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Amiga DropZone
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DropZone is based on Archer Maclean's classic C64 Defender-style shoot-em-up 'n'
save-the-men.
I found that it was the one thing I really pined for when my C64 died, and when I
couldn't find any versions for the Amiga I was driven to learn a language and
write my own.
It took around two years (sometime in the mid-nineties) to complete, including
distractions and hardware breakdowns (and nervous breakdowns and snack breaks).
And now it seems to be the only thing I use the Amiga for, when I want a good,
sweeping, hyperactive nostalgia-fest. Which is pretty much the reason I wrote it.
Comparing it with the original recently, I was surprised to see how different it
actually turned out. You see; I based it solely on my memories because I didn't
have a working C64 to check with. Yes; the basic concept's there, and there're
the superficial differences of the different coloured level backgrounds and
different level-types and so on, thanks largely to the computer's increased
capacity (and Archer's original was almost certainly built with better
programming skills) but I think my version was infused with a spirit of nostalgic
fun, coloured by all my other memories from the times I used to play it. And
looking back, it's certainly much more controllable, much easier to dip into for
a splash of retro-action; I wanted to give the player as much fluid, free control
as possible to enhance the gameplay, spending a lot of time tweaking the various
thrusts, gravity and elasticity factors, and then building up the characters of
the supporting cast...
I think it turned out a little closer to my dreams than I expected. And I'm happy
with that.
Note
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It works well enough on my A1200HD, so you might want to consider that
a base system for playing (I think it doesn't run on basic original A500s...)
If I remember right, the program looks for a DropZone volume, so you'll probably
need to create an assign to find it, i.e. 'assign dropzone: [path of your
dropzone directory]'
Let me know [if]/[how badly] it works at the email address above (Uploader:).
P.S. This readme was written when uploading to aminet. Any other readmes or
docs in the archive were written years ago so might contain out of date
information. Any questions; just email me.
Hidden
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The cheat mode is switched on by pausing the game ('p'), then
pressing right-amiga and help. You'll here a sound if it works. Various keys have
different effects when you're paused and the cheat mode is on. For example, 'r'
puts you in random level mode, and 'right square bracket' skips a level. Remember
that you need to be paused when you press a key in cheat mode to get its effect
(many make a sound).
Pressing 'c' on the main title screen brings up the control screen. Use the
cursor keys to make changes. 'Nouns and Adjectives' loosely refers to the
dictionary which is used to create random level names.
When loading, hold down 'space bar' for Scarecrow Mode! Or hold down 'o' for
Original Mode which keeps a dark sky for each level.
More Info
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Read the AmigaGuide instructions in the docs/ directory...
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Contents of game/shoot/DropZone.lha
PERMSSN UID GID PACKED SIZE RATIO CRC STAMP NAME
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[generic] 665 1140 58.3% -lh5- bbda May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0.info
[generic] 36540 75332 48.5% -lh5- 93ba Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/CDesign1.2
[generic] 347 670 51.8% -lh5- 82a7 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/CDesign1.2.info
[generic] 430 993 43.3% -lh5- 5e20 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/Docs.info
[generic] 10171 24240 42.0% -lh5- 22c3 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/Docs/dropzone.guide
[generic] 1330 1857 71.6% -lh5- b937 Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/Docs/DropZone.guide.info
[generic] 496 601 82.5% -lh5- 6ff8 Sep 6 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg0.cop
[generic] 208 601 34.6% -lh5- bff5 Sep 6 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg01.cop
[generic] 496 601 82.5% -lh5- 6ff8 Sep 6 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg02.cop
[generic] 191 601 31.8% -lh5- c6e1 Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg1.cop
[generic] 567 601 94.3% -lh5- b7f6 Sep 14 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg10.cop
[generic] 534 601 88.9% -lh5- 8a10 Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg11.cop
[generic] 601 601 100.0% -lh0- a9ba Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg12.cop
[generic] 522 601 86.9% -lh5- fc58 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg13.cop
[generic] 455 601 75.7% -lh5- 7cc8 Sep 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg14.cop
[generic] 591 601 98.3% -lh5- 1097 Sep 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg15.cop
[generic] 428 601 71.2% -lh5- 518c Sep 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg16.cop
[generic] 520 601 86.5% -lh5- 8f89 Sep 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg17.cop
[generic] 506 601 84.2% -lh5- 27b2 Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg18.cop
[generic] 520 601 86.5% -lh5- 9ac9 Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg19.cop
[generic] 568 601 94.5% -lh5- e3c6 Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg2.cop
[generic] 581 601 96.7% -lh5- 85d4 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg20.cop
[generic] 493 601 82.0% -lh5- 4fb1 Sep 23 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg21.cop
[generic] 472 601 78.5% -lh5- fe0e Sep 23 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg22.cop
