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Any way to add Multi-prg file games to Multidisks?

  dre10g

   For example GIJoe(multidisk) and Street Sports Basketball (multiple prg
   files on 1 disk)

   Maybe a way to make games which use multiple prg's into 1 prg file?

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  Gurce

   Aah I think I know what you're after, all those extra support files for a
   single game make things look very cluttered in the loader menus on these
   multi-game disks?

   I think for a small-ish game it might be a bit technically challenging but
   possible.

   But with larger games it might not be possible, as when you LOAD
   "prgname",8,1 a prg file, this single load of the prg file needs to fit
   with the c64's memory (which might be 64k at best, but with kernals video
   memory chewing up some space there too).

   Maybe an alternative might be for the developers of these multi-game
   loader menu programs to add in an option for the disk-preparer to "hide"
   any prg/seq files from the menu. This way, when you share the disk with
   others, they can just be given a list of the startup prg of each game
   (rather than seeing the support files).

   PS. As these forums are closing soon (this friday), thought I'd better
   share a link to the spiritual successor to these forums, so that we can
   continue these discussion there:

   [2]http://c64minicommunity.freeforums.net

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  dre10g

   Thanks.. should i post this question in there as well?

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  Gurce

   [3]dre10g Yup sure, all fine to copy/paste this thread across

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  Aneira

   I usually shove all the extra files at the buttom of the disk. That makes
   it easier to navigate with a filebrowser.

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  Jammet

   You likely know this, everybody, but just in-case a few people do not,
   when you load the file inventory of a disk the old fashioned way, and then
   LIST it, you can hold down CTRL to slow the list, until you see what you
   want, then press STOP.

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  tomxp411

   Yep. I did that often when writing BASIC programs. I was actually
   surprised when I went to the PC world and they did not have that feature.

   Also, don't forget to move this thread over to the new c64 community at
   [4]http://c64minicommunity.freeforums.net/thread/24/any-multi-file-games-multidisks

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  spannernick1

   oh I see now.. [5]:D Just adding the last 3 posts from here now,best to
   talk over there now..[6]:D

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  Gurce

   Just for reference, Spannernick reproduced this thread here for us to
   continue:

   [7]http://c64minicommunity.freeforums.net/thread/24/any-multi-file-games-multidisks

   PS. Oops, didn't realise Tomxp had already posted the link, sorry for the
   repetition [8]:)

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