Look what Santa brought us!

[DPainter]

300+ dusty, scratched, peeling Amiga disks. Grabbing a random handful from the box, I discover:

Dungeon Master (original)
Gee Bee Air Rally (original)
Roadwar Europa
Space Quest
Major Motion
Roadwar 2000
Karate Kid Part 2 (original)
Arkanoid (original)
Rising Sun reel 2
Dungeon Master Hints
Star Control disk 2 (original)
Autoduel (original)
Q-Ball (original)
Shanghai (original)
Gold of the Americas (original)
Leatherneck (original)
Paladin (original)
Emperor of the Mines (original)
Globulus (original)
Global Commander (original)

These disks have been in storage a long time. They are very dusty. I'd guess that nearly 1/3 are original disks.

Can anyone recommend how I should dump the originals? I know that DISK2FDI probably won't work. I'm going to try dumping some of the warez disks using DISK2FDI tonight to see if the disks are still working.

[Kodoichi]

Originally posted by DPainter
Gee Bee Air Rally (original)

I already dumped the original from the Power Hits compilation version with D2F, so that one should work

[DPainter]

Originally posted by s4murai


I already dumped the original from the Power Hits compilation version with D2F, so that one should work

Maybe I can simply dump the copy-protected games using DISK2FDI, then load up LockPick or Maurader II in WinUAE and see if it can't remove/replicate the copy protection. I managed to do that with an original of Thexder. First I made an ADF which did not load in WinUAE, then I ran Lock Pick on that copy, and sure enough the game worked!

[Kodoichi]

Originally posted by DPainter

Maybe I can simply dump the copy-protected games using DISK2FDI, then load up LockPick or Maurader II in WinUAE and see if it can't remove/replicate the copy protection. I managed to do that with an original of Thexder. First I made an ADF which did not load in WinUAE, then I ran Lock Pick on that copy, and sure enough the game worked!

Ermm... but you can't dump copy-protected games with D2F, so you won't even be able to load them up with those programs. Or how did you get Thexder working?

[Amiga1992]

Originally posted by s4murai
Ermm... but you can't dump copy-protected games with D2F

D2F always claimed that it could dump any copy protected games.

[DPainter]

Originally posted by s4murai
Ermm... but you can't dump copy-protected games with D2F, so you won't even be able to load them up with those programs. Or how did you get Thexder working?

D2F dumps some copy-protected games, but it doesn't dump the copy protection. Last night I dumped Foundations Waste original, and D2F reported a couple of non-standard tracks. I booted the ADF and the game scrolled a message, "Pirated Copy" and played a sound of Vincent Price laughing(!). However, I loaded up ProjectD in WinUAE and ran the Foundations Waste copy-protection removal on the ADF, and presto! it worked! Just like Thexder!

Also, there was a copy of The Halley Project which also dumped with a couple of non-standard tracks. The ADF would only boot up to the credits, then it went black. I suspected this was not a corrupt ADF, just the copy protection code. I discovered a Halley Project crack on Maverick Amiga v5.0 and ran it on the ADF. Presto! It worked!

I haven't tried dumping completely non-standard disks because it just takes too long. I suppose I could try it and see if the same process works using ProjectD or Maverick.

[Galahad/FLT]

I would like to get a warp of Leathernecks if possible.

MFMWarp should work on it.

Send email to GLDFLD@AOL.COM and maybe we can produce an install for WHDLoad.

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Galahad/FLT
I would like to get a warp of Leathernecks if possible.

MFMWarp should work on it.

Unforunately, I discovered last night that my ancient Amiga 1000 's disk drive no longer works. I need to buy a used Amiga 500 system, or maybe an Amiga with a hard drive.

In the meantime, maybe someone can point me to information on the best method for dumping copy-protected originals on the Amiga. I already tried contacting CAPS a while back, but they never replied.

Here's a listing of the original disks (minus some apps) that came in this box. Believe it or not, there was not one warez disk in the box. Even the hand-labeled disks, which aren't listed here, had no cracktros, no nothing:

4X4 Off-Road Racing
Aargh!
Alternate Reality: The City
Archipelagos
Arkanoid
Autoduel
Back to the Future 2
Balance of Power
Barbarian
Barney Bear Goes to Space
Batman Caped Crusader
Battle Chess
Bionic Commando
Black Gold/Oil Imperium
Black Jack Academy
Black Shadow
Blastaball
Blastaball
Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games
California Challenge - Test Drive 2 Scenario Disk
California Games
Captain Blood
Casino Fever
Challenger
ChronoQuest
Clue Master Detective
Combat Course (Mindscape)
Computer Scrabble
Death Bringer
Deep Space
Deluxe Paint Seasons & Holidays Clip Art
Destroyer
Discovery Spell
Dragon's Lair
Dungeon Master
Elite
Emperor of the Mines
Final Assault
Fire & Forget
Fire Power
Foundations Waste
Galactic Invasion
Gee Bee Air Rally
GFL Championship Baseball
GFL Championship Football
Global Commander
Globulus
Gold of the Americas
Golden Oldies volume 1
Golden Path
Goldrunner
Grand Prix Circuit
Harrier Combat Simulator
Heroes of the Lance
Hole-in-One Golf
Hunt for Red October (Datasoft)
Impossible Mission 2
Indoor Sports
International Soccer
Into the Eagle's Nest
It Came from the Desert
Karate Kid Part II
Karting Grand Prix
Kikugi
Kinderama
Kingdoms of England
Leatherneck
Libyans in Space
Lords of the Rising Sun
Medieval Warrior
Mind-Roll
Moebius
North & South
Obliterator
Off Shore Warrior
Operation Clean Streets
Overlord
Paladin
Phalanx
Pictionary
Platoon
Plutos
Populus
Populus Promised Lands
Portal
Power Monger
Power Pinball
Prime Time (corrupted disk I think)
PrintMaster
Q-Ball
Return to Atlantis
Risk
Road Wars
Shadowgate
Shanghai
Sidewinder
Sim City
Sim City Terrain Editor
Sinbad Throne of the Falcon
Solitaire Royale
Sorceror Lord
Star Control
Star Control
Star Flight
Starglider 2
Sword of Sodan
Swords of Twilight
Tanglewood
Taskmaker Ultimate Action Adventure (2 disks-no company name)
Terrorpods
Test Drive
Test Drive 2
Test Drive 2 Super Cars Disk
The Games Winter Edition
Thexder
Time Bandit
Times of Lore
Tom & Jerry
Vampire's Empire
Vindicators
War in Middle Earth
Warlock
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
Welltris
Willow
Winter Challenge (Tynesoft)
Xenon
Zany Golf

[Twistin'Ghost]

Damn, dude! You dog! I am so jealous. We should have a dumping party! We really need to get that Buffalo Bill, plus a bunch of those others. I think I can help. I'll PM ya about it.

[andreas]

I discovered a Halley Project crack on Maverick Amiga v5.0 and ran it on the ADF. Presto! It worked!

Whahey!
Codetapper will "like" to hear that "very much", well I'm certain
Uhm ... could you please upload those original ADFs of Thexder and Halley Project? They could also be useful for the floppy code wizards reading this forum

[Amiga1992]

Originally posted by DPainter

D2F dumps some copy-protected games, but it doesn't dump the copy protection.

Then it's pooppier than what I thought! :/