Short:    HD-Installer for Zool 2 V1.0
Author:   Codetapper/Action (codetapper@hotmail.com), ICQ: 26051687
Uploader: Codetapper/Action (codetapper@hotmail.com)
Version:  1.0
Type:     game/patch

This patch applies to "Zool 2" (c) 1993 Gremlin - 2 disks. Thanks to
Mad-Matt and Chris Vella for sending the originals! This patch supports:

- Original ECS version (Mad-Matt)
- Original AGA version (Chris Vella)
- Mok/Classic cracked ECS version (download from http://www.back2roots.org)

REQUIREMENTS:
- Slave requires WHDLoad V13+ and RawDIC
- ECS game requires 1.0Mb chip mem (+1.9Mb other memory for preload option)
- AGA game requires 1.6Mb chip mem (+1.9Mb other memory for preload option)

FEATURES:
- Full load from HD
- 3 versions supported 
- Manual protection removed (screen no longer appears)
- NTSC protection removed
- Loads and saves high scores (unless you cheat)
- Disk requesters removed
- Snoop bugs fixed
- Access faults removed
- Blitter waits added (x12)
- Decruncher relocated to fast memory
- Trainer added (set CUSTOM1=1 to enable cheat, CUSTOM2=1-6 for start level)
- MagicWB, RomIcon, NewIcon and GlowIcon (all created by Frank!) and 2 
  Exoticons included (taken from http://exotica.fix.no)
- Quit option (default key is 'F10')

CHEAT MODE:
- When the screen says {Press Fire for Options}, type in any of the
  following:

            "BUMBLEBEE"___Skip stages (press 'RETURN' to skip)
            "CREAMOLA"________________________________10 lives
            "VISION"__________________________________20 lives
            "TOUGHGUY"___________________________Invincibility
            "OLDENEMY"__________________________Unlimited time
            "ALCENTO"_______________________99 items collected
            "KICKASS"____________________Unlimited smart bombs
            "NAPOLEON"_________________Bonus level every stage
            "MARROBONE"______Stops the ball on the bonus level
            "SESAME"__________________________Start on level 1
            "RONSON"__________________________Start on level 2
            "FUNKYTUT"________________________Start on level 3
            "HISSTERIA"_______________________Start on level 4
            "7SLURP"__________________________Start on level 5
            "PLUNGER"_________________________Start on level 6
            "WARPMODE"_________________________________Unknown

  The screen will flash red if you typed the code properly. These
  codes assume a USA/UK keymap.

I have allowed the high scores to be saved if you use one of the above
level codes, but if you use any of the other cheats, high scores will not
be saved.

Ronny Illgen kindly supplied his Amiga Fun coverdisk version but either the
disk images have been damaged or whoever compiled it has butchered the
game.  I suspect the later as there are a lot of corrupted files and levels
2, 3 and 4 will not decompress correctly.  It is also unusual that one of
the best crackers Mok could not compress the game down to 2 disks yet it
was done for the Amiga Fun release - another sure sign that it was never
completely working.  It looks to me like somebody has taken the Mok/Classic
crack as a base, repacked all files with the MASM cruncher and rejigged the
contents of the disks.  Needless to say, the coverdisk doesn't work on my
A1200 or A500 when booted from floppy and therefore I will not waste time
trying to fix the game when the coverdisk itself appears to have been
broken.  If you have the Amiga Fun version, use the cheat listed above to
start on level 2, 3 or 4 and if it works, please contact me and I will
re-enable support for that version.

This install was quite hard work as the game has some really stupid access
faults!

You can download the full game from the great site Back to the Roots at
http://www.back2roots.org

A big thank you to Frank for the superb icons!  If you have a close look
you will see that each of them has a different image!  I have also included
the original 4 colour icon which is installed by the script on disk 2 of
the AGA version.  Frank would not make icons this bad so that one is not
his, OK! :)

Greetings to Mad-Matt, Chris, Ronny, Carlo, Frank, Wepl, Jean-François Fabre, all
Action members, my testing crew and the entire WHDLoad team!


Codetapper/Action (28-May-2002)


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