Re: IIe Games That Don't Work on the IIgs

[Alex Lee <alelee@mac.com>]

On 2011-08-12 21:18:55 +0100, Tempest said:

> On Aug 12, 4:16�pm, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
> > On 2011-08-12 16:15:13 +0100, Toinet said:
> >
> > > On 12 ao�t, 15:35, Tempest <temp...@atariprotos.com> wrote:
> > > > Also keep in mind that due to the sheer number of games I need to get
> > > > through, when I say I tested a game I'm just seeing if it loads up and
> > > > I can play the game for a few seconds. �I'm not doing in-depth testing
> > > > that would find problems that occur in games like Elite or Sky Fox.
> >
> > > > Tempest
> >
> > > Lode Runner, Elite and Skyfox all work on a IIgs computer. Again, see
> > > http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/crack/
> > > If I were you I would focus on early games, the ones using false
> > > opcodes.
> > > av
> >
> > Does Sky Fox completely work on the IIGS? The cracked version I had
> > back in the day would always wig out when you flew into the clouds. I
> > think I was able to test it on a IIe and it worked fine on that, but
> > this was a LONG time ago.
> >
> > - Alex
>
> I'll admit that I've never really played Sky Fox much.  How do you fly
> into the clouds?  I'll test it tonight.

Just keep the nose of the SkyFox pointed at the sky and increase 
altitude. Eventually, the game mode will freeze or not. You can't 
properly play the game without getting above the clouds, because you 
need to take out ground targets AND enemy fighters to complete missions.

Put a blight on playing it on the IIGS, otherwise excellent game for 
the Apple II.

- Alex