The Patches Scrolls (1st december '95) [1/2]
Matthias Rauhut
Hello fellow gamers everywhere!
Several times a day a newsposting can be read: Where is a patch for
this or that game? Shouldn't anybody know where to find them?
Yes, anybody should - but not everybody could. To solve this
problem i'll once every 2 weeks post this letter with all
the patches i'm aware of. Sorry,this isn't exactly true.There are
some patches in the world from which i know there are they
located at, but haven't found the time to store them on my server
and/or in the list.
Common patches archives are at ftp.uml.edu , ftp.uwp.edu and
wuarchive.wustl.edu - this was so in the past.
Now a couple of games companies have joined Internet and created their
own ftp-areas which too cover game-updates (also called 'patches'). Names
like Electronic Arts, Microprose, Spectrum Holobyte, Apogee, Epic MegaGames,
Advanced Idea Machines, Papyrus Design, Maxis and Accolade come to mind.
But it's uncommon for gamers to just have one game or only buy games from
one particuliar company. So it's most likely you'll have to browse through
a couple of sites and locations regularly to find any new patches for your
games. Should this be the case? No, i think NOT! There is ONE place on the
whole Internet who (nearly) has them all - all patches available at the
Internet: ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de
You can find patches in /pub/ms-dos/games/patches - and more GUS-specific, in
/pub/ms-dos/sound/gravis/games
If speed is of concern for you (this and it's small userlimit are still
the main problems at my site), grab the files from our official american
mirror: ftp.cdrom.com! The whole ms-dos archive is mirrored at their site
in /pub/dresden - so have a look. Yes, game patches are in
/pub/dresden/games/patches... :)
Or you aussies can always go to ftp.midnight.com.au in /pub/dresden/patches
and download any patch.
Uploads - i'm talking about game patches here - should go to
/pub/incoming/ms-dos/games/patches . You can also upload to
ftp.cdrom.com, simly use /pub/dresden/incoming
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First - the THANK YOUs (in no particuliar order)
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Eric Grover
Teri Takamoto (a special BIG one to this lady!)
Sir Launcelot du Lake
Fabrice Timmermanns
Matthew Seidl & the other guys from cdrom.com
Chris Taylor from Interplay for being of so much help for us online-gamers
Brenda Garno from Sir-Tech (always the fastest replies)
Brian from Microprose (i've got my MPS-newsletter...)
Axel Wolf
John Gibb
Robert Spencer from PC Games Plus
and all the others i've missed, but who helped me in several ways...
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Some notes from the author (sort of a FAQ):
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Currently ALL new patches which i'm able to obtain will first be stored
on ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de in /pub/ms-dos/games/patches
Various mirrorsites pick them up from here and put those files on their
servers. These sites are (noted with directory as well)
ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/dresden/games/patches
ftp.midnight.com.au:/pub/dresden/patches
hub.tem.nctu.edu.tw:/Msdos/games/patches
I get my files from various sources (friends, companies, CDs, ftp-sites) and
for some reasons i have to convert all files into PkZip-archives. So if you
know other good game patches ftp sites you might find some of the patches i
cover in this list under another filename and with another filesize. Don't
worry, it should be the same patch.
I have included some of the major games companies ftp sites, so you can get
many patches even if all "dresden"-servers are busy. I might add more ftp sites
and maybe even http sites in the future.
Here is how all patches entries are handled in this list:
- ALL patches are for the (US-)English version of a game only if not
noted otherwise.
- You can upgrade ANY (US-English)version of a game to the latest version
with the provided patches. If you need any special version(number) to
upgrade to the latest patch, it's noted in the appended description of
its filename. e.g. dm12_19r.zip - DOOM! 1.2 to 1.9
- EVERY patch is for the releasemedium it usually comes on. So if a
game ONLY comes/came on diskette, this is not extra noted, if it
comes/came ONLY on CD-ROM, this too is not extra noted. But if versions
for both disk and/or CD exist (or whatever will be used for games
storage), I'll note that.
- If you need info when a patch was added to the archive, there are two
ways (and maybe more) to find out:
by ftp: do a 'ls -lt' in the specific directory
by WWW: read whatsnew.html on my webpage at
http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~mr2
I can't add this and all the other wanted information in my patches
scrolls since this would burst the file size into much bigger areas.
Maybe I'll add this info on my webpage but unless I get paid for that
not in the near future -- I have to finish my study some time...
