Flashback (game) Finally Got It Running. :)

[Jon_J]

rgrep posted Reminiscence in the New Packages pinned thread here:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=150144

I followed instructions 'by the book', but still had problems getting the game to run.
The instructions say to copy certain files from your /flashback/DATA folder to your Zaurus. This is where my troubles originated. I copied just the specifically named file types and the game always gave me an error when launched in the console. "all files not found" or something to that effect.
I messed with this on 2 different nights, Today I decided to do this, and it worked!  
I copied all the files from the game's DATA directory to my Zaurus.

There is a difference of about 105 files.

Screenie below.  It plays in fullscreen, but I used windowed mode for this pic.

[Snappy]

Wow ... cool! Flash back is a really excellent game! Gotta hand it to the French!
I reckon you trid out of this world as well?

[Jon_J]

Actually my version was some foreign language (to me).
I renamed these 4 files, and it now displays the in-game dialogs in English.
Rename these files as follows.

engcine.bin-> fr_cine.bin
engcine.txt-> fr_cine.txt
fr_cine.bin-> engcine.bin
fr_cine.txt-> engcine.txt

No, I haven't played "Out of This World" I'll have to try it sometime.
Jon

[kkazakov13]

Is it possible to play it with joystick?

[Jon_J]

I haven't tried a joystick in pdaxrom. The DOS version has joystick support, and the DOS version is what the reminiscence system uses.
I haven't even gotten a joystick working in cacko/sharp.
This is because I usually use the snes/turbo/neo emulator and it doesn't have joystick support.
Also, I only have one USB joystick, and it is a 25 button model.
I have an adapter to use my older gravis gamepad that has a game port, (gameport > to USB) but I haven't got it to work on my Cacko Zaurus either.

[kkazakov13]

And how you pickup object ? I tried all the keys, without success.

[Jon_J]

Enter or shift key allowed me to pick up the holocube

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In-game hotkeys :
  
    Arrow Keys      move Conrad
    Enter           use the current inventory object
    Shift           talk / use / run / shoot
    Escape          display the options
    Backspace       display the inventory
    Spacebar        holster/draw gun
    Alt Enter       toggle windowed/fullscreen mode
    Alt + and -     change video scaler
    Ctrl S          save game state
    Ctrl L          load game state
    Ctrl + and -    change game state slot
    Ctrl R          toggle input keys record
    Ctrl P          toggle input keys replay

Debug hotkeys :

    Ctrl F      toggle (very) fast mode
    Ctrl I      set Conrad life counter to 32767
    Ctrl B      toggle display of updated dirty blocks

[kkazakov13]

Yes, but the left Shift did nothing. Only the right shift did it

[kkazakov13]

I haven't tried a joystick in pdaxrom. The DOS version has joystick support, and the DOS version is what the reminiscence system uses.
I haven't even gotten a joystick working in cacko/sharp.
This is because I usually use the snes/turbo/neo emulator and it doesn't have joystick support.
Also, I only have one USB joystick, and it is a 25 button model.
I have an adapter to use my older gravis gamepad that has a game port, (gameport > to USB) but I haven't got it to work on my Cacko Zaurus either.
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I've modified znester to allow joystick and I enjoyed my Logitech Precision gamepad there, so I hoped to play the game from my past ( I've played this when was kid ... I remember  ) with it.

[danboid]

Also, I only have one USB joystick, and it is a 25 button model.
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25 sodding buttons!  

Bring back the old Atari sticks with 1 button I say!

Indeed, Flashback was a sequel of sorts to Out Of This World (it was called Another World in Europe) and I think they both use the same vector gfx engine.

[Snappy]

Also, I only have one USB joystick, and it is a 25 button model.
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25 sodding buttons!  

Bring back the old Atari sticks with 1 button I say!

Indeed, Flashback was a sequel of sorts to Out Of This World (it was called Another World in Europe) and I think they both use the same vector gfx engine.
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yeap ... FB is some kind of sequel for OOTW ... but I believe FB uses sprites for graphics, while OOTW uses vector/polygon.

btw, how would one install FB into pdaXqtrom in cacko?