DESCRIPTION GAME : Hard Drivin' PUBLISHER: Tengen / Atari / Domark SPSID : 0126 1239 1443 HOL : http://hol.abime.net/656 VERSION : 2.04 DATE : 06/2008 REQUIREMENTS Requires an original copy of the game. Five versions of the game are supported: - Original Release - TNT compilation (same disk as Toobin') - Wheels Of Fire compilation (same disk as Chase HQ) - ReSpray budget release - Racing Masters compilation At least three more versions of the game are known or suspected to exist and may be incompatible with this patch: - Action 5 compilation http://hol.abime.net/3572 - Summer Smashers compilation http://hol.abime.net/5513 - Sport Games Hits compilation http://hol.abime.net/5550 IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE VERSIONS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH! Requires 0.5Mb chip memory and 0.5Mb other memory. Requires a Kickstart v34.5 image in DEVS:Kickstarts/kick34005.A500 and a copy of the file kick34005.A500.RTB in the same directory, available from the archive util/boot/skick345.lha on aminet. Requires version 16.5 or later of the WHDLoad package by Bert Jahn. WHDLoad is available from: http://www.whdload.de Please consider registering WHDLoad or making a donation to help support future development of more hard drive installers for your favourite Amiga games and demos! INSTALLING THE GAME Extract all files in the release archive to your system. Double click on the "Install" icon present in the extraction directory and follow the instructions given by the Installer program. The game will be installed to a directory you select on your hard drive. You will be alerted if installation fails for any reason, please contact the author if this happens. PLAYING THE GAME Open the game drawer created during installation and click on the icon to start the game. The following keys may be used while the game is running: Q = abort the current race ESC/F10 = quit game and return to Workbench High scores are loaded and saved from hard disk. The icon tooltype "CUSTOM2" controls the framerate adjustment feature. If the game is running too quickly on you machine, increase the value of this tooltype to slow it down. A value of 0 means maximum speed (default), higher values mean slower speeds. LICENCE This product is free software © 2001-2008 Halibut Software / John Girvin, All Rights Reserved. No payment is required to use this product. If you have paid to buy, rent, download or otherwise obtain or use this product in any way you should contact the author immediately. THE FULL TERMS OF THE LICENCE AGREEMENT MAY BE FOUND IN THE FILE "LICENCE" WHICH MUST ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT. IF THIS FILE IS NOT PRESENT, CONTACT THE AUTHOR. LICENCE BREACHES MAY CONSTITUTE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT PUNISHABLE UNDER RELEVANT LAW. The licence terms in summary are as follows: - You are free to copy and distribute this work under the following conditions: - you must give the original author credit - you may not use this work for commercial purposes - you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work - For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work. - Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author. - Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above. AUTHOR John Girvin E-Mail: girv [at] girv [dot] net PGP KeyID: 0x84FDE50C PGP or S/MIME signed/encrypted mail welcome. WWW: http://www.girv.net ICQ: 15651883 DONATIONS: PayPal: payments [at] girv [dot] net HISTORY 0501.1 05/2001 - first release - fixed to run with fastram and caches - fixed gear selection bug - fixed access violation - added high score loading/saving - added framerate control - added "abort game" key 0601.1 06/2001 - fixed file loading crash bug 0801.1 08/2001 - uses OSEmu 20010818 - version checks moved from installer script into slave - miscellaneous installer script improvements - fixed cpu dependent delay loops 2.00 12/2004 - rewritten to use Kickstart emulation - fixed blthog usage - fixed access errors - fixed more cpu dependent delay loops - fixed self modifying graphics code - WHDLoad v16.0 compatible - uses standard release numbering system - uses standard WHDLoad installer script 2.01 01/2005 - supports TNT compilation version - supports Wheels Of Fire compilation version 2.02 01/2005 - supports ReSpray budget version 2.03 03/2008 - supports Racing Masters compilation version - upgraded installer script to latest version - added some new icons - requires WHDLoad v16.5+ 2.04 06/2008 - fixed crash bug when saving high scores (introduced with 2.03) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Hard Drivin'" is © Tengen Inc. / Atari Games / Domark WHDLoad is © Bert Jahn Versions previous to 2.00 use OSEmu developed by Wepl, Harry, Jeff, Mr. Larmer and others. Versions from 2.00 onwards use Kickstart 1.3 emulation developed by Wepl and Psygore. Thanks to Carlo and others (who wish to remain nameless) for disk images. Thanks to dflrsilver for finding the rare Racing Masters compilation version. Thanks to Jeff for reporting the CPU speed dependent loops in the music replay routine and providing details of how to fix them. Thanks to Codetapper for decrypting the CopyLock and decrunching code while I was sick and had a broken Amiga. Respect to Mr.Larmer/Wanted Team. I started this installer before I realised he had already made one, but decided to finish and release mine anyway since it was so far along. ;================================================================================ ;$VER: WHD_HardDrivin ReadMe 2.04 © 2001-2008 Halibut Software;================================================================================