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#1
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Ronald J. Hall - 06-05-2025, 17:36:08Thanks Peter. 
#2
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Petari - 05-05-2025, 20:23:54Casino Blackjack
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#3
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Petari - 28-04-2025, 15:26:32Animaux, Les
ARC
ARKA
Associe
Biohazard 1
Biohazard 2
Calcul Primarie
Dark Fortress
Decouvre les Pays du Monde
GORB
Hunt For Grey November
Ortho - CM
Once Upon a Time Little Red Riding Hood Playable in 5 languages En, De, Fr, It, Esp
Pepe's Garden
Pop Music Challenge
Puzzle Book
Sea Wolf
Secret England
ST Olympiad
Strange War
Tritris
Vegas Games
Winzer
Some needed more search for flawless images - I see more and more bad floppy images, which were not tested at all or well. And there are some with no good image online. Mostly freeware games.
ARC
ARKA
Associe
Biohazard 1
Biohazard 2
Calcul Primarie
Dark Fortress
Decouvre les Pays du Monde
GORB
Hunt For Grey November
Ortho - CM
Once Upon a Time Little Red Riding Hood Playable in 5 languages En, De, Fr, It, Esp
Pepe's Garden
Pop Music Challenge
Puzzle Book
Sea Wolf
Secret England
ST Olympiad
Strange War
Tritris
Vegas Games
Winzer
Some needed more search for flawless images - I see more and more bad floppy images, which were not tested at all or well. And there are some with no good image online. Mostly freeware games.
#4
News / Re: How to be useless
Last post by Ronald J. Hall - 21-04-2025, 17:55:25Hahaha, some people just can't seem to let that go...
#5
News / Re: How to be useless
Last post by Petari - 21-04-2025, 12:07:13AF thread about UltraSatan firmware 'destroyed'
Quote from first post: "It wasn't a game that was patched by Ppera."
What ? How can you say that ? My 'patches' are able to do damage even if user do not run them. I patched games to telekinetically destroy HW, so HW manufacturers can have bigger sales !
Out of mockery mode: idiotic forum - why I need to be mentioned at all in such case/thread. Just because some moron wrote supermoronic blah about in reality even not possible case. And I don't patch games. Idiots like D-Bug do it, or better said did it. Now not - and of course it's because me :-)
Making old Atari ST games coded to work from floppies to work from modern storage is much more than 'patching' . And most of them use TOS functions for disk access, what means that need to have working TOS, compatible TOS version ... Longer story.
I did in last 3 months more game adapts than Klaz overall, in some 5-6 years. Thanx to my experience and developed support files.
Quote from first post: "It wasn't a game that was patched by Ppera."
What ? How can you say that ? My 'patches' are able to do damage even if user do not run them. I patched games to telekinetically destroy HW, so HW manufacturers can have bigger sales !
Out of mockery mode: idiotic forum - why I need to be mentioned at all in such case/thread. Just because some moron wrote supermoronic blah about in reality even not possible case. And I don't patch games. Idiots like D-Bug do it, or better said did it. Now not - and of course it's because me :-)
Making old Atari ST games coded to work from floppies to work from modern storage is much more than 'patching' . And most of them use TOS functions for disk access, what means that need to have working TOS, compatible TOS version ... Longer story.
I did in last 3 months more game adapts than Klaz overall, in some 5-6 years. Thanx to my experience and developed support files.
#6
Hardware / Atari 520 STFM - Issue 4x Mult...
Last post by DigitalSkunk - 13-04-2025, 21:59:14Hey guys, I am probably overlooking something silly, but I am a bit stuck.
I can't get the other three versions to boot, and am not sure what to check next.
I have a strange revision of 520 STFM, ROMs are under the PSU, 2 chip version. So, to be less cramped and reduce the chance of ROMs, GAL shorting to the bottom of the PSU shield, I actually installed the GAL on top of the 68k, and ran a fairly long CE1 line from GAL 15 pin to Pin 22 of new ROMs.
I hope this is enough info to start. Thanks in advance for nay help anyone can offer. I am rather confused at this point. lol
- I got Petari's awesome TOS Improved 2 versions, and Atari's original TOS 1.04, 2.06
- On 2x 27c4001 EEPROMs
- A17 and A18 (Pin 30, 31) are TOS toggles. This seems to be working. Switch off has both pins at 5v. I used 33ohm resistors I had laying around, is this high enough for protection?
- With both switches grounded, A17 and A18 low, it successfully boots TOS 1.04 original.
I can't get the other three versions to boot, and am not sure what to check next.
I have a strange revision of 520 STFM, ROMs are under the PSU, 2 chip version. So, to be less cramped and reduce the chance of ROMs, GAL shorting to the bottom of the PSU shield, I actually installed the GAL on top of the 68k, and ran a fairly long CE1 line from GAL 15 pin to Pin 22 of new ROMs.
- Pin 24 on new ROMs are pulled up from the socket, connected to GND on mono. (OE)
- Under pin 24, I ran A16 to Pin 2 of new ROMs.
- GAL pin 15 CE1 is running to Pin 22 of new ROMs. This pin is inserted in the socket still.
- When I unsoldered the CE blob jumper on the board, TOS 1.04 original quit working until I soldered it back on 1M pad.
- A16 and A17 pads are still soldered on 1M like stock.
I hope this is enough info to start. Thanks in advance for nay help anyone can offer. I am rather confused at this point. lol
#7
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Petari - 11-04-2025, 17:46:17Yep. you'r right. Ax=ctualy I saw pages about this game, but I'm not horror fun - well, even if it is not claimed as horror game. Anyway, I will do this one more month too - graphic is not bad, well, not for me anti-horror one :-) . So, expect it in next month.
#8
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by masteries - 11-04-2025, 12:41:39Thanks a lot Peter for the adaptations,
I found a game that is missing from the list,
"Nightbreed the action game"
I found a game that is missing from the list,
"Nightbreed the action game"
#9
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Petari - 10-04-2025, 10:27:13And:
Winzer
Panneaux Ecolauto, Les , Collection Codoroute
Hunchy 1066
Axis
Stock Market
Winzer
Panneaux Ecolauto, Les , Collection Codoroute
Hunchy 1066
Axis
Stock Market
#10
Software / Re: New game adaptations
Last post by Ronald J. Hall - 07-04-2025, 02:07:51Thanks Peter!