>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GIGABASE 2012 (2011) [MULTI] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< TECH INFOS Program Type: Emulators, Games And Demos Language: MULTI Release Year: 2011 Archive Dimension: 135 GB Splitted Archive: Yes (1351 Files) Packer: WinRAR v4.0 Password: MKP_2011 EMULATED SYSTEMS AMSTRAD CPC: 4.487 ROMs ATARI 800 XL: 6.378 ROMs ATARI ST: 3.125 ROMs BBC4: 1.559 ROMs COLECOVISION: 151 ROMs COMMODORE AMIGA DEMOS: 21.088 ROMs COMMODORE AMIGA GAMES: 4.953 ROMs COMMODORE 64 DEMOS: 7.226 ROMs COMMODORE 64 GAMES: 21.000 ROMs GAMEBOY ADVANCE: 2.880 ROMs GAMEBOY COLOR: 556 ROMs LASERDISC: 22 ROMs NEC TG16/PC ENGINE: 409 ROMs NEO GEO: 117 ROMs NINTENDO N64: 307 ROMs NINTENDO NES: 765 ROMs NINTENDO SNES: 727 ROMs ORIC: 334 ROMs PHILIPS MSX: 1.954 ROMs PHILIPS MSX2: 783 ROMs SEGA GENESIS: 739 ROMs SEGA MASTER SYSTEM: 535 ROMs SEGA MEGA CD: 407 ROMs SHARP X68000: 1276 ROMs SINCLAIR SPECTRUM: 11.089 ROMs Have you ever imagined a huge frontend with 25 pre-installed and perfectly emulated systems, completed with any existing ROM, with any possible addon humanly detectable, ready-to-use by a mere click? Well, if there wasn't anything like this before today, now there is Gigabase 2012, a 92867 titanic ROMs collection! I and my team have spent months and months to assemble and program this colossal work, writing each script and each BAT file with exceptional care, in order to obtain fully automated and very easy operations. We also found the best and up-to-date emulators with original BIOSes, and every possible extra for each existing ROM (screenshots, manuals, artworks, maps, instructions, posters, movies, musics, and so on). Each system has been thoroughly checked and tested to make this creation something magnificent and definitive, so that it'd surely remain in the mind of nostalgic fans for a long, long time! We have also recreated a vintage look as much similar as possible to the old monitors by setting the correct scanlines and applying the best appropriate filters in order to avoid the annoying blocky pixels that inevitably show up in today's high-definition monitors. This vintage look was calibrated and tested on a 23-inch monitor 16:10 1920x1200 resolution. At different resolutions some parameters should be modified a little. Regarding the keys mapping, we have used the function keys (mainly F1 and F12), the number keys (from 1 to number 5), the ESC key, the space bar, CTRL, ALT, RETURN, and obviously the four directional arrows. For the consoles, the typical six buttons PAD have been remapped to the ASDZXC keys. Good GIGAplaying, dudes (and dudettes)! ;) HOW TO INSTALL THE GIGABASE PACKAGE - Create in the c:\ partition a directory called "PROGS" and another one called "PARK"; - Unpack the Gigabase archive into the directory PARK; - Unpack and execute the "Gamebase Setup v1.3.exe" that you will find inside the UTILS directory, making sure to install it inside the PROGS folder; - At the end of the installation process, check wheter a subdir called GAMEBASE has been created inside the PROGS folder; - DO NOT run the program; - Now take the previously unpacked PROGS dir into the PARK folder and move it over the PROGS folder where you have just installed the gamebase setup, overwriting files when requested; - Double click the Gamebase icon on your desktop and rearrange the window size to fully display all the inside icons. Every time you launch an emulator, it will pop up a small window that contains some tips, tricks and suggestions: if you dislike it, uncheck the box at the bottom of the window, then magnify the window of every emulator to full screen. I suggest you to set VIEW > LIST instead of DETAILS, so that you can see more titles inside the same window EMULATORS NOT WORKING If you have an operating system freshly installed, probably you're missing some files, drivers or libraries that may cause crashes or malfunctioning. We tested the complete package on just installed Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and Windows Seven Ultimate 32 bit, and we have had some emulators not working due to: - Missing or outdated video drivers; - Missing VB Runtimes; - Missing Direct X. Specifically, the systems that created those kind of problems were: - AMIGA (DirectX Runtimes error); - GAME BOY COLOR (The xaudio2 interface failed to initialize); - SNES (missing D3DX9_38.DLL); Inside the UTILS directory, you can find all the toolkits needed to solve almost any issue. We do not recommend that you execute this package on systems running Windows