[comp.sys.amiga] world/sinbad

flocchini@deneb.UUCP (02/28/87)

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i just received world games by epyx and sinbad by cinemaware.
with my 9 year old at my side we tried a backup with marauderII
successful on world games not so on sinbad. the real problem is that
neither would run with my csa turbo box attached. this is the first
software in a long time that either does not like the 68020 or maybe
does not like the 14 megahertz. i also tried decigel ahead of world games
still no go. i then pulled of the turbo box and everything worked fine
i also should mention that it was not just the copies it was the original.
my point in posting is that i know there are a lot of people who did the
68010 upgrade and who cannot just pull the box. again i'm not sure if its
the chip or the speed but those are my observations. also i could not
get back on the machine for the rest of the night because my 9 year old
loved world games.
bob flocchini

eric@ulysses.UUCP (03/02/87)

Sinbad works fine on my 68010 +2.5Meg Amiga A1000 ... maybe they did
some nasty stuff like write self modifying code for their copy protection?
That would certainly break an '020 ...

Eric

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flocchini@deneb.UUCP (03/03/87)

> Sinbad works fine on my 68010 +2.5Meg Amiga A1000 ... maybe they did
> some nasty stuff like write self modifying code for their copy protection?
> That would certainly break an '020 ...
> 
> Eric
> 
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i should have been more specific. sinbad with the 68020 csa turbo box
does a guru ....4.0000A748. world game just stops during the load process.
the same is true with the original or the backup of world games. sinbad is
only with the distribution. i could not make a backup. i dont think it is
the memory because in neither case does the 32bit memory get added to the pool.
from eric's message it appears sinbad may be 68020 dependent. anybody try
world games on a 68010.thanks 
bob flocchini
i raised this because i really hate taking my machine apart to run different
software and it appears from the beginning attempts were made to be upward
compatible

eric@ulysses.UUCP (03/03/87)

I should have mentioned in my first article that World Games also
workd fine on my 68010 + 2.5Meg A1000 ...

Eric

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