Short: BombPac w/o lowlevel.library Author: o.wagner@aworld.aworld.de (Oliver Wagner) Uploader: hal caty north de (Holger Lubitz) Type: game/patch Architecture: m68k-amigaos BombPac for the CD32 -------------------- (C) 1993-94 Oliver Wagner, All Rights Reserved This is a rewrite of the original "BombPac" game for the Amiga CD32 game machine. Full gaming instructions in english and german are included in the program, so this document only covers technical aspects. Besides written for the Amiga CD32 Game machine, BombPac32 runs on any AGA Amiga (A1200 and A4000 at time of writing). A joystick is recommended, but not required. The keyboard alternatives to the game controller buttons are given in the online help. The "lowlevel.library" must be present in your LIBS: directory in order for the joystick or game controller to work. If the "lowlevel.library" is missing, you can only use keyboard control. BombPac32 multitasks fine, is fully OS compliant, can be exited at any time and only requires about 1 MByte of RAM, so it can be used in the background on machines with extra memory. Since BombPac32 uses real Sprites, it doesn't work neither with AGA emulating gfx boards nor with 31 khz video modes -- it requires real AGA on an 15 khz PAL monitor. There is a compatibility trick, however, which sometimes causes BombPac32 to be a program of no return: If the machine is in ECS mode, BombPac32 will force an activation of the AGA capabilities. Since there is no way to drop back to old ECS mode, the system is shut down, and BombPac32 will perform a ColdReboot() upon exit. The "ForceAGA"-Mode is primary useful for FD compilation CDs which are booted via a CDTV trade mark file for compatibility reasons. The Amiga CD32 drops back to ECS mode if it detects such a CD, and BombPac32 wouldn't run properly. You should not start BombPac32 on a AGA Amiga system which is manually degraded to ECS or OCS mode. Also included is the BombPac Leveleditor, which requires a full blown Amiga system equipped with mouse and keyboard. Usage of this tool is pretty obvious, just check it out. The level editor runs on Send reports and new levels to: o.wagner@aworld.aworld.de. New levels will be included in future BomPac releases. Have Fun! Olli History ------- 2.0 - first public release --- 2.1 - second public release --- o made BombPac run without "lowlevel.library" o made Screen "Exclusive" to avoid visual distortion by the user copper list