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Blaston (1991) (Eterna) ID: 10640 Version: Unknown Developer: François-Yves Bertrand; FRD (sound); Silvio Porretta (graphics) Genre: Vertical Scroller; Shooter RAM: 1024 CPU compatibility: ARM2 ARM250 ARM3 ARM610 ARM700 ARM710 ARM7500 StrongARM ARMv5+ OS compatibility: 3.11 3.5x 3.6x 3.7x 4.x 5.x Legal info: Distribution rights granted to JASPP by Eterna Download full archive: (2.3mb) Download individual floppies: Game info To run the game use "Boot floppy" from the ADFFS Filer. Requires the manual for protection, which is contained in the Full Archive. Synopsis You have been chosen from among the best warriors of the Universal Guild to defeat the Korguls Invaders, who are trying to take control of your uranium rich planet from their own purposes. You must fight them in the desert, a factory, a space "grill" and finally their own space ship. Your task isn't simple but you're really the best!

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Like most Eterna games, this seems to be impossible to even get to the stage 1 boss. I was curious to see what the later stages looked like, and used an infinite energy hack from the Desktop Hacker 1.05 disk. However, once you kill the stage 1 boss the screen goes black. This might be due to the hack module, or it might be that there is a bug preventing progress.

wmd wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:29 am once you kill the stage 1 boss the screen goes black

It's probably a protection check, I'll investigate

EDIT: Some sectors are missing from the floppy image, I'll re-image and update the OP and PackMan packages in due course.

JonAbbott wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:20 pm Some sectors are missing from the floppy image, I'll re-image and update the OP and PackMan packages in due course.

The disc images in the OP and the package have now been updated.

There's also an updated obey.zip which adds the invulnerability cheat to the boot script...see the HD install notes for details.

Thanks, tested it and got to the end, this is the message you get:



Not sure if it's a bug with the game itself (quite likely I imagine) or a result of the hack.

That reads:

GREAT FIGHT
BLASTON HAS
BEEN FINISHED
WATCH OUT
FOR THE
CARTOON LINE
THE NEXT
FYB PRODUCTION