Welcome to the A600GS forum

[AndyFC]

Re: Launching at Kickstart 02, the show is today and tomorrow, 29-30 June.

https://www.amigashow.com/

[RobertB]

     I received the A600GS in the mail yesterday!  Thanks, AmigaKit!

           New A600GS owner,
           Robert Bernardo
           Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
           Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

[amigakit]

@RobertB

Thanks for confirming safe receipt.   Please can you update your unit with the latest software.   There was a new update last Friday.  Expect another update coming this week.

Any questions, please ask on this forum.  Thank you!

[Manta]

Hello everyone, and congratulations on this amazing forum.
I'm completely new to the Amiga world, well, sort of. I had an A500 about 35 years ago, and recently, thanks to nostalgia and the fun I’ve had playing with WinUAE, I discovered the great A600GS.

I’m just a casual gamer, so please excuse me if I ask simple questions. Unfortunately, I no longer have my original hardware, and I apologize for that.

I’ve been struggling with two specific titles: Nuclear War and Sensible World of Soccer 96/97.

I have the original disks (including the base version of SWOS that is required to launch the 96/97 version), but I’ve also tried several ADF versions I found online, with the same results.

With Nuclear War, I just can’t get it to run. It always ends up throwing block read errors, whether I use my original disks or the ADFs.

With SWOS 96/97, I manage to get into the game, but when I go into Career Mode and select a team, the game freezes or glitches badly. I'm pretty sure I’m doing something wrong, but the strange thing is, the same ADFs work fine on WinUAE. So I really don’t understand what I’m missing here.

Maybe my original disks are too old to be reliable, which is understandable. But even with the ADFs I have, I’m not getting better results.

I’ve tried using different profiles like A500 and A500+, but the result is the same. Actually, when I try A600 or other emulations, things get even worse, and I don’t even make it to the selection screen sometimes.

Is there anyone here who could help a beginner like me figure this out?

Thanks so much for your time, and I wish you all a fantastic day!

[SkulleateR]

@Manta

More informations please 

Did you import any Kickstart Roms for the A500 Config ? If so, which ? Do other games work ? How do you use your real floppy disks ? Greaseweazle ? If so do you have a good power supply (above 3A) ?

[Manta]

Hi dear @SkulleateR ,
Sorry, I’m a total beginner…
   1.   When I set up the A600GS, I imported all the ROMs from Amiga Forever Plus (I have a valid license).
   2.   I tried selecting A500, A500P, A600GS, and A1200 from the dropdown menu — same results with different errors, but none of them work.
   3.   Other games work amazingly well! I can play Arkanoid, all the Pinball Fantasy/Dream games, Super Cars, Lotus, RVF Honda, and so on. (some are original floppies, some are ADFs) It’s just those two games that I have no chance of getting to run.
   4.   I tried using a home-built Drawbridge, and also some ADFs downloaded from the internet that work fine in FS-UAE and WinUAE.
   5.   I’m not familiar with Greaseweazle… sorry! I do not have one...but I can buy one.
   6.   Yes, I understand, but I don’t think the issue is with the floppies… at least I hope not.

Do you happen to have valid ADFs I could try for those 2 games, or do you have a chance to try if they work on your? Because as I mentioned, all my other games work great — even Pinball Fantasies with the 3 disks, where course data is on disks 2 and 3...etc..

[SkulleateR]

Only tried Nuclear War (this version -> Nuclear War v1.0 (1990)(U.S. Gold)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr PNA] ) and I found it on archive.org -> Link REMOVED (We can't post adf files)

Works fine with Kick 1.3 and standard A500 config 

[F0LLETT]

Are the kickstarts actually working? are they still encrypted?

You could try creating a blank custom config, set to A500 and see if it boots to 1.3 kickstart screen, when run.

[Manta]

Mmmm, good question!
I've never tried that.
I just saved all the ROMs from Amiga Forever into a folder, and during the import, I simply clicked and imported them — nothing more.
How can I correctly import all the ROMs from Amiga Forever into the A600GS?

[Manta]

Are the kickstarts actually working? are they still encrypted?

You could try creating a blank custom config, set to A500 and see if it boots to 1.3 kickstart screen, when run.

It is not working!
It appears a screen of AROS: "Waiting for bootable media"
mmmm how can I install my roms from Amiga Forever? There is a guide?

[Manta]

I found that the ROMs from Amiga Forever are not recognized by the ROM Import software, except for:
aros-20221128.rom
aros-20221128-ext.rom

All the other ROMs are not showing up.
I took them from the Amiga Forever directory:
Amiga Files -> Shared -> ROM

I have a valid Amiga Forever Plus license, so I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Any idea how to fix this?

[SkulleateR]

I found that the ROMs from Amiga Forever are not recognized by the ROM Import software, except for:
aros-20221128.rom
aros-20221128-ext.rom

All the other ROMs are not showing up.
I took them from the Amiga Forever directory:
Amiga Files -> Shared -> ROM

I have a valid Amiga Forever Plus license, so I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Any idea how to fix this?

If you have an old version of AF the ROMs are encrypted and can only be used with the rom.key ! You have to install WinUAE from the AF package and extract the ROM inside the emulation with something like this : https://aminet.net/package/util/sys/SaveROM

[balrog74]

I went through this recently myself (have had the A600GS for about a week), with my purchased Amiga Forever ROMs not showing up in the import list.
In my case I have an Apple Mac and can't run WinUAE, but found some decryption software here https://github.com/abcbarryn/decrypt-amigaforever?cmdf=decrypt-amigaforever.
It needs to be compiled and have the rom key file available, but worked perfectly.

[Manta]

I have Amiga Forever Plus version 10 and I’m using a Mac.
I’m a bit confused because the rom.key file is a text file — its content isn’t a key, but rather a descriptive text file.

I also tried using the decryption method that’s been described, but it’s not working. I compiled the tool, but it’s not creating an output file.

Is version 10 encrypted in a different way?
Or am I doing something wrong?

Interestingly, inside the key file it says:
Amiga Forever ROM Key 11.0

[Manta]

It works!!
I decrypted the ROM using the C file from here:
https://github.com/abcbarryn/decrypt-amigaforever?cmdf=decrypt-amigaforever

Now it’s loading the ROM with the correct machine and Kickstart — THANK YOU!
I also solved the issue — Nuclear War and Sensible Soccer are working now!!!

Thanks again for the tip!

[balrog74]

Glad to hear it's working for you now!
Incidentally, Nuclear War and Sensible Soccer are two games I have on my A600GS as well.