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- CD32 - Disk Saver V1.2
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- by Christian Gines
-
- What do I need?
-
- All you need is a CD32 plus a disk drive or hard drive. It might also
- work with an A1200/A4000 with a CD32 compatible CD ROM drive (e.g.
- Zappo or Overdrive CD), does anybody know?
-
- What is it?
-
- Well, instead of using that small 1K of nonvolatile RAM of your CD32,
- use over 800K of one (empty) disk! So you can keep all saved games on
- disk without losing any of them! All you have to is the following:
- insert this disk and the game CD time and then (re-)boot/reset. After
- this the game will use the disk to save on. The save games can then be
- found in the drawer called "NonVolatile".
-
- New in version 1.1 is the possibility of booting games that do not
- work with Fast Mem (for expample "Chaos Engine"). I have put the
- brilliant tool called "Degrader" by Chris Hames on this disk which
- will disable Fast Mem if you want to run such a game. At the end of
- the manual there is a list of the games which this boot disk already
- recognizes. If you know other games that do not work with Fast Mem
- please tell me the titles AND (!!!) the correct disk names (e.g.
- "Chaos_Engine:") so I can include them.
- Furthermore this disk detects the game "Der_Clou!" where you can only
- save your games in RAM. With my boot disk you can save the games in
- the (empty) drawer called "ClouSave". If you want to save it in
- another path, please edit the file "s/Clou.Startup". I do not know if
- the game is called "Der Clou!" in other countries. If not so, please
- tell me the name and the disk name (e.g. "DER_CLOU:") so I can include
- this version. If you boot the game with this disk for the first time,
- it takes some time because some files have to be copied to the disk
- first.
-
- Note that the Disk Saver can also boot those excellent CDs by "Amiga
- CD32 Gamer". If you have to press and hold a special button, do so
- after the title screen of the Disk Saver (not after the reset).
- Unfortunately the demo version of "Cannon Fodder" by Virgin Software
- does not use the disk to save. The CD of issue 7 is also working with
- the Disk Saver, except for the demo of "Beneath a Steel Sky".
-
- Please do not use CD32 Disk Saver for "Arcade Pool" by Team 17 as the
- save option may overwrite important data on the disk! Please insert a
- blank disk if you want to save.
-
- What if I want to another drive (e.g. my hard disk)?
-
- If you have one, just edit the file called "nv_location" in the drawer
- Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/ consisting of just one line: You have to type
- in the full path of the directory in which the games should be saved.
- For example:
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- DH1:Games/Save/
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- I have tested my little tool successfully on the following CDs (test
- computer was: CD32,SX1,4 MB Fastmem,DD disk drive,hard disk):
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- -Arcade Pool (by Team 17)
- *Brian the Lion (by Psygnosis)
- -Bubba `n` Stix (by Core Design)
- -CD32 Gamer vol.1-6 (by Paragon Publishing)
- -Defender of the Crown 2 (by Commodore)
- *Der Clou! (by Neo)
- *Hero Quest 2 (by Gremlin)
- *Lamborghini American
- Challenge (by Titus)
- *Litil Divil (by Gremlin)
- *Microcosm (by Psygnosis)
- *Pinball Fantasies (by 21st Century Entertainment)
- *Pirates! Gold (by MicroProse)
- *Simon the Sorcerer (by Adventure Soft)
- *The Chaos Engine (by The Bitmap Brothers)
- -Tower Assault (by Team 17)
- *UFO (by Microprose)
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- These CDs run with CD32 Disk Saver. The tool is used by the CDs marked
- with "*".
-
- I have chosen the colour black for the background because in some
- games like "Simon the Sorcerer" or "Pirates! Gold" one can see part of
- the background of the Workbench screen.
-
- DO NOT WRITE-PROTECT THIS DISK!!! OTHERWISE YOU CANNOT SAVE!!!
-
- Please report your experiences with this little tool to me:
-
- Christian Gines
- Habichtstr.86
- 59425 Unna
- Germany
-
- Or via e-mail: cgines@marx.ping.de
-
- You can also write me a letter if you have got any questions or if you
- want me to improve my English, of course :-)
-
- This tool is PUBLIC DOMAIN. If you think this tool is worth some money
- or worth a game, feel free to send it to the address above. Many
- thanks in advance!!!
- All use of this program is at your own risk. I assume no
- responsibility or liability for any problems that occur.
-
- History:
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- 1.0: First release.
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- 1.1: Added "Degrader" by Chris Hames. Boot disk now recognizes "Chaos
- Engine" and disables Fast Mem. "Der Clou!" will now save on disk.
-
- 1.2: Improved intro: You can now read the manual there. Disables Fast
- Mem if "Lamborghini American Challenge" is loaded.
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- NOFASTMEM-GAMES:
- -The Chaos Engine
- -Lamborghini American Challenge
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