Turrican (128K)

[Jean-Marie]

Can you guess what's in the extra 64K RAM ?
Easter is coming....

[Gryzor]

Bunnies? 😁

[flolore]

Start menu music from Atari ST ?
Digital speech intro from C64 ?
The both would be perfect but  whatever you do would be great.

[Gryzor]

Start menu music from Atari ST ?
Digital speech intro from C64 ?
The both would be perfect but  whatever you do would be great.

Oh you had to go and bring back memories... 

[flolore]

Since the sound chip for the atari.st and cpc are quite similar, why not? I'm thinking of the intro to Crazy Cars 2, for example.

Else, there are this music used on a 128k edition for ZX Spectrum, from atari.st, i don't know this one...
to 3:00

Finally there are many possibilties

[Jean-Marie]

I've used the Atari ST musics indeed. They can be found on N.Guillaumin's website :
 turrican - [n/a]
 I've converted the YM files to AYC format using the good old YMCruncher from F-Key, and they're played using the good old AYC Player from Overlanders.
The music for the title is not the sampled one. I'm not sure samples can be converted to YM format.

[Gryzor]

Oooh goody!

[flolore]

Great Job Jean-Marie, thank you so must for this 128k version, and for secret agent, ninja turtles 2, & more than you did in the past !

[Jean-Marie]

All tunes were composed by Jochen Hippel, after you know who. Except title music whose composer is unknown.
This is a PARADOS disc (80 tracks), so you'll need it installed in ROM 7. PARADOS can be downloaded from here.
Alternatively, I guess you can just copy/paste the whole files on your U2/M4/Gotek or whatnot.
RUN"TURRICAN" to start. RUN"CHEAT" for invincibility.

Controls:
• H to pause the game, followed by S to switch between Music and SFX.
• CTRL+ESC to abort current game.
• Hold Fire button to activate the Lightning ray.
• ENTER to launch an energy line.
• SHIFT to launch a grenade
• Joystick Down+RETURN to turn into a gyroscope.
• Hold Fire button+Joystick Down to activate a mine.

Alternate download link :  Turrican (128k) PARADOS B6E1C04A.dsk
Happy Easter!✝️

[flolore]

It's masterful  with the music in play, it's a whole different game but even better!!

Thank you so much JMB

[abalore]

Great work! Apparently playing the music doesn't affect the performance, or not too much.

[OneVision]

Thanks a lot JMB ! 

Let's see what we can do about gfx ...

[scorp6128+]

Downloaded and played it yesterday.

Turrican was always one of my favourite games.
And now it reaches a higher level in the gameplay, much more arcade like.
It's a fantastic addition.

Thanks for your great work Jean-Marie

[Devlin]

Cracking job! I've not had a chance to play through it on hardware yet, but i'm looking forward to it when i'm near my CPC again.

[vasilisk]

How do we run this in retro vitrual machine? In rom manager I dont see rom 7 slot. From 6 goes to 8. Which version of parados is needed?

[Jean-Marie]

From the console, you must type :
load "Parados 1-2.ROM" rom7:#C000
You'll have to navigate to the correct directory beforehand.
The thing is: this is a 3"1/2 disc, and the drive B in RVM is a second 3". I'm not sure we can change that.
I'd recommend using Amspirit instead, the sound rendering is really top-notch.

[viddi]

Or use the CPC Plus and the Parados CPR.

[vasilisk]

From the console, you must type :
load "Parados 1-2.ROM" rom7:#C000
You'll have to navigate to the correct directory beforehand.
The thing is: this is a 3"1/2 disc, and the drive B in RVM is a second 3". I'm not sure we can change that.
I'd recommend using Amspirit instead, the sound rendering is really top-notch.

I cant seem to find the "hammer" icon in RVM. I remember it in old versions. I tried Amspirit, and it crashes when i insert the parados rom. Am I doing something wrong?

cpc+ workaround worked.

