The Perils of Willy partially working
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The Perils of Willy partially working
The Perils of Willy from http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/ ... 0Willy.prg works on emulator, but has been modified to give an extra life too often, every time a note is collected. I confirmed on my real Vic and real cassette loaded game, which only gives an extra life at 5000 and 15000 points, and then presumably 25000 (which I haven't checked).
The .prg at zimmers.net doesn't work correctly on a real Vic, the game plays but the score display is corrupted (anything other than 00000 is wrong) and the music doesn't play.
Is there a version anywhere which works correctly on a real Vic20?
The .prg at zimmers.net doesn't work correctly on a real Vic, the game plays but the score display is corrupted (anything other than 00000 is wrong) and the music doesn't play.
Is there a version anywhere which works correctly on a real Vic20?
Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
I had same problem. First I thought that my 16k memory is broken and I realised that music and score work fine if you use 32k extra memory.
Let me know if you find prg.
Let me know if you find prg.
Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Myriad from zimmers also suffers from this problem. The score is corrupted from the start.
Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Looking at youtube-videos from this game, all seem to give extra life for every note collected, interesting. I'd also be very interested in a correct version of this game!
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Hello, been lurking on this forum for many years.... etc etc...
Maybe I could buy a copy from Ebay and image it ???
Does that sound like a plan?
Bought said copy, which says it is in good working order..
If anyone could point me towards the correct software to image this tape when it comes would be a great help.
I imagine that I should first sample it exactly the same way as a Sinclair ZX81 tape.. in mono basically?
Then run the sample through a program to create a .tap file possibly?
Any help would be gratefully received
Maybe I could buy a copy from Ebay and image it ???
Does that sound like a plan?
Bought said copy, which says it is in good working order..
If anyone could point me towards the correct software to image this tape when it comes would be a great help.
I imagine that I should first sample it exactly the same way as a Sinclair ZX81 tape.. in mono basically?
Then run the sample through a program to create a .tap file possibly?
Any help would be gratefully received
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Yes please!
See here, for example:
http://wav-prg.sourceforge.net/
Of note is that the corrupted version is a single .PRG.
The original program may be multiload (several PRGs on the tape).
For archival purposes the .tap would be preferable.
For emulation purposes, if the game was a single PRG, providing the PRG makes things easier (some emulators only work with PRGs).
Welcome to the forums!
See here, for example:
http://wav-prg.sourceforge.net/
Of note is that the corrupted version is a single .PRG.
The original program may be multiload (several PRGs on the tape).
For archival purposes the .tap would be preferable.
For emulation purposes, if the game was a single PRG, providing the PRG makes things easier (some emulators only work with PRGs).
Welcome to the forums!
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Is the TAP not on Arma or in GB20 then?
Lie with passion and be forever damned...
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Looked at both... it's in neither as a tap.. just in GB20 as a prg.
Although I have found it as a .D64 in the UnRenamed collection I have
Hope it's ok to post it here...
Although I have found it as a .D64 in the UnRenamed collection I have
Hope it's ok to post it here...
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Also found a .TAP of Perils of Willy and Myriad in TOSEC collection... not sure if these are of any use.. but here they are..
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Yey, this one seems to work as expected! With this tap-file you do NOT get the extra life for every note collected!bodkinz wrote:Also found a .TAP of Perils of Willy and Myriad in TOSEC collection... not sure if these are of any use.. but here they are..
(the first d64-file you attached, however had the same issue as the previous ones, i.e. extra lefe for every note collected)
So, maybe this tap-file should be added as some sort of official version of "The Perils of Willy"?
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Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
Thats good to hear... any news about Myriad? Does the .TAP I posted cure the corrupted score that was mentioned by vicist?
Re: The Perils of Willy partially working
I was just mentioning Myriad to highlight that more than one multiload to .prg suffers from some sort of corruption.
I have +3k and +8k versions of the game already, but thanks for the effort of finding a non-corrupt version.
I have +3k and +8k versions of the game already, but thanks for the effort of finding a non-corrupt version.