Frutis_v1.0_Pl.lha

README
Short: HD Installer for Frutis
Author: DJ Mike (djmike@crystalmike.com)
Version: 1.0
Type: game/patch
Requires: WHDLoad 19, RawDIC 5, 512k chip mem

This patch applies to "Frutis" © 1994 Gracomm.

Supports the original release.

REQUIREMENTS

- Original disk or compatible disk image
  (Cracks have not been tested and are not supported)
- Slave requires WHDLoad 19+
- RawDIC 5 for the imager
- Game requires 512k chip memory
  (+ approx 610k other memory for preload option)

FEATURES

- Game loads fully from HD
- Uses real files, which can be compressed with Propack/CrunchMania/FImp/XPK
- Quit game at any time (default key F10), including on 68000 machines
- Level editor designs are stored to disk (as usrlvlXXXX)
- OS calls removed
- Stack and decompression moved to fast memory if available
- Missing blitter waits fixed
- CPU-dependent (empty DBF) loops fixed
- Raster line waits fixed
- Blitter nasty (BLTHOG) settings removed
- Missing color bit settings fixed
- Trainers added - set CUSTOM1 with any of the following:
  + 1 for infinite lives (works in editor too)
  + 2 for invulnerability to all enemies and traps (works in editor too)
  + 4 to use DEL to skip level
- Set CUSTOM2=1-42 to select starting level
- Set CUSTOM3 to specify which part of the game loads first:
  * 0 for title screen
  * 1 for in-game
  * 2 for editor
  * 3 for opening logos/advert
- Set CUSTOM4 for frame delay/speed regulation (defaults to 8 on install)
- Combined Color/New/Rom Icon included
- Translated manual included
- Source code included

CHEAT

Hold fire + left mouse button + Help when starting the game. The screen will
flash white when the first level starts, indicating the cheat is active.
You will now be invulnerable to all enemies and traps, and can press Del to
skip levels.

HISTORY

Version 1.0 (2025-11-02)
- Initial release

WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR

An interesting Boulderdash clone, but the level designs are kind of nuts!
The presentation is not really that different from an 8-bit game, just with
more colours.

There were some really tricky blitter waits to fix, because the game does
blits both in the main code and during the vblank interrupt, meaning there
could be two blits trying to run at the same time. Yikes!

Every part of the game is its own executable, so lots of duplicate patching
needed, which was kind of tedious. The included level editor is not that
useful because you can't change the main game's levels - only make your own
and play them individually. Nonetheless I've supported it in full so you can
load and save your designs to HD if you want.

The game runs too fast on anything above an A500 so I've set a default frame
delay of 8 (yes, it really is that slow on an A500!) to reign it in.

Enjoy! :-)

--- DJ Mike (2nd November 2025)

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