Amiga games on cd, can this be done?

[BoingBoss]

Hi DeltaWolf7,

The reason i want to do this is because i have games like indian jones and star trek, which I know i can install the the hard disk but is there a way to play them from a bootable cd, same goes of other games can i play them from a bootable cd?

Yes it can be done.  In most cases if an Amiga game can be installed to a hard drive then that game can also be played from a cd.  The trick is to first install the game to the hard drive, then burn the "hard drive version" of the game to a CD.  This method works really well on games like Kings Quest VI, Wings, etc.  For games that insist on loading from DF0 use a hex editor and do a search for "DF0".  Change to "CD0" and save.  Now the game should work from a CD.  This will only work for games that are not copy-protected.  I use the Mini CD-R discs to create my Amiga CDs.  A Mini CD-R is the same size as a 3.5" disk, so they fit real nicely into a 3.5" disk bank.   :-)

[BoingBoss]

Hi DeltaWolf7,

I wanted to know if i could put adf file on a cd and play them on my amiga, or copy the files from disk to a cd and boot the cd, also on my real amiga.

The best way to do this is to first convert the ADF files back to real Amiga disks.  You will need the program ADF2DISK.  Place this file in your hard drives c directory.  Then open up a CLI and type the following:

ADF2DISK filename.adf  [Return]

Make sure that you have a blank disk in DF0.  Repeat this process for the rest of the ADF files.  Next, install the game to your hard drive.  Now you can burn the "hard disk version" of the game to a CD-R.  If the game insists on loading from DF0, then use a hex editor to change "DF0" to "CD0" in the boot files code.  Now the game should work from CD.  I have created many game CDs, so I know from personal experience that this works and it works really well.  For instance: Kings Quest VI is 10 ADF files.  I first converted the 10 ADF files to real Amiga disks.  Next, I installed the game to my Amiga 2500s hard drive.  Then I burned the "hard drive version" of the game to a Mini CD-R disc and WHALLA !!! a Kings Quest VI Mini CD for all Amiga computers.  You can do the same thing for lots of other games too and have more then one game on each CD.   :-D

[BoingBoss]

Hi Hyperspeed,

Auto-boot !   :-?

Why worry about that when you can just double-click on the game ICONS?!   :-D