Wonder Dog

Sir Kidd · 17 December 2003, 17:45

I have bought an original version of Wonderdog but I can't get it to work on my A1200.
It crashes in the first 'loading screen' when 'CORE' is displayed.
Any ideas ?

I already tried some other configs in the startup menu.
Could NTSC have anything to do with it ?

Amiga1992 · 17 December 2003, 18:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Kidd
Could NTSC have anything to do with it ?

Depends. is your Amiga NTSC? if not, why are you asking about NTSC?

The chances here are:

1) This game is incompatible with the A1200. I doubt this since it's a game created when there were A1200s around already

2) You bought knackered disks.

3) Your disk drive is knackered.

But with the scarce ammount of details you post about your problem, we're not bound to e of much help.

andreas · 17 December 2003, 20:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
[B]Depends. is your Amiga NTSC? if not, why are you asking about NTSC?

The chances here are:

1) This game is incompatible with the A1200. I doubt this since it's a game created when there were A1200s around already

Your doubt is granted!

*The* site for real-Amigans, GAGE, says:

Works from disk on a plain A1200!

So

Quote:

2) You bought knackered disks.

appears to be the right "suggestion".

It's not the first time that it happened that ebay sellers (et al.) had BROKEN original disks and copied CRACKED (!) versions over these former original disks and didn't tell a word!
No wonder then if the "original" doesn't work on your A1200, but merely on an A500.

Amiga1992 · 17 December 2003, 21:54

Quote:

Originally posted by andreas
appears to be the right "suggestion".

It could also be a knackered diskdrive. But with the few details he posted about this, it's hard to tell.

Sir Kidd · 18 December 2003, 14:17

No no, my drive is fine other games work.
I asked about NTSC because it's in the early startup menu.
Well maybe it is a corrupt version then yes but I got the game sealed.
Hmmm.

kriz · 18 December 2003, 14:55

Install with WHdload :

http://www.whdload.de/games/WonderDog.lha

Sir Kidd · 18 December 2003, 17:00

? n00b here!

haynor666 · 18 December 2003, 18:31

Sector 1 od first disk is erased or damaged. Games uses RNC copylock. Is this sector is bad game always hang just after loading level 1.

Amiga1992 · 18 December 2003, 18:47

Quote:

Originally posted by haynor
Is this sector is bad game always hang just after loading level 1.

He doesn't even get to the Level 1, so not.

Quote:

? n00b here!

Kriz linked you to the official site. Would you care to read instead of making us red it for you?

In any case, if you are 100% SURE your diskdrive is fine, then your disks are knackered. Sealing can be done anywhere man, it means really nothing. Try the game in another Amiga to be sure.

haynor666 · 18 December 2003, 19:29

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
He doesn't even get to the Level 1, so not.

I wrote:
Is this sector is bad game always hang just after loading level 1

not

game always hang after entering level 1

Game crashes when RNC date are decrunched into memory. This is standard method for copylock.

Amiga1992 · 18 December 2003, 23:37

Sorry, but I had/have trouble following your english, hence the cnfusion (I still think you're saying that the game has sector 1 bad and that's why the game hangs after loading level 1. which doesn't happen)

andreas · 19 December 2003, 06:09

haynor, you had meant pre-loading level 1, right?
Games tend to pre-load first levels without the user noticing to avoid excessive loading times.

So "crash at bootup" and "crash when pre-loading level 1" makes sense first time because pre-load IS usually done at bootup.

haynor666 · 19 December 2003, 18:00

Well, almost - when screen with "Level 1" appears level 1 is loading. After this loaded data must be decompressed and here copylock hangs game.

hal · 19 December 2003, 18:14

weird
i have this same game in a box
it's never worked
maybe they used extra low quality disks

Amiga1992 · 19 December 2003, 19:37

Quote:

Originally posted by haynor
Well, almost - when screen with "Level 1" appears level 1 is loading. After this loaded data must be decompressed and here copylock hangs game.

But the original post says that it hangs on the CORE DESIGN SCREEN.

andreas · 20 December 2003, 17:07

Whoops - true!
(after 2nd re-read)

haynor666 · 20 December 2003, 19:22

I see. So maybe disks are really damaged but from my experiment (copy from original disks) game always hang in exactly the same place. Maybe it's possible that on other machines game hang up in different places.

17 December 2003, 17:45	#1
Sir Kidd Warrior Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hyrule, Dark World Age: 46 Posts: 24	Wonder Dog I have bought an original version of Wonderdog but I can't get it to work on my A1200. It crashes in the first 'loading screen' when 'CORE' is displayed. Any ideas ? I already tried some other configs in the startup menu. Could NTSC have anything to do with it ?

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Sir Kidd Warrior Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hyrule, Dark World Age: 46 Posts: 24	No no, my drive is fine other games work. I asked about NTSC because it's in the early startup menu. Well maybe it is a corrupt version then yes but I got the game sealed. Hmmm.

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kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,240	Install with WHdload : http://www.whdload.de/games/WonderDog.lha

18 December 2003, 17:00	#7
Sir Kidd Warrior Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hyrule, Dark World Age: 46 Posts: 24	? n00b here!

18 December 2003, 18:31	#8
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,772	Sector 1 od first disk is erased or damaged. Games uses RNC copylock. Is this sector is bad game always hang just after loading level 1.

18 December 2003, 23:37	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	Sorry, but I had/have trouble following your english, hence the cnfusion (I still think you're saying that the game has sector 1 bad and that's why the game hangs after loading level 1. which doesn't happen)

19 December 2003, 06:09	#12
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	haynor, you had meant pre-loading level 1, right? Games tend to pre-load first levels without the user noticing to avoid excessive loading times. So "crash at bootup" and "crash when pre-loading level 1" makes sense first time because pre-load IS usually done at bootup.

19 December 2003, 18:00	#13
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,772	Well, almost - when screen with "Level 1" appears level 1 is loading. After this loaded data must be decompressed and here copylock hangs game.

19 December 2003, 18:14	#14
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	weird i have this same game in a box it's never worked maybe they used extra low quality disks

20 December 2003, 17:07	#16
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	Whoops - true! (after 2nd re-read)

20 December 2003, 19:22	#17
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,772	I see. So maybe disks are really damaged but from my experiment (copy from original disks) game always hang in exactly the same place. Maybe it's possible that on other machines game hang up in different places.

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