Anyone good at getting a (possibly) corrupted game to work?

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Two files in question:

 

The first is WARZONE.PRG. It was the first game that I ever downloaded, back on GEnie on May 12, 1993 (file still has the date). I had it saved all of these years. When I first downloaded it, it ran on my Atari 1040 STe running TOS 1.62. My real hardware today is a Mega STe, but whenever I try to run it, I get TOS error #35, which worries me. I have tried running it on Hatari using TOS1.62 on the virtual STe (and other configurations) to no avail. It is a Scorched Earth type of game. I have seen it online, but that isn't my version. It did not have a fancy title screen. Can anyone get it to work? This one is pretty sentimental, even though it's extremely obscure.

 

Here is Warzone (as stated, not my version, and mine was freeware)

 

 

The second game is Saddam Shoot. I still have my original, and even downloaded another I found online. It crashes with bombs on every configuration. Here it is:

 

https://www.atarilegend.com/games/saddam-shoot

 

I have attached both files. Please help.

WARZONE.PRG SADDAM.LZH

[ggn]

Your warzone.prg is toast. It's either corrupt or truncated somehow, as it doesn't look like a valid TOS program. However, a few seconds of googling gave me a valid Serenade #27 download link (triggered by your video): https://demozoo.org/productions/75580/

 

...however, this won't work on TOS 2.06 that your MSTE has (at least, I assume you have 2.06 - do you get the Atari logo while booting?).

 

Luckily, both programs are in STOS and it so happens that I've written a program that attempts to patch STOS profixes.zipgrams for newer TOS versions. It worked here for Saddam, but Warzone was still not working. So I patched that by hand (as I did not fancy trying to debug my fixer).

 

Attached are the results. To recap:

 

- Run PATCH22.PRG before running SADDAM.PRG and everything should work

- Run WARZONE.PRG and if you have TOS 2.06 it should run normally

 

Hope this works for you, enjoy! (Or let me know if something is not working)

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8 hours ago, ggn said:

Your warzone.prg is toast. It's either corrupt or truncated somehow, as it doesn't look like a valid TOS program. However, a few seconds of googling gave me a valid Serenade #27 download link (triggered by your video): https://demozoo.org/productions/75580/

 

...however, this won't work on TOS 2.06 that your MSTE has (at least, I assume you have 2.06 - do you get the Atari logo while booting?).

 

Luckily, both programs are in STOS and it so happens that I've written a program that attempts to patch STOS profixes.zipgrams for newer TOS versions. It worked here for Saddam, but Warzone was still not working. So I patched that by hand (as I did not fancy trying to debug my fixer).

 

Attached are the results. To recap:

 

- Run PATCH22.PRG before running SADDAM.PRG and everything should work

- Run WARZONE.PRG and if you have TOS 2.06 it should run normally

 

Hope this works for you, enjoy! (Or let me know if something is not working)

Wow, thanks for that! Playing Saddam Shoot for the first time since the 90's! Works great! Repetitive, but works!

 

Yes, I have TOS 2.06 on my Mega STe. A TOS switcher is what I would really love, if I don't have to modify my case by drilling.

 

As for Warzone, I did see that file in a search, but like I said, mine was different with no elaborate title screen, so I passed on it. Nevertheless, since mine is toast, I decided to go for it. I can't getyour patched file to work for anything, so I tried the one in the link. Oddly enough, warzone.prg in your link didn't work on anything either. I even tried in in Hatari on an STe running 1.62, and a regular ST with EmuTOS. Not enough memory errors, no matter how much I add.

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16 hours ago, ggn said:

Your warzone.prg is toast. It's either corrupt or truncated somehow, as it doesn't look like a valid TOS program. However, a few seconds of googling gave me a valid Serenade #27 download link (triggered by your video): https://demozoo.org/productions/75580/

 

...however, this won't work on TOS 2.06 that your MSTE has (at least, I assume you have 2.06 - do you get the Atari logo while booting?).

 

Luckily, both programs are in STOS and it so happens that I've written a program that attempts to patch STOS profixes.zipgrams for newer TOS versions. It worked here for Saddam, but Warzone was still not working. So I patched that by hand (as I did not fancy trying to debug my fixer).

 

Attached are the results. To recap:

 

- Run PATCH22.PRG before running SADDAM.PRG and everything should work

- Run WARZONE.PRG and if you have TOS 2.06 it should run normally

 

Hope this works for you, enjoy! (Or let me know if something is not working)

Ok, I finally ran Warzone, but the only way that I could get it to run was in Hatari using TOS 1.62 and Serenade loaded and booting from A. When running it as a standalone, I get "TOS error #35". When running your patched file, I get "Error #048". Still, it was fun to play after all these years, even though it differs from my old version (it wasn't a demo and that title screen wasn't there). If you can figure out how to get it running on TOS 2.06 (or can find the my version), please let me know!

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16 hours ago, ggn said:

Attached are the results. To recap:

 

- Run PATCH22.PRG before running SADDAM.PRG and everything should work

- Run WARZONE.PRG and if you have TOS 2.06 it should run normally

 

Hope this works for you, enjoy! (Or let me know if something is not working)

 

@ggn doing ggn quality stuff is still awesome to see.  Nice work