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Ok, to answer my own questions in case anyone else can benefit: 1) In Extended Basic, insert the disk into DSK1 that has the file LGDN/MON, then type: OLD DSK1.LGDN/MON LIST 1200 You will see that the code is actually correct, so apparently someone fixed it in relation to the old 1988 Sydney User Group newsletter. 2) To fix the SLOW spell, while you still have the LGDN/MON file loaded into memory, type: LIST 1600 Observe the existing code, then type the new code as you see in the forum link #2 above. then: SAVE DSK1.LGDN/MON 3) To combine the 2 disks into 1, I used Win994a simulator. "Create New Floppy Disk" with max parameters (2S/2D/40tr). Insert this blank disk into DSK1. Insert one of the Legends disks into DSK2, and the other disk into DSK3. Using DISK MANAGER 3 cart, DISK COMMANDS, BACKUP -- selective=N, then source 2 to 1... then do source 3 to 1. Disk would be ready to use in Win994a. For use in Classic99, rename the extension from TIDISK to DSK. Hope that helps someone else.

Hi, I am going to start playing Legends 1.1 soon, and during my research/reading on it, I have uncovered a few things that I would like to fix/change before playing. I would like to make these changes permanent. If anyone can explain how to do this, I would appreciate it. 1) I read here: ftp://kirklanduncorked.com/user%20groups/Sydney%20Australia/TIsHUG-1988-11.pdf that Legends 1.1 has a bug. I have no experience using extended basic, so I do not know how to load/list the program, make the change, then save it to disk so that I would not have to manually do this every time I wanted to play the game. I downloaded Legends 1.1 from Tigameshelf, and currently have loaded it with Classic99 using the V9T9 files. (For some reason, the 2nd disk -- leg2v11.dsk -- must be loaded to autostart the prog, I would have expected disk1 to be inserted first.) I could switch to Win994a if instructions to accomplish this fix would be easier. 2) I also read here on this forum, thread "Legends I tips", about a fix to stop an annoying SLOW curse: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/173213-legends-i-tips/page-3?do=findComment&comment=2187631 I assume that the same method needed to fix #1 above would also allow me to make this change, too. 3) Finally, is there any easy way to combine the two legends disks into one game disk? I would think that would be useful to more than just me. I read that the files could all be copied onto one disk. I am kind of surprised that other Ti fans of the game have not combined this into one disk already. Seems that would be useful! Thanks for any help you can provide! bobby

Hi RobertLM78, Thanks for the quick reply and for welcoming me to the community. The laptop actually shipped with Vista. When Win7 came out in 2009, I bought an oem license and did a fresh install. I agree that XP may be a little faster, but honestly I don't think that is the issue considering that I have ~nothing~ running in the background (even disabled Windows Defender, for example). Ultimately, you may be right and changing the OS may be the only choice, but I know that I ran Classic99 on this machine a number of years, possibly when Vista was the OS, and I had no issues then. I had an XP laptop with a 1.3ghz Pentium M back in 2003 and it handled Classic99 and Win994a fine. Regarding the video issues, I need to change the Mess settings to run as Directdraw (not D3D, which give me a black screen) and I also ned to turn off that stretching, as that makes the screen look fuzzy, not sharp and crisp. I am guessing that the Mess140 install in the gamebase is using Directdraw, but the fuzzy look suggests that stretching is enabled. I am probably having a type of midlife crisis, looking to rekindle the passion that I had for programming and (some) gaming during my youth with the TI-99 and later my C-128D (used exclusively in C64 mode, except for word processing school reports). While I owned, loved, and spent more time with the C128D, I still enjoy and remember the TI more fondly. They say that you always treasure your first the most. Maybe it is that, but I think there is more to it. I've browsed a number of TI websites recently, and I now want to play some of the games that I never knew existed, primarily the CRPG games such as Legends I/II and Wizard's Revenge. I had never heard of them as a kid. Tunnels of Doom was all that I knew and owned as an RPG, and I certainly love that game. I was thrilled to see that a gamebase was available for the TI-99, so that led me here. Can't beat having everything in one package. If all else fails, I'll just run this from my desktop pc, but I use the laptop much more, so I kind of wanted that mobility and convenience. On a side note, any idea whether Owen is still working on his CRPG The Legend of Beryl Reichardt? That thread seems to have stopped almost a year ago. It would be amazing to think that a new game is available for a computer system that is almost 35 years old. That is just fascinating to me.

Hi guys, Grew up with the TI-99. Previous experience with Win994a and Classic99, but never with Mess or the gamebase front end. I followed the instructions above for installation. My issue is that the laptop that I am using is 2007 vintage with 32 bit cpu, and I see that the provided Mess150 is 64-bit. Can I just download the latest Mess 153 executable, 32-bit, extract it into the existing mess150 directory? I basically tried that, and I see that I would also have to change the gamebase path to account for the different mess 32 bit executable filename. Anything else? I was playing with a separate mess 153 32-bit installation that I made last night, with the messui front end, and I also need to change one video setting because otherwise the mess screen is solid black (but I here the TI audio beeps, so I know audio is working). So the followup question is where would I change this same video setting in the gamebase setup so that the mess150 will work for me. Incidentally, mess140 seems to work in my limited testing. Classic99 is not working for me -- slow and laggy -- choppy audio, visually struggling to keep up. I have no idea why, I might have to ask Tursi over at his forum. I had previously run an older version maybe 4 or 5 years ago on this laptop without issue. And the laptop runs an ultra-lean Win7 installation, I run as Limited User, and with just about zero added software (except firefox) and no background AS/AV. So nothing is chewing cpu cycles. I must just need to change a program setting on that, too, to get it to run more smoothly. Thanks in advance.