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REminiscence  

Flashback from Delphine Software interpreter 

author of original flashback interpreter: Gregory Montoir, cyx@users.sourceforge.net

atari port: Pawel Goralski (Saulot / NOKTURNAL), 

e-mail: nokturnal@nokturnal.pl

www: http://nokturnal.pl

 

credits: 

• Gregory Montoir for original flashback interpreter,
• Patrice Mandin for Atari SDL port, 
• Vincent Riviere for his gcc cross compiler (this stuff really rocks :)),
• Sektor and Rlyeh for portions of code from GPX/PSP ports (choosing levels/extended ingame option menu - no need to  remember all of these nasty keyboard shortcuts :)) 
• TGA saving code by  Mattias Engdegĺrd 
• Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer, László Molnár & John F. Reiser for UPX 3.03, the resulting binary is nearly 50% smaller than original :)
  
  Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible for any loss of hardware/data by running this program. Run it on your own risk.

 

What it is?

 

REminiscence is rewritten engine of Flashback. With original files (from PC version which are mandatory) you can play this game on your falcon.

 

Requirements

 

Atari Falcon030 with some sort of accelerator (CT60 or CT63 is recommended), some RAM. Standard falcons are still too slow for SDL. VGA or RGB monitor, working keyboard / joystick or jagpad plugged into port A or B .
This version works only under TOS / MiNT (MagicOS untested). It doesn't work under Aranym, so don't even try it ;-). 

For optional features you will also need:
 

• Amiga modules with short TOS filenames (8+3), you can get the whole pack from my site(MODPACK.LZH), extract this archive into DATA\MODS directory
• SegaCD speech file (VOICE.VCE) for ingame, sampled speech. You have to move it to the DATA\VOICE directory.

 

Instructions

 

Directory structure (it's different than in original PC port, so watch out..)

• <DIR> DATA (directory for all PC Flashback data)
• <DIR> MODS (move all files from MODPACK.LZH here)
• <DIR> VOICE (directory for SegaCD voice file: VOICE.VCE
• <DIR> SCRNSHOT.DIR (directory for storing game screenshots in TGA format)
• RS.TTP (executable, top level directory)

If you've installed all the things properly then you can:

1. double click on rs.ttp,
2. optionally type in additional parameters (for setting up custom DATA, SAVEPATH) 
3. Press RETURN/ENTER.

 

By default, the engine will try to load the game data files from the 'DATA' directory (as the original game did).
Savegame is stored in SAVE folder by default. These paths can be changed using command line switches:

Usage:

rs.ttp < OPTIONS >
--datapath=PATH Path to data files (default 'DATA')
--savepath=PATH Path to save files (default 'SAVE')

Additionally see original README.

 

Atari specific stuff

 

• Offscreen buffer is allocated in TT-RAM,
• removed all the debug output from final release,
• jagpad support should be ok in this version,
• switching between scalers doesn't crash the system anymore (only three are available in Atari version),
• added screenshot saving in TGA format,
• patched the output filenames for TOS 8+3 names to fix problems under TOS with:
  • saving game states, 
  • demo recording,
  • reading amiga modules,
• Rearranged directory structure a little
• some changes of key shortcuts needed to be adjusted.
• screen scalers are disabled by default
• full source code included
• improved Makefile scripts

ATARI CONTROLS

 keyboard

CTRL +  R or P	RECORD / REPLAY demo from game
CTRL + B	show/hide dirty blocks
CTRL + F	fast mode
CTRL +  Z or X	change save slot - / +
CTRL + L	load game state from current slot
CTRL + S	save current game state on active slot
ALT +  1 or 2	scaler  - / +  changes rendering style, adjust to your taste (it slow downs screen rendering)
F10	take screenshot. They are written to "SCRNSHOT.DIR" in TGA format.
Arrow keys	Conrad movement
TAB / BACKSPACE	inventory/skip the animated sequences
ENTER	use item / choose game option
SHIFT	operate/ run / take
SPACE	take out/put back weapon
ESC	game menu

 

 

 

 Jagpads (A or B)

directional	Conrad movement
PAUSE	game options
OPTION	inventory/ skip the animated sequences/ skip sampled dialogs
FIRE A	operate/ run / take
FIRE B	take out/put back weapon
FIRE C	use item / accept menu selection
NUM 1 & 2	switches between different scalers. Equivalent to ALT +  1 / 2 .
NUM 3	take the screenshot (equivalent to F10 keypress)

  

Building from sources

 

You will need GNU gcc (preferably 4.x.x), UPX (in /usr/bin), tar, SDL and zLIB library present in your include/lib paths. Extract REminiscence-0.1.9-atari-port_src.tar.gz archive somewhere
with "tar -jxvf REminiscence-0.1.9-atari-port_src.tar.gz" and type in "make all".

And that's all ;-)..