MSXHub - WDW

Description

Who Dares Wins II is a run and gun game developed and published by Alligata Software and released in 1985 for the Commodore 64, as well as the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, MSX, and ZX Spectrum. This version is an MSX2 remake released in 2017 by Retroforce adding many improvements and extras.

These are the main requirements and extras:

MSX2, MSX2+ and MSX Turbo R (also OCM and clones).
256KB Konami SCC MegaROM.
SCC sound.
Graphics completely redesigned in Screen 5 mode.
Remake true to the original MSX1 version (map).
2 players mode.
Visual stages between missions.
3 levels of difficulty.
English texts.

The game was made publicly available in the 56 RUMSX in Barcelona. A physical edition can be purchased in https://www.msxcartridgeshop.com/

Files

Package
Individual files
Default install directory: A:\WDW

Build info

Build files

wdw.zip

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1dApTKWwViteXfKdzFvL8dD4BWzwXhu8E

Build script

mkdir -p package/
unzip wdw.zip
mv 'ManualWDW 20161005.pdf' package/LEEME.PDF
mv 'Who dares wins (MSX2) (RETROFORCE).rom' package/WDW.ROM
cat > package/WDW.BAT << EOF
REM Look for SROM.COM in default dir
IFF EXIST %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM
  %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM WDW.ROM
ELSE
  REM Try to run it from path
  IFF EXIST SROM.COM
    SROM.COM WDW.ROM
  ELSE
    echo "SROM.COM not found. Install it with: 'HUB install SOFAROM'"
    exit 1
  ENDIFF
ENDIFF
EOF
unix2dos package/WDW.BAT

Package changelog

1.0-1 2020-01-20
- First release

Details

Category: Games
Author: Retroforce
Packager: Carles Amigó (fr3nd)
License: Unknown
Url: https://retroforce2016.tumblr.com/

Install instructions

hub install WDW

WDW 1.0-1 (latest) Available versions 1.0-1 (latest)

Available versions