Re: Zaxxon

["Tempest" <tempest@atariprotos.com>]

You might want to try a cracked copy of the game if you already
haven't.  Some games won't work on the IIgs if they use a strange copy
protection, but cracked versions (with the copy protection removed)
tend to work just fine.  Moon Patrol and Ms. Pac-Man are this way.

Tempest


Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> "golfrock" <rtspitz@gmail.com> wrote in message
> 1150148714.698848.260700@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com">news:1150148714.698848.260700@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >I have a Zaxxon disk that works fine on a //e but the screen to choose
> > players does not come up on my IIGS, ROM1 or 3.  The machine just sits
> > there on the ZAXXON screen.   When I hit the keys to reboot, the
> > players choice screen flashes and then it reboots.  I guess that is
> > just how some games are.
> >
>
>     It is possible to be copy protection which it detects Apple //e's Disk
> II routines.  It is very different from Apple IIgs' Disk II routine.  You
> might want to try and move Apple //e's Disk II controller to Apple IIgs'
> motherboard.  Set 'Your Card' in slot 6 under Control Panel.  See if it
> works.  I use Zaxxon that it works fine on my Apple IIgs, but your Zaxxon
> may have earlier version which it is not capable to be compatible with Apple
> IIgs.  Apple IIgs is 99% compatible to Apple II family.
> 
> Bryan Parkoff