If we look to classci 48k emulation, we have files from WoS database, which I call standard. They all could be loaded somehow to Sam. But there are also several Sam-specific snapshot file types not used at WoS. AFAIK these formats are older than formats used on WoS, so that's the reason they exist. Can somebody help me understanding these formats? (I would preferably make a converter from these old formats to classic Z80.)
At least, I know of
- The standard MGT/Samco's emulator without ROM. Is this somewhat similar or identical to the +D format mentioned by Womoteam? - This is the most wanted, since I still have got some old snapshots of games which are missing at WoS.
- Fidzi's .MUL format. The most widely used one in Czech & Slovak republic. :-)
- Fuxoft's format - They say this is the oldest Spectrum-on-Sam proper emulator and its snapshot format, but it has registers stored in Sam Basic, so the proper conversion is quite tricky. After appending the registers to the main file, I call this format .FUX and it's the only known and supported Spectrum-on-Sam snapshot format in ASCD.)
- My own .AYS used for games with emulated AY music, (it's .MUL with two bytes added at the end).
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And here's my list of games (48k ones are skipped):
AYS files: Mad House, Exolon, Captain Dynamo, MQM 2, Magnificent, Mega Phoenix, Sound Tracker, Fuxoft Soundtrack 4, Loopz, Rex 1+2, Tetris 2
Special third-party Sam tunes added to Spectrum games (quite uncommon :-), but it's really true):
Dizzy 4, Dizzy 6, Laser Squad / Remix 128, F16 Combat Pilot (???)
Dizzy 1+2+3+5 (???), Turbulence, Agent Toast
ZX-1 Motos, Jet Bike Simulator, X-Out, Street Fighter, Time Scanner, The Way Of The Tiger, Tetris 2
ZX-2 Rambo 3, F.I.R.E., Power Drift, Nigel Mansell Grand Prix, Lemmings, Laser Squad, Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
ZX-3 Hero Quest 1+2, Dragon Spirit, The Last Ninja 2, Exolon
ZX-4 Chase HQ, R-Type, Iron Lord, Operation Thunderbolt, Cabal, Cybernoid
ZX-5 Operation Wolf, Rainbow Islands, North & South, Myth, International Karate +
ZX-6 Shinobi, Robocop 2, Shadow Of The Beast, Bubble Bobble, Terramex, Belegost
ZX-7 Target Renegade, Stunt Car Racer, Turrican 2, Midnight Resistance, Spherical
ZX-8 Wec Le Mans, Sim City, Batman The Movie, Pacmania, Ghouls'n'Ghosts, Platoon, Kendo
ZX-9 Hostages, Arkanoid 2, Plotting, License To Kill, Turtles 2, P-47 Freedom Fighter, Thunderbirds
/--- Aley
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Haller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Let's discuss ZX Spectrum games
Aley Keprt wrote:
Here is a fast copy of my 128K list for the SAM:
128K + Muliloader Emulation __________________________________
Record 5000: 128K Soft A
Action Fighter ? Action Force 2 ? Altered Beast ? APB ? Arkanoid 2 ? Army Moves ? Atom Ant ? Auf Wiedersehen Monty ? Amageddon
Record 5001: 128K Soft A2 Amaurote ? Ancient Fighters
Record 5010: 128K Soft B
Barbarian ? Batman ? Bionic Command ? Blastroids ? Bloodwych ? Boulder Dash ? Bubble Bobble ? Buggy Boy ? Battle for Midway
Record 5020: 128K Soft C
Cabal ? California Games ? Chase HQ ? CJ Elephant Antics ? Continental Circus ? Captain Blood
Record 5021: 128K Soft C2
Captain Dynamo ? Combat School ? Commando ? Crack Down! ? Cybernoid ? Captain Fizz ? Chubby Cristle
Record 5030: 128K Soft D
Daley Thompsons Olympic ? Dizzy - Down the rapids ? Dizzy and the Yolkfolk ? Dragon Ninja ? Dragon Spirit ? Dan Dare 3 ? Dynasty Wars
Record 5031: 128K Soft D2
Deathstalker ? Dizzy 2 (Dizzy On Treasure Island) ? Dizzy 3 (Fantasy World Dizzy) ? Dominator ? Dizzy 4 (Magicland Dizzy)
Record 5040: 128K Soft E Enduro Race ? E-Motion ? Escape from Singe´s Castle ? Exolon
Record 5050: 128K Soft F
Fairlight ? Football Director 2 ? Foxx fights back ? Frightmare ? Fast Food ? Finders Keeper ? Future Knight ? Fire
Record 5060: 128K Soft G
Gauntlet 2 ? Ghostbusters 2 ? Ghosts´ n´Goblins ? Golden Axe ? Guerilla War
Record 5070: 128K Soft H
Head Over Heels ? Highsteel ? Hostages ? Hudson Hawk ? Hammerboy 1 ? Hammerboy 2 ? Hero Quest
Record 5080: 128K Soft I Ice Palace ? Indiana Jones 3 ? Impossamole ? IK+ ? Iron Lord ? Ironman
