List of games by memory needed?

clueless · 02 April 2010, 11:37

I am putting together a 600 with a HD for my brother as a gift. It will have 2mb. I was wondering if such a list existed or a spreadsheet with details of the resources needed to run the different games, then I can load up his HD with the games I know will work.

It could be a useful resource if games were catagorised by <1MB, <2MB, etc. If a list doesnt exist- then I guess this would be too huge an undertaking for someone, but I''d thought I'd ask.

s2325 · 02 April 2010, 11:38

Primal Rage need 2MB but it's ECS game.

Dagger · 02 April 2010, 14:56

Your best bet is to try to remember the games that you enjoyed. Then find the ones that were on a single disk. I found quite a few good ones including Kickoff2 and Speedball 2 that will hapily play on a 2mb 600 using WHDload.

clueless · 02 April 2010, 16:42

Yeah, thats probably what I'll end up doing - but if such a list existed it would make life easier.

TCD · 02 April 2010, 16:44

If someone could gather that info, I know a place where this could be used in the future. Quite interesting info indeed

clueless · 02 April 2010, 17:04

Does a straightforward list of WHDloaded games exist full stop? This could then be ported into a spreadsheet, and with a few of us reading the readme files, collate the info. 26 people would make life easier.

Graham Humphrey · 02 April 2010, 17:08

You could always use the 'all installs' option on the WHDLoad site?

Also I guess memory requirements might differ depending on whether you use the Preload option or not.

clueless · 02 April 2010, 17:52

aha, nice one. Was looking round it earlier but I didnt spot that - now is the preload option hit and miss, ie try and see, if it works good if not tough?

clueless · 02 April 2010, 19:07

Right, Ive got the list, Ive got an excel document, anyone for some seriously boring data entry?

seuden · 02 April 2010, 19:46

PM Sent

clueless · 02 April 2010, 19:59

cheers

TCD · 03 April 2010, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by clueless

Right, Ive got the list, Ive got an excel document, anyone for some seriously boring data entry?

Heh, if I were you (or seuden

), I would only fill in the memory requirements and PM KG or myself

Anyway, cheers to anyone who joins the WHDLoad data mining fun

clueless · 03 April 2010, 18:13

@TCD

Name - - - - - - Bytes - - - Date - - - - - Author / Contact - - - -Chip - - - - Other----- Total
A10 Tank Killer ----3776-----5 5.10.2002 ------JOTD ---------------0.5---------- 0.5-------- 1.0

(difficult to show a table on here)

etc etc, that kind of thing, worth it? only include totals including preload? useful?

Retro1234 · 03 April 2010, 20:51

If the origianl game only needs 512 memory its got a good chance of working.
Whats considered working? constant OS flashing?

clueless · 03 April 2010, 21:47

@ boo boo - yeah thats kind of what I mean, - you have to check the games requirements individually, so if you had a list of the games with the requirements you know what should work on your system, and you could download them.

silkworm · 04 April 2010, 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by clueless

Right, Ive got the list, Ive got an excel document, anyone for some seriously boring data entry?

can I get a copy of this excel doc ?

clueless · 04 April 2010, 18:42

you can, but its not got the info in yet, you offering to help? pm me your email addy and I'll send you it

silkworm · 04 April 2010, 19:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by clueless

you can, but its not got the info in yet, you offering to help? pm me your email addy and I'll send you it

I'll do some, put it in the zone. I'll go through some starting with S names

clueless · 04 April 2010, 20:57

nice one! its zoned.
So the only way ive found to do it is to use this list
http://www.whdload.de/games/all.html
open the info link and then pop the requirements into the spreadsheet. I have used the preload memory information, so when it is mentioned seperately, I have added it to the basic amount of memory needed.

Hope that makes sense.

silkworm · 04 April 2010, 21:07

before i start filliing out, some infos say :-
Game requires 512k chip mem (+300k other memory for preload option)
where you have other are you talking preload or just normal. if so alot of infos don't state it clearly. what to do ?
also games like sabre team have ecs and aga versions but only 1 name is listed in the doc.

can you say what to do in these examples

Game requires 0.2Mb chip mem (+0.1Mb other memory for preload option)

Game needs 1.0 MB Of Chipmem & 2.1MB of Fastmem (for preload option)

The installed program requires 0.5 MB ChipMem and 0.5 MB OtherMem

- 512 Kb ChipMem (+256 Kb OtherMem for the kickstart)

