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      Short: Pinball Fantasies remake engine with remastered HD graphics
Author: Pedro Catalao (Encore), AmigaOS 4 port by Falke_34
Uploader: Falke_34
Type: game/action
Version: 1.1.0
Requires: AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition, original PC/DOS game files (1994)
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.1.0
License: GPL v3
Pinball Fantasies: Encore!
==========================
Pinball Fantasies: Encore! is a native version of Pinball Fantasies
(Digital Illusions / 21st Century Entertainment, 1994 PC release). The
engine is written from the game's own data: it reads the original DOS
files and runs the physics, the table rules, the dot matrix display, the
music and the menus itself. Nothing of the original game is emulated, and
nothing of it is included in this archive.
All four tables (Partyland, Speed Devils, Billion Dollar Gameshow, Stones
N' Bones) play exactly like the original. On top of that the picture can
be either the 1994 one or a remastered one: every playfield, slide,
banner, flipper and ball was redrawn at high resolution - not an upscale.
This is the AmigaOS 4.1 PPC port, with two programs in one drawer.
Two programs
------------
PinballFantasies Runs on every AmigaOS 4.1 system and under QEMU.
Uses the SDL3 2D renderer. Original pictures only.
PinballFantasies_Mesa The original OpenGL 4.1 renderer through Mesa:
remastered HD pictures (F10), CRT look (F9),
smoothly turning flippers, ball trail.
Needs Mesa and a graphics card supported by the
RadeonSI driver (Radeon HD 7000 series / GCN or
newer). Tested on a Radeon HD 7870 (Pitcairn).
Both programs share the same game files, settings and high scores.
Installation
------------
Copy the drawer anywhere and start one of the programs from its icon.
The original game files are NOT included - they are copyrighted. The game
needs the files of the PC/DOS release (1994), not the Amiga release:
INTRO.PRG TABLE1.PRG TABLE2.PRG TABLE3.PRG TABLE4.PRG
INTRO.MOD MOD2.MOD TABLE1.MOD TABLE2.MOD TABLE3.MOD TABLE4.MOD
Every file is checked against its SHA-256 checksum (see GAME-FILES.txt),
a different release is not accepted. There are three ways to get them in:
1. Automatic download: on the first start the game asks whether you
legally own Pinball Fantasies and then downloads the files itself
into PROGDIR:userdata/FANTASY. This needs "curl" or "wget" and AmiSSL
(both on Aminet / OS4Depot).
2. No network or download blocked: download the game's zip on another
computer, rename it to FANTASY.zip and put it next to the program.
It is unpacked into PROGDIR:userdata/FANTASY on the next start,
without any question.
3. Copy the files of your own copy into the drawer
PROGDIR:userdata/FANTASY (upper or lower case does not matter), or
start the game with --data <drawer>.
HD pictures (PinballFantasies_Mesa)
-----------------------------------
The remastered pictures are not in the archive. On the first start of
PinballFantasies_Mesa the game offers to download them ("DOWNLOAD THE HD
GFX ART?", the size is shown) into PROGDIR:userdata/art - again with curl
or wget and AmiSSL. Newer versions of the pictures are offered later.
Keys
----
F1 - F4 choose a table (menu)
F5 options (menu)
Space skip the intro
F10 original or remastered pictures (Mesa)
F9 CRT look: scanlines, shadow mask, glow (Mesa)
F8 ball trail on/off, while paused (Mesa)
The choices for F8/F9/F10 and fullscreen are remembered.
Usage notes
-----------
* Settings and high scores are kept in PROGDIR:userdata.
* Log output goes to PROGDIR:stdout.txt. Turn it off with
"SetEnv PF_NOLOG 1".
* PinballFantasies: the SDL3 renderer can be chosen with
"SetEnv SDL_RENDER_DRIVER compositing" (or opengles2, opengl,
software).
* Shell options (PinballFantasies --help shows all of them):
--fullscreen start in fullscreen
--skip-intro go straight to the table chooser
--table <1-4> open a table directly
--res <mode> normal, high, full (whole table) or tall
--scale <n> window scale factor (default 3)
--smooth soften pixel edges
--hd / --no-hd remastered or original pictures (Mesa)
--crt / --no-crt CRT look on or off (Mesa)
--hd-dir <dir> HD pictures from this drawer (Mesa)
--data <dir> drawer with the original game files
* Online high scores and the check for new releases are not available
in the AmigaOS 4 version.
AmigaOS 4 port notes
--------------------
* Static binaries with SDL 3.4 (no SDL3 installation needed).
* Downloads are done by calling curl or wget, so certificates and
proxy settings of AmiSSL are used.
* PinballFantasies_Mesa: the HD map texture (16-bit integer) is now
uploaded with byte swapping, as Mesa on the big-endian PowerPC did not
swap it - without this the HD pictures stayed invisible.
* Cleaner exit: no more "unfreed signals" message after quitting the
Mesa version.
History
-------
1.1.0
- First release for AmigaOS 4.1 PPC, based on Pinball Fantasies:
Encore! 1.1.0
- Two programs: PinballFantasies (SDL3 2D renderer) and
PinballFantasies_Mesa (OpenGL 4.1 through Mesa, HD pictures)
- Automatic download of the game files and HD pictures (curl/wget),
offline alternative FANTASY.zip
Credits
-------
Pinball Fantasies: Encore! Pedro Catalao
Original Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions / 21st Century
Entertainment
SDL 3 for AmigaOS 4 AmigaPorts
AmigaOS 4 port Falke_34
Pinball Fantasies: Encore! is free software under the GNU General Public
License, version 3 or later, see LICENSE and NOTICE.md. The original game
and its files remain the property of their owners.
Project page: https://github.com/pedrocatalao/pinball-fantasies-encore
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