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 "Goal!" © 1993 Virgin.
Requirements:
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This install requires WHDLoad and DIC 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 1 MB ChipMem (+1.8MB 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
- 3 versions supported (SPS 487, SPS 1817, TRSI)
- Load/Save from data disks supported
- Protection removed (Copylock)
- Blitter waits added (x4, 68010+ only)
- Empty dbf loop in keyboard routine fixed
- Check for extended memory fixed
- Interrupts fixed for 68040/68060
- Possibility to skip the intro (CUSTOM1=1)
- Automatic creation of data disks (see below)
- NewIcon (created by me)
- Quit option that works on 68000 machines (default key is 'F10')
Finally it is here, the fully working WHDLoad patch for Goal!, one
of the best football games ever released in my opinion.
This patch took me a long time to do, in fact it's the patch I've
been working on for the longest time. To be precise, it took me
14(!) years until I finally had a fully working patch.
I coded a custom installer for this game back in August 1997, I
had coded my own WHDLoad-like system which I used to create quite
a few patches back in the day. The patch was almost perfect except
for one small yet very annoying problem. The directory of the replays
disk wasn't loaded correctly thus it was impossible to load replays.
I spent a lot of time trying to find the reason, yet, for many years
without success. In February 2007 I adapted my old code for WHDLoad
because people requested a fully working Goal! patch since the old
patch by Mr. Larmer had exactly the same problem with the replays
disk directory as mine.
It took me another almost 5 years until I found the reason so
finally, 14 years after I made my first Goal! patch, I could fix it.
Since the game has been coded in C understanding the disassembled
code wasn't easy. I really invested a lot of time, blood and sweat
in this patch, I do hope you appreciate it!
The patch supports 2 versions, v1.0 and v1.1, for v1.0 also the
TRSI crack is supported since it wasn't much extra work (almost none!)
as the crack is very clean and except for the Copylock and a small
message in the bootblock nothing was changed.
Load/Save is fully supported, if you already have a data or
replays disk you can use DIC to create an image of it. The
data disk must be named disk.3, the replays disk is disk.4.
The slave will create the data/replays disk if none is found.
You can disable this feature with the CUSTOM2=1 tooltype.
I have disabled all routines to format data disks in the game
as they are not needed anymore. If you're trying to use them
you'll get an error message from the game which I deliberately
left in.
The intro can be skipped with the CUSTOM1=1 tooltype.
Have fun with a fully working Goal! patch!
Merry Christmas, Sting, 04-Dec-2011
Greetings to all in Scarab and Scoopex, the WHDLoad team and to Musashi5150 :)
Extra greetings to the usual suspects on #amigascne, see you all at
Revision 2011! :)
Special thanks to lolafg and frikilokoo for testing the patch and to everybody
who waited for a long time for a fully working patch!
Message to Hungry Horace: Next time, think twice!
History:
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version 1.01 (02.01.2016)
- WHDLoad v17+ features (config) used
- 4 blitter waits added (68010+ only)
- install script updated to use template from WHDLoad v18.x package
version 1.00 (04.12.2011) done by StingRay:
- redone from scratch
- all known Goal! versions supported
- load/save fully supported (Teams, cups, settings replays, leagues etc.)
- source code included
old version done by Mr. Larmer in 1998.
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/
