[comp.sys.mac.games] Getting Arkanoid to Run

lef@raybed2.ray.com (LEE FYOCK) (06/27/90)

Is there a way to get Arkanoid to run "normally", that is, to run
without having to restart and disable all inits, put macsbug somewhere
else, etc?  Arkanoid and Apache Strike (and I hear the Dark Castle
pair does the same thing) complain about "high bytes" being used.
Since I updgraded to 2.5 Meg (Mac Plus), you'd figure they could get
whatever amount of memory they need.  Does this have to do with the
alternate sound/screen buffers?  Is there an easier way to get these
babies to run?  (Is there a way to keep Macsbug from loading on
startup?)

Thanks!

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Lee Fyock                             Raytheon, MSD
lef@swlvx6.msd.ray.com                Advanced Systems Section
         "The software we write never completes.
          It runs until the chip vaporizes."

frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (06/28/90)

In article <1650@raybed2.msd.ray.com) lef@raybed2.ray.com (LEE FYOCK) writes:
)Is there a way to get Arkanoid to run "normally", that is, to run
)without having to restart and disable all inits, put macsbug somewhere
)else, etc?  Arkanoid and Apache Strike (and I hear the Dark Castle
)pair does the same thing) complain about "high bytes" being used.
...

I can only get it to run by booting from its diskette.
-- 
Frank Kolnick,
Basis Computer Systems Inc.
UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank

jacobson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (06/30/90)

Just today I found out how to get Arknoids running on my hard drive of my
SE without having to boot from a floppy. I removed all my inits/cdevs
and of course it would run. Then put them back one at a time till I found
that only one of the many I have seemed to conflict, that was Backdrop!.
With Backdrop removed I now can run Arknoids from my SE's hard drive. None
of my other inits or CDEV's seemed to conflict with it. Don't know if this
will help but if you have Backdrop in your System folder try removing it 
alone and see if you can boot from your hard drive without conflict.
 
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