Gloom Amiga 2000

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I have an Amiga 2000 with the following specs:

Kickstart 40.63
Workbench 3.1
Cpu 68030 24.20 Mhz
4MB Fast Ram
1MB GVP 32 Bit RAM (don't know what that is)
4MB GVP 32 Bit Ram (Again don't know what that is)
512KB Slow Ram
512 Chip Ram
250 MB Hard drove
CD Rom

For some reason when I try playing Gloom Special Edition it crashes with a Guru.  I figure my A2K is fast enough for it.  Am I doing something wrong? Any tips?

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I'm no Gloom expert but you probably need to specify that you want to run it in ECS mode by a Tooltype or command line switch because it's an AGA/RTG game (I think!).

Your problem may be lack of CHIPRAM, apparently GLOOM needs more that the standard amount.

Have you thought about adding an RTG card to your set up?   If you want to stick with ECS then you could still upgrade it with an Indivision ECS and 2MB CHIPRAM.

I was not really planning to upgrade the A2000 mostly because that stuff is more expensive then shipping an A1200 to Canada would be, and that would solve most of my issues.  Also I ordered a ACA 500 recently and I can get an accelerator for that as well if I want to.

How about ADOOM is it fast enough to run that? I tried it a week ago and all I get is a black screen with some sound from the game.

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I think you need more chip RAM. With some motherboard jumper adjustments, you should be able to convert that 512K of slow RAM into chip RAM to give yourself a full megabyte. (You can do this if SYS:Tools/Showconfig shows "ECS Agnus")

I used to run Gloom Deluxe on an 030 A500 with 1MB of chip RAM and 8MB of fast RAM, so I'm sure your machine can handle it.

Thanks,

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to do this.

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This info used to be much more common. Seems to be largely buried these days. I think this is what you're looking for. Hopefully you already have the 8372A Agnus installed. (Again, if Showconfig reports "ECS Agnus," you do.)

 
Thanks
 
I find this a bit weird.  My Amiga 2000 is faster then 90% of the Amigas back then and yet it can't play one of the iconic games from that era.  How did the developers make any money selling a game that does not work on the majority of the market.  I can understand the AGA version but this is the non AGA version designed for slower Amigas.  Very strange.

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Showconfig shows:

CUSTOM CHIPS: Normal NTSC Agnus (id=$0010), Normal Denise (id=$00FF)

I am not sure what to do now.

Thanks

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Don't worry battery is long gone.