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Future Wars (Delphine) Sony CD supported?

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There exists a red book audio CD-ROM version of "Future Wars" (Delphine Software) released by Sony.

I extracted all the audio tracks and converted them to *.OGG files named track1.ogg, track2.ogg ..... but it seems ScummVM doesn't recognize them.

Is there any support for this version by ScummVM?
Any idea how to get work this? Thx.
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I suppose noone has (or knows about) this version. You're the first one to report it. What language is it?

Mobygames has no such info about this version, either
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/futur ... lease-info
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Language is in english. There are 29 audio tracks on CD, a directory 'FW' and a directory 'LEXDEMO'.

some more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Wars
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game info and CD covers:
[Moderator] Warez site removed
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I had to remove the last link you posted, as it contains an illegal download link for the game's ISO, which clearly violates forum rule #0
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md5 wrote:I had to remove the last link you posted,
Was it the same release as the CD-ROM release pictured on MobyGames? That link should be safe.
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Re: Future Wars (Delphine) Sony CD supported?

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coloradix wrote:There exists a red book audio CD-ROM version of "Future Wars" (Delphine Software) released by Sony.

I extracted all the audio tracks and converted them to *.OGG files named track1.ogg, track2.ogg ..... but it seems ScummVM doesn't recognize them.

Is there any support for this version by ScummVM?
Any idea how to get work this? Thx.
Noize reported the CD version a while back in
this thread. I added basic support for it and it is now
playable but there is no support for using the CD audio
tracks in any format at the moment.

One would have to reverse engineer some of the music
playing opcodes and implement the changes to ScummVM's
Cine-engine to be able to support the CD audio. In
practice it's a matter of time, resources, skill,
concentration and inclination. I wouldn't hold my
breath but it's possible the support may still happen.
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Post by coloradix »

Was it the same release as the CD-ROM release pictured on MobyGames? That link should be safe.
Yes it was the same release as pictured on MobyGames '1989-1992 Delphine Software CD-ROM version 1992 Interplay Productions'.

It's a light-red colored CD-ROM labeled 'Future Wars Adventures in Time 1992 Interplay Productions Distributed by Sony Electronic Publishing Company'.

As a collector of vintage games I bought it a few years ago on eBay US. It's (nearly) the same game as the floppy version (plus 29 audio tracks) but the copy protection has been removed.

This summer I noticed that ScummVM supports this game. Unlike the floppy version the CD-ROM version always crashes after starting it within DOSBox 0.72 (WinXP and Linux), but within ScummVM 0.12.0 I noticed no problems, thanks!
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md5 wrote:I suppose noone has (or knows about) this version. You're the first one to report it.
http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=2304
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Any updates on the audio tracks support for FW?!
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Atrus wrote:Any updates on the audio tracks support for FW?!
Not that I've heard of. It's quite possible that there still aren't any ScummVM developers who own this version of the game. I've never seen it on eBay, but I've only looked for it a couple of times. I only have the DOS floppy version myself.
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Post by Atrus »

eriktorbjorn, if any developer is interested, i can send him the cd so that he can work it out.

Just let me know :)
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They probably are, but it would have to be the original cd, just so you know.
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Atrus wrote:eriktorbjorn, if any developer is interested, i can send him the cd so that he can work it out.

Just let me know :)
I am interested in that.


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Post by Atrus »

pls note that i can make a copy of the cd only as it's quite risky to send the original. i hope this can help also.
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