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"Unofficial" Update Packs - DamienD's WinUAE Collection
Hi all,
Have decided to create a new thread for "unofficial" update packs for my collection as I'm slowing down with updates after 14 years of hard work. If I'm honest, not a path that I really wanted to go down but... Anyway, this thread is for others who want to create / share what extra stuff they enjoy and feel is missing. Let me start by saying the following important things:
BTW; ignore the thread opening date. it's actually the 30/07/2019... I had to copy / edit an older post of mine, previous to Gzegzolka's, so that I could add an introduction. Last edited by DamienD; 31 July 2019 at 01:45. |
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Hi team,
I made little update for this collection: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_J...5tqLlZcAka8EpW Inside is 28 demos on various coverdisks, some games are on single disks, on some disks there are more games. I try to collect different demos that somehow are different from final versions. Some demos got different levels made specialy for different magazines, some got different stuff that were cut from final versions. I have some more demos but I do not know how to cut them from cd32 disks or run them from wb as stand alone. |
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![]() ...I know that you mentioned this before in the following posts and also a PM to me, which I haven't forgotten about:
![]() I might be able to assist with this, send me a PM or something. |
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Thanks for this unofficial add-on. Would be cool to see others do the same so Damien can keep his core collection the way he wants it while others (like me, and I'm sure numerous additional members here) who are OCD and want items outside of the core can add them on. |
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![]() I haven't said that I will or won't include some of this stuff in my official update packs at some stage; just got a lot happening personally at the moment, therefore don't have the time to go through and organise properly etc... You guys know that I'm a perfectionist right? It's those high standards, small details and extra effort that I put in which makes my collection what it is. As mentioned, I haven't had the time to really go through Gzegzolka's pack... my next points are not meant to be negative, it's just a quick list of things that I would need to do in order to include at some stage.
Brief game notes: ... Alien Breed 3D DEMO 3 - Needs to be setup / installed onto a self-booting / bare bones .HDF ... Superfrog DEMO 2 - remove "one54_1993_03_d2_002.png" and "one54_1993_03_d2_004.png" from the <gamedir>. ... Superfrog DEMO 3 - remove "superfrog1 CU Amiga_002.png" from the <gamedir>. ... Wolfchild DEMO - Create a new disk that only contains the Wolfchild demo and boots directly. Also, I've assisted Gzegzolka with these: Quote:
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Guess the point I'm trying to make is that they won't be as well made / tested / perfect as what mine are... if that doesn't bother you then all good... The other thing to note is that obviously I can't support these, so if there are issues I won't be looking into / fixing them. Last edited by DamienD; 31 July 2019 at 16:25. |
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I've installed the game demos update into DamienD's WinUAE archive, but maintained a divide between them;
configs are stored in C:\WinUAE\Configurations\Game demos\ game files are stored in C:\WinUAE\Game demos\ And the configs have been modified to reflect the new path to the game demos' disks. We might want to do something similar for the downloadable archive to prevent users from "polluting" (if that's the right word, this is a great idea after all) the main DB. |
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Maybe I should create a new thread under this section i.e. "DamienD's WinUAE Collection - Unofficial Update Packs" or something and people can put stuff there...
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I do think that you need to set some guidelines / standards / rules though, otherwise it will get very messy indeed ![]() A suggestion could be to create a folder under the "C:\WinUAE\Configurations" directory called "Unoffficial" which people could expand / collapse and looks like: ![]() <gamedirs> could be stored in a folder under the "C:\WinUAE\Games" directory and also called "Unoffficial". Anyway, not my call or something I'll get involved with. Last edited by DamienD; 31 July 2019 at 00:00. |
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Maybe a set of config templates and bare bones HDF images too. |
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New thread created and posts moved; knock your socks off guys
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Big thanks goes to DamienD for helping me with running some of those demos
![]() It would be cool if we could have three stand alone updates with cdtv, cd32 and cubo games. Something like pack with configuration and screen shoots. Since cd images got bigger file sizes, they could be downloaded from eab file server. Also it would be great to have optional update with all those arcade games that are FMV and use amiga hardware to play them. And maybe who knows, maybe one day we will have working games that use early VR tech. |
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Hi Gzegzolka,
I've taken a look at this: Quote:
![]() Anyway, at the very least, you may want to update your pack to include the above plus: Quote:
![]() ...it's just the game files though. |
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I know I said I wouldn't... but I've just spent the last 3 hours making changes to Gzegzolka's "unofficial" update pack to bring it in line with my standards.
