schur@venera.ISI.EDU (Sean Schur) (07/02/90)
Well, I got my 3000 this weekend. I've started trying out software and I have a preliminary list of some things that won't run on the 3000. I apologize that this list is all games. My time on the machine has been spent transferring my hard drive from my 2000 to the 3000. My roommate has been trying out games. The following won't run on the 3000: Speedball won't load at all Shadow Of The Beast loads up fine, but as soon as gameplay starts, it freezes Dark Century won't load at all (bad game anyway) Black Magic loads to title screen, then freezes TestDrive II: The Duel the game runs, but the graphics glitch pretty badly. This might be the 3000 or it could be the multisync monitor which I didn't have before either. Batman: The Movie the game runs fine, but the graphics glitch in bizarre ways. I don't think this is the multisync because floors and walls seem to appear and disappear at random. All of these were started from a COLD boot. That means it is non-compatability with the hardware, not 2.0 OS. The following ran fine with no ill effects: Zany Golf Falcon Contrary to some discussion here this FalconMission works fine. As a matter of fact it runs considerably faster than on a stock 2000 I even got to play with the head to head mode while I temporarilly had two machines. Harrier Mission The only utility I have really tried is Atalk which I'm using to transfer my hardisk. It seems to work fine using 2.0 or 1.3. This is a preliminary breakdown. I am going to try some different things with the things that don't work. In the coming week I am going to do some major testing of EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink (I already know that works with the 3000). I do a lot of work with graphics and animation so I will be able to provide a pretty good breakdown in that arena. I also run quite a bit of PD software so I'll be able to let some of the PD developers what runs with 2.0 OS and the 3000. I would also like to invite other new 3000 owners to make similar postings of thier findings. Stay tuned for further updates. ============================================================================== \ / \ \ / / Sean Schur \ \ / / \ \/ / USENET: schur@isi.edu \ /a\mpyr/ Compuserve: 70731,1102 \/ \ / ideo Plink: OSS259 \/ ==============================================================================
givler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Greg Givler - Product Assurance) (07/03/90)
In article <14147@venera.ISI.EDU> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes: >Well, I got my 3000 this weekend. I've started trying out software and I have a >The following won't run on the 3000: > > Speedball won't load at all > Shadow Of The Beast loads up fine, but as soon as gameplay > starts, it freezes This is probably a problem with the 030 data cache and copy protection. > Dark Century won't load at all (bad game anyway) > Black Magic loads to title screen, then freezes > > TestDrive II: The Duel the game runs, but the graphics glitch > pretty badly. This might be > the 3000 or it could be the > multisync monitor which I > didn't have before either. > Batman: The Movie the game runs fine, but the graphics > glitch in bizarre ways. I don't > think this is the multisync > because floors and walls seem > to appear and disappear at > random. > > The graphics problems we have seen seem to be 030 related. I would recommend that you contact the makers of these programs some may have versions that work with the 3000, others may be working on solutions. Check with your software manufacturers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Givler | Q-Link: GregGivler Analyst - Systems Evaluation Group | CompuServe: Greg Givler 76702,647 Commodore Product Assurance | GEnie: G.Givler 215-431-9100 | The NET: givler@cbmvax.commodore.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm a Hawk, you're a Tiger... We're our own Zoo" -- Countess Charlotte Malcolm -- From the Musical -- _A_Little_Night_Music_ -- By Stephen Sondheim -- ===============================================================================