CHUCK@NCSUVM.BITNET (01/18/87)
I recently bought an Amiga. Wonderful machine! Last night I went out and
got Marble Madness for it...superb game! It would be even better if it
would work right. It seems that when I get to the 3rd level at the point
where the waves start appearing, the screen starts to flicker. The
flickering gets steadily worse until the program dies (if i don't die
first). I've tried running it on the (supposedly) identical Amiga at
work, and there are no problems. I've also tried a different copy of the
program with no success, and my local dealer also has no idea of what the
problem could be. According to them, I should have all the latest firmware.
To add to the mystery, if I boot with my regular workbench disk and then
try running the game, which the instructions say not to do, the graphics
work fine & nothing crashes, but there is no sound!!
Needless to say, I'm thoroughly confused about this. Can any meditating
gurus out there help me? anyone else seen this happen? Thanx...
-Chuck Kesler
chuck@ncsuvm.BITNET
P.S.-- BTW, I have 512K and use KickStart 1.2, and the KickStart at work
is a copy of the one I have at home.ee173way@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz) (01/21/87)
Run a program like AVAIL to see how much memory you really have. Could be bad ram somewhere. Saw a problem like this before, a prototype 256k ram board that was not shielded caused a similar problem when its memory was accessed... If its brand new then take it back and exchange it! Don't wait- Good luck. John 7OHN