Stefan_L, on Sat Aug 4, 2012 11:28 AM, said:
"Stone Age" is not STE only... it works fine on ST also :-)
What I tested not. Updated list:
Atari STE and games, overview, game lists
Games using STE enhancements :
Abrevs. :
ADMA - audio DMA
EPAL - extended palette (4096 col.)
HWS - hardware scrolling
BLIT - blitter (not strictly STE feature)
AJ - analogue joysticks
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Alien Busters IV - ADMA
Alien Thing - ADMA, EPAL
Alien Thing - Expert Edition - ADMA, EPAL
Alien Thing - The Directors Cut (Demo) - ADMA, EPAL
Ancient Art of War in the Skies, The - EPAL
Another World - ADMA
Asteroidia - ? Should use blitter but I don't see it, and scrolling is pathetic.
Astro Panic 94 - ADMA, BLIT, EPAL
B Squad (Demo) - EPAL, BLIT
Battletris - ADMA
Battletris+ - ADMA
Beastlord - EPAL
Cannon Fodder II (preview) - EPAL-only title pic. Pih.
Captive - EPAL
Carlos - ADMA
Chambers of Shaolin - ADMA
Chaos Engine - HWS
Chronicles of Omega, The - HWS, ADMA
Chu Chu Rocket - ADMA, BLIT, AJ
CoCoCoPo -ADMA
Creatures - ADMA
Destruction Imminent - ADMA, BLIT, EPAL
Diamond Ice - ADMA, EPAL
Dragon's Lair - EPAL
Dragon's Lair II - EPAL
Dragon's Lair III - EPAL
Dragon's Lair Escape from the Singe's Castle - EPAL
Elvira the Arcade Game - BLIT
Esprit - ADMA (Strange that later games - Oxyd, are not STE enhanced)
Final Fight - EPAL
Fire and Ice - EPAL
First Samurai - EPAL, intro only
Frantick - EPAL - only title
Ghost Battle - BLIT
GodPey - BLIT
Heartland - ADMA, EPAL
International Rugby Challenge - EPAL
James Pond - EPAL
James Pond II (Robocod) - EPAL (1c only)
Leavin' Teramis - EPAL, intro only
Lethal Xcess - ADMA, BLIT
Magic Boy - ADMA
Magic Fly - EPAL - only title pic.
Nicky Boom - ADMA
Nicky 2 - ADMA
No Limit 2 - ADMA, EPAL
Oh No! Not More Radioactive Mineshafts - BLIT, EPAL
Operation Garfield - EPAL, ADMA, BLIT
Pooz - ADMA
Pouif Ouf - ADMA, BLIT
Power Up plus - ADMA, BLIT - despite it, scrolling is awful
Robocop 3 - ADMA, EPAL
Rock 'n' Roll Clams - ADMA, EPAL, BLIT
Rubicon - ADMA by intro
Sheer Agony - EPAL
Space Ace - EPAL
Space Ace II - EPAL
Starball - ADMA
Stone Age (rev2.1, 1993) - ADMA
Superfly - ADMA
Ultimate Arena, The - ADMA, EPAL, BLIT
Ultimate 'tris Game, The - ADMA, EPAL, BLIT
Vaxine - ADMA, EPAL
Winglord - ADMA, EPAL, BLIT
Wings of Death - ADMA, BLIT
Wrath of the Demon - EPAL
Zool - HWS, BLIT
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STE only :
Alien Blast
Crackman
Dynabusters+ - I guess that + means for STE
H Mec
H Mec 2
Manga Puzzle
Obsession
Pacman OE - OE= On STE
Revenge of Mutant Camels STE v. (for STE v.)
Roger - ADMA, EPAL, BLIT
Sleepwalker
Square Off (1995) + TT, Falcon
Stardust + Falcon
Street Fighter II (B/W, Demo)
Stone Age (rev.2, 1992) + Falcon
Substation
Team
Tomtar
Utopos
Whitewater Madness
Zero 5
Some others can work on Falcon beside where is marked. Talking about unmodded games.
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Not working on STE:
This includes not TOS version caused problems, only
games writing to bad locations.
Note: some games may fail on 4MB machines because lame code.
Many of cracks fail on higher TOS versions, so please test with
original or Pasti images if possible.
Really not working:
Hyperforce - overshot in palette writing loop
Grand Monster Slam - overshot in palette writing loop
Nightdown - writing to Screen pointer does nothing on ST, on STE bus error.
Total 3 games found so far - not solveable by changing TOS vers., RAM setting or similar.
I made fixed versions of them, and it means changing only couple bytes. In case of Grand Monster Slam it is done even with STX img.
As TOS version caused problem good example is Defender of the Crown: code is not ready for enhanced palette of STE, handled via XBIOS calls. If run under TOS 1.04 on STE it works fine.
How to use TOS 1.04 on STE ? See on Floppy Image Runner site.
Making complete list of originals not working on regular STE with TOS 1.06/1.62 would take too much time. I guess that over 90% works.
TOS 2.05/2.06 (Mega STE) : I guess that success rate is under 80%.
What helps in case of problem: Try another crack. Try running from AUTO folder. Use specialised SW for setting machine to act as having only 512KB (or 1MB) RAM. Install TOS 1.04 in RAM.
Edited by ParanoidLittleMan, Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:58 AM.