Byte Knight Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Hey guys, I recently picked up a barely-used Platinum IIe and wanted to fill my MicroDrive HD up with games. I ran across this HD image which is loaded with DOS games, including my favorites from Broderbund, that you can run from ProDOS using the program DOS 3.3 Launcher: http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/time-out-for-some-8-bit-fun-iigs-style/ If you remove the GS startup system file (I forget which one it is) then in boots directly into FastBoot which lives up to its name. 32 megs of DOS gaming goodness! Attached is the HD image that boots directly to FastBoot. 8-bit Games.hdv.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 This is awesome - the HD boots up in less than a second with my ReactiveMicro MicroDrive/Turbo for the IIe. I can't believe an Apple II can move that quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 The Apple II is one of the simplest and most bare metal micros around town. Nothing but the processor and memory. In concept one would even say simpler than the venerable VCS. Doesn't even have any audio/video chips. And its circuitry knows nothing of color in graphics or sine waves in sound. Being what's considered an intelligent peripheral using DMA. The "setup" is even simpler. The card puts the data right into memory bypassing much of the data-bus and software/firmware and CPU. Straight in it goes. No need to meander through mazes of custom chips or be handled by complex CPU-dependent software routines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyex Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 If you remove the GS startup system file (I forget which one it is) then in boots directly into FastBoot which lives up to its name. 32 megs of DOS gaming goodness! Or ProDOS gaming goodness anyway. There are additional conversions of DOS->ProDOS games that you might want to look for on asimov. I have placed quite a few on my CFFA and use ProSel to make menus to select them easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Or ProDOS gaming goodness anyway. There are additional conversions of DOS->ProDOS games that you might want to look for on asimov. I have placed quite a few on my CFFA and use ProSel to make menus to select them easily. Yes, I recently found that directory on Asimov - very cool! I see that Ultima V was recently added... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 "What is the Apple IIgs" is a great site. I look forward to checking out this collection of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hey guys, I recently picked up a barely-used Platinum IIe and wanted to fill my MicroDrive HD up with games. I ran across this HD image which is loaded with DOS games, including my favorites from Broderbund, that you can run from ProDOS using the program DOS 3.3 Launcher: http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/time-out-for-some-8-bit-fun-iigs-style/ If you remove the GS startup system file (I forget which one it is) then in boots directly into FastBoot which lives up to its name. 32 megs of DOS gaming goodness! This HD image not only has just about every Integer Basic based games and programs that works under Prodos, but a huge collection of file based games just to add to your collection. http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/games/collections/Int.Basic.Pdos8.2mg.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 This HD image not only has just about every Integer Basic based games and programs that works under Prodos, but a huge collection of file based games just to add to your collection. http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/games/collections/Int.Basic.Pdos8.2mg.zip Very cool - thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 I added my HD image that boots directly to FastBoot to the first post. I'd love to see more HD images full of games, particularly with ProSel for the operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Here's another HD image full of games - Basic and binary games using Super Selector. Cool title screen too! Hit escape to get to the games. SupSelector.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I don't like the FastBoot menus, they're... weird. When I scroll the screen seems like it doesn't refresh right, like only the middle entries change while the top entries stay static. I wish there was a way to rearrange everything, but I'm not sure how Alex even put that collection together in the first place. Is anyone else having trouble with Ultima V? The in game date is corrupted when I try and play, it says something like CC-45-C46 or something like that. The C's should be numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Don't see ultima v listed. Where is it? And not all the games are not working. I checked and some are known-bad cracks. Others are not mapped for ProDOS. Edited December 21, 2017 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 It should be under ProDosHacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Which disk image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 The Ultima V one. Or do you mean which hard drive collection am I using? If so the one from What Is The Apple IIGS: http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/files/8-bit_Games.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) The date seemed ok. Not familar with Ultima series that much. But..this was in Applewin, if that makes a difference. Edited December 21, 2017 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Maybe my image is corrupted? That or it's possible that some combination of cards I have is causing the issue. I'll have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 What is your card configuration? Are you on a //e or IIgs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 What is your card configuration? Are you on a //e or IIgs? IIe. I've got a Super Serial, SCSI Rev. C, Disk Controller, Mockingboard, and possibly a Mouse card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Re-sent it and tried it on my IIGS this time. Same issue! BTW you are creating a new character right? You're not using whatever one comes with the image are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) New character.. We're a little busy at the moment so I won't be pulling out real hardware. I did try another version of U5 and still worked ok. It has been known in "emulation land" that some things will work in emulation but not on real hardware. I may be able to have a buddy test it out, but it would be on floppy disk. Edited December 22, 2017 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Yeah I have it on regular floppies and it works just fine, it's just the hard drive image that doesn't work right. Turns out there's no character disk included with the image so that can't be the issue. You need to create a new one each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 A couple things of note. The hard drive image is a 1.44 meg image, so cannot be copied to a 800 kb disk. You can follow the discussion here to see if your issue may have been already resolved. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.sys.apple2/IOFf7D8Vu6A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Airheart works now, but Ultima 5 still has that error. Not a big deal I suppose since I never looked at the date anyway and the rest of the game works from what I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I've just managed to make a 32MB Prodos image, put Arctic Fox on it and it works. But I just blindly followed some guides from the net, don't really know much about it. I don't suppose I can put any game (from any format, eg dsk or nib) on that image? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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