Hot Rod WHDLoad Pack

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Short:    HD Installer for Hot Rod v1.0
Author:   DJ Mike (mtjg2@ukc.ac.uk), ICQ: 35028461
Uploader: DJ Mike (mtjg2@ukc.ac.uk)
Version:  1.0
Type:     game/patch
Requires: WHDLoad 10 (Registered Copy), 512k chip mem

This patch applies to "Hot Rod" (c) 1990 Activision/SEGA
and supports the following versions:
   - The original (uses custom disk format)
   - The cracked version from MAD (available on TOSEC)

REQUIREMENTS:
- Slave requires WHDLoad V10+.
- Your copy of WHDLoad must be REGISTERED.
- Imager requires RawDIC v1.3+.
- Game requires 512k chip mem
  (+506k other memory for preload option)

FEATURES:
- Game loads entirely from HD
- Uses custom (RawDIC) imager to extract disk image
- Protection check removed
- Stack misuse fixed (blame Ben Daglish for that one)
- Snoop errors fixed (x2)
- Empty DBF loops fixed (x10)
- Blitter waits added (x8)
- Added functionality:
  * Start a one-player game with fire on port 2 (in addition to pressing F1)
  * Start a two-player game with fire on port 1 (in addition to pressing F2)
- Infinite Gas trainer for human players using following keys:
  * Player 1 press F5
  * Player 2 press F6
  * Player 3 press F7
  * Player 4 press F8
- High scores are saved to and loaded from HD
- Quit to Workbench at any time (Default key: F10)
- New and color icons included (made by Captain HIT)

HISTORY:
- v1.0 Initial release

A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR:

Oh dear! I'm so sorry for my absence from the patching scene for the last
9 months ;-) Unfortunately university work took ahold of my priorities
fairly rapidly. However, this marks among the first of my official releases
in the summer of 2003, and I intend to make a fair few more this summer.
Whether I succomb to university again from this September remains to be
seen, but perhaps I'll be able to juggle everything more successfully
next time. (He says in vain...)

This game made it into my originals collection through a haul on eBay a
while back. Despite its obvious simplicity, Hot Rod has actually grown on
me a little since I started playing it.

Infact, the protection check on the original version made this game
totally unplayable on 020+ systems, as well as Ben Daglish's unique (and
diabolical) routines.

I'm supporting cracks openly because originals of games like this are
gradually becoming more scarce. Since the original of Hot Rod uses a
custom disk format, the install would be unusable for 95% of people
otherwise. Aside from the custom format, the game actually uses a friendly
offset/length system for picking where to load from. The MAD cracker for
some reason felt the need to change this to a sector-based system (WHY?!)

Oh well... Enjoy!

Greetings to Codetapper, Mad Matt, Captain HIT, Wepl and the rest of
the WHDLoad team!

-- DJ Mike (10th June 2003)

         Bug report form, full WHDLoad package and other installs:
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