On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 10:07:51AM -0300, Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha wrote:
> > Can anybody tell me where I could find the rom of this game ?
> > I've found dozens of knightlores, but they were always two 16kb bin file
> > and a basic loader. I thought it existed as one 32 KB cartridge rom.
> > Am I just dreaming or does anybody know where to find this ROM file.
>
> Since Knightlore is from Spectrum, I think it wasn't sold as a cartridge,
> but only in tape/disk... Spectrum games converted to MSX use the entire 64kb
> RAM space ('cause they don't use MSX BIOS, but access the hardware directly)
> and use a lot of self-modifying code for speed purposes (so they can't be in a
> ROM).
>
Bizare since I found this picture which would mean that somebody
translated it into a rom (which must be copying itself to ram for
the self-modifying code then ?)
http://www.msx2.com/funet/gamecovers/Knight_Lore_Dexter_Soft_cart.jpg
Or is this an other game using the same name?
David
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