[Floppertalk] A little request...Where to get Ikari Warriors.

rogerio souza floppertalk@oldskool.org
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:27:23 +0000


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<P>No problem Jim!! You are the man! I think that I can survive without this until October.</P>
<P>Thanks to everyone for the replies and keep with the good work!</P>
<P>Regards,</P>
<P>Roger Coltrane.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Sorry I'm so late into this, things have been rather busy with www.demodvd.org 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;(we're trying to ship in October and it's slow going). 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;EGA screen capture is easily implemented, but to someone who's never worked 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;with bitplanes it can be a bit daunting. If I weren't bogged down with 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;MindCandy, I'd be more than happy to write a small test program that would 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;draw a simple EGA screen, save it to disk, and restore it back, and the source 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;code would be Jeff-readable. But I won't lie; I just don't have time right 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;now. I will after October, so maybe it can wait until then? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;rogerio souza wrote: 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Maybe we should ask Demonlord to do this conversion for us. He is the guy 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; who have done most of the booter conversions to executables (World Karate 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Championship and Ikari II are some examples). He is also the author of many 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; PC game cracks. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; But the problem of this one is that this game uses 2 image files that need 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; to be swapped 'on the fly' (instead of these others that I mentioned before 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; that uses only 1 disk image). In this case I think that is easier to 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; implement the EGA screen capture. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Roger. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;yes, alas, this is the flopper only boot image version of the game. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;I was looking for a DOS executable, mostly to get me out of having to 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;support EGA screenshots! ;) 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Ikari+Warriors 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;-jeff! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;-----Original Message----- 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;From: John Duggan [mailto:jduggan@attcanada.net] 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:42 PM 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;To: floppertalk@oldskool.org 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: Re: [Floppertalk] A little request...Where to get Ikari Warriors. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Hi Guys! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;You can download Ikari Warriors at http://www.the-underdogs.org/ 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;I haven't tried it but many, probably most, of their games will run on 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Win98. Hope this helps. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Enjoy! And... 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Have Fun! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;John Duggan, 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;From: jleyda 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;To: floppertalk@oldskool.org 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:29 AM 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: RE: [Floppertalk] A little request... 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Jim? any advice on this one? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Isn't there a bit in the bios data area that I can determine if the machine 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;is running in EGA, then it's just a matter of capturing 8k of data right? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;or is it 16k? I know it's non interlaced, so I'll have to jump to a 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;completely seperate screenshot routine. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Sorry roger, I can do the code, but I'm really quite video mode dumb! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;It's funny that you mentioned this game though, as I was just looking to 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; see 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;if anyone has converted the booter to a DOS game just yesterday. I could 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;only find Ikari warriors II: Victory Road as a DOS conversion. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Perhaps I'll have to do that too? :) 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;-jeff! 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; -----Original Message----- 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;From: rogerio souza [mailto:rcs1234@hotmail.com] 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:39 PM 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;To: floppertalk@oldskool.org 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: [Floppertalk] A little request... 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Hi, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;I´m currently using Flopper to run an old DOS booter game called Ikari 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Warriors, but I can only run it in EGA video mode and I want to take some 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;screen snapshots of this game. Is it very difficult to implement the EGA 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;screen capture into Flopper?? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Thanks for reading. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Regards, 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Roger Coltrane 
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