[generic] 467 601 77.7% -lh5- 84be Sep 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg23.cop
[generic] 461 601 76.7% -lh5- 536d Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg24.cop
[generic] 597 601 99.3% -lh5- 826a Oct 13 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg25.cop
[generic] 601 601 100.0% -lh0- e67e Oct 4 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg26.cop
[generic] 404 601 67.2% -lh5- 8355 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg27.cop
[generic] 549 601 91.3% -lh5- 483f Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg28.cop
[generic] 414 601 68.9% -lh5- 6ad7 Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg29.cop
[generic] 219 601 36.4% -lh5- 3b8a Mar 21 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg3.cop
[generic] 601 601 100.0% -lh0- 1981 Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg30.cop
[generic] 390 601 64.9% -lh5- 28ba Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg31.cop
[generic] 208 601 34.6% -lh5- fe17 Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg32.cop
[generic] 336 601 55.9% -lh5- d123 Oct 9 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg33.cop
[generic] 458 601 76.2% -lh5- 5311 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg34.cop
[generic] 453 601 75.4% -lh5- 3005 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg35.cop
[generic] 584 601 97.2% -lh5- 87bd Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg36.cop
[generic] 333 601 55.4% -lh5- 7d6d Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg37.cop
[generic] 524 601 87.2% -lh5- 9f59 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg38.cop
[generic] 474 601 78.9% -lh5- d8b9 Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg39.cop
[generic] 268 601 44.6% -lh5- 5f9d Aug 27 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg4.cop
[generic] 424 601 70.5% -lh5- 0b88 Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg40.cop
[generic] 404 601 67.2% -lh5- 184d Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg41.cop
[generic] 282 601 46.9% -lh5- 09c6 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg42.cop
[generic] 395 601 65.7% -lh5- 71b1 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg43.cop
[generic] 257 601 42.8% -lh5- 9ae8 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg44.cop
[generic] 269 601 44.8% -lh5- 30d6 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg45.cop
[generic] 110 601 18.3% -lh5- 5a0d Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg46.cop
[generic] 111 601 18.5% -lh5- a900 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg47.cop
[generic] 227 601 37.8% -lh5- 3da4 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg48.cop
[generic] 316 601 52.6% -lh5- 78fd Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg49.cop
[generic] 209 601 34.8% -lh5- f4b9 Aug 27 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg5.cop
[generic] 401 601 66.7% -lh5- 46b7 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg50.cop
[generic] 286 601 47.6% -lh5- 4288 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg51.cop
[generic] 309 601 51.4% -lh5- 0916 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg52.cop
[generic] 420 601 69.9% -lh5- fe12 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg53.cop
[generic] 460 601 76.5% -lh5- 30ca Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg54.cop
[generic] 309 601 51.4% -lh5- 5891 Oct 26 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg55.cop
[generic] 498 601 82.9% -lh5- 86d6 Oct 27 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg56.cop
[generic] 407 601 67.7% -lh5- a151 Oct 27 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg57.cop
[generic] 479 601 79.7% -lh5- 4473 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg58.cop
[generic] 396 601 65.9% -lh5- aae6 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg59.cop
[generic] 425 601 70.7% -lh5- 486f Aug 27 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg6.cop
[generic] 519 601 86.4% -lh5- f8dd Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg60.cop
[generic] 381 601 63.4% -lh5- 62c5 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg61.cop
[generic] 235 601 39.1% -lh5- c7ad Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg62.cop
[generic] 400 601 66.6% -lh5- 86f8 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg63.cop
[generic] 438 601 72.9% -lh5- e843 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg64.cop
[generic] 456 601 75.9% -lh5- d420 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg65.cop
[generic] 476 601 79.2% -lh5- fd60 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg66.cop
[generic] 485 601 80.7% -lh5- 5840 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg67.cop
[generic] 478 601 79.5% -lh5- fb2a Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg68.cop
[generic] 535 601 89.0% -lh5- 69cd Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg69.cop
[generic] 69 601 11.5% -lh5- 9010 Aug 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg7.cop
[generic] 471 601 78.4% -lh5- c2f6 Oct 28 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg70.cop
[generic] 533 601 88.7% -lh5- 6100 Nov 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg71.cop
[generic] 349 601 58.1% -lh5- 52c8 Dec 19 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg72.cop
[generic] 82 601 13.6% -lh5- f451 Jan 25 1997 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg73.cop
[generic] 285 601 47.4% -lh5- b9a3 Feb 19 1997 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg74.cop
[generic] 280 601 46.6% -lh5- 8440 Feb 19 1997 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg75.cop
[generic] 598 601 99.5% -lh5- 970d Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg76.cop
[generic] 298 601 49.6% -lh5- 754c Sep 3 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg8.cop
[generic] 504 601 83.9% -lh5- 66b1 Sep 3 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackg9.cop