[Jean-Marie]

Yeah, only version 2.0 has the "developer tools", but you can still download it from their website. They removed it on later versions. But even if you manage to install PARADOS, the B drive seems reluctant to read the DSK, as it is not a 3"1/2 drive. 
With AMSPIRIT, edit the file AmspiriT_Config.txt and change the content with the following :

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VERSION=v1.01_RC_x64;
LANGUE=1;
MODELE=2;
PAYS=0;
ACTIVE_DRIVE=1;
EXTENSION_MEMOIRE=5;
VIDEO_TYPE=1;
CRTC_TYPE=0;
CRTC_VERSION=0;
MARQUE=7;
MONITEUR=0;
FILTRE_VIDEO=1;
AFFICHAGE_VIDEO=0;
SORTIE_SON=1;
VOL_SOUND=10;
MELANGE_VOIES=0;
ETAT_IMPRIMANTE=1;
MAPPING_JOYSTICK=0;
MAPPING_CLAVIER=1;
OPEN_CONSOLE=0;
AUTOLOAD FLOPPY=1;
AUTOLOAD_TAPE=1;
PROTECTED_TAPE=1;
BACKUP_TAPE=1;
PROTECTED_FLOPPY_A=0;
BACKUP_FLOPPY_A=0;
FRQ_CPU=1799.992065;
FRQ_SOUND=62500;
ID_EMULATOR=0;
PROTECTED_DISK=0;
SCREEN_WIDTH=767;
SCREEN_HEIGHT=540;
OFFSET_X=172;
OFFSET_Y=55;
ZOOM_VIDEO=100;
ROM_SYSTEM=6128\OS_6128[ENG].rom;
ROM_BASIC=6128\BASIC_6128[ENG].rom;
ROM_AMSDOS=AMSDOS.rom;
ROM_EXTERNE_0=;
ROM_EXTERNE_1=;
ROM_EXTERNE_2=;
ROM_EXTERNE_3=;
ROM_EXTERNE_4=;
ROM_EXTERNE_5=;
ROM_EXTERNE_6=;
ROM_EXTERNE_7=ParaDOS 1-2.ROM;
ROM_EXTERNE_8=;
ROM_EXTERNE_9=;
ROM_EXTERNE_10=;
ROM_EXTERNE_11=;
ROM_EXTERNE_12=;
ROM_EXTERNE_13=;
ROM_EXTERNE_14=;
ROM_EXTERNE_15=;
FICHIER_FLOPPY_A=;
FICHIER_FLOPPY_B=;
FICHIER_CASSETTE=;
Don't forget to copy the Parados file in the ROM folder.
The config panel should look like enclosed screenshot.
The sad news is that I discovered a small bug with Amspirit this night : the SHIFT key, which is used to launch a grenade, seems to be ineffective. It might be considered as a "dead key" by the emulator, and doesn't produce a scan code...

[vasilisk]

The sad news is that I discovered a small bug with Amspirit this night : the SHIFT key, which is used to launch a grenade, seems to be ineffective. It might be considered as a "dead key" by the emulator, and doesn't produce a scan code...

Shift key works. You just have to click the Keyobard button to be CPC and not PC/CPC

Your approach worked (and no extra ram needed. I see you have 1024 in the picture). So the parados rom can only be inserted by the config file not in the settings menu? Seems like a bug to me 

[Jean-Marie]

No, you can also press the button with the 3 dots right to the ROM number, and select the file of your choice.

Shift key works. You just have to click the Keyobard button to be CPC and not PC/CPC

Ah! you taught me something   Thanks.

[vasilisk]

No, you can also press the button with the 3 dots right to the ROM number, and select the file of your choice.

Strange. Because last night, as you see i posted earlier, whenever I tried that, the emulator crashed. Today, it loads the rom without problem.

[Jean-Marie]

If the emulator crashed, it is a bug indeed. It would be interesting to reproduce it, so we can report it to the author.

[vasilisk]

If the emulator crashed, it is a bug indeed. It would be interesting to reproduce it, so we can report it to the author.

Ok. I found out why it crashed. I was trying to load the rom which was not in the ROM folder. Apparently if the rom file is not in the ROM folder the emulator crashes. I am not sure if it is a bug or the author wanted the roms to be placed ONLY in the rom folder.

[Jean-Marie]

Ok, I've managed to reproduce it. It's not a crash stricto sensu, more like a scary message of error before terminating the program. No need to bother him, I guess.