Saving your Game Position

26 May 2010, 10:22

I am probably posting this question in completely the wrong place and if so I apologise and hope a kind moderator will move it to its correct location.
I have bought an Amiga A1200 and would like to know how you save a game position like you do in a pc.
For instance, the wife likes Super Frog, comes to the end of the day she switches off and has to start from scratch the next day...can you save, if so how, I would need a step by step guide as I am thick where it comes to these machines.
Many thanks for your patience.

Graham Humphrey · 26 May 2010, 10:30

Unless there's a save option you can't save it. However in Superfrog, you do get passwords, which you can obtain via the fruit machine subgame.

You'll find that a lot of games don't have save options - most sports, management, strategy and RPGs do but a lot of others won't. A lot have passwords like Superfrog but there are also loads of games that have no passwords or anything like that at all.

26 May 2010, 11:30

Oh no...I'm doomed, I have bought a game I liked a long time ago called McDonalds land, my old copy was faulty but I remember trying to save my position then without much success, I suppose I'll have to leave it on all night.

Toni Wilen · 26 May 2010, 12:03

Action Replay cartridges can be used to save game state but it isn't 100% reliable.

EDIT: Oops, A1200 is not AR compatible, needs an A500.

TCD · 26 May 2010, 14:06

WinUAE has savestates...
/me tries to hide before the mob shows up

26 May 2010, 14:23

I've used winuae on my pc before...can you use it on an Amiga to save a games position that you are playing..?

TCD · 26 May 2010, 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenhook

can you use it on an Amiga to save a games position that you are playing..?

Er... no. Guess there is an UAE port for 'beefed up' AmigaOSes. Not sure if it supports savestates though. Just mentioned it, since that is one of the key features of WinUAE compared to a real Amiga. Using an emulator on the same HW it runs on is a tad strange, isn't it?

lilalurl · 26 May 2010, 14:49

Of course, in the case of Superfrog for your wife, you can simply use the level codes that are in HOL (instead of having to manage or not to get them in the gambling machine):
http://hol.abime.net/2223/cheatcode

They probably won't reflect exactly the position your wife left the game (beginning of level, not exact number of lives etc...) but at least it will prevent from starting from the beginning until she feels comfortable enough with each level to the point to do a full playthrough.

jotd · 26 May 2010, 22:34

Some JST implemented a savestate feature on actual Amiga (no emulator). However this was too unstable and required absolute memory allocation (and extra work in the JST slave to make it work, it was game-specific)

Desert Strike and some others benefit from that.

Well, JST is long gone now

26 May 2010, 10:22	#1
Ravenhook Posts: n/a	Saving your Game Position I am probably posting this question in completely the wrong place and if so I apologise and hope a kind moderator will move it to its correct location. I have bought an Amiga A1200 and would like to know how you save a game position like you do in a pc. For instance, the wife likes Super Frog, comes to the end of the day she switches off and has to start from scratch the next day...can you save, if so how, I would need a step by step guide as I am thick where it comes to these machines. Many thanks for your patience.

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26 May 2010, 10:30	#2
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Unless there's a save option you can't save it. However in Superfrog, you do get passwords, which you can obtain via the fruit machine subgame. You'll find that a lot of games don't have save options - most sports, management, strategy and RPGs do but a lot of others won't. A lot have passwords like Superfrog but there are also loads of games that have no passwords or anything like that at all.

26 May 2010, 11:30	#3
Ravenhook Posts: n/a	Oh no...I'm doomed, I have bought a game I liked a long time ago called McDonalds land, my old copy was faulty but I remember trying to save my position then without much success, I suppose I'll have to leave it on all night.

26 May 2010, 12:03	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,515	Action Replay cartridges can be used to save game state but it isn't 100% reliable. EDIT: Oops, A1200 is not AR compatible, needs an A500.

26 May 2010, 14:06	#5
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,601	WinUAE has savestates... /me tries to hide before the mob shows up

26 May 2010, 14:23	#6
Ravenhook Posts: n/a	I've used winuae on my pc before...can you use it on an Amiga to save a games position that you are playing..?

26 May 2010, 14:49	#8
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	Of course, in the case of Superfrog for your wife, you can simply use the level codes that are in HOL (instead of having to manage or not to get them in the gambling machine): http://hol.abime.net/2223/cheatcode They probably won't reflect exactly the position your wife left the game (beginning of level, not exact number of lives etc...) but at least it will prevent from starting from the beginning until she feels comfortable enough with each level to the point to do a full playthrough.

26 May 2010, 22:34	#9
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,196	Some JST implemented a savestate feature on actual Amiga (no emulator). However this was too unstable and required absolute memory allocation (and extra work in the JST slave to make it work, it was game-specific) Desert Strike and some others benefit from that. Well, JST is long gone now

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