[comp.sys.amiga.games] Populous/3000

seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) (06/15/91)

In article <1991Jun13.044148.23039@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) writes:
>The games should be runnable off a HD and on an accelerrated machine <although
>not necessarily speed up on an accelerated machine like Populous does on my
>friend's 3000 did>. 

??? You got Populous to run on a 3000??? HOW?
I've had this game for months, and I can only play it on other people's
computers. It's one of the things I liked most about rooming with a 500
owner.

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sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) (06/15/91)

In article <1991Jun15.061444.18173@news.stolaf.edu> seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) writes:
>In article <1991Jun13.044148.23039@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) writes:
>>The games should be runnable off a HD and on an accelerrated machine <although
>>not necessarily speed up on an accelerated machine like Populous does on my
>>friend's 3000 did>. 
>
>??? You got Populous to run on a 3000??? HOW?
>I've had this game for months, and I can only play it on other people's
>computers. It's one of the things I liked most about rooming with a 500
>owner.

Well *I* didnt get it to run. it just worked. However it was the 1st time I 
ever saw populous and asked my friend "why are the little men _running_ 
around?" and he said "thats the point. on a 500 they walk around, slowly..."

Apprantly it was really fast on a 3000, it may not be very playable as a
result. I suppose I can ask him what he did <he just popped in the disk and it
ran...>


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stefanb@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker) (06/17/91)

seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) writes:
>??? You got Populous to run on a 3000??? HOW?

Insert the Powermonger disk BEFORE you turn on the machine (or use a kickstart
removing tool). Powermonger seems only to run on the A3000 boot ROM (V36.16)

	Stefan

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hamilton@intersil.uucp (06/17/91)

In article <1991Jun15.061444.18173@news.stolaf.edu>, seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) writes:
> ??? You got Populous to run on a 3000??? HOW?

Use Project D to de-protect the disk, then copy the disk to a directory
on your harddisk (let's say "Pop").

Then write a script like this (let's call it "Populous"):

cd DH0:Pop
Assign sys: DH0:Pop   ; (I can't remember if this is necessary or not)
run NoFastMem ;kill fast ram so game runs near normal speed.
CPU nocache ; disables instruction cache to further slow down machine.
Populous ; the name of the Populous executable

This works for me...
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