Software recommendations for an 030@56Mhz A1200

[adrian82]

Hi folks,

I just ordered a brand new ACA-1230/56 from Individual Computers, sporting a Motorola 68030 running at 56 MHz and providing 64 MB of FastRAM. I haven't been using my A1200 for a while and also I'm not up-to-date what kind of software there's currently available. Besides the plans to install Debian Linux (68k) plus upgrading the installed OS3.1 to OS3.9, does anyone have any software recommendations for my soon to be boosted miggy?

Adrian

[Khephren]

shapeshifter is fun on my A1200/030/50, and yours beats it by a few mips
I run photoshop on mine, and play marathon etc. Not having an MMU for screen refresh might slow it down a little bit.

There are quite a few nice emulators in general for AGA: Gameboy, Speccy ,C64 (magic64), MSX, PC to name just a few.

Game wise, you could test it out with TFX, gloom (2 player is good on a 030/50), genetic species, doom, I think there's a decent port of SCUMM engine doing the rounds as well. eye of the beholder 1 & 2 have both been ported to AGA.

Eagle player is good for MOD tunes etc. Also, if you like MOD tunes, try out tracker Hero (guitar hero for MOD's).

And of course plenty of demo's, but not the most recent ones you'll probably have more luck with stuff from the nineties.

[runequester]

On the games front, Gloom deluxe, alien breed 3D, doom attack and genetic species will all run great. Breathless too.

For some you may have to reduce the screen size 1 or 2 steps, but its still nice.

[Khephren]

I'm strugging to think of any thing really new.
There's been hacked and advanced versions of Elite and Stunt Car racer as well.

[NovaCoder]

Hi folks,

I just ordered a brand new ACA-1230/56 from Individual Computers, sporting a Motorola 68030 running at 56 MHz and providing 64 MB of FastRAM. I haven't been using my A1200 for a while and also I'm not up-to-date what kind of software there's currently available. Besides the plans to install Debian Linux (68k) plus upgrading the installed OS3.1 to OS3.9, does anyone have any software recommendations for my soon to be boosted miggy?

Adrian

Hiya,

You could give ScummVM AGA a go (AmiNet), I'm still waiting for someone with one of the new 56Mhz 030's to try it out for me (hint, hint).  

Run first SysInfo and find out what MIPS and HD transfer rate your getting with your box.   MIPS should be 12+ and your transfer rate 2MB's+, if not you need to run the ACTune utility and look up SpeedyIDE.

There's also an experimental version that runs Discworld over in the EAB Zone which you might want to give a wirl.

[Cammy]

New versions of Alien Breed 3d II: The Killing Grounds are totally playable on a 030 now too, so give that a go.

Also the ACA1230/56 does have a MMU so Shapeshifter will be no problem. It's the ACA1230/28 that misses out on the MMU, but neither of them have a FPU.

NetBSD would probably be better than Debian on the 030 so you might want to try that as well.

AmiMasterGear is the best emulator that you should definitely try, all those Sega Master System and Game Gear games should run full speed.

Get yourself a cheap PCMCIA ethernet or wireless card to come online and play Dynamite against us.

[runequester]

New versions of Alien Breed 3d II: The Killing Grounds are totally playable on a 030 now too, so give that a go.
 

Got a link for this new version ? I'd love to play it on a real miggy, rather than emulation

[Cammy]

Find it yourself.

[runequester]

fair enough

[Franko]

fair enough

Oddly enough I know a great place where it USED to be found... :roflmao:

[Gulliver]

Got a link for this new version ? I'd love to play it on a real miggy, rather than emulation

Here:

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=735651&postcount=1

Good luck!

[runequester]

Thanks!

[fishy_fiz]

Virtual Karting (http://hol.abime.net/1580/screenshot) I had a blast with back in the day on an '030 based a1200. Gfx are a simplistic, but it "feels" and controls great. Alien f1 (http://hol.abime.net/1578/screenshot) might be worth checking out too. Xtreme Racing is a good MarioKart clone (http://hol.abime.net/1616/screenshot) that runs very nicely on an '030 as well.

edit: cool, I never knew Alien F1 had rtg support. Should look quite nice for a 680x0 3d game at a high resolution.

[zipper]

I never knew Alien F1 had rtg support. Should look quite nice for a 680x0 3d game at a high resolution.

Better to call it Virtual GP as it's final version is known  as VGP.

[Khephren]

fair enough

That's you told!

Application wise, do we have any new apps? I can't think of any.

@runequester, new alienbreed 3d II:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=735651#post735651