Scorched Earth for Miyoo Mini 0.3.4

Scorched Earth 1.5 (Wendell Hicken, 1995) for the Miyoo Mini, Mini v4 and Mini Plus on OnionOS, running as native ARM code. This is the original game, not a remake: its own SCORCH.EXE was translated instruction by instruction into ARM code, and a small emulated PC supplies DOS, VGA, keyboard, mouse, timer and PC speaker.

New in 0.3.4

• More of the game runs as native ARM code. Some of its functions are reached only through pointers the game builds while it runs (among them the pixel plotting of the Riot Bomb's blast); 0.3.3 ran those in its interpreter, about 4.9 million instructions in a 7-minute session on the Mini. The recompiler now finds them, and the weapons that use them run fully native in testing.
• Nothing changes in how the game plays: in long recorded sessions the compiled code must match the interpreter exactly, on the PC and on ARM.

Install

1. Download scorched-emiyoolator-0.3.4.zip below.
2. Extract it to the root of your SD card. It holds a Roms folder that merges with the card's own.
3. On the Mini: Games > Ports > Strategy > Scorched Earth. If it is not listed yet, run ~Import ports in the Ports list.

To update later, extract the new zip the same way; your settings, market prices and saved games are kept. To remove the game, delete Roms/PORTS/Games/ScorchedEarth, Roms/PORTS/Shortcuts/Strategy/Scorched Earth.port and Roms/PORTS/Imgs/Scorched Earth.png.

Controls

Button	In the game
D-pad	aim and set the power (hold for fast changes), menus
A	fire, buy in the shop
B	back, cancel
X	next weapon
Y	OK, Done
L1 / R1, held	aim at half speed / one step per press
L2 / R2	power down / up fast, shop pages
START	system menu: save, restore, new game, quit
SELECT, tap	on-screen keyboard for names and the menus' hot keys
SELECT, hold	mouse pointer on the D-pad; tap MENU to click
MENU, hold 2 s	quit at once

The full list and a first-game walkthrough are in README.txt, installed next to the game.

The included game

The zip includes the shareware release of Scorched Earth 1.5, unmodified. Its manual says: "Feel free to upload the shareware version of Scorch to your favorite local BBS, and share it with your friends." Scorched Earth is (c) 1991-1995 Wendell Hicken. The port's own code is MIT licensed.

Notes

• Tested on a Miyoo Mini Plus with OnionOS 4.4.
• The game starts in 320x240, which fills the screen with readable text; 640x480 is in the Hardware menu.
• If something goes wrong, Roms/PORTS/Games/ScorchedEarth/scorch.log holds the log of the last run. Please attach it to an issue.

SHA-256 of the zip: e0d21fba9e688e5d8b74a7c669d320fee97b17cfa4f42927e013419efa5216f0

Scorched Earth for Miyoo Mini 0.3.3

Scorched Earth 1.5 (Wendell Hicken, 1995) for the Miyoo Mini, Mini v4 and Mini Plus on OnionOS, running as native ARM code. This is the original game, not a remake: its own SCORCH.EXE was translated instruction by instruction into ARM code, and a small emulated PC supplies DOS, VGA, keyboard, mouse, timer and PC speaker.

Install

1. Download scorched-emiyoolator-0.3.3.zip below.
2. Extract it to the root of your SD card. It holds a Roms folder that merges with the card's own.
3. On the Mini: Games > Ports > Strategy > Scorched Earth. If it is not listed yet, run ~Import ports in the Ports list.

To update later, extract the new zip the same way; your settings, market prices and saved games are kept. To remove the game, delete Roms/PORTS/Games/ScorchedEarth, Roms/PORTS/Shortcuts/Strategy/Scorched Earth.port and Roms/PORTS/Imgs/Scorched Earth.png.

Controls

Button	In the game
D-pad	aim and set the power (hold for fast changes), menus
A	fire, buy in the shop
B	back, cancel
X	next weapon
Y	OK, Done
L1 / R1, held	aim at half speed / one step per press
L2 / R2	power down / up fast, shop pages
START	system menu: save, restore, new game, quit
SELECT, tap	on-screen keyboard for names and the menus' hot keys
SELECT, hold	mouse pointer on the D-pad; tap MENU to click
MENU, hold 2 s	quit at once

The full list and a first-game walkthrough are in README.txt, installed next to the game.

The included game

The zip includes the shareware release of Scorched Earth 1.5, unmodified. Its manual says: "Feel free to upload the shareware version of Scorch to your favorite local BBS, and share it with your friends." Scorched Earth is (c) 1991-1995 Wendell Hicken. The port's own code is MIT licensed.

Notes

• Tested on a Miyoo Mini Plus with OnionOS 4.4.
• The game starts in 320x240, which fills the screen with readable text; 640x480 is in the Hardware menu.
• If something goes wrong, Roms/PORTS/Games/ScorchedEarth/scorch.log holds the log of the last run. Please attach it to an issue.

SHA-256 of the zip: cca249d655868359dd38021c0d36b13504ee6aec568c121ef1bece27fd9bc116