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Posted By

Luca
on 2023-11-03
13:32:34

Re: Flight Path 737

@MIK yes I second you about the real year of release, probably it's something like January 1985 or so, but for sure there's an older version with a C16 only turbo, and soon they have released a fixed version with that hidden text ("(c) march 85).

Posted By

MIK
on 2023-11-03
10:33:59

Re: Flight Path 737

1985 sounds more plausible as I recall the C16 was released towards the end of 1984 and you would expect Commodore to of had the majority of 1984 releases. 1984 could just be the date some 3rd party games released on C64 or VIC20.

Posted By

Luca
on 2023-11-03
05:33:14

Re: Flight Path 737

Some hidden text at $3FF2 reports:

(c)  march 85

This could be the real release date, or the release date of a later batch with turbo loader. Do you have an older tape version, maybe with NO turbo tag on the cover?

EDIT: wait a moment! The version we have of this game has the first 3 bytes of the @ character zeroed due to a bad save from the older version, and the sentence that we've seen referring to March 1985. But! But the Italian commercial crack by Armati is actually a 1:1 duplicate of the real first release, with the same turbo loader, but in a 16K only version which prevents to load the game on Plus/4! This older version doesn't have the famous sentence, shows correct bytes for the @ character at $1000-$1002, and starts with $0FC0 due being completely different in the compiled code! Even the titlescreen is different!

Now, we *MIGHT* consider the Armati version as the real very first batch of the game, being a deliberate tape copy of it, but the best would be to have a safe dump of THAT tape.

EDIT2: the version included in the compilation Power Pack (Anco) reprises the compiled code running at $0FC0 as seen in the first release, but with a turbo loader which results to be Plus/4 compatible and with the screen turned on, and with the correct bytes for the @ character at $1000-$1002. It has a longer hidden text at $3FF0 reporting:

ts  (c)  march 85

where "TS" could indicate Tequila Sunrise, the Belgian label which has been used by Anirog to distribute its latter productions and re-releases.

Posted By

Davie
on 2006-03-29
10:47:22

Re: Flight Path 737

Ok cheers Csabo, ill have another try. I played this yrs ago and managed to take off and land no bother. Must be getting old or something now!!

Posted By

Csabo
on 2006-03-29
09:52:31

Re: Flight Path 737

I added some instructions to the Flight Path 737 page. I managed to taxi around the runway and put the flaps down, but I always run off the runway so far...

Posted By

Davie
on 2006-03-29
09:16:03

Flight Path 737

Title:	Flight Path 737
Category:	Game/Simulator
Release Date:	1984
Language:	English
Size:	16K
Machine:	PAL & NTSC
Code Type:	Basic + Machine code
Distribution:	Commercial/PD

Hi, Does anyone know the controls for the above title. Ive looked at the instructions but it doesnt seem very clear what the controls are for getting the plane in line with the runway!! Im using a keyboard

Thanks

David