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From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Populous on a 3000
Message-ID: <1671@joker.tegra.COM>
Date: 30 Oct 90 15:09:48 GMT
References: <5346@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: nad@joker.UUCP (Nancy Durgin)
Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA
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In article <5346@crash.cts.com> uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:
>Is there any way to get Populous to run on a 3000?
>I tried a patch called fixpop and it does allow it to run, but right after
>you enter a world, it ends, and then locks up.  It does let you
>start playing for a few seconds though.
>
>I heard project D can patch it to run on a 3000, is this true?
>Is there a PD patch that allows populous to run on a 3000?
>
>-Roger
>

I used Project D to copy Populous, and the copied (and presumably unprotected)
version does run on my 3000, I think under 1.3.  However, it runs too fast,
since they must have used CPU-based timing loops.  For instance, on the
beginning screen, you have very little time to click on the "play a game"
button (whatever it's called) before it goes into demo mode.  Then the game
play itself is very fast.  It was still possible to beat it on early levels,
but I imagine things get ridiculous later on.

	Nancy

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