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From: cyosta@taux01.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: My SE/30 and the games it wont run :-(
Message-ID: <1789@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 07:26:52 GMT
Reply-To: cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM ( Yossie Silverman )
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel
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Well, my spanking new SE/30 is here, and most stuff seems to work just
fine.  The problems I have encountered with games are not half as bad
as I have been led to believe but I would like to share them with you
anyway.

1) Beyond Dark Castle - This is *NOT* a complaint.  Actually it works 
   just fine, well, better then fine as it doesn't require me to boot
   from a no-INIT disk anymore!  Just like on a MacII!
2) Arkanoid - The game *DOES* work on a MacII but not on a SE/30.  I
   looked through it with Nosy and found that it checks for machine
   type with _SysEnvirons, it compares to 4 and assumes an "old" machine
   if they don't match.  Anyway, I patched it to compare to 7 (SE/30)
   and now it starts but dies without ever displaying anything.
3) Apache Strike - no go.  Again, I looked through it, patched a
   few calls (mostly to sound and those that check that an alternate
   buffer is available).  Result: game starts, even "plays" but the
   flying display is missing.  It will play the sounds of battle as
   well as navigate (blindly) but not show you anything.
4) Crystal Quest (2.2c) complains that there are problems and asks
   if I want to take a chance and continue.  I answer that I do and
   the game works except that (1) no sound is generated and (2) the
   mouse movement seems a little sluggish.

Any help with any of the above will be appreciated.

The only other program that doesn't work too well, and it isn't even a
program, is BackDrop.  So, Tim, when do you release a version that works
on a SE/30 as well?

One more problem which might just be me is Clipboard Magician which blows
up on some functions.  Since I never tried it on anything but a Mac SE/30
this might be a general bug rather then a SE/30 compatibility bug.

- Yossie
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Yossie Silverman                                   What did the Caspian sea?
National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel)				- Saki
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