Short : HD Installer for Joan of Arc / Jeanne d'Arc
Author: DJ Mike (djmike@crystalmike.com)
Version: 1.1
Type: game/patch
Requires: WHDLoad 18, 512k chip mem

This patch applies to "Joan of Arc" / "Jeanne d'Arc" © 1988 Chip Software.

Four versions are supported:
- English original release (SPS #2793)
- English "Siege + Sword" release (SPS #2318)
- French release
- German release (SPS #345) 

REQUIREMENTS

- Original disks or compatible disk images
  (Cracks have not been tested and are not supported)
- Slave requires WHDLoad 18+
- An installed Kickstart 1.3 image (+256k of memory to load it).
  It must be named "kick34005.A500" and located in "Devs:Kickstarts/"
  The image can be extracted from an A500 using a tool such as GrabKick,
  available from Aminet: util/misc/GrabKick.lha
  You must also have the file "kick34005.A500.RTB" in the same directory,
  available from Aminet: util/boot/skick343.lha
- Game requires 512k chip memory
  (+ approx 1.4MB other memory for preload option)

FEATURES

- Game loads fully from HD using real files
- Quit game at any time (default key F10), including on 68000 machines
- Rob Northen Copylock encryption removed on original English release
- Dongle protection removed from French release
- Manual protection removed from English "Siege + Sword" release
- Filenames with trailing '.' renamed for emulators, PC filesystems etc.
- Corruption in Chip logo fixed on fast machines
- 1/2 drive requester removed
- Savegames stored to disk
- Transition wipe effect fixed for fast machines
- Map screen jingle stops immediately when you select an option
- Optional skip introduction text screens (set CUSTOM1=1)
- Optional speed regulation added for very fast setups (set CUSTOM1=2)
- Trainers added - set CUSTOM2 with any of the following:
  +1 for infinite health in "Entry Into The Town" fight
  +2 for no pushback when hit in "Entry Into The Town"
  +4 for infinite health in "Battle in Open Country"
  +8 for infinite health in "Man to Man Combat"
  +16 to enable HELP key to win any of the fight subgames
- Color/New/Rom Icons included
- Manual included
- Source code included

HISTORY

Version 1.1 (2025-07-01)
- Trainers added

Version 1.0 (2025-06-28)
- Initial release

WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR

UPDATE 1st July: I couldn't resist delving into the minigames to add some
trainers, as it was quite fun working these out. It also makes it easier to
explore the rest of the game, as some of the fights really are quite tricky!
You can also enable "HELP to Win Fight" and press Help to instantly win any
of the fight scenarios.

Three of the releases were interesting for having a different protection
scheme in each - old Rob Northen encryption in one, manual protection in
another, and a dongle check in the French version!

The game is kind of interesting but the menu interfaces make it very long
winded to play. Unfortunately because the game is written in C it runs at a
crawl on any real Amiga. However, in emulation you may find it runs much too
quickly - the best fix for this is to turn on "Cycle Exact" mode as this
makes the speed of the game more faithful to a real machine.

However, should you find the game is still too quick, I have added an option 
to regulate the speed of all the scenarios to slow them down to a manageable
pace! This required quite a lot of work, as every single one is loaded as a
separate executable, and there are multiple sub-games!

Other than how incredibly slowly the game runs, there wasn't too much else
to fix, but I did tweak some filenames as trailing '.' doesn't play nicely
on modern filesystems.

I created a new OCR translation of the game manual for this install from the
original, as the only existing one I could find was incomplete.

There are quite a few releases of this game, so if you have an original that
doesn't work with this install please do get in touch and I can hopefully
add support for it.

This install is dedicated to StingRay, who sadly passed away last November,
and was one he unfortunately never got to finish and release. The Amiga 
community was forever enhanced by his considerable support, knowledge and
releases over the years. Rest in peace.

--- DJ Mike (28th June 2025)

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