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I need help with debugging Treasure Island Dizzy on the ZX Spectrum.

Started by zdrmonster13 on 27 May 2023 • 833 views

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I'm Zdrmonster from the United States, and I'm trying to use the Warajevo MS-DOS based ZX Spectrum emulator to add in some x86 code into Treasure Island Dizzy so that I can use ZXCOMP to make an executable screenshot that should adjust to the PC-DOS enviroment. Actually, right now I'm not doing any code injection. I'm just trying to find some text strings for the "Press Enter, Fire, or K for Kem..." portion of the title screen to edit it to just say Press Enter. However, the debugger doesn't seem too friendly and I can't seem to find exactly where the text is located. I hear that @dr-titus has hacked the game to add in new code, so I might require his assistance for this PC "port."

 

In other news, Delz#8970 from the SGDK Discord server (Who says he worked on the Mega Drive, Amiga, and PC versions of Fantastic Dizzy) claims to have found a 5.25 floppy disk containing an official PC port of Treasure Island Dizzy. He says he'll take a picture of the disk's label, but I haven't heard from him after he said that he has to charge his phone first.

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#91095

Welcome to the community, @zdrmonster13 :smile:  

I'm not familiar with debugging in general.

But what Titus has been working on is for an actual ZX Spectrum and not a PC port.

But this Delz person you mention sounds like Derek Leigh Gilchrist ( @dlg2013 ) who we know fairly well, and I'm curious to know more about this floppy disk he's says to own. :yes:  

 

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@khaosadz Here's screenshots of the portions of the Discord DM conversation I had with him that I think you might be interested in. He still hasn't shared a picture of the label yet.

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I might share more of the conversation later if needed. (By the way, I found the format the text strings are in within the ZX Spectrum Treasure Island Dizzy. I don't think I should need more help with that, though I still might not know how to insert in the 80x86 programming into the snapshot.)

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