Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!rex!rouge!pa.usl.edu!wakres01 From: wakres01@pa.usl.edu (Stelly John B) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Shadow of the Beast Cheat Message-ID: <6526@rouge.usl.edu> Date: 10 Apr 90 17:44:55 GMT References: <8a5zCEi00W0JA8yHZd@andrew.cmu.edu> <1990Apr4.220228.675@caen.engin.umich.edu> Sender: anon@rouge.usl.edu Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette Lines: 21 In article portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: >>>>>> On 4 Apr 90 22:02:00 GMT, chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) said: > >> Well, since you just got through asking why so many Amiga games crash, and >> now you're asking about Shadow of the Beast, I'll take this opportunity to >> ask if anyone out there knows why SotB crashes on my 1000? It works OK on >> a friend's 2000, and I know of several other people who have trouble running >> it on 1000s (as well as many who don't). > >Do you (or they) have 68010's in your A1000's? I do, and that's why I >haven't bought it -- it won't run on a 68010. > Shadow of the Beast won't work on my 1000 because of the copy protection. It only boots up about 30% of the time. What really irritates me is that someone told me they had a cracked copy that worked fine on their 1000 !!! And psygnosis complains about piracy, while it may be the only way to get their software to work! (I'm not advocating piracy, but it IS irritating) John B Stelly III wakres01@pa.usl.edu