[generic] 382 601 63.6% -lh5- 790a Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackh1.cop
[generic] 535 601 89.0% -lh5- a69c Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackh2.cop
[generic] 390 601 64.9% -lh5- a4ba Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackh3.cop
[generic] 395 601 65.7% -lh5- 9400 Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropbackh4.cop
[generic] 90 166 54.2% -lh5- 7f56 Sep 30 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropcon1.cop
[generic] 129 166 77.7% -lh5- 7630 Sep 30 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropcon2.cop
[generic] 491 601 81.7% -lh5- 0c05 Sep 8 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropfl1.cop
[generic] 493 601 82.0% -lh5- 5234 Sep 8 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropfl2.cop
[generic] 69 601 11.5% -lh5- 9010 Oct 31 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/dropori.cop
[generic] 769 769 100.0% -lh0- 1957 Sep 23 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/hall3.cop
[generic] 335 582 57.6% -lh5- 1ae9 Oct 15 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/index.txt
[generic] 6234 11994 52.0% -lh5- 7cd2 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Back/names.asc
[generic] 1013 3952 25.6% -lh5- b258 Dec 28 1997 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Console.iff
[generic] 27271 38010 71.7% -lh5- 401d Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/DropZone.iff
[generic] 1809 6580 27.5% -lh5- 7ffe Oct 1 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/dropzone.shp
[generic] 2689 16080 16.7% -lh5- 9b60 Sep 30 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/dropzone2.shp
[generic] 16722 25016 66.8% -lh5- f309 Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/DropZone32.iff
[generic] 30 264 11.4% -lh5- 1bee Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Fonts/DropZone.font
[generic] 772 1832 42.1% -lh5- eec3 Mar 31 1993 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Fonts/DropZone/8
[generic] 2159 6248 34.6% -lh5- fa0d Oct 19 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Landscape.iff
[generic] 3761 8672 43.4% -lh5- 1c52 Oct 31 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Landscape2.iff
[generic] 362 904 40.0% -lh5- 8715 Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/littlelogo.shp
[generic] 246 888 27.7% -lh5- ae14 Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Loading2.iff
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 7751 Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette1.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 7abe Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette2.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- e977 Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette3.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- a71e Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette4.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 2b48 Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette5.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- 1cde Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette6.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- c0cb Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette7.pal
[generic] 32 32 100.0% -lh0- c404 Oct 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/palette8.pal
[generic] 12572 13936 90.2% -lh5- bf65 Sep 8 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/alert1.smp
[generic] 11104 12802 86.7% -lh5- ab7a Sep 8 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/alert2.smp
[generic] 499 528 94.5% -lh5- c360 Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/blip.smp
[generic] 1837 1850 99.3% -lh5- f35b Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/bomb.smp
[generic] 9190 13032 70.5% -lh5- 289d Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/cryfade.smp
[generic] 22503 27984 80.4% -lh5- 2dad Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/exp2.smp
[generic] 2054 2114 97.2% -lh5- 15ff Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/pickup.smp
[generic] 2054 2114 97.2% -lh5- bbdd Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/pickup2.smp
[generic] 3778 4126 91.6% -lh5- f1a7 Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/pulse2.smp
[generic] 4898 5224 93.8% -lh5- 789d Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/robot.smp
[generic] 11302 12472 90.6% -lh5- 9913 Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/teleport.smp
[generic] 3592 4316 83.2% -lh5- e8af Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/thrustd.smp
[generic] 4777 5142 92.9% -lh5- f906 Nov 11 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Sound/Whistle2.smp
[generic] 5516 15922 34.6% -lh5- dc19 Oct 17 1980 DropZoneV1.0/DropData/Title.iff
[generic] 77094 235868 32.7% -lh5- bedf Dec 30 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone
[generic] 706 1558 45.3% -lh5- 6b10 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone.info
[generic] 13409 13409 100.0% -lh0- babc Oct 17 1996 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone.jpg
[generic] 375 1844 20.3% -lh5- f2ae May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone.jpg.info
[generic] 1279 2406 53.2% -lh5- 705e Apr 27 1999 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone.Readme
[generic] 1329 1852 71.8% -lh5- 891c May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/DropZone.Readme.info
[generic] 428 993 43.1% -lh5- 4d66 May 7 1999 DropZoneV1.0/Icons.info
[generic] 366 948 38.6% -lh5- a466 Oct 7 1996 DropZoneV1.0/Icons/Drawer.info
[generic] 707 1558 45.4% -lh5- 93fd Dec 18 1996 DropZoneV1.0/Icons/DZ.icon.info
[generic] 839 3596 23.3% -lh5- c9f7 Oct 7 1996 DropZoneV1.0/Icons/DZHi.icon.info
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Total 140 files 341449 663891 51.4% May 9 1999
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