cfg@grad10.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy) (07/10/90)
You would think I would have listened to all the problems with
Shadow of the Beast, etc., but this one looked good on the store shelf
and was in my price range so I bought it. Naturally, it does not run.
HELP!
I get the initial graphics screen of the alien pondering over a
globe of some sort, (though there is some slight flicker in the
picture - black spots under his right armpit flash white 3 times) and
then the screen goes black and after a second of disk whirring, I get
red letters on the black background telling me there is an "Error
reading Disk - check disk and hit fire to retry". Nothing works.
I have a fairly standard 2000 setup. 1 Meg RAM. Only unusual
stuff is Supra 2400zi modem and XT bridgeboard, but since the game
disk is used instead of a workbench, they should not be a problem. (Or
are they?)
Before I pack it up and return it (it was the only copy in the
store) and swear off Psygnosis forever, can anyone suggest a cause for
the problem or a solution? It looks like an interesting puzzle game.
Thanks in advance.
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In article <20696@duke.cs.duke.edu> cfg@grad10.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy) writes: > I get the initial graphics screen of the alien pondering over a >globe of some sort, (though there is some slight flicker in the >picture - black spots under his right armpit flash white 3 times) and >then the screen goes black and after a second of disk whirring, I get >red letters on the black background telling me there is an "Error >reading Disk - check disk and hit fire to retry". Nothing works. > > I have a fairly standard 2000 setup. 1 Meg RAM. Only unusual >stuff is Supra 2400zi modem and XT bridgeboard, but since the game >disk is used instead of a workbench, they should not be a problem. (Or >are they?) > I don't know about this game particularly but you seem to be relating exactly the same problem as I have had with many other games. The problem seems to lie with the 2000 itself. I also have a 2000 with an XT bridgeboard and also a 30M hardcard both of which I removed to try to get various games to run... NO JOY! My final, and very drastic solution was to go out and buy a 500 purely for running games. This has solved the problem, proving that the games themselves are not faulty, only written in a non portable way. There may be some Amiga experts out there who will blast my theory to pieces but this is the experience that I have had. It's bad news for 2000 owners but what can you do? -- Peter Bishop. <pjb@tcom.stc.co.uk> || ...!mcvax!ukc!stc!pjb STC TSD-E, Engineering Services, 20-22 Edinburgh Way, Harlow. Essex CM20 2DE Phone : +44 279 626626 x2795