Nalpalm

[phill25]

I have just also found Nalpalm on CD (orignal!!) and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with regards to the running requirements?!  I borrowed this game from a friend and I dont think I ever gave it back to him!!

I also have on CD that I'd like to get playing:

Street Racer
Ultimate Gloom
Ultimate Skidmarks

I also have the orignal Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 and The Final Doom as well on CD for the PC (if I recall, I can use a particular file to play the game??)

I know I'm going to need a CD-Rom drive but more to the point, is my 030 50 with 16mbs of ram going to be OK to play these games on?!  I'm gonna need to find me a tower me thinks!!

Many thanks guys!!  

[lopos]

Here is a link to the Naplam website.Naplam
Has all the info you need.

[phill25]

Many many thanks for the link!!

Now I just got to find a CD-Rom for my Amiga me thinks!!  

[Legerdemain]

Napalm isn't the fastest game ever made, though it is playable for sure on a 030/50. Unless you're using a GFX-card you're stuck with low resolutions, though, because running Napalm in 640*400 or higher isn't really a pleasant experience under AGA..   but on the other hand, when running the game with a low resolution things get VERY big and because of this you will have some problems seeing what you are doing at times.

Nice game though, albeit a tad hard.

[phill25]

On ebay at the moment I'm bidding on a Voodoo 5 64mb PCI graphics card and I'm hoping to get a Mediator to go with it and see how that performs?

I was guessing it was a better way to go perhaps?  What does anyone think?

[samanosuke]

Sorry to tell you this but you will need more than just a GFX to run Napalm at 640*480. Like someone said before, Napalm will be fine using 320*256 and an 030/50. However, before I got an 060, Napalm was too slow in 640*480 mode despite using RTG... and this was using an 040! I was able to create a medium resolution Picasso screen which was a very good compromise between speed and detail. I think it was something like 480*360 but please make sure your GFX card can support such a resolution. My card is a Picasso IV. Even so, I am not sure that an 030 will be fast enough for this resolution. Bottom line is if you want to play Napalm in a higher resolution you will need a faster CPU aswell as a GFX card.

[phill25]

I was planning on buying a Mediator and a suitable graphics card, I have found a couple Voodoo PCI cards so I was thinking would that be better than a Picasso or a Cybervision or Bvision or something like that?

I was considering to try and find a PPC card as well, would this be of a benifit or not?  Or would a 040 or 060 be better??

[doctorq]

BPPC cards have either a 68040 or 68060 CPU installed as well, so you will be getting an extra CPU if you get a BPPC. If you don't want to buy a BPPC card you can't use BVision, and then Mediator is your only option (almost). Then you can use the Voodoo cards you mention. As a third option, you can get a Zorro busboard for your Amiga, and connect a CyberVision card to it.

[phill25]

What would you say would be the best option?  I used to have a PPC and Bvision card and I didnt think it was too bad for the Amiga, but I thought the graphics card wasnt all that quick...

What would you do in my position?  I think the PPC and the Mediator with a Voodoo 5 5500 would be a good way to go.. What do you think?

[doctorq]

It all depends on money. I would get a Mediator, Voodoo 3 3000 and a Blizzard PPC 060/240/SCSI, but the last one is quite pricy.

Forget the Voodoo 5 5500. You can only use 32 MB of the cards ram, and with Warp3D you will be limited to 8 MB because of zorro bus limitation, and both Voodoo 4 and 5 emulate Voodoo 3 (or what ever it is)

[phill25]

Well I would like to have something thats worth while and thats going to last!  

Are they going to release any updates so that the faster Voodoo cards can be used?  How is it limited when your using the Mediator?  IS that connected via the trapdoor slot or something?

Would the 040 be a better bet or is the 060 still the one to have?

[SamuraiCrow]

The '060 is worth its weight.  It runs cooler and if you run into compatability issues you can always shut off features using the CPU command under AmigaDOS.

[lurkist]

Street Racer is the biggest waste of plastic and paper ever to disgrace the Amiga.  Sorry to the Dev team, but come on!  Seriously, don't waste your time with it.

[billchase]

@doctorq

The zorro limitation of 8MB is only a problem with zorro II.
The mediator only runs in a zorro III machine which does not
have the memory limitation problem.  If Warp3D is limited to
8MB, then it is a driver issue.  I have not heard if this problem
regarding Warp3D.  Maybe some more of you mediator folks
can enlighten us.

C Snyder

[doctorq]

@billchase

AFAIK the A1200 is zorro II; the only zorro III busboard you can get for an A1200 is the one from Micronik, and it requieres an A3000/A4000 accelerator installed to operate in zorro III mode.