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From: givler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Greg Givler - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Games That Don't Work On A 3000
Message-ID: <13001@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 19:35:52 GMT
References: <14147@venera.ISI.EDU>
Reply-To: givler@cbmvax (Greg Givler - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <14147@venera.ISI.EDU> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:
>Well, I got my 3000 this weekend. I've started trying out software and I have a
>The following won't run on the 3000:
>
>	Speedball 			won't load at all
>	Shadow Of The Beast		loads up fine, but as soon as gameplay
>						starts, it freezes

This is probably a problem with the 030 data cache and copy protection.

>	Dark Century			won't load at all (bad game anyway)
>	Black Magic			loads to title screen, then freezes
>
>	TestDrive II: The Duel		the game runs, but the graphics glitch
>						pretty badly. This might be
>						the 3000 or it could be the
>						multisync monitor which I 
>						didn't have before either.
>	Batman: The Movie		the game runs fine, but the graphics
>						glitch in bizarre ways. I don't
>						think this is the multisync
>						because floors and walls seem
>						to appear and disappear at
>						random.
>
>
The graphics problems we have seen seem to be 030 related. I would recommend
that you contact the makers of these programs some may have versions that
work with the 3000, others may be working on solutions. Check with your 
software manufacturers.

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