by alelee » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:57 am
Hiya David and Rich,
now that the firmware to choose which disk images are selected is progressing, I'd like to stress test it to accommodate worst case scenarios.
I've already mentioned this to David via email, but one such worst case scenario is Alien Mind for the IIGS. The cracked version requires that it's played from 3 3.5" disks (or disk images) PLUS a save game disk, all run from its own custom OS.
How will you be able to swap virtual disks while playing Alien Mind? I foresee this being a problem because you can't enter the classic text based control panel and desk accessories via Alien Mind and if you can only mount 2 disk images on slot 5...the other problem case that comes to mind is GATE, which comes on 2 3.5" disks + a save game disk as well, which plays from its own custom OS that doesn't enable access to the CDA menu either. Again, with 3 disks, how will you be able to swap between them whilst the game is in play?
I think these are the only two problem cases I can think of - any other game only requires 2 disks and even for saved games, you should be able to swap between disks by accessing the classic control panel. Any other problem games (like Space Ace, which comes on 9 disks) can be installed to hard drive or the classic control panel can be accessed as well.
Thanks in advance for being a pain in the butt ;-)
- Alex