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[Ethaniel]

I finally finished this compilation.
It's based on Rom hunter's v7.0 collection. It was made from scratch.
First I made a folder for each company, then separated the roms, then renamed them and finally, cleaned up the directories from duplicate entries.
Of course this is not final or 100% accurate, but i wanted to save PAL users from all this trouble.
The compilation contains mostly PAL roms as well as some NTSC games and prototypes.
I'm sure some of you will find useless roms and/or folders, maybe even merge some of the companies like Hunter's collection.
If you have any suggestions for making this compilation better, please post here and I'll make it happen.
Consider this compilation as the foundation for future updates from Hunter.
I tried to keep it as clean as possible without looooooong filenames

http://www.mediafire...86bnt839v72m300

[Pioneer4x4]

You made the same mistake ROM Hunter made, the Starpath files for "Party Mix" should NOT be combined. They are stand alone games, not multiloads. When combined, you cannot play the 2nd and 3rd loads on the tape.

[Ethaniel]

Pioneer4x4, on Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:14 AM, said:

You made the same mistake ROM Hunter made, the Starpath files for "Party Mix" should NOT be combined. They are stand alone games, not multiloads. When combined, you cannot play the 2nd and 3rd loads on the tape.

Done. I haven't tried all roms but I guess I should expect about that one...

http://www.mediafire...hpud15sqbtzdcat

[Pioneer4x4]

Cool, I am a NTSC guy, but huge fan of the supercharger games, and I wouldn't want PAL person to miss out.

[Mitch]

Was there ever a new good dump of PAL Phaser Patrol made or is it the same bad dump that has been floating around the web?

Mitch

[maiki]

Thanks for the Party Mix info. I guess when I have a signle file that is around 25 kB - it is wrong...

[Ethaniel]

Mitch, on Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:59 PM, said:

Was there ever a new good dump of PAL Phaser Patrol made or is it the same bad dump that has been floating around the web?

Mitch

Thanks for heads up. I will check this rom this afternoon after work on my 2600 and replace with working rom if needed.

Also if someone else has another suggestion, please let me know.
I have a few things in mind to make this a little better.
Kind of sad though that i don't have any feedback from Europeans

Edited by Ethaniel, Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:27 AM.

[Rom Hunter]

Well, I think you did a good job, Ethaniel.

And I'm sure PAL collectors will appreciate it.

[Dino]

Awesome work E! This looks great and is something I've never had the time to do myself!!

[Dino]

What we need is the PAL Homebrew and hacks added to this. Not sure whether they are all located in one place?

[Ethaniel]

Dino, on Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:49 PM, said:

What we need is the PAL Homebrew and hacks added to this. Not sure whether they are all located in one place?

Noted! Although I'm working on something else atm

[Ethaniel]

1.02
http://www.mediafire...r69z3957q3qp99q

Spoiler

v1.02 (17 Jan 2012)
Added
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+Motocross Racer (NTSC)


Removed
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", The" and ", A" from the titles to shorten names since they are not really visible.


Renamed
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the following roms (removed non-English secondary titles) to shorten names since they are not really visible.

