014: Ultimate Fighters

Version 1.1 update

• "Art of Breaking Heads" has been dropped from the roster due to issues getting it to load from disc. The replacement is "WWF Wrestlemania"
• Shadow Fighter has been changed from the CD32 edition to the AGA one. While the CD32 version would not seem to load at all, the loading times are still very long. My recommendation is to burn the original CD32 edition if you really want to play it on a real console.
• Only the Ultimate Body Blows soundtrack is included now, reducing download and burn times.
• Reliability tweaks to Street Fighter 2 and Shaq Fu
  
  

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Cover: Earok (Template by Steve)
Menu System: Code by Earok, Design by Steve
Uses: WHDLoad by Wepl, CD32Load by JOTD

Thanks to numerous WHDLoad slave authors whose work is featured here. I've not credited them directly on this post, but they're all credited within the compilation itself.

This is my soft-retirement post. I'm moving into the world of commercial Amiga game development as part of the PixelGlass team, so I can no longer justify the time and effort required to churn out these unofficial discs. I may be back at some stage, but certainly not this year.

So I'm going out with a bang - this is the largest themed collection this site has ever produced, 40 fighting games across numerous different styles, most of the notable fighters are there as well as some rather obscure AMOS efforts.

This is also the first time I've written a menu system entirely from scratch, as it was my intention to write bespoke menus for each new release. All forty fighters can be selected on a menu screen that resembles your typical Street Fighter 2 clone menu (you can even choose randomly - press blue to move the cursor to a different game).

The complete list:

• Art of Breaking Heads (broken)
• Best of the Best
• Body Blows AGA
• Body Blows Galactic AGA
• Body Blows (Ultimate)
• Brutal: Paws of Fury
• Budokan
• Chambers of Shaolin
• Doman
• Double Dragon
• Double Dragon 2
• Double Dragon 3
• Dragon Ninja
• Dynamite Dux
• Elf Mania
• Fatal Impact
• Fightin Spirit
• Final Fight
• Franko
• Full Contact
• Golden Axe
• International Karate +
• Karate Kid Part II
• Karateka
• Mad Fighters II
• Master Axe
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Mortal Kombat 2
• Motorhead
• Ninja Mission
• Pit Fighter
• Rise of the Robots
• Shadow Fighter (seems to be broken on real CD32, ok on emulation)
• Shaq Fu (possibly control related issues on real CD32)
• Street Fighter 2 (possibly control related issues on real CD32)
• Street Fighter 2 New Challengers DX
• Street Fighter 2 Turbo
• Super TaeKwanDoMaster
• Sword of Sodan
• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Coin-Op

013: Jaguar XJ220

Version 1.1 Mega Update!

For a solo release this was already jam-packed with bonuses, but we've got a few more for you!

• Uses JOTD's brand new CD32Loader! Which gives us:
• Zero OS flashes, resulting in far shorter load times
• Keyboard support
• Play - Pause (Doesn't always work)
• Forward - Quit race
• Hold Reverse, then Forward - Quit to menu
• Green - Skip Language screen (only copy protection was localised)
• Yellow - Skip Copy protection screen
• My custom Brazil 1 track (inspired by Buggy Boy's "Offroad") now works!
• Live action intro upgraded to HAM 8
• Menu music
• "Jaguar XJ220: The Demo" for completionists
• Easter eggs accessible from the menu?

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Uses: WHDLoad by Wepl, slave by Mr Larmer and CFOU!
Cover: Steve
ISO Master: Earok

I had this almost ready to go before the rebuild started, so I thought I'd take a break from fixing/enhancing the previous releases and get this out the door!

Jaguar XJ220 Turbo Challenge by Core is a fantastic arcade racer and is quite possibly our most bonus-laden solo release to boot. Features:

• Latest WHDLoad slave - copy protection screen so no keyboard is required (but useful if you want to tinker with tracks)
• Two CDXL intros, both the Mega/Sega CD intro and the promo video for the real XJ220 have been included.
• Since saving is unfortunately impossible, I've chucked in four saves at the world selection screen (after completing England) with fully fixed cars and $65000 in cash (one and two player, automatic and manual).
• Sixteen audio tracks that can be listened to in a music player (press PLAY to quit out to the music player). Includes all twelve of the tracks from the Mega/Sega CD release plus four fan remixes:
• "Moody Breeze - Speedy Breeze" by Coups
• "Autobahn" by Nixdorux
• "Title" by Odee
• "Misty Ride on the A23" by Selecta Novel
• Five exclusive tracks that can be accessed through the "load track" button. They're not meant to be commercial quality, just fun gimmicks. They are:
• Pukekohe Raceway, replaces England 1
• Monaco, replaces Canada 1
• Irohazaka, replaces Italy 1
• Tiny Track (14 laps!) replaces Germany 1
• Rollercoaster, replaces France 1

(There's actually six tracks, the sixth is one based on Buggy Boy's "Offroad" and occupies the Brazil 1 slot but it unfortunately doesn't seem to work on a real CD32. Also please bear in mind that the disc is a bit slow loading!)

Intro 1: Sega/Mega CD

 Intro 2: Promotional video

(1.0 download removed. New download above)

Cobe 003: Solomon's Key 1 & 2

Tecmo
Solomon's Key 1 Atari ST conversion: Asman and Wanted Team
Solomon's Key 2 (aka Fire and Ice) NES port: Hukka
Cover, backing and label: Cobe
ISO Master: Cobe

Something a little different today, a twin pack of both of the games in the "Solomon's Key" series. What makes it different is neither of these games have ever received a commercial Amiga release, Solomon's Key 1 is the Atari ST version unofficially hacked to work on on Amiga, whereas Solomon's Key 2 is an unofficial ground up rewrite of the NES exclusive.

Cobe has also gone the extra mile with this one - SK2 progress can be saved to NVRAM, and if you've got a keyboard you can save SK1 high scores too. Just make sure you read the select screen instructions.

An additional bonus, hold down RED or BLUE while the console is booting to see the Cracktro's for the two games.

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