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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
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4197.0. "hd'able Games (from usenet)" by DECWET::DAVIS (You always get what you deserve) Fri Oct 12 1990 22:18

    I didn't see this anywhere so here it is:
    
From: IO91461@MAINE.BITNET (Tom Nezwek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: hd'able games..
Date: 18 Sep 90 22:25:26 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System


   Greetings from Maine....
 
   Yes, Its back....
   Here are the games that work on Hard Hisk:
   (also ones which work on 2500 or 3000)
 
    Game                   HD Compatable      2500/20   2500/30   3000
   ------                 ---------------     -------   -------   ----
    Aunt Arctic Adventure        No              ?         ?       No
    Batman: The Movie            No              ?         ?      Yes 1
    Battle Chess                YES             YES       YES      YES
    Battle Squadron              NO             YES        ?        ?
    Beyond Dark Castle           No              ?         ?      Yes
    Black Magic                  No              ?         ?       No
    Blood Money                  No              ?         ?      Yes 2
    Breach                      Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Breach 2                    Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Captain Blood                No              ?         ?       No
    Chamber Of Sci-Mutant Priest No              ?         ?       No
    Champions of Krynn          Yes M            ?         ?        ?
    Colony                      Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Dark Century                 No              ?         ?       No
    Dragon Force                Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Dragon's Lair II            Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Dungeon Master               No              ?         ?       No
    Earl Weaver Baseball         No              ?         ?        ?
    Empire 2.1 (Gray,Wright)    Yes              ?        Yes       ?
    F-18 Interceptor            Yes              ?        Yes       ?
    Falcon 1.1                  YES             YES       YES      YES4
    FalconMission (from floppy) n/a              ?         ?      Yes 5
    FalconMission (run on HD)   Yes              ?         ?      Yes 6
    Fire Brigade                YES             YES       YES      YES
    Flight Simulator            Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Footman                      NO             YES        ?      YES 7
    Gauntlet II                  NO             YES        ?      YES 8
    GravityWars 2.0             YES             YES      YES       YES
    Gunship                     Yes              ?         ?       No 9
    Hardball II                 Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Hybris                      NO              YES        NO       NO
    Infocom text Adv.           Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Interceptor                 Yes (needs patch)?         ?        ?
    International Soccer         NO              NO       NO        NO
    Interstel Empire 1.03       Yes              ?        Yes       ?
    Interstel Empire 2.05       Yes M            ?         ?        ?
    It came from the Desert     YES             YES        ?        ?
    Jetsons                     Yes             Yes        ?        ?
    Leader Board Golf           Yes             Yes        ?        ?
    Leisure Suit Larry III0     Yes              ?         ?      Yes 10
    Leonardo                     No              ?         ?      Yes
    Lurking Horror              Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Manic Mansion               Yes              ?         ?       No
    Marble Madness               No              ?         ?       No
    Mean 18                     YES              ?         ?        ?
    Might & Magic II            Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Mindwalker                  YES             YES       YES      YES
    Nethack 3.0                 YES             YES       YES      YES
    Nuclear War (keydisk)       Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Pacmania                     No              ?         ?       No 11
    Paperboy                     No              ?         ?      Yes
    Pirates                     Yes              ?         ?       Yes
    Planet of Lust               NO              ?         ?        ?
    Pocoman                     Yes              ?         ?       Yes
    Populous                     NO             YES       NO        NO
    Ports of Call               Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Prospector                  Yes              ?         ?      Yes 12
    Rick Dangerous               No              ?         ?        ?
    Risk                         No              ?         ?      Yes
    Roger Rabbit                Yes             Yes        ?        ?
    Rogue                       Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Romance of the 3 Kingdoms   YES             YES      YES       YES
    Shadow Of The Beast          No              ?         ?       No 13
    Shanghai                    YES             YES       YES      YES
    Sideshow (ACTIONWARE)       YES             YES        ?        ?
    Sidewinder                  Yes              ?        No        ?
    SimCity 1.0                 Yes (Keydisk)    ?        No        ?
    SimCity 1.2                 Yes             Yes       Yes       ?
    Space Ace                    No              ?         ?      Yes
    Space Harrier                No              ?         ?      Yes
    Speedball                    No              ?         ?       NO
    Spellbreaker (1.0?)         Yes              ?        Yes       ?
    StarGlider 2                 NO             YES      YES        ?
    Stellar Crusade             YES             YES       YES      YES
    SuperGridRunner             Yes (needs patch)?         ?        ?
    Sword of Aragon             YES             YES       YES      YES
    Sword Of Sodan               No              ?         ?      Yes
    The Duel: Testdrive II      YES             YES        ?      YES 3
    Three Stooges               Yes              ?         ?        ?
    TV Sports Basketball        Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Universal Military Simltr   YES             YES       YES      YES
    Waterloo                    YES             YES       YES      YES
    Where in the Wrld is C S    Yes              ?         ?        ?
    Zany Golf                   Yes             Yes        ?       Yes
    Zork Zero                   Yes              ?         ?        ?
 
