Nugget's Game Pack 02 - Other-Top-100 from lists by Bill Harbison, WOS & YS Readers
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This 180-Game pack is made up of all the remaining games from the other Top 100 chart aside of WOS 2015, all encoded packed and trained using my Loader-8 loading system, which includes an animated loading screen build, cheat pokes and many significant updates and additions.
You may wonder why there is 180 games instead of 100, and the reason is that I would include all the games in the "series" hence Chuckie Egg also contains Chuckie Egg II, and Boulder Dash includes 3 other official versions, 3 'bootleg' versions and 2 compilations which include all the C64 maps etc. for official versions I and II.

These games are all "fixed" to run from all supported platforms. Originally many older games had to "select 48K mode" then use "OUT 32765,48" or "POKE 23388,16" yet all of these will work just fine hitting the Tape Loader option. Many games have been merged, for example the game Tetris (48K-128K), which originally had separate 48K and 128K versions, loads the 48K version and checks if the machine is a 48K, or in 48K mode, and runs it if no 128K extended RAM is found, But in the case of expanded memory being found, it patches the game to the 128K version, and executes it. Use 128K versions where available.

Obviously a 128K only game with tag (128K) would only run on a 128K machine to start with. Where there is an original 48K version this is included with a (48K) tag, but will invariably be a multiload (levels load as needed) and will not include 128K extensions such as music. Some (for example Pang, and Total Recall, were only released as 128K games.

This pack contains ALL the .tap files, which are fairly universal in that they work on pretty much anything due to their simple ROM-load nature, yet are less exciting to use within any system  that supports the .tzx format, which looks far superior due to the alcatraz-style streamed screen reveal, nice loader countdown and higher turbo loading speed. This pack includes a small selection of these tzx files for demonstration purposes. (check out those pretty loaders)!

This pack also includes a small selection of +3/+3e Installers. Loading these tapes allows installation of the game to a +3 disk or a +3e partition, from where the game will run. The games have been altered to install/run from any drive letter ("A","B",etc. through "P") and any loading or saving of game files within the game will be placed onto the same disk as the game is installed to, using a custom handler which catalogues the disk and speed-loads available files.

Please contact me at nuggetreggae [at] gmail.com to say thanks or to request any of the other tzx or installer files in this project, and most of all enjoy these enhanced games.

Nugget Feb 24 2020


File Tags :-
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#Number - Game Name (mods if any) (mem req if any) (year) (publisher) (loader) (hacked) (pokes)

For Example:-

06 - Hero Quest - Gold Collection (K-Mouse) (Scr Slider) (128K)(1991)(Gremlin)(8n)[p].tap

or

37 - Golden Axe (Ralf Mod 2015) (scr Slider) (48K-128K)(1990)(Virgin)(8)[h][p].tzx
         

(mods if any)

	- AY Remix     - the game has had a soundtrack added. Usually in extra 128K RAM
	- Editor       - The game has a level/screen editor, usually with load/save support
	- K-Mouse      - Kempson Mouse support. Usually courtesy Of George Velesoft
	- ULA+         - Game has alternative palette / built-in ULA+ support
	- All-In-One   - Game originally reqired to load stage by stage, 
			 	  but an All-In-One is compiled to a single 128K load
	- scr Name     - Game has an alternative loading screen by (Name)
	- +3 Fixed     - Game originally failed to work on +2a/+3, now fixed...
	- Sp-En        - Game has 2 versions Sp/En merged to one, select after loading
	- Bugfixed     - Game originally had some bug(s) that are fixed in this ver.
	- GFX Mod      - Remixed graphics for this version
	- Colour Remix - Remixed and/or different colours/graphics for this version
	- Redefine Mod - Game has added key redefine option

(mem Req If Any)

	- (48K-128K) - can load on either 48/128 machine, but 128K will have enhancements
	- (128K)     - loads and runs on 128K machines (128/+2/+3/Uno/Next) Only
	- (48K)      - will run on any speccy, but there is always an accompanying (128K).
                       the 128K will have enhancements eg All-In-One, AY sound, etc.
	- (AY)       - The game contains an AY soundtrack and will run on 48K machine.
	- None       - The game will run on all machines

Loader

	- (8n)       - Standard ROM loading, with screen build
                     - good for DivMMC/DivIDE units or others supporting .tap files
	- (8)        - Custom Turbo Loading, with screen build, timer countdown...
		     - Loads at twice the speed of ROM Routines
	- Installer  - Installer to Install game on +3/+3e/+2e/IDEDOS drive
		     - After installation to +3/+3e, game will run from any drive

Hacked  

	- [h]        - Game is hacked from original version (just about all loaders)

pokes

        - [p]        - Pokes are included for the game, usually a trainer after loading.