Record 5090: 128K Soft J Jaws
Record 5100: 128K Soft K Kendo ? Killed to Death ? Knight Thyme
Record 5110: 128K Soft L
Laser Squad ? Led Storm ? Licence to Kill ? Light Corridor ? Line Of Fire ? Logic ? Logo ? Lords of Chaos
Record 5111: 128K Soft L2 Loderunner
Record 5120: 128K Soft M
Magic Moon pt.1 ? Magic Moon pt.2 ? Magic Moon pt.3 ? Marauder ? Mask I ? Mean Streaker ? Midnight Resistence ? Mystical
Record 5121: 128K Soft M2 Motos ? Myth ? Monaco Grand Prix ? Monte Carlo
Record 5130: 128K Soft N
Never Ending Story ? New Zealand Story ? Nightbreed ? North & South ? Netherworld
Record 5140: 128K Soft O Operation Thunderbold ? Operation Wolf ? Outrun ? Overlander
Record 5150: 128K Soft P Pacmania ? Pang ? Platoon ? Plotting ? Psycho Pigs ? Powerdrift ? Puznic
Record 5170: 128K Soft R
Rainbow Islands ? Rambo 3 ? Rastan ? Rex 1 ? Rex 2 ? Rick Dangerous 2 ? Ruff´n´Reddy
Record 5171: 128K Soft R2 Robocop ? Robocop 2 ? Run the Gauntlet ? R-Type ? Return of the Witch Lord
Record 5180: 128K Soft S Shinobi ? Short Circuit ? Skull & Crossbone ? Spy 007 ? Saint Dragon
Record 5181: 128K Soft S2
Steg ? Strider ? Stunt Car Race ? Super Cars ? Super Hang On ? San Monaco Grand Prix ? Switchblade ? Savage
Record 5182: 128K Soft S3
Stromlord 2 ? Spellbound ? Sim City ? Stormbringer ? Saboteur 2 ? Shadow of the Beast ? Silent Shadow ? Silkworm
Record 5183: 128K Soft S4 Space Harrier 2 ? Super Scramble
Record 5190: 128K Soft T
Target! Renegade ? Technocop ? Tetris 2 ? The Tube ? Thundercat ? Time Scanner ? Toobin ? Turtles ? Typhoon
Record 5191: 128K Soft T2
Twinz! ? Tiger Road ? Tetris ? Thunderbird 1 ? Thunderbird 2 ? Thunderbird 3 ? Thunderbird 4 ? Turbo Boat Simulator ? Turtles 2 ? Terminator 2 ? Towdie
Record 5192: 128K Soft T3 Turrican
Record 5200: 128K Soft U UN Squadron
Record 5210: 128K Soft V Viz - The Game
Record 5220: 128K Soft W Wec Le Mans ? Wonderboy 2
Record 5230: 128K Soft X X-Out ? Xenon
Record 5240: 128K Soft Z Zub __________________________________
So what do you think: Are games converted from ZX Spectrum worthy? I mean should they be counted as "Sam Coupe games", or not?
I think this list answers your question positive.
I assume we can skip regular ZX Spectrum 48k games which can be loaded (if we have got some luck :-) into a regular emulator. As I remember, I made a TAP file based emulator back in 1994, and I am sure many other good emulators do exist, which can load files from ftp.worldofspectrum.org without any conversions.
Use Martijn Groens emulator for 48K ones, it works with TAP, Z80, and PLUS D format. I set a manual to the community list, but I can send this as PDF to anyone who is interested.
But what about - large games with multi-loading levels converted from tape to Sam disk
see above
- AY music converted to Sam Coupe Philips SAA chip
I got a lot of too.....
- 128k-only games converted to Sam - nonworking games fixed to work on Sam
I think these games can be counted, since you simply can't load a tape/snapshot file into an emulator and play it without any changes.
I personally made several conversions back in 1992-93, and I am sure other people did as well. So we could possibly build up a nice "Spectrum on Sam" game database. :-)
Here´s a start....
I found 12 diskettes full of ZX Spectrum 128k and/or multi-load games converted to Sam. I personally did mainly the tape->disk conversions, because it is the easiest part (and I was 13, eh, so it was quite hard for me either... :-). Later I also made a half-universal 48k+AY emulator, which supported 48k+AY snapshot files. Then I also converted some very simple 128k games (they just used 128k memory for AY music).
I also have some 128k-only games for Sam, like North & South (one of my all-time favourites :-) or Terminator 2.
If you have something which is not in my list, I am interested. To make things easier, contact me directly: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So what do you think, and - especially - what games do you have got? I'm waiting your comments.
My comment? A database as you talked about is a fine idea. But I am in doubt that the most SAM users are having lists about their programs.
Best wishes Wolfgang (always on the side of the open minded SAM users)
