Re: Crypt Of The Medea

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

none@none.net writes ...
> 
> Is there a working copy of this any where? I just tried for a second time with
> any disk images i could find and of the two on asimov CryptOfMedeaV2.dsk
> crashs after you get across the chasm. It seems to have the same crack screen
> i remember from when i played it on my real apple which crashed at this point
> as well. CryptOfMedea.dsk doesn't have a crack screen and looks like an
> original but won't let me save or restore games. I haven't played all the way
> through to the same point with out saving on that disk yet i just tried to
> restore the game.
> 
> If i swing across the chasm with out the candle it doesn't crash but of course
> i can't see anything..
> 
> Maybe someone could figure out where the room number values are stored in a
> save game. kind of a hassle.. but i'd still like to finish this game.


     It's been a long time but it does seem like 'Medea always presented
problems. I do not know of any for-sure working versions.

     As you say, the 'pirate banner' version allows saves (to a
regularly-formatted DOS 3.3 diskette) whereas the non-banner version
does not. Perhaps the non-banner version tries to access the Save disk
using a modified DOS left over from the original copy protection. (It
would help to know how the Save disk was supposed to be created in the
original game.)

     The easiest fix may be to patch around the chasm crash. One
approach which may work is to compare the banner and non-banner .dsk
files looking for differneces which seem related to the game map.


Rubywand