Nugget's Game Pack 04 - Nugget's-Top-100
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This 170-Game pack is made up of games which were/are my favourites, 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 170 games instead of 100, and the reason is that I would include all the games in the "series" hence Athena also includes Psycho Soldier, and Frank 'N' Stein (1984) includes Frank 'N' Stein Re-booted, a revised version from 2011 written by the original author.

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 Zub V4-V5-V6 (48K-128K), with v4 being the original and v5-v6 updated versions on compilations with differing graphics, has the option to select the version to run upon loading. Additionally If the machine is detected as having 128K memory the music and extensions will also be loaded. Use 128K versions where available.

(93) Invaders remix includes 4 space invaders games (Artic's Invaders, DK'tronics Invaders, Bug-Byte's Spectral Invaders, and Design Design's Invaders), all with AY sound and running in 48K.

(96) Panic (Space Panic) (Sheer Panic) AY Remix is a similar deal, featuring 3 versions of the same game core, released by 3 different software houses!

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 SWIV (Silkworm In Vertical) 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.

A Small Note: The World Class Leaderboard - Famous Courses Of The World Volume 1 is bugged. Not as much as the original, but it will hang or freeze occasionally. There is a text file detailing what I have done in trying to fix this title, including a "hole reset" hotkey in case it can be recovered. In addition the only copy I have found is a broken tzx, with maybe 3 of the original 72 holes missing! I substituded other holes in their place. If anyone wants to pick up the flag on this and get it fixed properly be my guest. But at least it's now playable.

Another Note : Check Out Pole Position Speech Remix and load it in 128K mode. I added the "Prepare to qualify" speech - Anyone in arcades back in the day will relate to this....

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 Mar 6 2020


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

For Example:-

25 - Krakout 128 (With Trainer, 500 Levels & Editor) (128K)(1987)(Gremlin)(8n)[p].tap

or

47 - West Bank AY Remix (Eng-Spa) (48K-128K)(1985)(Dinamic-Gremlin)(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.