Found broken floppies of these (Part 1)

[dirkies]

my kryoflux has been doing overtime during these hot summernights after finding in the basement 2 forgotten floppy boxes under pile of dust; and still some left in irrecoverable bit rot state
these specific versions (multiple trainers or 1-disked) not to be found in TOSEC or in collections I downloaded, so will try here


Alert + >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Anarchy +8 and 1-disk version Error of my part, it was +7 , not +8 so solved
Beyond The Ice Palace +4 found on compilation disk in TOSEC
Charon 5 + >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Chubby Gristle +3 found on compilation disk in TOSEC
Chuckie Egg +2 >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Dyter 07 +2 >>1-disk version! >FOUND >thanks to BarryB
Excalibur +2 found on compilation disk in TOSEC
F15 Strike Eagle II Mission Disk found on TOSEC, was simply Disk 2
Flying Shark +2 >FOUND >thanks to MAI
Growth +3 found on compilation disk in TOSEC
Jupiter Probe +2 trained and 1-filed found on EAB FTP /Collection/BBS/Abaddon/Tuna #1
Living II 1 & 2 (?) > FOUND: LIVINGSTONE II > thanks to s2325
Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge + found on TOSEC
Mayday Squad Heroes +2 - trained by The Band: >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Renegade +3 >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Red Storm Rising 1-disk version found on TOSEC
Revenge of the Mutant Camels II + >FOUND on EAB ISO files (PGC)
Thunderblade +2 >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Turbo + >FOUND on EAB ISO files >thanks to MAI
Vigilante + >recovered after many retries >thanks to Kryoflux
Wanted + found on compilation disk in TOSEC

Powerstyx + 100% (ReLine) > this is the BS1-TKT crack with trainer and no gfx corruption > waiting on Prowler since 3 years now to transfer it!

Dames Simulator USA > English version of this French game
Rotox +4 > 4x trainer & 1-disk version
Venus The Flytrap +8 (disk 1) >8x trainer, disk 2 can be used from other versions
Victory Road +2 > 2x trainer with toggle
Viz > 1-disk version

So if anyone has a version of these games with same or more trainers; or hints where they can be found, feel free to share!

[s2325]

I think Living II 1 & 2 is http://hol.abime.net/903

[dirkies]

quick thinking s2325, compared broken floppy with the one from TOSEC and yes indeed, it is that one! Thanks bud!

that was quick, hopefully the others will get solved too

[s2325]

But this game should be on single disk. Maybe it's cracked version with cracktro on first disk and game data on second.

[dirkies]

it is a single disk, but the label of the disk said "1 & 2" which was quite confusing

[dlfrsilver]

that's because spanish games have 2 parts : phase 1 & phase 2.

For Powerstyle, you must use powercopy (cr by our sweet-sweet Stingray), and image the disk as track file image, and then transfer it under winuae, and write back with powercopy in an extended ADF and it will work

Don't hesitate if you need help to recover and create disks ADF & eADF
contact me

[dirkies]

problem is the powerstyx+ 100% is on a 5.25" floppy and I do not have a drive anymore to read it.
I can send it by mail to someone who can recover it ?

[s2325]

Do you remember booting this game? How it's possible when Amiga have 3.5'' internal drive?

[dirkies]

it was orginally on 3.5", but as 5.25" floppies were cheaper in those days it was transferred with xcopy nibble mode to a 5.25 floppy using a 5.25 drive (with a hardware switch to hard redirect df0 to external drive)
I lost the 3.5" floppy and the 5.25" drive (I still have a 2nd 5.25" drive, but broken, back in the days it read too many crc errors while the same floppy worked fine on another 5.25 drive, so that drive is most likely dead, but the "working 5.25 got lost somehow in my basement as it vanished!)

[s2325]

Do you remember if 5.25'' have same floppy disk seek sound with empty drive? Sorry if too many questions.

[dirkies]

you mean when game is loading; it uses a real fast trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound when loading, some fake turbo load I guess, as the broken copy in TOSEC runs in normal DOS and loads as fast as the nonDOS diskloader NIB 100% version of Bamiga Sector One.

[s2325]

No, sound when floppy drive is empty waiting for disk. It should be soft clicking.

[dirkies]

yes the broken drive clicks. It used to work fine when new, but it started acting up after 2 or 3 years of intense use. Of course all this is about 20 years ago

[mai]

Originally Posted by dirkies

one I could get kryoflux at least to copy it into a loadable state, although it has errors and will fail at a later stage

Mayday Squad Heroes +2 - trained by The Band:

this release will be included in next TOSEC release.

[dirkies]

sehr gut, any idea when and where to source it, so I can get rid of the old floppy?

[mai]

Originally Posted by dirkies

sehr gut, any idea when and where to source it, so I can get rid of the old floppy?

i am not able to remember exactly,
its here:
/Commodore_Amiga/CD/AmigaCD/Compilation/Phoenix
CD1

on EAB Fileserver.

[Phantom]

Hi mate, I've many games from your list, but unfortunately I can't recall if they have trainers or not.

[dirkies]

yep indeed; just downloaded it now, vielen Dank!!

edit: seems there may be more goodies hidden in these ISOs

[mai]

Originally Posted by dirkies

yep indeed; just downloaded it now, vielen Dank!!

edit: seems there may be more goodies hidden in these ISOs

indeed, especially some specific french releases.

[dirkies]

The Band & Bamiga Sector 1 were from Belgium, so was I, so I got a lot of their releases

Powerstyx seems to be the right BS1 version but the bootblock is wiped by a virus!!