Poltergeist Converted To The Dragon 32... What's Wrong?!
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:28 pm
Hi there,
So, I found this disc on the internet in a collection of vintage Dragon games over at:
http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/
Not sure how long this site has been live, but it has a number of games that are missing from the Dragon Archive.
I've attached the disc here for ease but you can just as easily download it over there too.
The disc includes (apparently) a Dragon conversion of the CoCo game Poltergeist (which was originally on an 8K cartridge).
Unfortunately, I can't get it to work under xRoar, and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
You CLOAD the M.BAS menu and choose Poltergeist, it then gives the (1) Colour or (2) B&W option (clearly added by whoever did the rewrite). Then a message tells you to reset and type an EXEC command. With baited breath you do so... only for a big crash.
I don't know if xRoar does something different on a "reset" to a real emulator, or if the game needs some sort of expansion... Not sure at all. Anyone here got any ideas? Anyone that can get it to work?
So, I found this disc on the internet in a collection of vintage Dragon games over at:
http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/
Not sure how long this site has been live, but it has a number of games that are missing from the Dragon Archive.
I've attached the disc here for ease but you can just as easily download it over there too.
The disc includes (apparently) a Dragon conversion of the CoCo game Poltergeist (which was originally on an 8K cartridge).
Unfortunately, I can't get it to work under xRoar, and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
You CLOAD the M.BAS menu and choose Poltergeist, it then gives the (1) Colour or (2) B&W option (clearly added by whoever did the rewrite). Then a message tells you to reset and type an EXEC command. With baited breath you do so... only for a big crash.
I don't know if xRoar does something different on a "reset" to a real emulator, or if the game needs some sort of expansion... Not sure at all. Anyone here got any ideas? Anyone that can get it to work?