Re: Apple IIgs Gaming Questions

[Lockar <lockar@locutus.DOTorg>]

       If that was true then why does EOS (Earth Orbit Stations) crash
on a Apple //gs (Protected and non-protected versions).  It even states
on the package that it will not run on a Apple //gs.

       -Lockar




In article <d6sjjp$voo$1@unlnews.unl.edu>, Ed Eastman
<noone@nowhere.net> wrote:

> Tempest wrote:
> > Sounds complicated.  So there really is no easy way to play all my IIe
> > games on a IIgs without some serious tweaking or using cracked images?
> > I might as well go back to using my IIe then, as 99% of the games I
> > still play are for the IIe.
> > 
> > These disks are Copy-Protected modified DOS 3.3 Boot/Loader disks.
> > Publishers did this on the game disks to "prevent" copying.
> > 
> > I assumed using the old unidisk controller card would fix this problem.
> 
> The IIgs looks exactly like a IIe to all games prior to 86.  The 
> exception is obviously the floppy drive controller.  If you are running 
> form a floppy drive controller in slot 6 and it still doesn't run, then 
> there is some protection that is doing a rom check or a slot scan for a 
> cracking card or some other such 'feature' that inhibits it from 
> starting up.  Have you considered making copies of the software and 
> disabling these features?  (Deprotecting)
> 
> http://computist.textfiles.com/
> 
> Thankx,
> Ed