Cover Disk: Red Zone demo - Freezeframe?

Angus · 23 April 2020, 12:33

Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well and playing Amiga games (was Dune 2 always this hard?!)

I have the cover disk demo of Red Zone from The One magazine, and I can't get it to load. There is a display while it is loading, like a red or green bar filling up, then it crashes.

I had the same happen on my 500 plus back when it was released. I remember somebody (rightly or wrongly) saying that it was a disk image made with Action Replay or Freeze Frame or something, and it only worked if your hardware configuration exactly matched the ooriginal host machine. Does that sound right?

Any tips on getting it to work?

Cheers guys.

Superman · 23 April 2020, 14:08

I just tried it on WinUAE with kickstart 1.3, 512k chip 512k slow ram and it booted fine.

Angus · 23 April 2020, 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superman

I just tried it on WinUAE with kickstart 1.3, 512k chip 512k slow ram and it booted fine.

Thanks Superman!

Ideally, I'd like to get it running on my Amiga hardware, but is there an adf of the cover disk available? I imagine the floppy is protected.

Nobby_UK · 23 April 2020, 17:43

http://amr.abime.net/issue_329_coverdisks

It's an ADZ = gZipped ADF

Just tried it with the default A500+ config
worked fine...

it's no 'No Second Prize'

Superman · 23 April 2020, 18:06

ADF here on the EAB server in the tosec set (disk 1 is the correct one I think)

http://grandis.nu/eabsearch/search.p...xclude=&limit=

Nobby_UK · 23 April 2020, 18:37

Just realized the listing on AMR is wrong

The Trivia Quiz is on Disk A: not B:
the Golf thing is on A: but buried in a folder

Angus · 23 April 2020, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

it's no 'No Second Prize'

Very cool game.

Angus · 23 April 2020, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superman

ADF here on the EAB server in the tosec set (disk 1 is the correct one I think)

Thank you, again.

Angus · 25 April 2020, 14:35

I tried the adz in WinUAE on my default 1200 030 profile and it ran fine. I gather WinUAE is much more tolerant of "stuff" than actual Amigas. I hope to get my A600 back from repair soon, I'll see if that runs the floppy, but I suspect not. :-)

Nobby_UK · 25 April 2020, 17:22

Well I just made the Disk on my 1200 (040/25) and the Quiz played fine
But Red Zone claimed read error on block 292

So I tried my 600 and it ran --- No Problem !

Emulating my 1200 just gave a strange error
see grab below...
Or a Black Screen (after the Action Replay Loader)

Angus · 06 May 2020, 16:09

I just got my 600 back from Amiga Passion (in great shape). The Red Zone cover disk loaded up no problem.

23 April 2020, 12:33	#1
Angus Amiga Games Database Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South West England Posts: 1,279	Cover Disk: Red Zone demo - Freezeframe? Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well and playing Amiga games (was Dune 2 always this hard?!) I have the cover disk demo of Red Zone from The One magazine, and I can't get it to load. There is a display while it is loading, like a red or green bar filling up, then it crashes. I had the same happen on my 500 plus back when it was released. I remember somebody (rightly or wrongly) saying that it was a disk image made with Action Replay or Freeze Frame or something, and it only worked if your hardware configuration exactly matched the ooriginal host machine. Does that sound right? Any tips on getting it to work? Cheers guys.

23 April 2020, 17:43	#4
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,600	http://amr.abime.net/issue_329_coverdisks It's an ADZ = gZipped ADF Just tried it with the default A500+ config worked fine... it's no 'No Second Prize' Last edited by Nobby_UK; 23 April 2020 at 18:44.

23 April 2020, 18:37	#6
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,600	Just realized the listing on AMR is wrong The Trivia Quiz is on Disk A: not B: the Golf thing is on A: but buried in a folder Last edited by Nobby_UK; 22 November 2021 at 19:03.

25 April 2020, 17:22	#10
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,600	Well I just made the Disk on my 1200 (040/25) and the Quiz played fine But Red Zone claimed read error on block 292 So I tried my 600 and it ran --- No Problem ! Emulating my 1200 just gave a strange error see grab below... Or a Black Screen (after the Action Replay Loader) Last edited by Nobby_UK; 22 November 2021 at 19:03.

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23 April 2020, 14:08	#2
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 49 Posts: 1,334	I just tried it on WinUAE with kickstart 1.3, 512k chip 512k slow ram and it booted fine.

23 April 2020, 18:06	#5
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 49 Posts: 1,334	ADF here on the EAB server in the tosec set (disk 1 is the correct one I think) http://grandis.nu/eabsearch/search.p...xclude=&limit=

25 April 2020, 14:35	#9
Angus Amiga Games Database Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South West England Posts: 1,279	I tried the adz in WinUAE on my default 1200 030 profile and it ran fine. I gather WinUAE is much more tolerant of "stuff" than actual Amigas. I hope to get my A600 back from repair soon, I'll see if that runs the floppy, but I suspect not. :-)

06 May 2020, 16:09	#11
Angus Amiga Games Database Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South West England Posts: 1,279	I just got my 600 back from Amiga Passion (in great shape). The Red Zone cover disk loaded up no problem.

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