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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: Dr. Chef on February 01, 2015, 05:15:36 AM
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Hello, I'm trying to get James Pond 2 to run on my Amiga 500 (NTSC - OCS Chipset + 512KB trapdoor ram).
I have the OCS-ECS version. I can get the floppy to run, but I cant press the fire button on my controllers. I can press the esc key, but that resets the intro.
Thanks,
Dr. Chef.
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Hello, I'm trying to get James Pond 2 to run on my Amiga 500 (NTSC - OCS Chipset + 512KB trapdoor ram).
I have the OCS-ECS version. I can get the floppy to run, but I cant press the fire button on my controllers. I can press the esc key, but that resets the intro.
Thanks,
Dr. Chef.
Is the 512K in the trapdoor chipram or slowram? If it's configured as slowram then you may not have enough chipram to run this game, as I've discovered it comes in two flavours:
http://hol.abime.net/781/diskscan
A 0.5MB and a 1MB version. Presumably the 1MB version requires 1MB chipram, in which case you only have 512KB. The "OCS-ECS" version you mention, to me, probably indicates a 1MB chipram requirement.
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I have 512KB + an A501 Trapdoor expansion giving me a total of 1MB of ram. It might be slow ram, but I'm unsure.
The floppy I have is the 0.5MB version.
Note: I do own an original floppy from eBay, but that disk was corrupt, so I downloaded a version off the internet, but I was having issues with not being able to press the fire button on any of my controllers. I'm able to play with Amiga Forever with no problems, but not on my physical A500 (I can press fire and continue playing on Amiga Forever, but not on my A500). When I edit the game settings on Amiga Forever, I see it auto configured for 512k slow ram.
Edit: Added stuff.
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In your Workbench title bar, does it say something about "x amount of chip memory, x amount of other memory" or only chip?
Since you're using a version you "downloaded off the Internet", it could be anything. Is it some sort of hacked or cracked version? Have you tried downloading any other versions? I assume your controllers work fine for other games?
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Yes, I was able to use my controllers with various other games. My workbench title bar just show the amount of free memory I have (896064 free memory is what it displays), not X amount of chip, and X amount of other memory. I'm using a skidrow cracked version.
Thanks.
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Ah, you must be using 1.3. Not in front of my Amiga right now, but if you go to the Shell and type avail, does that tell you anything?
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Yes, I'm using WB 1.3. I should of mentioned that.
When I type Avail, the shell shows that I have chip and fast ram.
Chip: 449768 Available - 73464 In-Use - 523232 Maximum - 449688 Largest
Fast: 395504 Available - 121384 In-Use - 516888 Maximum - 393664 Largest
Total: 845272 Available - 194848 In-Use - 1040120 Maximum - 449688 Largest
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Yes, I'm using WB 1.3. I should of mentioned that.
When I type Avail, the shell shows that I have chip and fast ram.
Chip: 449768 Available - 73464 In-Use - 523232 Maximum - 449688 Largest
Fast: 395504 Available - 121384 In-Use - 516888 Maximum - 393664 Largest
Total: 845272 Available - 194848 In-Use - 1040120 Maximum - 449688 Largest
You have 512K Chipram then, and 512K Slowram. That James Pond 2 you have downloaded is either faulty, or a 1MB chipram version perhaps? Try downloading a different one and see if it behaves differently.