a8isa1 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I cannot thank you enough for doing all of these cracks, DjayBee. My own skills and understanding are certainly not up to the task. It is great that I am now able to use many of these programs for the first time on real hardware because of your hard work. I second that sentiment! Btw, looking forward to playing Tail of Beta Lyrae (sp?) that hasn't had it's counter run up and doesn't fade to near black and white. Been a while but I think Philip Price mentioned copies eventually do this and other things. Frankly, I'm not good enough at games (and arthritis doesn't help) to have noticed the other problems. Just need to find a joystick that doesn't stress my left thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with Spy vs Spy II - Island Caper? You are right, there is a problem with my image. I had a delayed check for the code's checksum overlooked. Please try the attached updated version. Thanks for helping. It is great that I am now able to use many of these programs for the first time on real hardware because of your hard work. This is the exact reason why I do this - besides the fun. Spy vs. Spy II - The Island Caper (1985)(First Star Software)(US)cr CSS.atr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 You are right, there is a problem with my image. I had a delayed check for the code's checksum overlooked. Please try the attached updated version. Thanks for helping. This is the exact reason why I do this - besides the fun. Funny, it was the first game I picked to play in the archive. Great project; thanks for the quick fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Thanks again DJayBee. These are great. We appreciate everything you put into this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 First off, thanks for all your hard work on these DJayBee. I tried Bruce Lee and both versions of Montezuma's Revenge on my MiST and they wouldn't boot. Bruce Lee just goes to a black screen after the initial text loading screen and Montezuma says "BOOT ERROR" after a few seconds of loading. Has anyone else tried these on a real NTSC Atari? I only have access to a PAL Atari at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Has anyone else tried these on a real NTSC Atari? I only have access to a PAL Atari at the moment... I'll see if I can give them a look later today. The Olympics have taken over our TV these past two weeks but I might be able to squeak it in this afternoon. I have a NTSC 800XL and a SIO2SD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 First off, thanks for all your hard work on these DJayBee. I tried Bruce Lee and both versions of Montezuma's Revenge on my MiST and they wouldn't boot. Bruce Lee just goes to a black screen after the initial text loading screen and Montezuma says "BOOT ERROR" after a few seconds of loading. Has anyone else tried these on a real NTSC Atari? I only have access to a PAL Atari at the moment... Just tried them on my NTSC 800XL and SDrive NUXX. Bruce Lee seems to work fine, but both Montezuma's just sit there at the blue screen after loading for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 yeah we'll need some attempts with real drive, sio2sd, pbi hard drives etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Since you asked APE USB Bruce Lee - crashes, black screen Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US) - runs Montezuma's Revenge (1986)(BCI Software)(US) - runs U1MB/SIDE2 mount Bruce Lee - crashes, black screen Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US) - runs Montezuma's Revenge (1986)(BCI Software)(US) - runs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) to recap, bruce lee runs on sdrive sdrive nuxx but not ape or side2 montezuma runs on ape or side but not sdrive how weird is that.... but none ran on mist... me thinks mist haz a problemz Edited February 24, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) Before releasing everything I had tested successfully all images with my PAL 600XL and RespQt. To verify your probles I copied the images to real floppies and tested from my Happy 1050. Result: Everything works fine except Bruce Lee which only works in un-Happy mode. It tries to read sector $8200 which seems to give an unexpected result with an active Happy drive. It also seems not to like modified OSes. Please try if the attached a version works better. It ignores the status for the read of sector $8200. Since my Montezuma crack also tries to read sectors >$400 this might do unexpected things as well with some disk. Please give the attached image a try which works different. And btw. the Montezuma images from Parker and BCI are identical. So no need to test both. Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US)!cr CSS alt.atr Bruce Lee (1984)(Datasoft)(US)!cr CSS alt.atr Edited February 24, 2018 by DjayBee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) if it's meant to break by purposely excluding the happy, it's still a form of protection. if it's a problem or error in the happy firmware... that firmware needs a fix. why would a drive have an issue going beyond 1024 sectors... if it's a disk image, could the problem be with the atr, or the devices method of loading atr images? the right drive always helps... can't load an enhanced or double density disk in an unmodified 810, or a double density disk in an unmodied 810/1050, and XF or better is always a winner. but the xf can choke on some copy protections, not as much as some mods but it happens. all sio solution devices and pbi/carts should handle single enhanced and double density as well as double sided and high capacity atr. If they don't the firmware needs a fix Edited February 24, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I tried all four on my stock NTSC 800XL via SIO2SD : Bruce Lee (1984)(Datasoft)(US)[!][cr CSS].atr Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US)[!][cr CSS].atr Montezuma's Revenge (1986)(BCI Software)(US)[!][cr CSS].atr Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US)!cr CSS alt.atr All loaded fine and worked seemingly without issue (although I only played a minute or so into each game). My stock 1050 is packed away for the time being so I did not try real floppy disks. I can pull it out if it's really necessary but it's a bit of a hassle so I only want to do so if I really need to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Updated with new versions: Bruce Lee (1984)(Datasoft)(US) APE USB - works U1MB/SIDE2 mount - crashes SDrive NUXX - works Montezuma's Revenge (1984)(Parker Brothers)(US) APE USB - works U1MB/SIDE2 mount - works SDrive NUXX - works 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farb Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I have tested both new version on the MiST and they work great. Thanks, DjayBee! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Before releasing everything I had tested successfully all images with my PAL 600XL and RespQt. To verify your probles I copied the images to real floppies and tested from my Happy 1050. Result: Everything works fine except Bruce Lee which only works in un-Happy mode. It tries to read sector $8200 which seems to give an unexpected result with an active Happy drive. It also seems not to like modified OSes. Please try if the attached a version works better. It ignores the status for the read of sector $8200. Since my Montezuma crack also tries to read sectors >$400 this might do unexpected things as well with some disk. Please give the attached image a try which works different. And btw. the Montezuma images from Parker and BCI are identical. So no need to test both. Do these two images replace the two in the original .zip or are they additions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Do these two images replace the two in the original .zip or are they additions? They were alternatives for testing. But since they work for Farb on the MiST they are now officialy promoted to be replacements. And as I wrote above: Montezuma Parker and BCI are identical. So the new Parker image will also be the new BCI image. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Bruce Lee does not work on Atari800Win PLus 4.1 -edit- If I turn off SIO patch, it works... Edited February 26, 2018 by tjlazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) If HI speed SIO is breaking, is there still timing protection in Bruce Lee? or does the code get trampled on? or is it just a case of the emulator not handling the conflict between whatever bruce lee is using and the sio patch Edited February 26, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have no idea how this is implemented in Atari800Win. I am sure that there is no timing protection. In Altirra it works fine with both "D: patch" and "SIO burst transfers" enabled. As I noted earlier: I have the impression that it checks for "something" in the OS code. Maybe it is related to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wrote One on One tonight and it worked on my 1050 drive on my 1200XL, but fails to boot on my 130XE and XF551. Tried both versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wrote One on One tonight and it worked on my 1050 drive on my 1200XL, but fails to boot on my 130XE and XF551. Tried both versions. Hmmm? One on One is not part of the archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Sorry, was in Diaperboy's archives. I got his v2 working, had to rewrite it to disk again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) I can not get Music 1 to work. 2 and 3 work fine. 1 makes the farting noise on track 2 and 35 and goes to the XL diagnostic screen. Have tried both PAL and NTSC. Only thing I have not tried is OS-B. Version from AtariMania does the exact same thing. HELP. EDIT: As expected, same thing in OS-B. Goes to the Memo Pad screen. Edited October 1, 2018 by scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 I've tested a few of the EA cracks using U1MB's SIDE loader on my PAL XEGS. Realm of Impossibility and Super Boulder Dash work fine, One on One gets into what looks like a reboot loop on the loading screen (EOA logo comes up, a few seconds of loading, screen goes blank, then back to the logo), while Racing Destruction Set just stops on a red/brown screen after the logo. I'm not sure if you want to put any work into making these cracks work on my admittedly far from stock machine, but I thought I'd report my findings for posterity I'm having the same issue on my 130XE and XF551. Though it seemed to work a few times, not it keeps doing the loop. Works perfect on my 1200XL and 1050 USD drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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