Re: Zaxxon

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"golfrock" <rtspitz@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have a Zaxxon disk that works fine on a //e but the screen to choose
>players does not come up on my IIGS, ROM1 or 3.  The machine just sits
>there on the ZAXXON screen.   When I hit the keys to reboot, the
>players choice screen flashes and then it reboots.  I guess that is
>just how some games are.

    I just tried my copies of Zaxxon and Super Zaxxon. Both work fine 
from on my ROM 3 Apple IIGS, although neither are original disks. It's 
quite likely (and ironic) the copy-protection scheme is incompatible 
with the GS's emulation mode. Is your Zaxxon an original?

    I have several 8-bit games that won't run on the IIGS, yet many of
those also won't run on the Apple IIc or an enhanced Apple IIe. Some 
break if a 6502 processor or a connection to a Disk II drive isn't present
(Karateka, Drol and Randam are some I can think off hand).

Mitchell Spector