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Is there any incompatibility with Hysteria and +2A models?

IvanzxIvanzx
edited December 2007 in Games
Well, that's basically it :)

Thanks in advance
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited November 2007
    There shouldn't be. I've just noticed that one of the TAP and TZX files 'die' straight away when running in SPIN when in +2A mode (but the other files work fine). And I'm not sure why there are are 2 'versions' released anyway (A YEAR AFTER MIX and THALBERT DOCK MIX). They are correct in that each major build had a unique 'ID' (usually starting with CAKE MIX and changing with each bug fix) and I'm guessing that 'A YEAR AFTER MIX' was done specially for budget, though I have no recollection of this. Software Projects would have gained from the budget sales - FX got nothing, as far as I'm aware!
  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited November 2007
    Hey Jonathan!!

    What you say its exactly what happens to my copy of Hysteria, when it finishes loading, the game crashes or something and the csreen turns completely black... :(
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  • omegaomega
    edited November 2007
    I love Hysteria, it's one of my favorite games. Great game play, excellent smooth scrolling, great sound and design... In my eyes it's masterpiece. Maybe it could have been even better on 128k, with 2nd videoram, more gfx, sound...

    In fact, I was always disappointed with SOTB on ZX, Gremlin's port (spider soft?) is rather poor. If the game would be ported with Hysteria's engine, it would be much much better.
  • StuBruiseStuBruise
    edited November 2007
    Ivanzx wrote: »
    Hey Jonathan!!

    What you say its exactly what happens to my copy of Hysteria, when it finishes loading, the game crashes or something and the csreen turns completely black... :(

    I found this +2A/+3 fixed version which may be of use:

    http://www.zshare.net/download/52323596e5358d/

    If you want to get an original version working then all you have to do (providing you have a version that uses the standard Spectrum loader -- if it has a custom loader than you're out of luck for the moment) is MERGE the BASIC loader, add POKE 44454,59 just before the RANDOMIZE USR statement and that should do the trick.
  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited November 2007
    Thanks Stu, I will try it ;)
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  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited December 2007
    I tried the poke Stu, and It worked! Thanks, now I can enjoy this game on my +2A ;)

    Cheers
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  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited December 2007
    I just watched the RZX of this game and I was just wondering about the ending of it. There are two things I noticed:
    1. Hint of THGTTG (or am I way wrong here?)
    [strike]2. Erm ... the game just seems to hang there, i.e. the last message
    "...last moment of your mission and..."
    Well ... is there something more to the message? It doesn't go to a second page nor does pressing any buttons work.[/strike] Never mind ... I must have a crappy keyboard ... pressing SPACE seems to work.

    :-?
  • frobushfrobush
    edited December 2007
    Yes Skarpo, I think there is a bit of Hitchhikers in the message! All that stuff was done by Tony Pomfret, the Commodore 64 coder. I felt it was all a bit tacky!
    aowen wrote: »
    So it's doing the old trick of using the ROM as an IM2 lookup table?

    I guess it must do! It's so long ago that I just can't remember!
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