Things that I undertook:
... setting of "Fullscreen".
Delete the following configuration files from "C:\WinUAE\Configurations": Code:
Alien Breed - Tower Assault [AGA] [1level demo].uae Alien Breed - Tower Assault [AGA] [2level demo].uae Alien Breed 3D [AGA] [first demo].uae Alien Breed 3D [AGA] [rolling demo].uae Alien Breed 3D [AGA] [second demo].uae Apidya [demo].uae Arabian Nights [demo].uae Assassin [demo].uae Cardiaxx [demo].uae Chuck Rock II - Son of Chuck [demo].uae Disposable Hero [demo].uae Donk! - The Samurai Duck! [AGA] [demo 1].uae Donk! - The Samurai Duck! [AGA] [demo 2].uae Donk! - The Samurai Duck! [AGA] [demo 3].uae Fears [AGA] [demo 2].uae Jaguar XJ-220 [demo].uae Myth - History in the Making [demo].uae Powder [demo].uae Ruff 'n' Tumble [demo].uae Soccer Kid [demo].uae Super Methane Bros [AGA] [demo 1].uae Super Methane Bros [AGA] [demo 2].uae Superfrog [demo 1].uae Superfrog [demo 2].uae Superfrog [demo 3].uae Titus the Fox - To Marrakech and Back [demo].uae Traps 'n' Treasures [demo].uae Wolfchild [demo].uae Code:
Alien Breed 3D DEMO Alien Breed 3D DEMO 2 Alien Breed 3D DEMO 3 Alien Breed Tower Assault DEMO Alien Breed Tower Assault DEMO 2 Apidya Elfmania DEMO Arabian Nights Alien3 DEMO Assasin DEMO Cardiaxx DEMO Chuck Rock 2 DEMO Disposable Hero DEMO Donk The Samurai Duck DEMO Donk The Samurai Duck DEMO 2 Donk The Samurai Duck DEMO 3 Fears DEMO 2 Jaguar XJ-220 DEMO Myth DEMO 2 Powder DEMO Ruff n Tumble DEMO Soccer Kid DEMO Super Methane Bros DEMO Super Methane Bros DEMO 2 Superfrog DEMO Superfrog DEMO 2 Superfrog DEMO 3 Titus the Fox Project X DEMO Traps n Treasures DEMO Wolfchild DEMO ![]() Last edited by DamienD; 02 August 2019 at 09:30. |
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What do you think of putting the name of the magazine between parenthesis in the filename and trim the demo number in some files?
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Hey, I was gonna post some suggestions for config improvements (as requested) - just not had the time
![]() Glad to see you've done it already - thought you might not be able to resist! |
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Are these and the ones in your (Damien) pack actually classed as Demos ? Most are 'exclusive levels' so not really 'Demonstrations' ? |
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Problem is that sometimes you don't know where the demo came from so not easy to be consistent. Quote:
In my collection I just added the tag "[demo]" to the configuration file names as opposed to "[playable-demo]". |
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many amiga demos come, i think, from Amiga Format, Cu Amiga, One Amiga magazine floppy cover disk. However from these magazine there aren't alls game demos that are available in some fan sites.
today of found monkey island demo 1 from Lucas Arts fan site |
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Yes, I grab most of those files from RACK, few from eab ftp because it was more actual, and from PPA, Aminet sites. Some demos were shared in magazines, some were exclusive done for only one magazine and other ones were made by game authors and share on BBS or elsewhere. Usually those demos got altered title screen with information from what magazine they come from.
I am only interested with demos that are somehow different from final resales, got levels made specifically for demonstration purposes or got some early stuff that were cut from finished product. I congrats DamienD for his work on this ![]() |
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![]() ...not sure why it's just a .ZIP archive (without an "S/Startup-Sequence") and not converted to a bootable disk ![]() Anyway, fixed... see attached ![]() Last edited by DamienD; 03 August 2019 at 02:10. |
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