Akira 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 "Akira" © 1994 ICE.

 Requirements:
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 This install requires WHDLoad to be in the path.
 These programs can be found in the WHDLoad package.
 To install from a different drive than DF0: select installation mode Expert.

 The installed game requires 0.5 MB ChipMem and 1.0 MB OtherMem
 (+2.4 MB for preload)
 It can be quit by pressing F10 (key can be changed with Tooltype "QuitKey=").


 Features:
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 - Full load from HD
 - OCS and CD32 versions supported
 - Protection removed (manual check)
 - Out of bounds blits fixed (x2)
 - Illegal copperlist entries fixed (x434)
 - Long writes to BLTDMOD fixed (x2)
 - Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x20)
 - Interrupts fixed
 - All OS stuff patched
 - High-score load/save (CD32 version only)
 - ROMIcon/NewIcon (created by Frank)
 - Source code included
 - Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')

 As there was a request for the CD32 version to be supported I finally
 had a look at this game again and ended up creating a completely new
 patch from scratch. The CD32 version is now supported and a lot of bugs
 have been fixed. The CD32 version also supports high-score load/save,
 I couldn't be bothered to add that for the OCS versions (too much work
 for almost no benefit) yet, might be done in a later update but don't
 hold your breath! Code is quite OK but the game is not exactly great,
 especially the platform levels are a pain...

 The cracked disk version is supported as the orginal of this game seems
 to be somewhat rare hence I decided to support the commonly available
 Hoodlum cracked version. It will be restored to an original version
 on the fly.

 Enjoy the game from HD.
 Sting, 18-Sep-2018



 Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
 Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv
 and all the other usual suspects. :)

 Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide except those
 lowlifes who "borrowed" my MK1 for a joyride!

 Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
 Revision 2019! :)



 History:
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 version 1.3 (13.12.2022) done by StingRay:
 - support for another OCS version added, thanks to Christoph Gleisberg
   for the disk images

 version 1.2 (08.09.2018) done by StingRay:
 - patch redone
 - OCS and CD32 versions supported
 - patch works with 512k chip and 512k other memory now
 - Bplcon0 color bit fixes
 - interrupts fixed
 - long writes to BLTDMOD fixed
 - illegal copperlist entries fixed
 - out of bounds blits fixed
 - new install script
 - source code included

 version 1.1 (28.07.2016) done by StingRay:
 - patch is now 68000 compatible
 - 68000 quitkey support
 - manual included
 - source code included
 - just a quick fix, proper update will follow later! 

 version 1.0 (18.11.2000) done by MiCK:
 - initial release

 Thanks to Arif Pervez for original disk images.


 Contact:
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 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, EXPCHIP, 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.

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