AJCopland wrote:
haha I really like that solution visually, not sure how much protection it actually give the MiniMig but it does look the part :-D
Andy
As long as it's not on a nylon carpet then it's OK. :-)
Here's a list of the software I've tested so far using the 60kHz core set for PAL and KS1.3:
1943 Battle of Midway – Works.
Addams Family – Theme music plays and then locks up with a black screen. Drive light keeps flashing.
Alien Breed - Problem. Works, but main player sprite is invisible.
Alien Breed Special Edition – Locks up with a black screen after the advertisement for Super Frog.
Alien Breed Tower Assault – Guru Meditation 00000000.80006130
Alien Syndrome – Works.
Arkanoid – Works.
Barbarian (Palace) – Works.
Barbarian (Psynosis) – Locks up with a blank screen after “crack” intro.
Barbarian 2 (Palace) – Works.
Barbarian 2 (Psynosis) - Locks up with a black screen.
Bard’s Tale 3 – Works, but need to write to disk to save progress.
BattleChess – Works.
Battleships – Works.
Better Dead Than Alien – Works.
Bubble Bobble – Works.
Cannon Fodder* – Problem. Works. When screen flickers black/blue between phases, insert disk #1, wait for flickering to stop and reinsert previous disk.
Cannon Fodder 2 – Hangs after “crack” intro with a black screen. Drive light continues to flash.
Cannon Fodder Xmas Edition – Problems. Works the first time, but after dying the game crashes when attempting to play again plus some graphics corruption on “barracks” when destroyed.
Carrier Command – Works.
Chasos Engine – Locks up after “crack” screen with a blank display, but the drive light keeps flashing.
Colonisation – Works (but is a utter {bleep} when it comes to disk swapping!).
Defender of the Crown* – Works.
Deluxe Pacman – “Unable to load error code 212” when inserting disk.
Desert Strike - Reports a “fatal disk error”.
Detroit – Games starts and then keeps asking for Disk 1 even though it’s mounted.
Druid 2 – Works (but haven’t got a clue what I’m doing!).
Dune II, Battle for Arrakis – Needs to create a saved game disk, worked up to that point however saw some graphics corruption on the pointer. Couldn’t test any further.
Dungeon Master – Works.
Elite – Works.
Elite 2, Frontier – Works.
Faery Tale Adventure – Works, but I need to find the docs to get past the password copy protection.
Federation of Free Traders (FOFT) – Works.
Garrison – Works.
Garrison 2 – Works.
Gauntlet 2 – Works.
Gauntlet 3 – Works.
Hostages – Problem, works but timing is all to hell and soldiers get shot & killed as soon as they break cover.
It Came From The Desert 2* – Works. Hangs after intro with a black screen, press joystick fire button P2 to get “insert disk” prompt.
International Karate + - Works.
Into The Eagles Nest – Works.
Kick Off 2 - Works.
Lemmings – Works.
Lemmings 2 - Locks up after “crack” screen and performs a software failure.
Little Computer People* – Works (long pause after entering setup details to program running).
Lords of the Rising Sun* – Works (lots of disk swapping!)
Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge – Works.
Marble Madness – Works.
Menace – Main sprite detection error which causes the shields to constantly run down as if the ship it being hit by the enemy.
Nitro – Works.
North & South – Works.
Oh No! More Lemmings – Works.
Pac-Land – Works.
Pacmania – Problem. Main spites OK, but background totally corrupted. Unplayable.
Persian Gulf Inferno – Works.
Phantasie 3 – Works, but needs to write to disk in order to save progress.
Populous – Freezes on first option screen, can’t move pointer.
Ports of Call – Works.
POW – Problem. Works, but very minor graphics corruption on left hand side of display.
Red Storm Rising – Works.
Risk – Works. Cursor corrupts after victory, but restore to normal on return to main menu.
Rocket Ranger – Works.
Rodland – Problem, works except that the score and letters collected are not displayed on the play screen.
S.D.I – Works.
Settlers – Problem. Works, but control panel graphics are corrupted making it impossible
Shadow Dancer – Works.
Silent Service – Works.
Silent Service 2 – Works.
Silkworm – Works.
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon* – Works (lots of disk swapping!)
Speedball 2* - Problem. Works, but sound and some graphics corruption.
Star Fleet 1 The War Begins – Problem, Works and boots to WB1.2, but needs to write to disk. Hit “cancel” to continue game, however game will hang during setup due to inability to create a log file.
Supremacy – Works.
SWOS – Hangs with a black screen while loading.
Syndicate – Locks up after “crack” screen.
T2 The Arcade Game – Works.
Team Yankee – Works.
Troddlers – Problem. Works but main player sprite is invisible.
Twintris – Problem. Corrupted extra text graphics over play screen.
UFO Enemy Unknown – Needs to write to Disk 3.
Uridium 2 – Works.
Walker – Locks up with a red screen after the “crack” intro.
Wing Commander – Doesn’t boot, perhaps it needs to be HD installed?
Wings – Works.
X-Out* – Locks up after the “trainer screen” with a black display.
Xennon2 Megablast - Works.
Zaxxon – Works.
Zeewolf2 – Works.
Zombi – Works.
