Date   : Sat, 13 Apr 1996 11:55:54 +0100 (BST)
From   : Tom Seddon <T.W.Seddon@...>
Subject: Incompatible Games

OK, just a shot in the dark...

What successes have people had with Firetrack? I've got the scrolling 
sorted out, but the landscape looks completely wrong and the ship is 
uncontrollable.

Furthermore, did anyone have any problems with Skirmish and/or Exile? 
Neither of these work, since they get stuck in an endless loop waiting 
for a certain memory location to change (but it never does). In Skirmish 
it stops when you pres F4 to start a game and it says 'Prepare to Juost', 
and in Exile it stops when it has drawn the basic spaceship at the start 
of the game (no man, no Destinator, no stars and no doors though). I've 
implemented even more VIA features, but STILL they refuse to work.

I'm going to get to work on Firetrack (and I'm going to have a stab at
sorting out Castl Quest too -- can *anyone* run this game?!), but Exile
and Skirmish have got me flummoxed so far. If anyone has any suggestions
I'd gratefully receive them (they are my favourite two games!), but if not
I'll just have to write those improved debugging routines I've been
meaning to... 

--Tom
 
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