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

Phonegame technical analysis

Technical Analysis of the Phone Game at Blown Away, including Bugfix
====================================================================

The phone game (first puzzle at the bomb van) has 16 different variants.

The puzzle can be solved by either finding the missing integer rotation,
or by taking the average. The solution is hard coded, meaning sometimes
you need to try multiple solutions to find the correct one.

Example for a rotation solution:
349 ... 934 . The solution is 493, because this is one of the missing rotations.

Examples for an average solution:
532 ... 990 . The solution is 761, because this is the average between 532 and 990.


The variants and their solutions are hardcoded in BLOWNAWY.EXE at offset 0x5FFAC :

--------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------+-----------------------
Offset  | Hex data in the EXE file                | InGame solution | Method           | Comment
--------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------+-----------------------
0x5FFD4 | 01 00 00 00   7A 00 00 00   07 01 00 00 |  001  122  263  | Average number?? | Probably with a bug?! Solution is 122 (0x7A), but average is 132 (0x84)
0x5FFE0 | 66 01 00 00   EB 00 00 00   70 00 00 00 |  358  235  112  | Average number   |
0x5FFEC | 71 01 00 00   CB 01 00 00   25 02 00 00 |  369  459  549  | Average number   |
0x5FFF8 | F0 02 00 00   E7 02 00 00   DE 02 00 00 |  752  743  734  | Average number   |
0x60004 | 15 00 00 00   D2 00 00 00   66 00 00 00 |  021  210  102  | Integer rotation |
0x60010 | 24 00 00 00   93 00 00 00   02 01 00 00 |  036  147  258  | Average number   |
0x6001C | 4A 01 00 00   AF 01 00 00   14 02 00 00 |  330  431  532  | Average number   |
0x60028 | 7B 00 00 00   91 00 00 00   A7 00 00 00 |  123  145  167  | Average number   |
0x60034 | DD 00 00 00   A6 01 00 00   6F 02 00 00 |  221  422  623  | Average number   |
0x60040 | 3B 02 00 00   9D 00 00 00   CB 02 00 00 |  571  157  715  | Integer rotation |
0x6004C | 91 00 00 00   ED 00 00 00   47 01 00 00 |  145  237  327  | Average number?? | Probably with a bug?! Solution is 237 (0xED), but average is 236 (0xEC).
0x60058 | 14 02 00 00   F9 02 00 00   DE 03 00 00 |  532  761  990  | Average number   |
0x60064 | 26 02 00 00   F0 02 00 00   BA 03 00 00 |  550  752  954  | Average number   |
0x60070 | 19 01 00 00   B9 01 00 00   35 03 00 00 |  281  441  821  | Average number?? | Probably with a bug?! Solution is 441 (0x1B9), but average is 551 (0x227).
0x6007C | 5D 01 00 00   ED 01 00 00   A6 03 00 00 |  349  493  934  | Integer rotation |
0x60088 | 86 00 00 00   E1 00 00 00   3A 01 00 00 |  134  225  314  | Average number?? | Probably with a bug?! Solution is 225 (0xE1), but average is 224 (0xE0).
--------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------+-----------------------

Before this array comes data that belong to the "Find a word" puzzle (coordinates etc).
After this array, there comes more data, which are no solutions. Instead, they are e.g. coordinates of the pressed button graphics.

The array contains 16 variants:
- 3 variants are valid integer rotations
- 4 variants are were probably meant to be average solutions, but they are wrong!
- 9 variants are valid average solutions

The 4 errors are probably bugs, so I have created a patch of BLOWNAWY.EXE which solves these average solutions:
This patch will be included in my inofficial patch.

Search:
	01 00 00 00 7A 00 00 00 07 01 00 00 66 01 00 00 EB 00 00 00 70 00 00 00
	71 01 00 00 CB 01 00 00 25 02 00 00 F0 02 00 00 E7 02 00 00 DE 02 00 00
	15 00 00 00 D2 00 00 00 66 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 93 00 00 00 02 01 00 00
	4A 01 00 00 AF 01 00 00 14 02 00 00 7B 00 00 00 91 00 00 00 A7 00 00 00
	DD 00 00 00 A6 01 00 00 6F 02 00 00 3B 02 00 00 9D 00 00 00 CB 02 00 00
	91 00 00 00 ED 00 00 00 47 01 00 00 14 02 00 00 F9 02 00 00 DE 03 00 00
	26 02 00 00 F0 02 00 00 BA 03 00 00 19 01 00 00 B9 01 00 00 35 03 00 00
	5D 01 00 00 ED 01 00 00 A6 03 00 00 86 00 00 00 E1 00 00 00 3A 01 00 00
Replace with:
	01 00 00 00 84 00 00 00 07 01 00 00 66 01 00 00 EB 00 00 00 70 00 00 00
	71 01 00 00 CB 01 00 00 25 02 00 00 F0 02 00 00 E7 02 00 00 DE 02 00 00
	15 00 00 00 D2 00 00 00 66 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 93 00 00 00 02 01 00 00
	4A 01 00 00 AF 01 00 00 14 02 00 00 7B 00 00 00 91 00 00 00 A7 00 00 00
	DD 00 00 00 A6 01 00 00 6F 02 00 00 3B 02 00 00 9D 00 00 00 CB 02 00 00
	91 00 00 00 EC 00 00 00 47 01 00 00 14 02 00 00 F9 02 00 00 DE 03 00 00
	26 02 00 00 F0 02 00 00 BA 03 00 00 19 01 00 00 27 02 00 00 35 03 00 00
	5D 01 00 00 ED 01 00 00 A6 03 00 00 86 00 00 00 E0 00 00 00 3A 01 00 00