From: 4WL (Martin Wilson)
Subject: Name the Games
Another Nostalgic Quiz.
Platform game to rival Manic Minor,
not as many screens but a nasty
looking head follows you about.
Race game without corners. Oh dear not
the Acorns finest hour. Better than a
fifth gear though.
Very clever strategy game with
thousands of levels couldn't generate
the screen in real time though, very
slow complex graphics. Its got a
connection with a famous race game.
A yoyo wielding caveman. Surely thats
all you need.
Shoot your way through time. Time
changed into Space.
Mice as spys, Tynesoft did the
honours.
The first plan failed for this little
monochrome robot.
I don't know how they got there but
there on the moon.
I think the programmers liked elite
but they sunk without trace.
This was very sinistar but the company
pulled out.
This miner isn't so manic and came
from America, in fact he was a miner
before the manic one. This is the
sequel though with birds on the table.
Two sets of monarchy all in one area
in this early adventure game.
I was all set for a dogfight with the
hunn but a triangle turned up instead.
One of the two mediocre Martech sport
licenses. This ones got a beard.
This is the other one and its in the
water.
Another martech game but more a
suicide mission than a sport.
Martech what is it good for. a
vertical shoot em up with a small
screen.
Light a stick of dynamite and don't
throw it just leave it there in your
hand and you'll get this game.
Superiors answer to the above. You'll
have to fight amongst yourself to
decide which is better.
It may have been two pounds to
spectrum and C64 owners but it was a
bit more expensive to us. Gravity has
something to do with it.
It all went black and white for
Electron owners but Masters got even
more colour. Yes, Yes this is the one
how could I disguise it. I haven't got
a cloaking device and neither has this
one I think.
One player on screen is normal, 2
players is impressive so whats 4
players and on an Electron at budget
price. Its a bloomin miracle.
He was in the poseidon adventure, he
also appeared in a action series and
that series was made into a game.
You might find one at the tower of
London although the ones you normally
see there are human and not small ones
like this.
Name these classic Acorn Games
From: 4WL (Martin Wilson)
Subject: A3010 Arm3 upgrade
I've now got the Arm3 working in the
A3010. It was the address enable line.
It needed to be connected from the
Arm3 to the Arm2 socket. Normal Arm3
upgrades don't make this connection.
Many people have made suggestions to
the solution but the best suggestion
was to contact 'Simtec'. Unfortunately
the number they gave was either wrong
or out of date. But I managed to find
a new number out of the Acorn User
business directory. Anyway Simtec had
the answer and after a little bit of
very careful soldering the problem was
solved.
My A3010 now whizzes along, over twice
the speed it was before. Risc OS 3
works much better now, as I've since
found out it was optimised for a cache
processor anyway. Certainly the
computer seems to bootup four times as
fast before (with Newlook installed).
The speed of my A3010 is identical to
that of the original A5000 with a
25MHZ arm3 and 12MHZ RAM which is more
than likely about the same speed as a
computer with 8MHZ RAM and a 33MHZ
Arm3. Its about 14MIPS. A basic Arm610
Risc PC is only about 17MIPs so this
isn't bad at all.
From: D3W (PETER D.WATERS)
Subject: WHY WE MUST SUPPORT 8-BS
IN A RECENT MESSAGE REGARDING WHAT I
SEE AS THE 'DISK DRIVE' PROBLEM, I
EXPLAINED HOW I FEARED BEING UNABLE TO
CONTINUE WITH MY MASTER 128 FOR
WORDWISE PLUS WORD PROCESSING, DUE TO
THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF FINDING SPARE
OR REPLACEMENT 5.25" DRIVES.
THIS PROBLEM I HAVE NOW SOLVED,
THROUGH MARTIN WILSON IN YEOVIL, AND
OUR ESTEEMED LEADER OR EDITOR, CHRIS
HIMSELF. I NOW HAVE A TWIN DS WITH
PSU, AND TWO SINGLES WITHOUT. I NOW
FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE, AND TO HELL WITH PCS.
WITHOUT THIS USER GROUP, AND THE
ASSISTANCE I HAVE BEEN RENDERED THOUGH
IT, AT THE MOST REASONABLE OF PRICES I
WOULD ADD, I WOULD BY NOW HAVE BEEN
TRYING SOMEHOW TO TRANSFER MY FILES TO
A PC, AT A CONSIDERABLY FAR HIGHER
COST.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, HOWEVER ILLOGICAL
IT MIGHT APPEAR TO PC USERS, WE WISH
TO CONTINUE WITH THESE MACHINES, BUT
IF WE ARE TO DO SO, WE NEED TO SUPPORT
FULLY CHRIS'S EFFORTS, OR DUE TO LACK
OF SPARES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT WE
WILL GO UNDER.
THEN THERE IS THE HUGE AMOUNT OF
SOFTWARE IN THE POOL, WHICH IS NOT AS
IMPORTANT TO ME AS IT MIGHT BE TO
OTHERS.
THEREFORE, USE IT OR LOSE IT, SO THAT
IN THE POSSIBLY NOT TOO DISTANT
FUTURE, WORKING MODELS OF BEEBS AND
MASTERS WILL FEATURE ON THE ANTIQUES
ROADSHOW!