K-razy Antiks and my XEGS

[elviticus]

Sorry if this has been answered before, I searched for it but came up with nothing.

 

I just got K-razy antiks and have been trying to play it on my XEGS. It boots up just fine, but I can't start a game. Do I have a defective cart, or do I need to press a keyboard key (I don't have keyboard hooked up)?

 

Thanks for any help.

[+DamonicFury]

On my 800XL, this game just requires a press of the START key or the joystick button.

[elviticus]

Ok, Just answered my own question... Found the 8 bit FAQ and it's listed (along with Astrochase, another I just got ) as incompatible.

 

.... But, I also read about a translator cart. Can anyone tell me how well these work? Wondering if it's worth getting one. Looks like they're around $20.

[+davidcalgary29]

Ok, Just answered my own question...  Found the 8 bit FAQ and it's listed (along with Astrochase, another I just got   ) as incompatible.      

 

.... But, I also read about a translator cart.   Can anyone tell me how well these work?   Wondering if it's worth getting one.   Looks like they're around $20.

 

You're probably better off getting one of the many disk-based translator programs; a cartridge isn't going to help much if you're trying to play another cartridge game.

[+davidcalgary29]

Ok, Just answered my own question...  Found the 8 bit FAQ and it's listed (along with Astrochase, another I just got   ) as incompatible.      

 

.... But, I also read about a translator cart.   Can anyone tell me how well these work?   Wondering if it's worth getting one.   Looks like they're around $20.

 

You're probably better off getting one of the many disk-based translator programs; a cartridge isn't going to help much if you're trying to play another cartridge game.

 

*edit*

 

Then again, I haven't used the translator cartridge myself, so perhaps it has been coded to accomodate cart-swapping.

[kheffington]

The cartridge based translator I have works with cartridge based games. You remove the translator cart and replace with the game cart.

[Bryan]

Man, that seems sorta dangerous to me, since the cartridge port was not intended for live insertion.

[capnarrr]

thats really weird... I seem to remember being able to play Krazy antics on my XEGS...

[+Mitch]

Man, that seems sorta dangerous to me, since the cartridge port was not intended for live insertion.

 

If I remember the translator cart temporarily disables the cart port while you do the switch.

 

Mitch

[Shawn Jefferson]

Man, that seems sorta dangerous to me, since the cartridge port was not intended for live insertion.

 

If I remember the translator cart temporarily disables the cart port while you do the switch.

 

As far as I know there is no way to electrically disable the cartridge port, so probably all that it is doing is disabling the feature of the XL/XE OS that compares TRIG3/GINTLK during VBI... if these don't match (ie, a cartridge was inserted or removed, your system crashes.)

 

I've never damaged my machine inserting a cartridge while the machine is on. With the Maxflash cartridges I've occasionally had to do this to recover from bad flashes (usually my own fault!)