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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3592.0. "Dragon's Lair II demo?" by EUCLID::OWEN (It's Just a Madhouse Anyway) Mon Mar 19 1990 16:23

    
    Does anyone have the Dragon's Lair II demo?  Is it here somewhere? 
    Maybe someone could upload it if not, eh?
    
    I've heard this thing requires 3 megs to run, and will have better
    sound if you have the 1meg fat agnes chip.
    
    Later...
    Steve
    
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3592.1....Superb!WOTVAX::HARRISCA reason to be cheerful!Tue Mar 20 1990 09:324
    If you mean 'SPACE ACE' (Which I think is DL II), then the demo will
    run on 500k machines.
    
    Don't know if it is on-line though!
3592.2not space aceSALEM::LEIMBERGERTue Mar 20 1990 12:096
    the program is "escape from Si???? Castle" The demo takes 3meg.The
    game is supposed to play different every set,offer better save,and several
    other options.They have it installed on a hard disk at System Eyes.
    The ability to put it on a hard disk is a step in the right direction.
    It comes on a 5 disk set,and is priced similar to Space Ace.
    								bill
3592.3Is it the original demo you want?ENOVAX::BARRETTOf Optical Mice and Men...Tue Mar 20 1990 14:153
    I have the original Dragon's Lair Demo. It requires 3MB memory to run
    normally, but will run in 1MB without the sound. If you want it, I'll
    upload it.
3592.4KURMA::GAITKENHEADMeat Cleaver LobotomyTue Mar 20 1990 18:3313
    Re .02
    Here is some info on "Escape from singe Castle"....
    The actual game runs on 512K or 1Mb >. If your playing it on a 512K
    machine the there is no sound, no birth-death sequence and no
    multi-tasking. With a meg or more you get all these and more !!
    The sound is sampled straight off the arcade machine, there are loads
    of options like 3,4 or 5 lives, easy medium or hard skill level, a save
    game option, install to hard drive, link the game with "Dragon's lair I
    ,etc, etc (the list goes on). I don't need to mention the graphics !!!!
    It seems much more playable than Space ace.
    
    						Geo.
    
3592.5BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Mar 21 1990 01:426
    re:.4
    
    what is the link to Dragon's Lair I?  Does it let you load that onto
    the harddisk and multitask with it?
    
    -Dave
3592.6KIRKTN::GAITKENHEADMeat Cleaver LobotomyWed Mar 21 1990 03:369
    I'm not very sure of the way the link is achieved but I know it's main
    purpose is to provide the full game (all the screens from the arcade
    machine). As loading to the harddisk and multitasking is possible with
    the new game I would think that a linked game would also manage to
    achieve this. Were these options not available for the first Dragon's
    lair ???? I must confess that I haven't seen or played the first one.
    
    						George
    
3592.7BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Mar 21 1990 20:5710
    Dragon's Lair I looks like it grabbed the hardware and had a custom
    loader that could handle large tracks.
    
    No Hardisk or multitasking support.  But is did support the extra 265K
    RAM in the A1000 (used it's own stuff instead of the Kickstart)
    
    I was hoping the link might extract the screens from the 7? disk set
    so you could install them on the harddisk.
    
    -Dave
3592.8KIRKTN::GAITKENHEADMeat Cleaver LobotomyThu Mar 22 1990 02:245
    I will try to find out more about the 'link' and post any findings
    here.
    
    						Geo.
    
3592.9Space Ace, The Answers!SIEVAX::OADESGeoff Oades DTN 830-6799Sat Mar 31 1990 16:256
    Back to the original question, Space ace comes on 5 disks, needs 1/2 a
    meg for sound, graphics and what ever else you want, nothing more. The
    demo though requires 1 meg to run, or if you have only 1/2 a meg, it
    asks you which half you what to run. If you have any more questions,
    write to Lee, on this channel, and I will reply when I can. Bye!
    
3592.10Wrong note ?MASALA::GAITKENHEADI'll buy that for a dollarThu Apr 05 1990 20:502
    Nobody asked any question's about 'SPACE ACE' !!!!!!!
    
3592.11Install DL II?CGOFS::R_RYANI used to be a coyote but Im ok nowoooMon Sep 17 1990 18:4210
    This game does link with DL 1 and install DL 1 on your hard drive.
    However, I'm having problems getting it to work without having disk a
    and or DL 1 #1 in a floppy drive. It seems to only install the one time
    and run off of the hard drive. Any further attempts require
    reinstallation. 
    Anybody got this to work? Could it be the escape.config file in s: that
    is causing the problem?
    Regards,
    Ron
    
3592.12SIEVAX::JAMIEBatteries not included!Mon Jun 03 1991 15:1811
Since this program has been out a fair while now, does anyone have a full
walkthrough for the game ? Or even a cheat mode ? I know there was a cheat
for DL I which would allow you to simply sit back and watch the entire game
run through successfully... something similar for II would be ideal!



Cheers,


				Jamie.