Known bugs in AMIGA ganes ?

plasmatron · 19 January 2004, 13:39

I'd like to know about games which had nasty bugs when they were released!

Any good examples?

Methanoid · 19 January 2004, 13:50

Frontier (Elite II) IIRC

Then there was also the bug in the thread title

7-Zark-7 · 19 January 2004, 14:51

Although maybe not the best time given certain other heated threads, Kick Off was well known for it's infamous bugs-A Zzap! article featuring a reader vs. Phil King challenge match made for entertaining reading about them & the ways they could be abused to advantage!

I also recall a Zzap article about Fighter Bomber wherein a bug in early copies of the game made the game freeze up just before the final mission stopping you completing the game.

Ah the "good" old days when you weren't able/or directed to d/l 200+meg patch files!

Codetapper · 19 January 2004, 19:44

Zzap also reported back in the day that around 500 copies of Hawkeye on the Amiga were faulty.

Methanoid · 19 January 2004, 19:46

Operation G2 demo on Amiga Format... all the MFM loading problems so that they offered a free disk if you asked nicely.

Meth

Marcuz · 20 January 2004, 00:45

The Lord Of The Rings: vol 1
the disk three was known to be faulty

abelthorne · 22 February 2004, 23:01

Anco's basketball game (don't remember its name) was unplayable because of its bugs.

Lord of the Rings : at one time in the game (on the road to Rivendell), the dialogues start to be weird (weird letters, missing words...) and the game crashes or hangs if you speak to other characters. It turns back to normal at one point but you miss a (little) part of the game.

Legend of Faerghail : to bypass the protection, you have to give a name found in the manual (you have to look at the family tree of a character in the manual and give one of his ancestors name) ; problem is that no answer works. I found a cracked version some time ago and at last I can play the game ten years after having bought it...

Fate : Gates of Dawn had a bug too (it crashed or hanged at one point IIRC).

Bloodwych : Had one bug once that I could never reproduce. A fireball hit my party in a corridor near the beginning of the game (this fireball should never have been there and I couldn't find it again in subsequent plays). Three of my guys died, the other one gained about 15 levels at once and was almost invincible. Later in the game, at some points, the game hanged when you walked a certin way on certain squares (e.g. on one square it hanged if you turned left but not if you moved forward, etc.). I've started the game again later and could finish it with no bugs...

I guess I could find other ones as about 80% of the games I bought had bugs at one time or another

Codetapper · 23 February 2004, 00:21

Real Ghostbusters

If you complete the game (very tough!), you see the end sequence and then it sends you to the high score table. However the game is completely locked up the only thing you can do is reboot.

Jetsons

The F10 PAL/NTSC toggle is broken on AGA machines because it specifically tests for ECS values.

Peanutuk · 23 February 2004, 00:43

Quote:

Originally posted by Methanoid
Operation G2 demo on Amiga Format... all the MFM loading problems so that they offered a free disk if you asked nicely.

Meth

I remember a similar incident on a demo verision of Skidmarks for an Amiga Format demo disk. It covered a whole disk and didn't work. The next month Acid bought a full page apology in AF and sacked [apparently] the man responsible.

Enverex · 23 February 2004, 01:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Methanoid
Frontier (Elite II) IIRC

What about it?

Methanoid · 23 February 2004, 09:45

It was riddled.. IIRC there were several fixed versions released within weeks....

Dr. Dude · 23 February 2004, 09:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Enverex

Quote:

Originally posted by Methanoid
Frontier (Elite II) IIRC

What about it?

I hope nothing

Well when landing the ship crashed ones a wile. (WHIT AUTOPILOT)

AmiGer · 23 February 2004, 12:39

Elite (first release) had a funny bug. The player was never be able to become "E-L-I-T-E" !!! In most cases you have never seen the ELITE congratulations screen. It was a counter problem...
(Recognized that when I disassembled it...)

Enverex · 23 February 2004, 12:45

Quote:

Originally posted by Dr. Dude
What about it?

I hope nothing
Well when landing the ship crashed ones a wile. (WHIT AUTOPILOT)

Yeah, that happened to me once before, it really pissed me off. It seems to be caused by slow Amigas.

Overdoc · 23 February 2004, 14:01

I think DNA Warrior is bugged !
At least I played 2 different versions until the end and I couldn't kill the end of game monster since there was no reaction to my shots.

abelthorne · 23 February 2004, 15:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Overdoc
I think DNA Warrior is bugged !
At least I played 2 different versions until the end and I couldn't kill the end of game monster since there was no reaction to my shots.

Or maybe it had to be killed a special way ?

DisposableHero · 28 November 2004, 00:55

Apparently in International Rugby Challenge, pausing the game stops the action, but not the timer. That's pretty bad. Kick Off 96 also fails to get to half time in most matches.

