4th Dimension games on Pi2
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:00 am
Duplication of my post on stardot, as felt more useful to include in the JASPP forum. https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic ... 29&t=16616
I've recently installed RISC OS 5.27 on my Pi 2 B and it works beautifully with all of the packaged games so no issues with the setup.
Next step was to dust off my original games on floppy and make some JFDs using my old A3010.
I got Flashback working. I have the version on 2 HD disks (F1053201), but needed to use the Obey file for the DD version in order to make it run.
Also got Aldebaran working - under emulation (!ArchiEmu) as it uses WIMP mode, and Simon the Sorcerer (although copy protection is still there).
I've had mixed success with my 4th Dimension titles as follows:
Saloon Cars Deluxe - Works fine
E-Type II - As for Aldebaran this works fine in !ArchiEmu
Virtual Golf - Doesn't work either under emulation or natively on the Pi. Causes !ArchiEmu to reboot.
Stunt Racer 2000 - I've got the 2 disk version (F1035101). The music starts, but it gets stuck on the loading screen which is compressed into a letterbox. That's the point where it asks for disk 2, but Ctrl-Shift-F2 doesn't work. I get a similar result in !ArchiEmu - the load screen shrinks the vertical height of the window (while this happens the music slows down so something odd is happening) and I can't get past the point it asks for disk 2. Oddly, it does work in Red Squirrel on my Windows 10 machine, so I know the JFDs are OK. Is a newer version available from anywhere?
The following games are from the "Real McCoy 2" compilation (not sure if that means they are different versions?):
Apocalypse - Works fine on the Pi.
The Olympics - Runs, but so fast it's unplayable on the Pi. Haven't tried under emulation yet.
Holed Out - Can't seem to get this to work. Maybe a problem with the image?
Inertia - My original floppy seems to be corrupt - doesn't verify on the A3010 and I get a 'disk error' when trying to boot the JFD.
I've heard mention that 4D released some patches for their games to make them work on later hardware. Does anyone know if they are available to download? I'm not interested in buying the games again as I can always revert to running on original hardware if I can't get them going.
Things I haven't tried:
- Installing games to hard disk in !ArchiEmu and running them without ADFFS
- Forcing 50Hz mode
I've recently installed RISC OS 5.27 on my Pi 2 B and it works beautifully with all of the packaged games so no issues with the setup.
Next step was to dust off my original games on floppy and make some JFDs using my old A3010.
I got Flashback working. I have the version on 2 HD disks (F1053201), but needed to use the Obey file for the DD version in order to make it run.
Also got Aldebaran working - under emulation (!ArchiEmu) as it uses WIMP mode, and Simon the Sorcerer (although copy protection is still there).
I've had mixed success with my 4th Dimension titles as follows:
Saloon Cars Deluxe - Works fine
E-Type II - As for Aldebaran this works fine in !ArchiEmu
Virtual Golf - Doesn't work either under emulation or natively on the Pi. Causes !ArchiEmu to reboot.
Stunt Racer 2000 - I've got the 2 disk version (F1035101). The music starts, but it gets stuck on the loading screen which is compressed into a letterbox. That's the point where it asks for disk 2, but Ctrl-Shift-F2 doesn't work. I get a similar result in !ArchiEmu - the load screen shrinks the vertical height of the window (while this happens the music slows down so something odd is happening) and I can't get past the point it asks for disk 2. Oddly, it does work in Red Squirrel on my Windows 10 machine, so I know the JFDs are OK. Is a newer version available from anywhere?
The following games are from the "Real McCoy 2" compilation (not sure if that means they are different versions?):
Apocalypse - Works fine on the Pi.
The Olympics - Runs, but so fast it's unplayable on the Pi. Haven't tried under emulation yet.
Holed Out - Can't seem to get this to work. Maybe a problem with the image?
Inertia - My original floppy seems to be corrupt - doesn't verify on the A3010 and I get a 'disk error' when trying to boot the JFD.
I've heard mention that 4D released some patches for their games to make them work on later hardware. Does anyone know if they are available to download? I'm not interested in buying the games again as I can always revert to running on original hardware if I can't get them going.
Things I haven't tried:
- Installing games to hard disk in !ArchiEmu and running them without ADFFS
- Forcing 50Hz mode