!!!!!! damn I only got excel 2002 and It says format not recognized ? can you save it as a different format that will be compatible, i was using softmaker but when i went to save it complained about not being proper version so it wouldnt save so i installed my excel but its an old version 2002

02 April 2010, 11:37	#1
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	List of games by required memory, needed? I am putting together a 600 with a HD for my brother as a gift. It will have 2mb. I was wondering if such a list existed or a spreadsheet with details of the resources needed to run the different games, then I can load up his HD with the games I know will work. It could be a useful resource if games were catagorised by <1MB, <2MB, etc. If a list doesnt exist- then I guess this would be too huge an undertaking for someone, but I''d thought I'd ask. Last edited by clueless; 03 April 2010 at 22:47.

04 April 2010, 21:07	#20
silkworm Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 221	before i start filliing out, some infos say :- Game requires 512k chip mem (+300k other memory for preload option) where you have other are you talking preload or just normal. if so alot of infos don't state it clearly. what to do ? also games like sabre team have ecs and aga versions but only 1 name is listed in the doc. can you say what to do in these examples Game requires 0.2Mb chip mem (+0.1Mb other memory for preload option) Game needs 1.0 MB Of Chipmem & 2.1MB of Fastmem (for preload option) The installed program requires 0.5 MB ChipMem and 0.5 MB OtherMem - 512 Kb ChipMem (+256 Kb OtherMem for the kickstart) !!!!!! damn I only got excel 2002 and It says format not recognized ? can you save it as a different format that will be compatible, i was using softmaker but when i went to save it complained about not being proper version so it wouldnt save so i installed my excel but its an old version 2002 Last edited by silkworm; 04 April 2010 at 21:27.

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02 April 2010, 11:38	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 44 Posts: 17,789	Primal Rage need 2MB but it's ECS game.

02 April 2010, 14:56	#3
Dagger Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dagenham / England Posts: 182	Your best bet is to try to remember the games that you enjoyed. Then find the ones that were on a single disk. I found quite a few good ones including Kickoff2 and Speedball 2 that will hapily play on a 2mb 600 using WHDload.

02 April 2010, 16:42	#4
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	Yeah, thats probably what I'll end up doing - but if such a list existed it would make life easier.

02 April 2010, 16:44	#5
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 32,037	If someone could gather that info, I know a place where this could be used in the future. Quite interesting info indeed

02 April 2010, 17:04	#6
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	Does a straightforward list of WHDloaded games exist full stop? This could then be ported into a spreadsheet, and with a few of us reading the readme files, collate the info. 26 people would make life easier.

02 April 2010, 17:08	#7
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	You could always use the 'all installs' option on the WHDLoad site? Also I guess memory requirements might differ depending on whether you use the Preload option or not.

02 April 2010, 17:52	#8
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	aha, nice one. Was looking round it earlier but I didnt spot that - now is the preload option hit and miss, ie try and see, if it works good if not tough?

02 April 2010, 19:07	#9
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	Right, Ive got the list, Ive got an excel document, anyone for some seriously boring data entry?

02 April 2010, 19:46	#10
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	PM Sent

02 April 2010, 19:59	#11
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	cheers

03 April 2010, 18:13	#13
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	@TCD Name - - - - - - Bytes - - - Date - - - - - Author / Contact - - - -Chip - - - - Other----- Total A10 Tank Killer ----3776-----5 5.10.2002 ------JOTD ---------------0.5---------- 0.5-------- 1.0 (difficult to show a table on here) etc etc, that kind of thing, worth it? only include totals including preload? useful?

03 April 2010, 20:51	#14
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,824	If the origianl game only needs 512 memory its got a good chance of working. Whats considered working? constant OS flashing?

03 April 2010, 21:47	#15
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	@ boo boo - yeah thats kind of what I mean, - you have to check the games requirements individually, so if you had a list of the games with the requirements you know what should work on your system, and you could download them.

04 April 2010, 18:42	#17
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	you can, but its not got the info in yet, you offering to help? pm me your email addy and I'll send you it

04 April 2010, 20:57	#19
clueless Guessing my way round Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 159	nice one! its zoned. So the only way ive found to do it is to use this list http://www.whdload.de/games/all.html open the info link and then pop the requirements into the spreadsheet. I have used the preload memory information, so when it is mentioned seperately, I have added it to the basic amount of memory needed. Hope that makes sense.

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