Total Eclipse II: The Sphinx Jinx

Total Eclipse 2
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First release	1989
Also known as	N/A
Developed by	Incentive Software, Major Developments
Published by	Incentive Software
Distributed by	Incentive Software
Platforms	Commodore64, ZX Spectrum, AmstradCPC
Resolution	320x200
Engine	Freescape
Support	Since ScummVM X.X.0
Available for Purchase	No

Total Eclipse 2 is an action/adventure game featuring scaling and rotating polygon graphics. Having successfully destroyed the evil shrine in Total Eclipse, your mission now, is to rebuild the mighty Sphinx that was destroyed in the ancient revolution. Its former greatness can only be restored before the Eclipse, which is now due in just one hour. You must locate and collect the 12 parts of the Sphinx that were hidden in the underground network of tunnels and cavers.

Installation

For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.

Total Eclipse was released in a number of platforms over the years. Depending on release you have, you need to extract and/or copy different files.

ZX Spectrum releases

If the ZX Spectrum release is from a tape, it should be saved first from the original cassette into a tzx file. Make sure you save the complete disk, not just a single program from it. Once the tape is saved, install tzxtools you will need to extract three files:

• The title screen image, which should be renamed as "totaleclipse2.zx.title" and has exactly 6912 bytes.
• The game data, which should be renamed as "totaleclipse2.zx.data" and is around 36 kbytes.
• The border image, which should be renamed as "totaleclipse2.zx.border" and has exactly 6912 bytes.

For instance, for the original Incentive release (1989), you can inspect their files using the tzxls command:

$ tzxls totaleclipse.tzx

...

5 Turbo Speed Data Block 6912 bytes of bogus header

6 Turbo Speed Data Block 36055 bytes of bogus header

7 Turbo Speed Data Block 6912 bytes of bogus header

In order to extract these files, use the tzxcat command:

tzxcat totaleclipse.tzx -b 5 > totaleclipse2.zx.title

tzxcat totaleclipse.tzx -b 6 > totaleclipse2.zx.data

tzxcat totaleclipse.tzx -b 7 > totaleclipse2.zx.border

Amstrad CPC releases

All the Amstrad CPC releases should be saved first from the original cassette/disk into a Extended dsk file.

Once the data is saved, use Disk Image Manager to open the image and extract the following files:

• te2.bi1

• te2.bi2

• te2.bi3

Make sure the files are extracted with header.

Other releases and demos

Commodore 64 release is still unsupported. There are no other known releases or demos. If you find an unsupported release or demo, please open an issue or contact us.

Guides and Walkthroughs

We compile a list of walkthroughs for different platforms:

• ZX Spectrum
• Amstrad CPC

External links

• Wikipedia article on Total Eclipse