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I think the main problem with Robotz is that it needs a STOS patch so it works on later versions of TOS (ie it works with TOS 1.62 but not 2.06).  Is there a STOS patcher kicking about, and if so is it easy to apply?

I've heard that trying to hack compiled STOS code is particularly tricky (according to Mug UK) so I don't know if a Falcon friendly version is even possible.  Shame, because Robotz is one of the better PD releases for the Atari (IMO).

Regarding STOS...

I wrote a proggie that's a TSR. I.E. run it in the AUTO folder or right before you run the STOS game, and it will patch the game on-the-fly.

I attached it here, never tested it on Falcon, and taking a look at the source I'm pretty sure it won't work there . If I'm not too tired, I'll give it a shot when I get back from work. It should work ok on machines with a plain 68000

James, as for Hoog.... well, since we can't log in to Atari Forum anymore to download attachments, we can't download it. Is it STOS? If it is then there are 99.9% chances to get it working on your STE with my patcher. If that doesn't work then we'll work something else out.

I've had a go at patching STOS code with that generic patch I linked too, and it worked out OK.  Couldn't fix Robotz though perhaps it's not coded in STOS afterall?

I unpacked the games with Naughty Unpacker, applied the patch and repacked with UPX.  UPX seems to do a good job actually, as the repacked programs are generally smaller than they were before.

Anyway, thanks for your help again GGN.  

Yeah I couldn't patch it so I'm guessing it must be GFA or something.

Bummer.  Do you reckon it's fixable?

Good news - Klaz has patched it to work with all versions of TOS and Falcon!  

And here it is...

It would be great if someone could train this so the collisions with walls don't actually kill you.

Note that it doesn't like to run with loads of other memory resident programs (Teradesk, for example). 

Apart from that, I'm dead happy to be able to play this on TOS 2.06!