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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Sprites (Mindwalker)
Message-ID: <506@esunix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Oct-87 00:56:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: esunix.506
Posted: Mon Oct  5 00:56:42 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Oct-87 07:17:09 EDT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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Keywords: It WAS the screen centering

Well as a couple of people suggested, it was the screen centering that
was trashing the sprites in Mindwalker. Thanks!

Someone mentioned that Mindwalker won't run under 1.2 and fast ram. Mine
does run without any problems at all. (It's possible that I ran MW
through FixHunk long ago and forgot about it, but I don't think I had to
modify it.)

On the subject of brain damaged programs (EA in particular) only Marble
Madness worked with 1.2 and fast ram, of all the EA programs I own.
Deluxe Video and Deluxe Print were fixed by decoding them with Marauder
II, then FixHunking them. Due to the bizzare copy-protection on Archon,
One on One, and Skyfox I have been unable to fix them.

I've heard a rumor that EA has a policy of upgrading their braindamaged
games for $7.50 and the original disk, can anyone confirm?

There was some talk of compiling a list of ill behaved Amiga software a
while back, if this has been done, I would appreciate a copy. Several
new A500 owners in my user's group are rather upset that their new games
won't run on their new computer. They don't make the distinction between
a software vendor's mistake, and an "incompatible" computer.

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