Dastardly · 28 November 2004, 13:20

Kick Off 2 The Final Whistle. If the ball went off in the exact corner of the pitch the game would crash., with an annoying repetitive whistle blowing IIRC.

Dr. Dude · 28 November 2004, 13:57

Deuteros

When you build a station, no more, just the OF frames

Let the meths atack it, and use the selfdistruct trick..... wile you have not builded it in

Tolismlf · 28 November 2004, 20:45

I remember buying Mig 29 Fulcrum original and the 1st disk wouldn't boot and it was a NDOS disk in the WB. The 2nd disk was OK in the Workbench!

19 January 2004, 13:39	#1
plasmatron Zone Friend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Age: 48 Posts: 967	Known bugs in AMIGA ganes ? I'd like to know about games which had nasty bugs when they were released! Any good examples?

19 January 2004, 19:44	#4
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Hawkeye Zzap also reported back in the day that around 500 copies of Hawkeye on the Amiga were faulty.

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19 January 2004, 13:50	#2
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Frontier (Elite II) IIRC Then there was also the bug in the thread title

19 January 2004, 14:51	#3
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Although maybe not the best time given certain other heated threads, Kick Off was well known for it's infamous bugs-A Zzap! article featuring a reader vs. Phil King challenge match made for entertaining reading about them & the ways they could be abused to advantage! I also recall a Zzap article about Fighter Bomber wherein a bug in early copies of the game made the game freeze up just before the final mission stopping you completing the game. Ah the "good" old days when you weren't able/or directed to d/l 200+meg patch files!

19 January 2004, 19:46	#5
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Operation G2 demo on Amiga Format... all the MFM loading problems so that they offered a free disk if you asked nicely. Meth

20 January 2004, 00:45	#6
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	The Lord Of The Rings: vol 1 the disk three was known to be faulty

22 February 2004, 23:01	#7
abelthorne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: France Posts: 142	Anco's basketball game (don't remember its name) was unplayable because of its bugs. Lord of the Rings : at one time in the game (on the road to Rivendell), the dialogues start to be weird (weird letters, missing words...) and the game crashes or hangs if you speak to other characters. It turns back to normal at one point but you miss a (little) part of the game. Legend of Faerghail : to bypass the protection, you have to give a name found in the manual (you have to look at the family tree of a character in the manual and give one of his ancestors name) ; problem is that no answer works. I found a cracked version some time ago and at last I can play the game ten years after having bought it... Fate : Gates of Dawn had a bug too (it crashed or hanged at one point IIRC). Bloodwych : Had one bug once that I could never reproduce. A fireball hit my party in a corridor near the beginning of the game (this fireball should never have been there and I couldn't find it again in subsequent plays). Three of my guys died, the other one gained about 15 levels at once and was almost invincible. Later in the game, at some points, the game hanged when you walked a certin way on certain squares (e.g. on one square it hanged if you turned left but not if you moved forward, etc.). I've started the game again later and could finish it with no bugs... I guess I could find other ones as about 80% of the games I bought had bugs at one time or another

23 February 2004, 00:21	#8
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Real Ghostbusters If you complete the game (very tough!), you see the end sequence and then it sends you to the high score table. However the game is completely locked up the only thing you can do is reboot. Jetsons The F10 PAL/NTSC toggle is broken on AGA machines because it specifically tests for ECS values.

23 February 2004, 09:45	#11
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	It was riddled.. IIRC there were several fixed versions released within weeks....

23 February 2004, 12:39	#13
AmiGer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 349	Elite (first release) had a funny bug. The player was never be able to become "E-L-I-T-E" !!! In most cases you have never seen the ELITE congratulations screen. It was a counter problem... (Recognized that when I disassembled it...)

23 February 2004, 14:01	#15
Overdoc Commodore Collector Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austria Age: 53 Posts: 944	I think DNA Warrior is bugged ! At least I played 2 different versions until the end and I couldn't kill the end of game monster since there was no reaction to my shots.

28 November 2004, 00:55	#17
DisposableHero Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England Posts: 188	Apparently in International Rugby Challenge, pausing the game stops the action, but not the timer. That's pretty bad. Kick Off 96 also fails to get to half time in most matches.

28 November 2004, 13:20	#18
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Kick Off 2 The Final Whistle. If the ball went off in the exact corner of the pitch the game would crash., with an annoying repetitive whistle blowing IIRC.

28 November 2004, 13:57	#19
Dr. Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: On Ami World Posts: 500	Deuteros When you build a station, no more, just the OF frames Let the meths atack it, and use the selfdistruct trick..... wile you have not builded it in

28 November 2004, 20:45	#20
Tolismlf Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Greece Posts: 237	I remember buying Mig 29 Fulcrum original and the 1st disk wouldn't boot and it was a NDOS disk in the WB. The 2nd disk was OK in the Workbench!

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