Activision Decathlon - Zehnkampf
Alices Abenteuer - Lilly Adventure
Air-Sea Battle - Air Sea Battle
Barnstorming - Die tollkeuhnen Flieger
Bobby Is Going Home - Bobby geht Heim
Cakewalk - Alarm in der Backstube
Challenge of.... Nexar
Chopper Command - Captain Helicopter
Cosmic Swarm - Angriff der Termiten
Cross Force - Kreuzfeuer
Dragster - Dragster Rennen
Enduro - Transamerika-Rennen
Fishing Derby - Schneller als der Hai
Freeway - Das verrueckte Huhn
Frostbite - Expedition ins Eis
Gangster Alley - Gangster Ruine
Gas Hog - Piraten Schiff
Glib - Video Word Game (NTSC)
H.E.R.O. - Helicopter-Held
Home Run - Baseball (NTSC)
Ice Hockey - Eishockey
Immies & Aggies - Immies and Aggies (Prototype) (NTSC)
Infiltrate - Nid d'espions
Journey Escape - Rock 'n' Roll Escape
Kaboom! - Schneller als der Knall
Keystone Kapers - Raueber und Gendarm
Laser Blast - Duell im Weltall
Master Builder - Super Baumeister
Maze Craze - A Game of Cops 'n Robbers
McDonald's - Golden Arches Adventure (Prototype) (NTSC)
MegaMania - A Space Nightmare - Ein Alptraum im Weltall
Mines of Minos - Im Labyrinth des Roboters
Mission 3,000 A.D. - Mission 3000
Montezuma's Revenge - Featuring Panama Joe (NTSC)
Motocross - Motorcross - Motocross
Mr. Postman - Der Postmann
Oink! - Das Schweinchen und der Wolf
Pepsi Invaders - Coke Wins (NTSC)
Pigs in Space - Starring Miss Piggy
Pitfall! - Abenteuer im Urwald
Pizza Chef - Pizza Time (Prototype) (NTSC)
Planet Patrol - Planeten Patrouilie [different spaceship]
Planet Patrol - Planeten Patrouilie
Plaque Attack - Schutzt Eure Zaehne
RealSports Soccer - Football - RealSports Soccer
River Raid - Jagdflieger
Seaquest - Rettung aus der Tiefe
Skiing - Ski Weltcup
Sky Jinks - Wettflug gegen die Zeit
Snail Against Squirrel - Schnecke gegen Eichhoernchen
Space Cavern - Les guerriers de l'espace
Space Shuttle - A Journey Into Space - Eine Reise ins All
Spider Fighter - Monster greifen an
Spinning Fireball - Fire Spinner - Fireball Spinner (Prototype) (NTSC)
Stampede - Lasso-Helden
Star Ship - Outer Space (NTSC)
StarMaster - Kommando Galaxis
Super Challenge Baseball - Baseball (NTSC)
Super Challenge Football - Football (NTSC)
Surfer's Paradise - But Danger Below!
Title Match Pro Wrestling - Pro Wrestling

Deleted
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the following rom because it's prototype and the NTSC version is complete
-Taz (Prototype)
the following rom from Quelle folder because it was originally released from Home Vision
-Lilly Adventure
the following rom because it's an early demo of Realsports football
-Red Vs. Blue - Football (Prototype) (NTSC)
the following roms because I tested their PAL versions and work fine.
-Activision Decathlon (NTSC) [fixed]
-Astroblast (NTSC) [fixed]
-Bridge (NTSC) [fixed]
-Demon Attack (NTSC) [fixed]
-Dodge 'Em [fixed]
-Miner 2049er - Starring Bounty Bob (NTSC) [fixed]
-My Golf [fixed]
-Space Invaders [fixed]
-Space Shuttle - A Journey Into Space [FE bankswitching] (NTSC)
-StarMaster - Kommando Galaxis [fixed]
-Superman (NTSC) [fixed]
the following rom because there is already a PAL version in the same folder
-Tomcat - The F-14 Fighter Simulator (NTSC)
Tested
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the following rom after recommendation and it worked OK
*Phaser Patrol (PAL)

Enjoy

[Thomas Jentzsch]

You know that Harmony displays the full name of the currently selected game if you press the fire button for 1s (or so)?

[Ethaniel]

Thomas Jentzsch, on Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:30 AM, said:

You know that Harmony displays the full name of the currently selected game if you press the fire button for 1s (or so)?

Of course I do. I thought that it's more convenient this way. When I run my Harmony, I just want to play, not stare in titles. Plus he majority of players (or Harmony users) already know most games by their English titles.
At least that's my opinion...
If anyone wants them back the way they were, they can either replace the roms or ask me to
No big deal.

[pac^man]

What do we have here? Harmony Cart PAL Roms?
Believe it or not: I hadn't heard about the Harmony cart before last week.
I think I'll have to order the Harmony soon then, need to check out what to take into account before doing so.

And now I'll enjoy this collection in 2600.emu on my iPhone.
Thanks to Ethaniel for the hard work.

[PFL]

I ordered a Harmony cart the other and eagerly await its arrival. This collection of yours is just the perfect icing on the cake! PAL Atari needs more love!

Thanks for all your hard work - it really is appreciated.

[Ethaniel]

You are very welcome my friends. I hope you enjoy playing this compilation as much as enjoyed making it

[Moonpig]

Thank you very much from the UK !!!

Silly question, these are standard pal roms and not pal 60 hertz versions?

[Ethaniel]

You are very welcome my friend.
The roms are from PAL releases as far as I know.