Re: Spyhunter GS?

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

magnusfalkirk wrote:
> 
> Downloaded the file from Macgui but can't get the spyhunter.bsq to open.
> Shrinkit says it's not a known file type and Shrinkit GS doesn't know what
> to do with it either.

I don't know. I got that error too with Shrink GS.

> So how to I open it?

It's a BinSCII file so I used sciibin on my Unix system to get the .SHK
file.

Read.Me file says:

	Years ago Spy Hunter for the Apple // was, I thought, one of the best games
	around (I loved it!!). Thus when I finally got a GS and found there wasn't
	a GS version (or something similar), I decided to give it a go.

	In March '92 I started looking around for ideas & methods necessary to
	program such a beast. I found little code of help, but did stumble across a
	couple of text files which gave information about the differing methods of
	fast animation on the GS.

	So I sat down and  managed to get a road scrolling down the screen. I was
	inordinately proud of this at the time :-). The project then sat in hiatus
	until September '92, when I threw away what I had and started writing the
	real thing.

	One problem was to get this program written before the resumption of Uni 
	in 1993, otherwise I would not get it done at all ... or at least have to
	wait until Christmas '93 before it would be complete.

	Thus I have been coding feverishly for the last couple of months and with
	the help of Adam (artist of SpyHunter GS .. anything to avoid programming
	really :). We have essentially finished the game (with 1 day to spare
	before uni starts).

	BUT! This game isn't complete to a degree. I haven't had much of a chance
	to beta-test properly because of my time constraint. Thus I have released
	it Freeware. I wouldn't want people to pay for a program that might have
	anomalies.

	To my knowledge any bugs in the game will not be serious, but they
	shouldn't detract from playability. I am not saying I've found every
	possible bug, so there are probably going to be bugs we don't know about
	(yet). Hopefully none!

	Due to University I won't have much time to do anything major to SpyHunter
	GS. If serious bugs emerge (e.g. game hangs, crashes or becomes unplayable)
	and I'm told about them, I will make the effort to try and zap them.
	Information on how to contact me can be found at the end of the dox.

> 
> Plus the OP asked about Spyhunter GS, not the original Spyhunter.

I believe that it is Spyhunter GS.

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