Zool 2: Guru meditation

[TenLeftFingers]

I've tried many different versions of Zool (CD32 and countless adf's) and I either get a Guru Meditation error (with the cracked versions) or the error from a previous post telling me that 'Device needs config for Amigacd32' for my gamepads.

It's the only game I can share with my six-year-old from my childhood (because she can handle the controls) but it's the only one that doesn't work! I did get one to work but the colors were all wrong and looked like the monitor was on acid.

Is anyone using it for FS-UAE?

[s2325]

I think acid colors were because of wrong chipset selected, try to change AGA to ECS or ECS to AGA.

[TenLeftFingers]

Is this possible with s2325? I know how to do it with UAE but not FS-UAE Launcher (or is it a config file edit?). Thanks.

[DaveMB]

Zool AGA Ministry crack works fine with FS-UAE, Don't know if it's 100% but I just played for 5 minutes without any obvious issues.

[s2325]

You can change Amiga model:

amiga_model

Default value: A500

Example: amiga_model = 1200/020

Specify the Amiga model you want to emulate. The default is A500. Valid values are:

    A500 – A standard Amiga 500 with 512 KB chip RAM and 512 KB slow RAM, defaulting to Kickstart 1.3.
    A500+ – A standard Amiga 500+ with 1 MB chip RAM, defaulting to Kickstart 2.04.
    A600 – A standard Amiga 600 with 1 MB chip RAM, defaulting to Kickstart 2.05.
    A1000 – Since 1.3.27. An Amiga 1000 with 512 KB chip RAM, defaulting to Kickstart 1.2.
    A1200 – A standard Amiga 1200 with 2 MB chip RAM, defaulting to Kickstart 3.1.
    A1200/020 – Amiga 1200 but with 68020 processor instead of 68ec020 – allows the use of Zorro III RAM
    A3000 – (Since 2.1.21) Amiga 3000 with 2 MB chip RAM, 8 MB fast RAM and a 68030 processor running as fast as possible, defaulting to Kickstart 3.1.
    A4000/040 – Amiga 4000 with 2 MB chip RAM, 8 MB fast RAM and a 68040 processor running as fast as possible, defaulting to Kickstart 3.1.
    CD32 – A standard CD32 unit.
    CDTV – A standard Commodore CDTV unit.

The amiga_model option configures FS-UAE with common hardware settings. You can override the amount of RAM (and other hardware options) with other options.

[Retro-Nerd]

Maybe time to register a game database account. Then you don't have to care about configs. Just scan all your games and play them.

http://oagd.net/fs-uae-launcher

[TenLeftFingers]

DaveMB, I meant to say Zool 2 but thanks. Does that one work for you?

s2325, thank you. I see this now in the .cfg files. But they can also be set by the GUI, yes? I have tried all the models via the GUI (except CDTV), but perhaps my ROMs are not appropriate?

Retro-Nerd, after spending several hours on this trying different configs and .adf file versions I think I will finally follow your very wise advise

[TenLeftFingers]

Well, he DB is an amazing feature. It doesn't change how Zool 2 works but I'm very happy to have it. Thanks again Retro-Nerd.

[TenLeftFingers]

I have solved the problem. It was asking be to insert disk 1, which I thought I already had inserted. But the first disk is in fact 'Disk 0'. Thank you all, nailing down the configuration helped me focus more to solve it.

[stu232]

The Guru Mediation is far more entertaining than the game!

[TenLeftFingers]

Oooooh!

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by TenLeftFingers

I have solved the problem. It was asking be to insert disk 1, which I thought I already had inserted. But the first disk is in fact 'Disk 0'.

I have updated the database so the floppy labels in FS-UAE reads Boot Disk, Disk 1 and Disk 2 (instead of Disk 1, Disk 2 and Disk 3)