XP or below, because we noticed some serious emulation problems (especially with SNES and N64). WinUAE EMULATOR The first time you launch the Amiga emulator WinUAE, it will not detect kickstarts BIOS. From the WinUAE window press F12 to access the emulator parameters menu, select PATHS, and in the SYSTEM ROMS windows type: "C:\Progs\gamebase\Demobase Amiga\Emulator\WinUAE\Kickstart\", then press RESCAN ROMS, and finally close the settings windows: the emulator is ready. Since the pointer arrow is trapped by default inside the WinUAE emulation window, you can press the keys combination ALT + TAB in order to switch it back to the usual windows environment. If during the execution of a game you are prompted to insert another disk, please press F12 to access the WinUAE configuration window. From the left window, select FLOPPY DRIVERS, from the right one select the virtual drivers check boxes DF1:, DF2:, etc. which already contains the disk images that will be loaded automatically once requested. After a few seconds WinUAE will restart to read the datas from the virtual external drivers. If nothing happens after a certain period, it means that the game is waiting for an external input, so please press either the mouse button or the keyboard fire button. Note: Some games, especially the older ones, will not detect external drives, so you have to work only with the virtual drive DF0. This is the procedure: select and copy to clipboard the complete path of the last loaded image disk (I.E.: c:\progs\gamebase\amiga\games\a\agony_disk1.zip), then press EJECT (the input text will be deleted), finally past the entire string and replace the word DISK1 with the word DISK2 (such as: c:\progs\gamebase\amiga\games\a\agony_disk2.zip), and then press OK. Again, if nothing happens after a certain amount of time, please press either the mouse button or the keyboard fire button. REALSPECTRUM EMULATOR The REALSPECTRUM emulator will be set to be used with the Kempston joystick interface, so once you have launched it, press F4 and select KEMPSTON CURSOR KEYS (RETURN). When you play with games that have the KEMPSTON JOYSTICK option available in the main menu, please select it: in such a way you will manage to enable the 4 directional arrows movements, and the ALT and CONTROL keys for fire or other commands. DAPHNE EMULATOR The DAPHNE laser disc emulator use the "5" key to insert coin credits, the four arrow keys for movements and the ESC and SHIFT keys for fire or other commands. OTHER EMULATORS The remaining emulators are already fully configured and easy to use. USE OF THE PARITY FILES Download the program QuickPar from this site: http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download.htm and install it; - Select the folders with the parity files, but not download it (disable it, or put them on hold); - Now, if you want to examine the integrity/completeness of each set before to unpack it, please download the three folders with the smallest parity files inside (respectively, 177.88 KB, 177.88 KB, and 138.51 KB); - Copy the three files that you will find inside their respective folders into the directory containing all the files ready to be unpacked (no subfolders allowed); - Double click the first file and wait for the checking: if all the icons on the left become green, Your set is OK, otherwise if you see yellow icons (files corrupt or incomplete) or red icons (missing files) it means that you need some repairing files; - At the end of the check, the program QuickPar will tell you how many blocks you need to repair the current set. The number of blocks available for each file is the number written after the "plus" sign. For example, if you need 5 blocks, you should download the file: "Gigabase 2012_0001_0500.vol06+5.PAR2", but if you need 7 blocks, you will download the file "Gigabase 2012_0001_0500.vol01+2 PAR2" too: parity files are cumulative. Remember that there is no reason to download more blocks than the necessary ones; - Once the QuickPar show all green icons, repeat the same operation for each of the two remaining sets. When all the three sets are checked and eventually repaired, the archive is ready to be depacked. Tested and certified virus free with Avira Premium Security Suite running under Windows Vista 32bit Ultimate Service Pack 2. DOWNLOAD LINKS SET 1 http://linksave.in/19009111554e781f5560c18 DOWNLOAD LINKS SET 2 http://linksave.in/4575031644e782003ed871 DOWNLOAD LINKS SET 3 http://linksave.in/6124555054e78208bd603e DOWNLOAD LINKS PARITY FILES SET http://linksave.in/15838095884e788b0057d3b