To obtain the current patches scrolls, send me a mail
(m...@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de)
with subject 'send patches scrolls' and i'll automatically send it to you.
Use the FULL text, even if one character is wrong/missing it won't be send.
Never send a mail which includes 'test' - such mails will be automatically
wiped out!
IF you only want news on new patches with some additional information
on some patches (i try as hard as i can to obtain such information, but
in some cases it's impossible to get it in my limited spare time), you can
subscribe to G+ Magazine, which from now on will carry EXCLUSIVELY this
'column'. To subscribe to G+ you can either do that by sending a mail
with subject 'SUBSCRIBE G-PLUS' to nets...@midnight.com.au or subscribe
via their Webpage at http;//www.midnight.com.au
G+ is like most/all e-magazines so far, free of charge. You'll still have to
pay your telefone bill, but that's all.
My webpage at either http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~mr2 OR
http://www.cdrom.com/~mr2
carries only all available patches plus a few infos about changes/additions
to my archive in the past. It will not be a replacement for neither the
scrolls nor my patches news.
What i'm waiting for: Master of Orion 1.4, Clash of Steel 1.2 (1.1 is BUGGY)
and some patches for older 'classics' like Might&Magic series.
Will these things ever see the light of Internet?
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How to get files from my site
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by FTP:
ftp ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de
login as anonymous or ftp
password as usual (don't type 'usual'!)
cd /pub/ms-dos/games/patches
now GET your files
or use one of our mirrors:
a) ftp ftp.cdrom.com
login (see above)
password (see above)
cd /pub/dresden/games/patches
now GET your files
b) ftp ftp.midnight.com.au
login (see above)
password (see above)
cd /pub/dresden/patches
now GET your files
by FSP:
fsp 141.76.1.11 21
cd /pub/ms-dos/games/patches
GET your files
by ftp-by-mail:
if you don't know how this works:
send a mail with subject:help to ftp...@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de
by WWW:
connect to http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~mr2
or to http://www.cdrom.com/~mr2
choose the highlighted site you would like to download files from
click onto the file you want to own; wait... :)
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The list as of 30th november 1995
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Changes since 8th november:
* To say there is something new in this issue would be a major understatement.
I've got so many new patches (and many are still waiting to be added) i
cannot count them anymore. What's basicly new? The Antagonizer is done as
well
as a new Ascendancy update, Capitalism got a new patch and is already
waiting
for the next one to be out soon, C&C also known as Command & Conquer
outside
of Usenet got finally a non-beta patch and is now at 1.18p . SSI seem
to have plenty of spare time, since they provided us with a new 1.2
patch
for Great Naval Battles III after releasing the 4th game in this series.
Hardball V got his first (well, second, but the first one was soon
superseded) and unlike the new Tony LaRussa III patch it was put on the
net.
Shame on Electronic Arts! A few other major updates made it this time -
Mechwarrior II 1.1 was just released between it's Ghost Bear Clan Legacy
addon and netmech and Epic Megagames released it's promised final(?)
update
to One Must Fall : 2097 so it'll finally work for people in modemgames.
And again we have some regulars in this issue: welcome Harpoon Classic
for Windows 1.55d and Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks! 1.30
We even got a new patch for Warlords II Deluxe to 2.2.4 . Apart from
that
i've also added a couple of patches for older games like Creature Shock,
but
also some patches to minor new impacts on the gaming front like Werewolf
versus Comanche 2.01 .
* Some changes are a pity when you hear about them: the good ol' romulus site
is now dead and has been taken over on ftp.uwp.edu . So set your ftp's now
to ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games if you want to download Epic Megagames' or
Apogee' patches for instance.
* And now just for the record:
3butwh.zip - Witchhaven fixes (3-button mouse,CyberMaxx,I-Glasses)
antag.zip - Ascendancy (Antagonizer AI module,US-rel.)
antag_f.zip - Ascendancy (Antagonizer AI module,non-US rel.)
asc185.zip - Ascendancy 1.8.5
asc185f.zip - Ascendancy 1.8.5 (non-US rel.)
bi2_105.zip - Battle Isle II 1.05 (german rel.)
bolo_upd.zip - Bolo update (german rel.)
bride104.zip - Modern Bride 1.04
cap102.zip - Capitalism 1.02
capg102.zip - Capitalism 1.02 (german rel.)
