyone has an Amiga copy of this game with the manual, can you look inside it and see if it refers to the "Alternate" key for decelerate, and the "Undo" key for map zoom (these are ST keys and should not be present unless they gave Amiga users the ST manual).
Additionally, in the music section near the end it refers to the HELP key being used to prompt for second disk where a track can be selected. All listed Amiga releases are 1 disk and the UK release is alleged to have come with a tape of music. In any Amiga version it should not say this. |
03 December 2023, 12:21 | #2 |
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I haven't read it very carefully, but the manual on HOL doesn't seem to be ST specific: https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/f...raders#manuals
Here's an auction that shows that the manual is for both the Amiga and the ST version: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293268405915 |
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It is on my soundcloud's playlist - you'll also find there music from various amiga games that I like. |
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The manual refers to an UNDO key and an ALTERNATE key and the second disk of music (ST version is 2 disk). These are three ST things AFAICT. Anyway, I think you solved this mystery. Thanks again. |
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26 December 2023, 19:42 | #5 |
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I can confirm that the Amiga boxed manual, which is entitled "Atari ST/Amiga" (like the one on the eBay link) does have differences and Amiga-specific things in it.
The one on HOL I think might be the ST-only manual, as there are clear differences between it and my manual. Pics included below, but summary is:
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Maybe you can scan your manual and upload here? |
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27 December 2023, 03:24 | #7 |
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Yeah, it'd be appreciated if you can scan and upload to the zone. I think the main disk doubles as a music disk, because that's how you load the tunes from it (help).
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27 December 2023, 09:12 | #8 |
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I have removed the ST only manual from HOL. Would indeed be great to have a scan of the Amiga specific version
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Reminder we need a scan of the Amiga manual for Foft. Can anyone help? Trapshot, is there anything I can do to help you get yours scanned?
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15 June 2024, 03:48 | #10 |
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FOFT manual is the same for Amiga, PC and ST.
from the manual: "This manual was written to be used with the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS compatible versions of FEDERATION. To avoid listing three separate keys for each command, we have simply labelled each key and referred to it by its label in the text. For example, when describing the Navigation System, we refer to the Lock Course key, which in the 5 key (numeric keypad) on the Atari and the RETURN key on the Amiga and the IBM compatibles. Loading instructions, the list of keys, and other machine specific instructions are in the center of this manual, beginning page 5." |
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