Old Amiga 500/2000 games not working on A1200

[Tomas]

@orb85750
What you need to do is install the games to the HD by using some software called WHDload.
With WHDload, you can run nearly all classic a500 games without problem. Though some games need a bit more ram than the standard 2meg that comes as stock. How much ram do you got? I have a 68020 accelerator with 4meg fast, and i can run pretty much anything.

WHDload will also eliminate the need for swapping disks and will make the games load in just seconds.

[Tomas]

I believe amigakit"http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com" had a 4meg ram addon in stock, but it looks like it is gone now.  :-(

But anyways.. All you do is slide the ram/board into the bay underneath your 1200. You do not even need to open the amiga.

[Tomas]

@vic20owner
It certainly sounds very odd, as WHDload here even runs games that dont normally work with a degrader.
With WHDload i dont even have to use ecs.
If i was you, i would try to do a clean reinstall of the OS and see if that might do something.
I also dont know whether or not os3.9 might have something to do with it, as i use 3.1.

[Tomas]

@murple
It is a bit more complicated than that.. You have to have a specific version of the kickstart for it to work. I recall i had to go through quite a few before i found the right 1.3 kickstart for WHDload.