Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 11:03:30 am
Amiga: NONE (There is no need to map it. It's identical to the DOS version)
Amstrad CPC: COMPLETED by me
Apple II: NONE
Atari ST: COMPLETED by me
Commodore 64: COMPLETED by Rekrul
DOS: COMPLETED by TerraEsperZ
Gameboy: COMPLETED by me
Gameboy Color: COMPLETED by me
Gamegear: NONE (There is no need to map it. It's identical to the SMS version)
Macintosh: NONE
NES: COMPLETED by me
PSP: NONE (There is no need to map it. It's identical to the DOS version)
Genesis: COMPLETED by me
Sega CD: COMPLETED by me
SMS: INCOMPLETE.
Sharp X68000: NONE
SNES: COMPLETED by Captain Drake. Demo level done by me
Turbografx 16: NONE
Of course the list does not show all the 27 but some of the computers and consoles have not yet been introduced to the site.
Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 11:06:11 am
Post by: Maxim on March 18, 2008, 11:18:19 am
Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 11:42:12 am
Post by: Maxim on March 18, 2008, 02:44:17 pm
Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 02:47:05 pm
Post by: Revned on March 18, 2008, 03:24:36 pm
Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 03:32:15 pm
Post by: Maxim on March 18, 2008, 03:41:19 pm
I'll map it ASAP. I'll have to re-hack the game to get rid of the status display and unmask the leftmost column as I did before.
[...]
; Prince of Persia mapping
[crc32:7704287d]
; no status
rom[237f]=0,0,0
; no enemy status
rom[238d]=0,0,0
; VDP regs: unmask left column
rom[6028]=16
; VDP regs: undo scrolling
rom[602e]=0
In case you are impatient.
Post by: Will on March 18, 2008, 04:19:31 pm
Post by: marioman on March 18, 2008, 04:27:48 pm
Post by: DarkWolf on March 18, 2008, 04:29:22 pm
Post by: JonLeung on March 18, 2008, 05:36:05 pm
Uhh...It looks like the admin of popuw.com is hotlinking those maps. Wouldn't it be better to just directly link to vgmaps.com?
Hmmm, I thought I had that prevented. Oh, maybe that was with the old host. I'll have to see where the settings to prevent that are now. Yes, he should've asked. At least I don't remember him asking, for I would've told him that he can link to any page on VGMaps.com, but not the maps themselves...
Funny thing is, if people have been hotlinking now and I'm only using like 5% of my now-available bandwidth, that goes to show you how much more I've suddenly gotten. Long gone are the days when I'd run out of bandwidth near the end. :P
Anyway, at least the Prince Of Persia maps are easy to put up. I like numerical stages for their ease of uploading. :P
Is Prince Of Persia the most ported game ever?
Post by: Revned on March 18, 2008, 11:02:44 pm
Post by: Will on March 19, 2008, 01:00:36 am
Post by: JonLeung on March 19, 2008, 07:16:51 am
The problem is that he's making it look as if they are features of his site, and then proceeds to use up my bandwidth by hotlinking without even properly mentioning VGMaps.com. Sure, I may only use like 7% of my bandwidth this month but it's still rather inconsiderate - I get no benefit for providing material he wants and uses. At least if he linked to a page instead, people would know that these are maps provided by VGMaps.com.
I sent him an email kindly asking him to link to any page instead. But I can't see popuw.com at work. It's blocked because it's considered a "Games" web site. Is it a good thing or a bad thing that VGMaps.com still isn't blocked at work yet? What, I'm not big enough to be blocked? >_< Anyway, someone let me know if he removes the hotlinking.
(Also, I noticed the popuw.com forums have a lot more posts than here. Is there really that much to talk about the Prince of Persia games? 0_0)
Meanwhile, I'm trying to find where on GoDaddy I can set up hotlinking, though I heard there isn't an official way. Strange. I'll have to read up about these .htaccess workarounds...
Post by: marioman on March 19, 2008, 07:16:52 am
Post by: Maxim on March 19, 2008, 07:22:54 am
http://efficienttips.com/stop-prevent-image-hotlink-apache-htaccess-php/
Post by: JonLeung on March 19, 2008, 06:58:31 pm
I think it worked...try clicking on popuw.com's links now, if you would.
Post by: marioman on March 19, 2008, 07:24:55 pm
Post by: Will on March 20, 2008, 12:47:12 am
Post by: Maxim on March 20, 2008, 03:58:44 am
Post by: TerraEsperZ on March 20, 2008, 06:35:30 am
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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Current projects: Sonic CD (Sega CD), Mega Man V (GB), Mega Man Zero (GBA), Battletoads (NES)
Post by: JonLeung on March 20, 2008, 07:07:44 am
Indeed it was helpful of Maxim. But what about me? I'm the one who tipped that they were linking in answer to Revned's question, but at the time I was ignorant of the software crime hotlinking, so would you care to give a coin or two? From now on I'll inform you if I ever see hotlinks again.