cc118p.zip - Command & Conquer 1.07 to 1.18p
com201.zip - Werewolf VS Comanche 2.0 / Comanche 2.01
crshk10a.zip - Creature Shock 1.0a
duneup.zip - Dune II PAS-fix (CD-version)
fupat201.zip - Flight Unlimited 2.01 beta
gnb10_12.zip - Great Naval Battles III 1.0 to 1.2
gnb11_12.zip - Great Naval Battles III 1.1 to 1.2
hball511.zip - Hardball V 5.11
hell512k.zip - Hell fix for 512K graphic boards (uncensored v.)
hell_ger.zip - Hell translation fixes (german rel.)
lolwave.zip - Lands of Lore fix for Waveblaster
loom_rol.zip - Loom (Roland soundriver)
mddos150.zip - Monopoly Deluxe (for DOS) 1.0 to 1.5
mech2v11.zip - Mechwarrior II 1.1
omfup21.zip - One Must Fall: 2097 2.1
sam.zip - Sam & Max hit the road (new executable, 2nd december '93)
samcd.zip - Sam & Max hit the road fix (CD-version)
t7g_130.zip - The 7th Guest 1.30
tanks130.zip - Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks! 1.30 (inofficial!)
wer101.zip - Werewolf VS Comanche 2.0 / Werewolf 1.01
whrp155d.zip - Harpoon Classic for Windows 1.55d
(+ latest scenario editor version)
xcom_geo.zip - X-COM/UFO resource tree fix (beta)
* Go ahead - play the games again. Maybe with all these new patches you'll get
more excitement out of them. I'm going back to play another round of Worms...
(No, this is in no way an ad. Seriously. I just like that game so much.)
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Acknowledged sites locations
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1.) ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de A) /pub/ms-dos/games/patches
B) /pub/ms-dos/sound/gravis/games
2.) ftp.ea.com /pub/patches
3.) ftp.uwp.edu A) /pub/msdos/games/patches
B) /pub/msdos/games/apogee
C) /pub/msdos/games/epic
4.) ftp.netcom.com /pub/ac/accolade
5.) cactus.org A) /pub/falcon3/programs
B) /pub/hitech-sim/patches
6.) ftp.microprose.com A) /pub/mps-online/new-versions
B) /pub/sh-online/updates
7.) ftp.maxis.com /pub/maxis
8.) ftp.interplay.com /pub/patches
9.) ftp.bethsoft.com /pub/Patches
IP-numbers:
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ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de : 141.76.1.11
ftp.ea.com : 159.153.88.3
ftp.uwp.edu : 131.210.1.4
ftp.netcom.com : 192.100.81.1
cactus.org : 192.207.27.4
ftp.microprose.com : 199.99.75.30
ftp.maxis.com : 199.182.213.2
ftp.interplay.com : 204.33.90.2
ftp.bethsoft.com : 205.197.248.17
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Mirror-sites
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I) ftp.informatik.uni-rostock.de /pub/msdos/falcon3
(mirror of ftp.k9.com)
II) ftp.cdrom.com A) /pub/dresden/games/patches
B) /pub/dresden/sound/gravis/games
(mirror of ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de)
III) hub.tem.nctu.edu.tw /Msdos/games/patches
(mirror of ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de, partial)
IV) ftp.midnight.com.au /pub/dresden/patches
(mirror of ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de)
IP-numbers:
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ftp.informatik.uni-rostock.de : 139.30.5.246
ftp.cdrom.com : 192.216.191.11
hub.tem.nctu.edu.tw : 140.113.30.104
ftp.midnight.com.au : 203.14.168.18
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Companies on the net
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*Accolade ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ac/accolade
IP: 192.100.81.1
*Apogee ftp.swcbbs.com:/pub/apogee
IP: 204.68.200.2,129.63.16.2 ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games/Apogee
*Bethesda Softworks ftp.bethsoft.com
IP: 205.197.248.17
*Disneysoft ftp.caprica.com:/pub/disneysoft
IP: 198.180.167.10
*Electronic Arts (+ affiliates) ftp.ea.com
IP: 159.153.88.3
*Epic Megagames ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games/Epic
IP: 129.63.16.2
*ID ftp.idsoftware.com
IP: 192.246.40.6
*Interplay ftp.interplay.com:/pub/patches
IP: 204.33.90.2
*Maxis ftp.maxis.com:/pub/maxis
IP: 199.182.213.2
*Microprose ftp.microprose.com
IP: 199.99.75.30
*Papyrus Design ftp.std.com:/pub/vendors/papyrus
IP: 192.74.137.7
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