Re: Single-load games - cracking for fun?

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 25 déc, 05:33, lyricalnanoha <lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008, sicklittlemonkey wrote:
> > On Dec 24, 3:51 am, lyricalnanoha
> > <lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org> wrote:
> >>>> I wonder if I could shove the image into an unused part of the memory
> >>>> instead...or even, if must be, onto the language card.
>
> > I created the Moon Patrol NIB and notes for it.
>
> > The data loaded is necessary unless you omit the moon base animation
> > (as all file versions do), so as Brendan and Antoine say you'll have
> > to find somewhere like the language card or aux mem to put it.
> > (Antoine is referring to the aux mem move routine at $C311).
>
> > Another option is to store the image data compressed in unused memory
> > and decompress it to the hires screen, thus keeping to the game's
> > original 48K spec. I was in the process of doing this some time ago,
> > but it was pushed on the back burner.
>
> > One problem is there isn't enough free memory to do that without
> > drawing to the displayed screen (or showing a messy data-filled
> > screen) unless you go beyond 48K.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Nick.
>
> A couple years ago I did a compressed version of "Hard Hat Mack" from the
> cracked copy.  It takes time to decompress during which it garbles the
> text page - then it runs fine.  (The normal version, which has a special
> loader and has its own RWTS down in the screen memory, also garbles the
> screen during load, for a similar reason.)
>
> That was a trick in itself as it used ALL available memory, from $0400 all
> the way up to $BFFF, as I recall.
>
> A somewhat easier stunt was crunching Xevious, which also used the LC, but
> didn't use all of low memory.
>
> -uso.

If you want to see Moon Patrol with the lunar base station, please go
to http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/crack/

What would be fun/exciting/interesting/useful for/to me is that
compressed or single file games become ProDOS compatible. I would like
to use them on my IIgs directly by clicking on an icon from the Finder
instead of booting from slot 6.

That is my wish for Christmas 2009 ;-)

Antoine