Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:49
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Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:42
That only shows how dead PCKF has become ...
...Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:26
Well, how dead would you rank the forums on a scale from 1 to Zombie?
Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:15
Monty Python. ("I'm not dead yet!"...)
Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 14:49
I'll first quote myself from the 3DR boards (yet again):
Basically, VOLUME1B.MS1 has the music tracks, including various seemingly unused tracks. I think that more than half of these tracks are possible place-holders from other games; In fact, there are 4 Keen tracks!
To anybody who's wondering, I've completed the beta today (shareware episode only is accessible). The only "borrowed" music track I recognized being in use, is Whodol from Bio Menace (BM2 title screen + boss).
As for the Keen tracks, repeating what I've said in the Duke4.net thread:
Now, there's actually something to do with Keen here, if to refer to this post of mine from the corresponding Duke4.net thread, with an emphasis on the response to Malvineous: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/9780-maj ... ntry293291NY00123 wrote:ok, I might not be very familiar with Major Stryker (although I did get to complete the whole game).
Nevertheless, the availability of this prototype build is really great!!
As usual, many thanks to any individual who had a part in making this possible, if directly, and if not.
Basically, VOLUME1B.MS1 has the music tracks, including various seemingly unused tracks. I think that more than half of these tracks are possible place-holders from other games; In fact, there are 4 Keen tracks!
To anybody who's wondering, I've completed the beta today (shareware episode only is accessible). The only "borrowed" music track I recognized being in use, is Whodol from Bio Menace (BM2 title screen + boss).
As for the Keen tracks, repeating what I've said in the Duke4.net thread:
NY00123 wrote:So, I took a look at the Keen tracks, and here's what I got to say about them:
- skating.imf (Skating O'er the Ice - Keen 5's high scores table): This seems to be the same as in the Keen 5 data.
- alienate.imf (Aliens Ate My Babysitter - Keen 6's world map) and oasis.imf (Tropical Ghost Oasis - Keen 4): These are exactly the same extended versions as found in Romero's supplied IMFs. A MIDI variant of alienate.imf (the extended version) composed by Bobby Prince was also made available online at some point.
- Now, here's some *very* interesting point about wednesdy.imf. Like alienate.imf, it is an extended version, and a MIDI variant was made available. However, I think the IMF was *not* supplied by Romero at all. Either that, or it got lost on the way (which I'm doubtful). So this might be the *very first time* we all get access to the extended wednesdy.imf track in IMF form!
Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 22:32
They really are unused. Searching the (uncompressed) executable for ".imf" shows that the game only plays these songs:
- rockit.imf
- cruising.imf
- tomsome.imf
- pressure.imf
- supersnc.imf
- torpedo.imf
- invince.imf
- whodo.imf (Levels 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12)
- pressure.imf (Levels 3, 6, 9)
- cruising.imf (Level 4)
- tomsome.imf (Level 7)
- rockit.imf (Level 10)
Re: Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:21
Looks like all of these songs (except for invince.imf, the Apogee Fanfare proto.) can be played from the so-called "Music Test" accessible from the menus ("Music Jukebox" in the freeware release). There are 4 more slots in the music test, but they seem to be empty.