Re: Amazon for Apple II

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On Oct 15, 11:24 am, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 11:47 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get the NIB images of Amazon, an adventure game from
> > 1985, running in AppleWin, and I'm having no success.  I have been
> > able to load the initial screen that lists the telephone number for
> > the old BBS of the guy who made the disks copy-able, which is off of
> > Side 3/Volume 3.  However, when I then press a key, it just hangs.  It
> > also gives me an error message if I swap sides at that screen and
> > prior to pressing a key.
>
> > Anyone ever gotten this one working?
>
> > I'm trying to get it running because an old computer magazine talks
> > about the game and that piqued my curiosity.
>
> Works fine for me.  I'm using AppleWin 1.20.0.0 on Windows XP, and the
> disk images I'm using are from /pub/apple_II/images/games/adventure/
> amazon on Asimov.
>
> Screenshot:http://tinyurl.com/3o8dh6g

Wait, I'm sorry, I thought that you were talking about the 3.5"
version that Alex referenced.

I'm getting the 3.5" version working.  I am NOT getting the 5.25"
version from Amazon working.

How did you get it to boot past the initial screen?  Do you just leave
Disk/Side 3 in?