 ****** FOOTNOTES ********
 
1. Runs fine on 3000, but there are intermittent graphics glitches where
     floors and wall seem to disappear or smear.
2. Plays fine on 3000. However all the title pages and intro screens with
     "tiles" the graphics are completely messed up. This does not affect game
     play at all.
3. Game play is fine on 3000 but the graphics glitch throughout the game. It
     is still playable, but annoying.
4. On 3000 game won't even load from floppy. From HD under 2.0 the game hangs
     when you try to "Takeoff" from Armament screen. Under 1.3 once you are
     in the cockpit the keyboard is hung/frozen.
5. Runs fine on 3000 from floppy only if you boot under 1.3. Won't run with 2.0
6. If run from HD on 3000: under 2.0 the game seems to play fine but if you
     hit <esc> to get menus the game crashes. Under 1.3 once in the cockpit
     the keyboard is hung/frozen.
7. Game runs fine on 3000 if you are on speed. In other words, the game runs,
     but it is VERY VERY fast and nearly impossible to play at this speed.
8. Freezes on title screen under 2.0. Under 1.3, if it loads (sometimes it
     does, sometimes not) it plays fine.
9. Doesn't run on 3000. But just a note that if you are running it on another
     machine from hard disk you must use the original floppy as a key disk.
10. Plays fine under 2.0 and 1.3 but at accelerated speed on 3000. This doesn't
     hinder play for this game.
11. Game runs on 3000 but with massive graphic glitches on the screen at all
     times. Not really playable, but it runs.
12. Seems to run fine on 3000. It seems to have minor glitches undere 2.0 like
     the sound sometimes disappears.
13. Game seems to load fine on 3000 but as soon as you attempt to move the game
     hangs and crashes.
 
 
The patches are to change DF0: to something else, like F18: & GRD:.
M denotes a Multitasking Program.
     PD Games                   HD            2500/20   2500/30   3000
     ---------                  ---          ---------  --------  -----
     Tetrix                     Yes             YES        ?        ?
     Omega                      Yes              ?         ?        ?
     Battletech                 Yes              ?         ?        ?
     Amoeba Invaders            Yes             YES        ?        ?
     Mechforce (PD) 3.71        Yes              ?        Yes       ?
     Startrek (PD)              Yes              ?        Yes       ?
     Asteroids (PD)             Yes              ?        Yes       ?
     Tetris (PD, Andy Hook)     Yes             Yes       Yes       ?
     Missile Command (PD)       Yes              ?         No       ?
 
   ******************* Important Information ************************
 
   If you know a specific way to copy a Game to HD
   a brief explanation 'how to' would be welcome...
 
   Some of you have sent PD listings too... Is this a good idea? I mean
   PD by definition is free anyway and some of the same games have
   different names so shouldn't we leave them out? Your choice.. I'll
   Post PD also if enough people request it...
 
   Also When You add to the list It would be nice if you used this format
 
            Game             HD      2500/20  2500/30  3000
           --------------   ----     -------  -------  ----
            Sim City 1.0     No         Yes      No     No
 
   Because it takes a long time to edit everyones output to match
   And please specify if the game still needs a floppy key disk...
                    -Thanks Response has been good
                         -Lets keep the list growing
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          \XXX/  /      \ |    |  |  |____|  /      \     -TOM
 
 


    
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