Assassin Special Edition 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 "Assassin Special Edition" © 1992 Team 17.

 Requirements:
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 This install requires WHDLoad and RawDIC 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 0.5 MB OtherMem
 (+1.8 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
 - Protection removed (RNC PDOS)
 - RawDIC imager
 - Interrupts fixed
 - Automatic high score load/save (see below)
 - Bplcon0 color bit fixes (x23)
 - DMA wait in replayer fixed (x2)
 - Button Wait support for mission info screens
 - Intro skip option added (CUSTOM3)
 - Trainer options added (CUSTOM1/2)
 - Decruncher (ProPack) relocated to fast memory
 - Source code included
 - NewIcon (created by me)
 - Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')

 After finishing the patch for the original Assassin game yesterday
 I had a look at the Special Edition and decided to redo the patch too.
 The code doesn't differ much from the original game, one funny fact
 is that there still are the checks for the Copylock key in the code
 but the coder "cracked" his own game and set the correct key during
 startup. Protection this time was Rob Northen PDOS MFM, the RawDIC
 imager wasn't much of a problem and quickly done.

 I have added automatic high-score load/save, in the original game
 the "LOAD HIGH SCORES" resp. "SAVE HIGH SCORES" menu options had to
 be used, now the high scores are loaded when the game starts and
 saved once a high score has been achieved. Saving high scores will
 only work if no trainer options have been used. There are a lot
 of "hidden" words which can be entered as high score name, if you
 want a list of all words just drop me a mail.

 I have a added trainer options as usual, to see all available in-game
 keys press "Help" during the game.

 Due to the fast loading from HD the mission info screens are displayed
 for a very short time only, if you want to read them you can use the
 "ButtonWait" tooltype, the mission info screens will then be shown
 until the fire button has been pressed.

 I have also added an option to skip the intro as I found it rather
 annoying to wait for the intro to finish before being able to play
 the game.

 Enjoy the game from HD.
 Sting, 17-Jun-2019


 Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team, PMC,
 Musashi5150, Skan, Slummy, Loaderror, Frequent, Wayne Kerr, Mr.Spiv,
 Alpha One, CFou!, Paradroid, Audiomonster, Vention, Slammer
 Axis, Tim, Britelite, Buzzer and all the other usual suspects. :)

 Special greetings to all Golf MK1 fans worldwide and all classic
 car owners/drivers. :)

 Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne and #amycoders, see
 you all at Revision 2020! :)


 History:
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 version 3.0b (10.04.2022) done by StingRay:
 - jump with fire button 2 (issue #5304)

 version 3.0a (19.06.2019) done by StingRay:
 - wrong interrupt fix corrected, game doesn't crash anymore
   when collecting a bonus

 version 3.0 (17.06.2019) done by StingRay:
 - patch redone
 - RawDIC imager
 - Bplcon0 color bit fixes
 - interrupts fixed
 - lots of trainer options added
 - automatic high-score load/save added
 - ReadMe reworked
 - new install script
 - source code included

 version 2.0 (16.07.2016) done by JOTD:
 - added trainer/cheat keys
 - added fastmem usage
 - added quitkey for 68000

 version 1.2 (25.06.2010) done by Bored Seal:
 - save highscore bug fixed
 - intro decruncher added

 version 1.1 (08.10..2000)
 - fixed/optimised for WHD10+
 - decruncher moved to Fast RAM
 - new icons

 version 1.0 (06.10.1997) done by Mr.Larmer:
 - first release
	   
Thanks to Chris Vella 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/