It has come to my attention that some users are having problems running
the full version of Wolf3D. My port of Wolfenstein 3D will only run
properly on the v1.4 datafiles. It seems that v1.1 datafiles are rather
common, though.
If you are trying to play the full registered version of Wolf3D on your
GP32, and your graphics look like this :
you probablly have the wrong version. Also, if you run it on your PC,
the first screen that comes up should have the version number in the
lower right corner. I don't know if there is some sort of update
available or what you should do about upgrading to v1.4.
Here's some information about the version numbers from
http://www.wolfenstein3d.co.uk/questions.htm
v1.0 - First release (05/05/92)
v1.1 - Fixed some secret doors map bugs (on level 7 & 8 in episode 1
there were secret doors left out) and also some video problems (06/10/92)
v1.2 - Secret level elevator bug was fixed (introduced in 1.1
) (06/22/92)
v1.3 - Was never released.
v1.4 - Fixed something but I forgot what. It also changed slightly the
graphic backdrop on the opening screen and other menus, changed the
interior elevator graphic and added a calibration routine in the joystick
setup menu. (12/03/92)
The dates next to versions are the file stamp dates of the game .exe file.
They are not the actual market release game dates. There were other
'internal' changes between versions but they are only relevant to editing
programs. The version numbering of Spear seems to have gone through the
same routine, but currently we only have info on the initial release:
v1.0 - First release (09/28/92)
v1.4 - Final release, changes from previous versions unknown.
I hope this will help to fix some problems. I don't know how common v1.1
was, but I hope this wasn't stopping a lot of people from playing Wolf3D
on their GP32.
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