Re: ChessMaster 2100 problems with IIGS running System 6.0.1

[TheFlash@fast.net (Barry Allen)]

In article <3c1b185c_1@news.tiscalinet.ch>, "Giorgio Ungarelli"
<giorgio@ungarelli.net> wrote:

> I have a ROM3 Apple IIGS with 5MB of RAM and an internal HD.
> 
> If I boot the IIGS from the ChessMaster 2100 floppy disk, the games comes up
> and works correctly (I'm assuming the System version on the floppy disk is 5
> or lower).
> 
> However, if I boot the IIGS from the HD (which has 6.0.1 installed) and then
> try to run the game (either from the floppy or by first copying the floppy
> to the HD - and the game manual says you can do so), the IIGS hangs right
> before displaying the ChessMaster 2100 "logo screen".
> 
> Any ideas (other than to continue to play the game by booting from the
> floppy disk) are appreciated.


I'm afraid you're stuck playing it from the floppy. I have the same problem
as do many people who own CHM2100. Seems to be something in the game
itself. Even with System 5.0.4 it's buggy and sometimes hangs anywhere from
the start screen to a half hour into the game. There is supposed to be a
cracked version somewhere on the net that's patched to eliminate the
problem, but I've tried it and it still hangs now and again. Seems like it
was at the IIGS Gaming Memory Fairway:

 http://www.inwards.com/~fairway/

Try there.

The only way I've been able to get it to run problem-free is in the IIGS
Emulator *Bernie ][ The Rescue* on a Power Macintosh.

Good Luck,

Barry Allen