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From: witzany@sparc1 (David Witzany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: MegaBALL on A3000
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Date: 3 Apr 91 18:25:34 GMT
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dave@unislc.uucp (Dave Martin) writes:

>Well, Ball didn't work on the 3000 because the Ball was invisible (is a
>sprite used for the ball?) so I didn't play it.

>Then I saw MegaBALL with its claims to work on A3000 (according to the
>readme).  Guess what?  the Ball is STILL INVISIBLE!  This is
>frustrating, as I think I would enjoy this game.

>VAX Headroom	Speaking for myself only... blah blah blahblah blah...
>Internet: DMARTIN@CC.WEBER.EDU                 dave@saltlcy-unisys.army.mil
>uucp:     dave@unislc.uucp or use the Path: line.


I've had similar problems with several PD games, like Drip and Sys.  In my
case, the only solution was to push the Preferences screen position controller
to the far right of the box that it appears in.  I don't know why, but doing
this makes the sprites appear on the screen.