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From: dougp@sbphy.ucsb.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: european games
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Date: 17 Dec 88 02:07:29 GMT
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I just bought StarRay from Logotron, I am takeing it back tomarrow.
This will be the last time I buy any piece of software made in europe
I have bought two packages that were made in europe, Emrald Mine and
Star Ray, Both no longer function. I have a stock A1000 with 512K ram
and a second disk drive. The only thing nonstandard in my Amiga is
a Spirit ram expansion board & clock with 0K installed (prices are 
still too high).
Case history:
Emerald mine. I bought this at a show so I could not take it back, 
there is no address on any of the packaging to send for replacement
disks. I had a hard time booting this disk to begin with succeeding
about 1 time in ten. I got to play it about 20 times before it would
no longer load (that makes about $1 per play). It is now just a useless
piece of plastic sitting in a box on my desk, there is no way for me to
get a replacement.
StarRay: I bought this today from Software Etc. (At liest I can take 
this one back) I carefully write protected both disks before useing 
them. The game booted perfectly the first time, and I played it 3 
times. on the third time, I got a high score, after entering my initials
I got a list of high scores then a bunch of disk errors, then the 
program hung with the disk spinning. I popped the disk out and rebooted
thinking the game had crashed because it wasn't allowed to write to 
the disk. the first disk booted fine, I inserted the second at the
proper time and the program hung with the disk spinning. reboot and
I get a guru.
There is no place within 50 miles which will let me try sofware before
buying it so to be safe I will no longer buy europian software.
I still want to know how this game distroied iself with on a write
protected disk.