newbee lacking knoledge

[scott]

Hi am a young retro gamer desprate to play some o my old amega games unfortunatly most are broke so ive downloaded to of what i think are the best games 4 the amega elf and moonstone and im trying to play them on my amega 1200 any one know how i could play them from an ADF file?

[pjhutch]

Download Winuae.zip and extract the files, look for a folder called Amiga. Copy the transdisk file to a 720K disk and open the disk on the 1200 (use the PC0 DosDriver provided if not already installed). Copy file to C folder.
Insert a blank floppy in Df0: and type trandisk -w game.adf
where game.adf is the adf file.

http://www.winuae.net/
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/uae_faq.html

[SamuraiCrow]

Or if you aren't browsing this forum on a PC and browse the internet with your A1200 and just want to unpack those ADF files try ADF2Disk.  :-D

[kd7ota]

 so ive downloaded to of what i think are the best games 4 the amega elf and moonstone

 :-D

That reminds me. I still happen to have the original copy of ELF and the card where you had to get passed the protection screen!  :-D

[blobrana]

@scott

welcome!
If your lacking in knoledge then this is the place, er, to be...

(hum, does that sound write?)

[Hyperspeed]

It's AMIGA not "amega".

You are a PC emulator-boy looking for warez in my opinion, and people
giving advice on UAE and ADFs need a KICKING!

GRrrrrr!

[jj]

i really dont see the difference between using adf's from back to roots for use in winuae or on a real miggy, if its on back2roots then the copyright holders have given the site permision to offer it for download, stop being so anal.

if indeed you are downloading illegal adfs of the net, then a hot poker insrted up the rectum is called for

[blobrana]

@JJ
Hum,
That way you don't spoil the skin...


[redhot poker applied correctly will not mark the pelt]


i think most ppl here have a   PC too, so it just makes sense not to exclude the ADF crowd.
i  myself  never use ADFs in WinUAE; preferring to use downloaded lha or stuff directly off amiga CDs and installing them on to my WinUAE  partition.




  :-)

[jj]

what skin???

[Hyperspeed]

The wrinkled ork skin that folds down over a PC user's eyes...

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Hyperspeed wrote:
It's AMIGA not "amega".

You are a PC emulator-boy looking for warez in my opinion, and people
giving advice on UAE and ADFs need a KICKING!

GRrrrrr!

sssssshhhh
hush hush sweetie
Those who are making emulators are doing a great job
especially if you're at a place where there is no Amiga to use, for instance if your Amiga is broken. Also, with the emulator you can play 'em on yer laptop (wich I did more than once)
Plus, original games are getting more and more scarce these days; floppies really aren't made for life you know!

hail to those guys of  bttr and those who are putting much effort in the development of UAE :pint:

[DonnyEMU]

Wow how negative can you be... I have an Amiga collection with around 2000 real 3.5 inch floppies, and they take up drawers of space.. Honestly, when I hear someone talk about Amiga Warez today (and as a former software developer) I kinda FLIP out..

How much Amiga software is out there that is actually getting sold today. Maybe four or five major packages. Now if you told me that you wanted to get an ADF for ImageFX or some current Amiga developer I'd be pissed.

However, when I see something from back to the roots I think to all of my 2000 or so 3.5 inch floppies that are sitting loosing their functionality and there is probably software on there that no one has heard of or is just not available today because the company is gone. So is this software gonna disappear like a dinosaur. I hope not. At least for the historic record it should survive.

The truth is no one is gonna rush out to find deluxe paint today, and even if a supposed "dealer" says he has a copy. Is it a real freshly boxed copy from EA.. Do these companies think this is abandonware? What good is it to see this software disappearing due to bad media. Also what about the great productivity software from company names such as gold disk.. Cinemaware is the only company I know that makes their software from the past available to play on the emulators by offering the ADF files on the site.

Yes it is someone else's property but I doubt companies like gold disk and asdg are gonna come back into existence to make this software available again. Is it someone else's copyright? Yes, but it's abandonware..

So does this just disappear into the twighlight of Amiga Past.. Could someone still find this useful? If it's not a going concern what's wrong with it.. I know this sounds crass (forgive me Amiga Forever folks), but I'd like to see all the EA deluxe series bundled with the emulator instead of being able to download personal paint.

The truth is EA will never go back into the business of Amiga, so what value do these have? Well let's look at retro computing today. The Atari 2600 and Intellivision and Activision Joystick games are really popular today for a reason. Not because it's a cool new thing, but it's a look back at some stuff we really loved.

If we can convert yet another person back to the Amiga Platform because they see how cool the software runs on an emulator and it's not a current comercially available program why should anyone care, unless the author (or developer) voices a "no". Most I have talked to would be glad if something they did along time ago was still seeing use and not sitting in a box in someone's basement waiting to mildew..

So please stop hacking on emulator people, they might be the future of Amiga. I don't agree with piracy, but who is hurt if the copyright holder doesn't mind.. Bravo for Back2TheRoots

[Hyperspeed]

Wassup KAFTAP,

:-D :-D :-D

I disagree, people developing Amiga emulators really have damaged the
Amiga in the last 5 years or so.

It's gotten to the stage where emulator-boys are criticising old Amiga
games because they don't emulate properly, comparing 1996 Amiga
applications to Office XP and generally feeling all lordy with their
3Ghz CPUs and 1Gb of RAM.

If you ask me, the best way to appreciate Amiga is to use your classic
hardware or upgrade to AmigaOne.

Agreed, it's nice to have Amiga on a laptop so maybe the micro-A1
should be made into a portable machine.

As for emulation, just try emulating AGA properly or playing half the
hardware-hitting scene-demos. Some of the best Amiga stuff refuses to
play on UAE's emulated '020.

I stand by my original comment too, if someone misspells a 5-letter
computer name (which has sold 6 million units worldwide) TWICE in the
same sentence then they have to be a PC user.

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-)

As for negativity how about "EA will never develop for Amiga again"...
 does this mean that in your opinion AmigaOne is a lesser alternative
for companies?

I bought a copy of Scanquix 5.40 on Amiga from Power a few months back
and it came on CDR. The Amiga market may be struggling but through a
little faith I think there are more than a handful of commercial
programs being sold.

I agree that abandonware should be tried by everyone. Maybe Amiga Inc
should capitalise on this, just as Apple did with iTunes (when the
music industry should have done so years ago!)

:-D :-)

[Ilwrath]

I disagree, people developing Amiga emulators really have damaged the Amiga in the last 5 years or so.

I just don't understand this sentiment.  How does preserving the heritage, and (re)introducing it to some people hurt the Amiga?  And, at this stage, is there honestly enough of anything left to hurt?

As for emulation, just try emulating AGA properly or playing half the hardware-hitting scene-demos. Some of the best Amiga stuff refuses to play on UAE's emulated '020.

Sure.  There's no substitute for the real deal.  This re-inforces the point that the emulators do no real damage.  

Not everyone can have a multiple computers sitting around, though.  Emulation helps preserve software, and makes the Amiga more accessible, while still not diminishing the original.  How is this a bad thing?  I just don't get it.

[Hyperspeed]

Back you UAE dogs!

*whip* *crack*

BACK I SAY!

*whelp*

;-)