Wooo you have Extra RAM/HDD/FDD an 040/060!!!

DDNI · 11 September 2007, 09:11

Lets compile another meaningless list of Amiga Stuff!

Does anyone recall which games make specific reference to Amiga Enhancements?

I have seen a good few that comment on extra RAM.
Dont recall one ever saying "Damn your a rich B*gger with your 040/060" though....

Graham Humphrey · 11 September 2007, 09:14

There are a few that comment on RAM, struggling to remember any off the top of my head though.

Although I think Fantastic Dizzy was one, it said if it detected extra RAM and loaded the entire game into memory. (Interesting hey?)

DDNI · 11 September 2007, 09:49

Didnt SOTB say "Extra RAM Detected and Utilized"?

I cant remember any game references to a faster CPU though...

alexh · 11 September 2007, 10:11

Lots of demos said it.

I seem to remember Enjoy the Silents demo saying "xmem boogalooed on"

P-J · 11 September 2007, 10:14

Lemmings 2.

DrF · 11 September 2007, 10:21

Leander said extra memory detected and used, and showed a animation of a chip rotating, this was on my unexpanded A500+ so I guess it wanted 512k.

I do recall some features of Worms only working if you had 1.5Mb of ram and then more levels or something working if you had 2Mb of ram, it was in the back of manual.

Skidmarks could use 2Mb to get extra cars on track or something?
Which was funny as I think it was 4 cars with 1Mb ram and 8 cars with 2Mb, but if you tried it with 1.5Mb ram you got 6 cars and it crashed!

I had ALOT of games that would never work with external floppy drives ALWAYS DF0: only, and these were usually games on 3 or 4 disks!

I can remember a few PC games telling me to "buy a 486!" if I set screen sizes too low on my err Pentium 200, mostly Doom Clones and the like.

keropi · 11 September 2007, 10:35

the "buy a 486" message is on Apogee's Rise Of The Triad , and it appears if you make the windows the smallest possible,

StrategyGamer · 11 September 2007, 10:35

Hired Guns OCS
Total Chaos OCS
Total Chaos AGA
many others

s2325 · 11 September 2007, 11:49

Doman, but it's probably impossible to have 100%. Project X only plays music (not title music) if you have not enough memory.

P-J · 11 September 2007, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by keropi

the "buy a 486" message is on Apogee's Rise Of The Triad , and it appears if you make the windows the smallest possible,

Nicely future-proofed joke, that

s2325 · 11 September 2007, 12:02

Mortal Kombat 2 have very long loading time if you have more than 1MB ram. Wings of Fury have picture of planes with text "why me?" when you have not enough memory.

Graham Humphrey · 11 September 2007, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrF

I had ALOT of games that would never work with external floppy drives ALWAYS DF0: only, and these were usually games on 3 or 4 disks!

Don't get me started on that - that was incredibly poor programming. Why spend all that money on an external drive(s) only to find you can't actually use it with most games? Madness...

DrF · 11 September 2007, 14:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Don't get me started on that - that was incredibly poor programming. Why spend all that money on an external drive(s) only to find you can't actually use it with most games? Madness...

Lets get started on that!
That really upset me back in the day. Same with my A570 naff all availible for it, what a god dam waste of money.

DDNI · 11 September 2007, 14:50

Time Machine + A570 + WHDLoad to 1989 = Amiga gaming heaven!

s2325 · 11 September 2007, 15:44

I used second drive mainly for X-Copy.

alexh · 11 September 2007, 16:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

Time Machine + A570 + WHDLoad to 1989 = Amiga gaming heaven!

Plus some pre burnt WHDload CD's as I think CD burners were a bit expensive back then.

You'd also need the 2Mbyte A570 Fast RAM upgrade that was never made. A 1Mbyte A500 doesnt have much RAM left for WHDLoad after the CDTV extended ROM has had it's go

oh! And you'll need an AmiTrix A570 SCSI-TV adapter to save your high scores...

and a....

DDNI · 11 September 2007, 17:03

Bah Imagine talking your Amiga rig back to 1989.... If I had seen mine back then, I would positively have creamed my pants!

Zetr0 · 11 September 2007, 17:17

@DDNI

LOL

i can imagine what would happen if i took my miggy stuff back in time...

LMAO..... industrial light and magic subcontracting my amigas for all thier movies

... oh the money i could make.....

11 September 2007, 09:11	#1
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Wooo you have Extra RAM/HDD/FDD an 040/060!!! Lets compile another meaningless list of Amiga Stuff! Does anyone recall which games make specific reference to Amiga Enhancements? I have seen a good few that comment on extra RAM. Dont recall one ever saying "Damn your a rich B*gger with your 040/060" though....

11 September 2007, 10:21	#6
DrF Blessed A1200 Of TeH Rat Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bham, UK Age: 42 Posts: 496	Leander said extra memory detected and used, and showed a animation of a chip rotating, this was on my unexpanded A500+ so I guess it wanted 512k. I do recall some features of Worms only working if you had 1.5Mb of ram and then more levels or something working if you had 2Mb of ram, it was in the back of manual. Skidmarks could use 2Mb to get extra cars on track or something? Which was funny as I think it was 4 cars with 1Mb ram and 8 cars with 2Mb, but if you tried it with 1.5Mb ram you got 6 cars and it crashed! I had ALOT of games that would never work with external floppy drives ALWAYS DF0: only, and these were usually games on 3 or 4 disks! I can remember a few PC games telling me to "buy a 486!" if I set screen sizes too low on my err Pentium 200, mostly Doom Clones and the like. Last edited by DrF; 11 September 2007 at 10:28.

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s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Doman, but it's probably impossible to have 100%. Project X only plays music (not title music) if you have not enough memory. Last edited by s2325; 11 September 2007 at 11:55.

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11 September 2007, 09:14	#2
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	There are a few that comment on RAM, struggling to remember any off the top of my head though. Although I think Fantastic Dizzy was one, it said if it detected extra RAM and loaded the entire game into memory. (Interesting hey?)

11 September 2007, 09:49	#3
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Didnt SOTB say "Extra RAM Detected and Utilized"? I cant remember any game references to a faster CPU though...

11 September 2007, 10:11	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,418	Lots of demos said it. I seem to remember Enjoy the Silents demo saying "xmem boogalooed on"

11 September 2007, 10:14	#5
P-J Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Moorpark, California Age: 44 Posts: 1,153	Lemmings 2.

11 September 2007, 10:35	#7
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	the "buy a 486" message is on Apogee's Rise Of The Triad , and it appears if you make the windows the smallest possible,

11 September 2007, 10:35	#8
StrategyGamer Total Chaos AGA is fun! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 873	Hired Guns OCS Total Chaos OCS Total Chaos AGA many others

11 September 2007, 12:02	#11
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Mortal Kombat 2 have very long loading time if you have more than 1MB ram. Wings of Fury have picture of planes with text "why me?" when you have not enough memory.

11 September 2007, 14:50	#14
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Time Machine + A570 + WHDLoad to 1989 = Amiga gaming heaven!

11 September 2007, 15:44	#15
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I used second drive mainly for X-Copy.

11 September 2007, 17:03	#17
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	Bah Imagine talking your Amiga rig back to 1989.... If I had seen mine back then, I would positively have creamed my pants!

11 September 2007, 17:17	#18
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@DDNI LOL i can imagine what would happen if i took my miggy stuff back in time... LMAO..... industrial light and magic subcontracting my amigas for all thier movies ... oh the money i could make.....

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