All right, you get some Coins too. :)
(Finally, someone who actually wants Coins! :P)
Don't expect as much for every hotlinking warning, besides, with the latest implementation there shouldn't be any more...
Post by: Maxim on March 21, 2008, 07:36:44 am
I found out how to hack the rooms so I can go places that are inaccessible :) for example, the third shaft from the right is inaccessible in-game, but I could rip it accurately anyway.
Post by: marioman on March 21, 2008, 08:20:48 am
Post by: Will on March 21, 2008, 11:21:12 am
Post by: Maxim on March 21, 2008, 05:01:32 pm
https://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/MasterSystem/PrinceOfPersia-Level03.png
In this version of the game, you can see the edge of the floor of the screen above, so you can see whether it's floor or brick. On the top of level 3, it shows a floor above you when you're at the top of the level. But now I can see how the game works (RAM locations $c255 to $c259 tell all), I can confirm that there really is nothing there. But it's not the top of the map, so I can either:
- make something up, as I did last time (a big empty space with a note explaining it)
- edit it out (draw bricks there instead)
- leave it blank (I prefer to fill the spaces with bricks normally)
Now I've hacked the game a bit more, I can also see that the floor is implying pillars immediately above it, so the big empty space would be an invalid space-filler too.
Suggestions?
Post by: Maxim on March 21, 2008, 05:01:35 pm
https://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/MasterSystem/PrinceOfPersia-Level03.png
In this version of the game, you can see the edge of the floor of the screen above, so you can see whether it's floor or brick. On the top of level 3, it shows a floor above you when you're at the top of the level. But now I can see how the game works (RAM locations $c255 to $c259 tell all), I can confirm that there really is nothing there. But it's not the top of the map, so I can either:
- make something up, as I did last time (a big empty space with a note explaining it)
- edit it out (draw bricks there instead)
- leave it blank (I prefer to fill the spaces with bricks normally)
Now I've hacked the game a bit more, I can also see that the floor is implying pillars immediately above it, so the big empty space would be an invalid space-filler too.
Suggestions?
Post by: Eggz on April 02, 2008, 12:54:25 am
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This looks like a job for Science!
Post by: Will on April 02, 2008, 12:18:04 pm
Post by: Will on April 28, 2008, 02:04:11 pm
Post by: Maxim on April 29, 2008, 03:10:03 am
Why is it called The Mouse Level? I guess the SMS version is missing something...
Post by: Will on May 29, 2008, 01:44:40 pm
Post by: JonLeung on May 30, 2008, 10:30:07 pm
The Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time Trilogy were among my favorite games of the previous generation (yes, I even liked Warrior Within a lot), but I remembered that I never finished any version of the original first game. When I played that or its sequel, I don't think I passed Level 2 on either of them. o_0 Is it weird that I prefer the 3D acrobatics of the newer games and find myself intimidated by the 2Dness of the old ones? I really suck at the swordfighting... (Perhaps the rewinding of time and larger health meters might be why the later games feel easier...)
When I pester Metal Gear Solid fans that have never played a pre-Solid game or Final Fantasy fans for never playing anything before VII, it does seem hypocritical that I never finished Prince Of Persia, even more so considering nearly every computer system and console has a version of it. :P I don't really have an excuse now, do I? And after handling all these maps, even...
Post by: TerraEsperZ on May 31, 2008, 11:17:19 am
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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Current projects: ?????? (Gen), Sonic The Hedgehog (Gen), Sonic CD (Sega CD), Mega Man V (GB), Mega Man Zero (GBA), Battletoads (NES), etc
Post by: Maxim on June 01, 2008, 03:52:09 am
In other words, it is logical and self-consistent and as such you can get used to it the same as any other classic game's unusual physics. It's not "horrible controls" really.
Post by: Will on June 01, 2008, 04:36:39 am
Post by: TerraEsperZ on June 01, 2008, 10:44:42 am
Yeah, I remember about Level 5. I just have so many maps going on right now (check my signature), and I'm not even sure I still PoP2 on my HD. I'll try doing that sometimes this month (can't promise earlier).
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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Current projects: ?????? (Gen), Sonic The Hedgehog (Gen), Sonic CD (Sega CD), Mega Man V (GB), Mega Man Zero (GBA), Battletoads (NES), Bucky O'Hare (NES)
Post by: Will on September 22, 2012, 12:30:13 pm