| 10-10-2006 01:37 PM | ||
| The Fifth Horseman | I'd love to help, but unfortunately all my original floppy disks have long since croaked. | |
| 08-10-2006 08:09 PM | ||
| radivx | Please help us by contributing games. If you are unsure how to make floppy images, please PM me, and I will assist you in the process. | |
| 08-10-2006 03:41 PM | ||
| wallymian |
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(radivx @ Oct 8 2006, 05:07 PM) [snapback]260089[/snapback]</div> Quote:
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| 08-10-2006 03:07 PM | ||
| radivx | Thanks a lot, I will test them tonight. I've made a small summary with download links in the first post (so new readers may see what we have done on the topic so far). I will keep that updated. | |
| 08-10-2006 02:57 PM | ||
| wallymian |
Maybe there exists a cure for your problem -- have you ever tried a freeware utitlity FileDisk?  It's not a perfect user-friendly (interface is a bit clumsy) but still it's worth a try (search for FileDisk): http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/ or direct link: http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/filedisk.zip http://www.winimage.com/misc/filedisk64.htm |
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| 08-10-2006 02:11 PM | ||
| radivx |
If people are able to document the copy protections (the most games only uses around 16 different "page x line y word z" combinations), that would be very nice. Manual scans are ALWAYS welcome to the community too. For enthusiasts: http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html Floppy drive emulator, sadly not compatible with my x64 but I think I've used it before upgrading. You will be able to use floppy images as the B: or other stations in Windows 2000/XP. |
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| 08-10-2006 12:54 PM | ||
| wallymian |
Well, not a bad idea at all.  k: I have been thinking and fiddling 'bout the same presevation process for quite some time. However there are many games that need to be preserved with their manuals as a part of copy-protection mechanism (known as a doc check). Does anybody here also scanning these manuals, or you're only into preliminary floppy images (I mean those who create the images, 'cause the probability they have manual is very high, hehe  ?radivx, your tutorial is a nice starter for the newbies. Above the DOSBox you can also mount the floppy images in VirtualPC - however with some limitations. -wally |
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| 08-10-2006 12:43 AM | ||
| radivx |
To bizarrejpeg: You will ALWAYS find an emulator of some kind that plays most them, so that won't be a problem. If its a regular IBM/DOS requirement, then DosBox may help you. If its Amiga disks or something, then they may be difficult to read for regular PCs, but you can download the games from internet sites, and keep the original floppies as collectibles. To Abandonia community: I've created a "How To Create Floppy Images Guide". I hope that all of you able to contribute with your original floppy games from the good old times. When you have created the images, please PM me and I will give you upload details (to my own Floppy Collection FTP, if you add your name to the zip file like "radivx - My Game.zip", I will pass your name/information over to Kosta so that you recieve the proper credit). If you want a directly to abandonia upload, please contact Kosta for information/approval. Please read the pinned FTP information. http://www.vidiware.com/floppy.pdf - PDF Version http://www.vidiware.com/floppy.doc - DOC Version |
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| 07-10-2006 02:37 AM | ||
| bizarrejpeg | comic book store is giving away games from laTE 80s to early 90s, i have a chance to get these floppies which i plan to do for free but its hard to find an old pc that will play them. | |
| 05-10-2006 03:26 PM | ||
| radivx |
I want to provide the game in two versions: 1. A regular zip file with game ready to play (as currently Availible) 2. A zip/rar file with the complete disk set in raw floppy-image format (.img/.ima; I prefer .img). This file should be a supplement to the original zip because the floppy images will keep everything like the original floppy was. So If the floppy was write protected from the beginning, the game will come to the end users in the original form. The reason for keeping the non-image version is removed copy protection, cracks, patches and other things that make them easier to use. But as a collector I prefer to have the original versions. It is easy to use floppy images with DosBox (mountimg a "location" -t floppy), but it may be difficult to install multi-disk games. The disks are easy to read (especially with WinImage, but it think there is freeware tools too) as long as you still have a floppy drive in your PC. I hope that the Abandonia Crew will concider this as a way to preserve the games even better. Edit: A PM has been sent to Kosta about this topic. |
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