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Offline Dr. ChefTopic starter

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Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« on: February 01, 2015, 05:15:36 AM »
Hello, I'm trying to get James Pond 2 to run on my Amiga 500 (NTSC - OCS Chipset + 512KB trapdoor ram).

I have the OCS-ECS version. I can get the floppy to run, but I cant press the fire button on my controllers. I can press the esc key, but that resets the intro.

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Offline paul1981

Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2015, 10:37:14 AM »
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Hello, I'm trying to get James Pond 2 to run on my Amiga 500 (NTSC - OCS Chipset + 512KB trapdoor ram).

I have the OCS-ECS version. I can get the floppy to run, but I cant press the fire button on my controllers. I can press the esc key, but that resets the intro.

Thanks,

Dr. Chef.


Is the 512K in the trapdoor chipram or slowram? If it's configured as slowram then you may not have enough chipram to run this game, as I've discovered it comes in two flavours:

http://hol.abime.net/781/diskscan

A 0.5MB and a 1MB version. Presumably the 1MB version requires 1MB chipram, in which case you only have 512KB. The "OCS-ECS" version you mention, to me, probably indicates a 1MB chipram requirement.
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Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2015, 04:24:24 PM »
I have 512KB + an A501 Trapdoor expansion giving me a total of 1MB of ram. It might be slow ram, but I'm unsure.

The floppy I have is the 0.5MB version.


Note: I do own an original floppy from eBay, but that disk was corrupt, so I downloaded a version off the internet, but I was having issues with not being able to press the fire button on any of my controllers. I'm able to play with Amiga Forever with no problems, but not on my physical A500 (I can press fire and continue playing on Amiga Forever, but not on my A500). When I edit the game settings on Amiga Forever, I see it auto configured for 512k slow ram.

Edit: Added stuff.
« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 05:07:40 PM by Dr. Chef »
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2015, 05:08:37 PM »
In your  Workbench title bar, does it say something about "x amount of chip memory, x amount of other memory" or only chip?

Since you're using a version you "downloaded off the Internet", it could be anything.  Is it some sort of hacked or cracked version?  Have you tried downloading any other versions?  I assume your controllers work fine for other games?
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Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2015, 05:18:19 PM »
Yes, I was able to use my controllers with various other games. My workbench title bar just show the amount of free memory I have (896064 free memory is what it displays), not X amount of chip, and X amount of other memory. I'm using a skidrow cracked version.


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« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 05:21:19 PM by Dr. Chef »
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2015, 05:21:46 PM »
Ah, you must be using 1.3.  Not in front of my Amiga right now, but if you go to the Shell and type avail, does that tell you anything?
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Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2015, 05:29:54 PM »
Yes, I'm using WB 1.3. I should of mentioned that.

When I type Avail, the shell shows that I have chip and fast ram.

Chip: 449768 Available - 73464 In-Use - 523232 Maximum - 449688 Largest

Fast: 395504 Available - 121384 In-Use - 516888 Maximum - 393664 Largest

Total: 845272 Available - 194848 In-Use - 1040120 Maximum - 449688 Largest
« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 05:32:30 PM by Dr. Chef »
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iBook G4 - OS: MorphOS 3.9
Amiga 500 NTSC (512k ram + 512k a501 trapdoor) - OS: WB 1.3
AMD FX-8350-8core - GTX 970 SC - 16GB Ram - Asus sabertooth 990fx r2
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Offline paul1981

Re: Issues running James Pond 2 OCS-ECS on NTSC A500
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2015, 06:54:06 PM »
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Yes, I'm using WB 1.3. I should of mentioned that.

When I type Avail, the shell shows that I have chip and fast ram.

Chip: 449768 Available - 73464 In-Use - 523232 Maximum - 449688 Largest

Fast: 395504 Available - 121384 In-Use - 516888 Maximum - 393664 Largest

Total: 845272 Available - 194848 In-Use - 1040120 Maximum - 449688 Largest


You have 512K Chipram then, and 512K Slowram. That James Pond 2 you have downloaded is either faulty, or a 1MB chipram version perhaps? Try downloading a different one and see if it behaves differently.
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