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- Short: Xenon 2 Disk Patcher for 68020+ Non-EC users
- Author: fabre@ensica.fr (Jean-Francois Fabre)
- Uploader: fabre@ensica.fr
- Type: game/patch
-
- Finally I succeeded in patching this GREAT game from the Bitmap Brothers.
-
- With a real 32 bit cpu (non-EC), the game crashed when taking the first
- power-up, because of an invalid 32-bit address harmless for 24-bit CPUs
- such as the 68000, 68010 and the 680EC20, but fatal others.
-
- PATCHES DONE:
-
- - No crashes when taking power-ups.
- - No need to disable the caches. This is done at bootup.
- - Disk protection removed (annoying for the patching scheme,
- and anyway this game is so old that nobody cares...)
-
- How to patch your Xenon 2 disk:
-
- You only have to patch the first disk (game disk):
-
- Make a backup copy of the disk (it's copy-protected,
- but as I said I removed the protection)
-
- Insert disk to be patched in DF0: (write UNPROTECTED)
-
- Type 'xenon2patch' in the CLI or click on the 'xenon2patch'
- ugly icon.
- Type RETURN at the xenon2patch prompt and your disk will
- be patched.
-
- Sometimes the program fails to patch the game. You'll
- notice it immediatly as it crashes 2 seconds after bootup.
- Do it again and it will finally work. Sorry but I'm not
- a specialist of trackdisk.device programming.
-
- That's not important cause it should only be used ONCE.
- After that you'll be able to play Xenon2 on your upgraded amiga.
-
- I tested it with the following configurations:
-
- A500/68000/512K chip (it worked before the patch :-))
- A1200/680EC20/NoFast (it worked before the patch :-))
- A1200/68060/16Mb Fast
-
- It should work OK for any CPUs now.
-
- If you have problems with the patch, send me a bug
- report (specify the CPU).
-
- WARNING: This patch works only for one version of Xenon2. My HD loader makes two versions
- work. I'm too busy now to write a floppy patch for the other version. Please install it
- on HD or buy one if you don't have any...
-
- I'm also looking for people who could send me original disks for me to patch them
- for 680x0 or write HD-Installers (NO WAY FOR CRACKED VERSIONS).
- E-mail me if you're interested, or if you simply like this patch.
-
- You can still try to e-mail me before october 96 at:
-
- fabre@cert.fr
- or
- fabre@supaero.fr
-
- and from october:
- fabre@ensica.fr (for sure)
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Jeff
-