The Core Demo Disc contains previews of four Saturn games from Core Design, the developers behind Tomb Raider. One of the previews is of Fighting Force, a game that was never released for the Saturn.
The Fighting Force preview is a "rolling demo." That is, it's not playable: scenes from two stages are shown with scripted inputs. They show a prototype version of the game: what's visible is visibly different from the final Playstation version.
These patches make both stages playable. A writeup with technical details is available at my website.
Notes:
Apply the patches with Delta Patcher. For the first stage:
For the second stage:
Note that you'll need to patch a fresh copy of the original .bin file each time; you can't patch and already-patched image.
The Fighting Force preview is a "rolling demo." That is, it's not playable: scenes from two stages are shown with scripted inputs. They show a prototype version of the game: what's visible is visibly different from the final Playstation version.
These patches make both stages playable. A writeup with technical details is available at my website.
Notes:
- Collision doesn't work - you can walk through obstacles and out of bounds
- Finishing stages doesn't work - after defeating all enemies, the game freezes
- The game can sometimes get stuck when you grab an enemy; you'll need to restart if this happens
Apply the patches with Delta Patcher. For the first stage:
- Original file: Core Demo Disc (Europe) (Track 1).bin
- XDelta patch: core-demo-disc-force-01.xdelta
For the second stage:
- Original file: Core Demo Disc (Europe) (Track 1).bin
- XDelta patch: core-demo-disc-force-02.xdelta
Note that you'll need to patch a fresh copy of the original .bin file each time; you can't patch and already-patched image.
