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First post, by DracoNihil

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http://www.udhq.org/dl/SPIN.7z
This is a simple little freeware game, it may also probably fit easily on a floppy disk too. Despite it's size it has some very interesting sprites apparently created with raytracer software.

It came off of a big 2 disc shareware\freeware CD compilation. It's basically a top down free roam space shooter where the goal is to keep the trade lanes free of pirates and make sure the freighters themselves stay safe.

Game ends when either you run out of energy (like in Elite) or you accumulate 5 freighter losses.

Things to note:

  • This uses Causeway Dos Extender, replace the dos extender at your own risk.
  • The audio library can play oldskool Amiga mod files, but music playback is plagued with clicking and squeaking, audio playback is fine though. (This is NOT a problem with DosBOX but rather the audio library the game uses)
  • S3M support is heavily broken, do not use it. (Many S3M effect commands are ignored and not played properly)
  • Do not attempt to load large music files, make sure they stay under around ~100 KB. Loading too large music files will result in LOUD staticy noise or the game crashing.
  • SLL2.MOD originally shipped with this was improperly ripped, I replaced it with a proper version.
  • The audio library cannot load 6CHN 8CHN ,etc but it can load M.K.
  • The audio library will proceed to the next song alphabetically in the game's root directory if there is no song jumps that loop the song currently playing.

Config to use in DosBOX:

[dosbox]
machine=svga_s3
captures=capture
memsize=11

[cpu]
core=normal
cputype=386
cycles=fixed 20000
cycleup=100
cycledown=100

[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=48000
blocksize=1024
prebuffer=512

[midi]
mpu401=none
mididevice=none
midiconfig=

[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=5
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=compat
oplrate=48000

If you need a bigger screen use this:

[sdl]
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=true
fullresolution=0x0
windowresolution=1024x768
output=opengl

[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=none

Can any of you beat my "highscore"?

“I am the dragon without a name…”
― Κυνικός Δράκων

Reply 2 of 4, by DracoNihil

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Har har, the game isn't really that terribly difficult though as you get up and level the game starts spitting out pirates like mad...

“I am the dragon without a name…”
― Κυνικός Δράκων

Reply 4 of 4, by DracoNihil

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I totally forgot where that voice originated from but it sounds really familiar...

http://www.udhq.org/dl/ohno.wav

I ripped it out of the binary, enjoy.

“I am the dragon without a name…”
― Κυνικός Δράκων