Content for everyone

• Overview over the releases and variants of the game
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Cheats and Glitches
• Compatibility issues
  • Test results
  • Installing on a PCem Virtual Machine
  • Installing on a DOSBox Virtual Machine
• German Censored version
• Known bugs
• Inofficial patch / bugfixes
• Extracted content:
  • All graphics of the English version
  • All graphics of the German version
  • All graphics of Special Edition
  • All graphics of Macintosh port
  • Mouse cursors
  • Soundtrack
  • Miscellaneous
• Walkthrough / Solutions
• How scoring works
• Hidden and unused stuff in the game:
  • Hidden dialog boxes
  • Hidden configuration
  • Unused graphics
  • Unused videos
  • Unused audio files
• Macintosh port
• Reviews at magazines
• Credits and Staff

Technical stuff

• Analysis of BLOWNAWY.SAV savegame
• Helicopter codeword bugfix
• Scoring bugfixes
• Phonegame analysis and patch
• How to disassemble
• Analysis of BLOWNAWY.ART
  • Artfile variants
  • Packer/Unpacker written in C
  • All original ART files
  • Statistics
• Statistic of the used codecs in the game
• Analysis of the IPMA codec
• Analysis of ANIMDLL.DLL
• Technology overview

Links

• Blown Away at mobygames.com
• Blown Away at The Cutting Room Floor
• Archived web site of Imagination Pilots
• Article at IMDb
• Blown Away at world-of-fmv.de (in German)
• Blown Away at fmvworld.com
• Blown Away at The Collection Chamber
• "Grid Game" inspired card game for Windows

YouTube Videos

• Game trailer (English)
• Game review by fmvgamer2010
• Longplay video by Frank Minichini (KingOfApoc)
• Speedrun video by Frank Minichini (KingOfApoc)
• Let's Play by FlettyTube (German): YouTube, Twitch
• Let's Play by RetrogradeTom
• Let's Play by Buggynautin (German)
• Walkthrough (No Commentary) by Andrea Pannocchia
• Walkthrough (No Commentary) by ZXGAMER22

Compatibility test results

Blown Away and Panic in the Park

PCem

Configuration: i486DX/50, ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64 GX), Sound Blaster AWE32, 32 MB Memory

Windows 95
Works perfectly! See an install tutorial here

DOSBox

Windows 3.11
Works perfectly! See an install tutorial here

Virtual PC 2007

Configuration: Windows 98 SE, 2 GB HDD, Game on CD or HDD

Windows 98 without Guest Addons
Works!
Bad: Some sound issues, e.g. cut off sounds at Blown Away's xylophone game

Windows 98 with Guest Addons installed
Unplayable
Intro videos work; main screens stay dark (DOS cursor visible). Even with Acceleration=none

Windows 3.11
Unplayable
Bad: Clock is really messed up. Videos are turbo. Also the normal game (background sounds) is turbo, and the system crashes due to overload.
Bad: All pictures/rooms are black

VMware Player

Configuration: 8 GB HDD, Game on CD

Windows 95/98/Me with Guest Addons installed
Works partially!
On one machine: All videos are lagging, not fluid. On all machines: System crash if videos are played full-screen (need to disable full screen in Config.ini)

VirtualBox

Configuration: 2 GB HDD, Game on CD

Windows 98 with SciTech Display Doctor
Works partially!
Bad: Videos are out of sync (videos run too fast, therefore the video ends before the sound is fully played). Even with Acceleration=none

Windows 3.11 with WinGroove, Game on HDD
Works partially!
Bad: Videos are VERY out of sync (motions running too fast)
Bad: Clock somehow buggy - time in puzzles goes too slow.

Native computers

IBM thinkpad T21 (2647)

Configuration: Intel Pentium 3, 512 MB RAM, S3 Graphics Savage/IX (SSVID=1014, 8 MB internal DAC), Crystal SoundFusion, 20 GB HDD

Windows Me
Works partially!
Requires graphic hardware acceleration 0, otherwise General Protection Fault (Blown Away: c1xx:0002a4e4; Panic in the Park: c1xx:00026b28)!
Bad: Transparent AVIs (ipma) are buggy/black.

Dell OptiFlex XL 575 Desktop PC

Configuration: S3 Vision 864 PCI, Creative Sound Blaster 16 Plug&Play, Liteon CD-ROM LTN301.

Windows 98SE
Works perfectly!

Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200

Configuration: 65 MB RAM, Intel Pentium Pro 500 MHz CPU, S3 Savage/IX w/MV, 8 MB internal DAC

Windows 95
Works partially!
Requires graphic hardware acceleration 0 or 1, otherwise General Protection Fault (Blown Away: c1xx:0002a4e4; Panic in the Park: c1xx:00026b28)!
Bad: Transparent AVIs (ipma) are buggy/black.