Pinball Mania WHDLoad Pack

README

 THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
 PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
 TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
 CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
 PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.

 This install applies to "Pinball Mania" © 1995 21st Century Entertainment.

 This install requires WHDLoad to be in the path. It can be found in the
 WHDLoad package.

 The installed program requires 1.5 MB ChipMem and 1.3 MB OtherMem.
 It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").

 The game requires an installed A1200 or A4000 Kickstart 3.1 image.
 The kickstart image must be located in the directory "Devs:Kickstarts" and
 must be named "kick40068.A1200", or kick40068.A4000. 
 The image can be extracted from a A1200 (resp A4000) with tools like 'GrabKick'
 or similar which can be found on aminet.
 If the image is of wrong version or altered in any way WHDLoad will quit with
 an appropriate requester.
 Additionally the file "kick40068.A1200.RTB" or  "kick40068.A4000.RTB" must
 be installed in the same directory as the kickstart image.
 It can be found in the archive "util/boot/skick346.lha" on aminet.

 If you have problems with this installation please try and get a newer
 version of this package from the WHDLoad WWW-Page. If that doesn't help try
 some Tooltypes like NOCACHE, NOAUTOVEC, NOVBRMOVE, NOMMU, PAL or NTSC. If
 that also fails, please inform the author via the Bug-Report-Form which
 can be accessed on the WHDLoad WWW-Page or create a mantis issue directly
 at http://mantis.whdload.de

 For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
	http://www.whdload.de/
 or	aminet:dev/misc/whdload#?
 and	aminet:game/patch/

 version 2.1 (03.01.2023) done by JOTD:
 - added support for SPS0896 (only SPS0804 was supported earlier) (issue #0005913)
 
 version 2.0 (28.05.2022) done by JOTD:
 - running from fast memory to avoid slowdowns with accelerator boards (issue #0000465)
 - full joypad control (issue #0004686)
 
 version 1.4 (30.05.2010)
 - Tarantula access fault workaround (being sitting on my harddrive for a long while, untested)
 - no longer requires separate A1200/A4000 slaves

 version 1.3-B (08.10.2003)
 - fixed keyboard problem appeared in v1.3 (which is unusable BTW)

 version 1.3 (18.10.2003)
 - support for A4000 ROM
 - adapted for WHDLoad v16

 version 1.2 (21.04.2003)
 - fixed another access fault in "Kick Off" table
 - reassembled with new kick31/kickfs
 - reduced fastmem usage

 version 1.1 (10.01.2003)
 - fixed all VBR accesses (sorry, I thought I had removed them)
 - fixed many access faults in "Kick Off" table

 version 1.0 (05.01.2003) done by JOTD:
 - initial release
 - removed VBR accesses
 - highscore sorted (I was told it did not work properly)
 - save scores to HD, in game directory
 - sourcecode included
 - icons by Exoticons



CD³² joypad controls: 

Red           - start game                (F1)
Down		  - launch ball               (return)
Rev/Forward   - left/right flippers       (left/right shift)
Up            - nudge table upwards       (space bar)
Play		  - pause game                (p)
Green         - quit                      (ESC)
Yellow        - confirm quit              (Y)
Blue          - right flipper
Left          - left flipper

menu options:
- red: Tarantula
- blue: Jail Break
- yellow: Kick-off
- green: Jackpot

If CUSTOM2 is set the controls try to use only standard joystick (port 1) inputs so:

Red           - start game / add a player (numerical enter)
Down		  - launch ball               (return)
Up            - nudge table upwards       (space bar)
Right         - right flipper
Left          - left flipper

control keys are achieved through joystick (port 0)

Joy2 button 1  - escape
Joy2 left      - Y
Joy2 right     - N

menu options:
- left: F1/Tarantula
- right: F2/Jail Break
- down: F3/Kick-off
- up: F4/Jackpot
- reverse: F5/options
- forward: F6/configure keys (do not do that with joypad controls!)
- play: esc

Of course, that setting isn't practical with a joystick because you cannot use left+right at the same time, but
the person who asked for this feature wants to create an arcade cabinet so it's not a problem activating left+right

to enter hiscore, you need keyboard. If you don't have a keyboard, you can
still skip this part by entering "Y" (yellow), "P" (play) or "space" (up). It won't
be your initials, okay, just change your name to Yander Price and it will be fine.

(with CUSTOM2 set, use the joystick in port 0 left/right to enter Y or N)

Finally after almost 20 years this game uses fast memory. This was extremely easy to fix
because pinball code is well-written, only the overlay loader is broken and forces chip
memory even on program code.

The new release of the slave allows game to run properly on accelerator boards.