cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman ) (05/31/89)
Well, my spanking new SE/30 is here, and most stuff seems to work just fine. The problems I have encountered with games are not half as bad as I have been led to believe but I would like to share them with you anyway. 1) Beyond Dark Castle - This is *NOT* a complaint. Actually it works just fine, well, better then fine as it doesn't require me to boot from a no-INIT disk anymore! Just like on a MacII! 2) Arkanoid - The game *DOES* work on a MacII but not on a SE/30. I looked through it with Nosy and found that it checks for machine type with _SysEnvirons, it compares to 4 and assumes an "old" machine if they don't match. Anyway, I patched it to compare to 7 (SE/30) and now it starts but dies without ever displaying anything. 3) Apache Strike - no go. Again, I looked through it, patched a few calls (mostly to sound and those that check that an alternate buffer is available). Result: game starts, even "plays" but the flying display is missing. It will play the sounds of battle as well as navigate (blindly) but not show you anything. 4) Crystal Quest (2.2c) complains that there are problems and asks if I want to take a chance and continue. I answer that I do and the game works except that (1) no sound is generated and (2) the mouse movement seems a little sluggish. Any help with any of the above will be appreciated. The only other program that doesn't work too well, and it isn't even a program, is BackDrop. So, Tim, when do you release a version that works on a SE/30 as well? One more problem which might just be me is Clipboard Magician which blows up on some functions. Since I never tried it on anything but a Mac SE/30 this might be a general bug rather then a SE/30 compatibility bug. - Yossie -- Yossie Silverman What did the Caspian sea? National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel) - Saki UUCP: cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM NSA LSD FBI KGB PCP CIA MOSAD NUCLEAR MI5 SPY ASSASSINATE SDI -- OOCLAY ITAY
jsp@key.COM (James Preston) (06/02/89)
In article <1789@taux01.UUCP> cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM ( Yossie Silverman ) writes: > [games that don't work on an SE/30] >4) Crystal Quest (2.2c) complains that there are problems and asks > if I want to take a chance and continue. I answer that I do and > the game works except that (1) no sound is generated and (2) the > mouse movement seems a little sluggish. Hmmm, my SE/30 runs Crystal Quest just fine; no complaints or messages, complete with sound. I'll see if I can remember to check my version and see if it's 2.2c or not. About the sluggish mouse movement: Do you realize that the mouse does not directly control your player? It's more of a velocity controller. I suspect that what you call "sluggish" is actually the correct behavior. A few games to add to the "not on an SE/30" list: 1) Dark castle. Strange complaints about memory. 2) GATO. Totally dead. 3) Falcon 2.0. The heads up display has the most annoying flicker. I actually called Spectrum Holobyte about this, and they said they were working on the problem, and put my name on a list of people to receive the upgrade when they'd fixed it. That was over a month ago. 4) MacinTalk. MacNoTalk. (Orbiter without the voice of Mission Control is surprisingly less interesting to play.) The Mac "gurus" that I've talked to say that Macintalk is an unsupported product. Am I totally SOL here, or is there some kind soul out there in MacLand who can offer me some hope? --James Preston
moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (06/04/89)
In article <851@key.COM> jsp@penguin.key.COM (James Preston) writes: >A few games to add to the "not on an SE/30" list: > >2) GATO. Totally dead. Try it under MultiFinder -- seems to work for me. (Strangest fix I've ever seen...) "I believe in going to church every Sunday ... unless there's a game on." -- Steve Martin --- Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, hplsla, thebes, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>