Archon using WinUAE

[jono_747]

I might not be understanding your question correctly but if you mean if it works in winUAE with regular kickstart in the rom, then no it doesn't work with any of the kickstart versions, I get a software failure, guru meditation error message in every case. That's why i resorted to the WHDLoad method after doing some research on the net. I also don't quite understand what you mean by:

It could be crashing if you don't have a copy of the kickstart 1.3 rom in your whdload installation.

Is this something I should be doing seperately after I install whdload and if so how do i do this? or does kickstart 1.3 come with whdload installation file?

[Harrison]

WHDLoad is designed to run older games that won't normally run on an A1200 (AGA machine) by using a copy of the Kickstart 1.3 rom from an A500 and soft booting into a 1.3 environment when it runs such games.

As standard WHDLoad doesn't come with the kickstart rom images as part of its package because the kickstart roms are still the only part of the Amiga that are copyrighted and illegal to distribute. Therefore a copy of the kickstart 1.3 rom from an A500 needs to be added after you have installed the software.

The paths and names of the files needed for this are as follows:

Devs:Kickstarts/kick34005.A500 (missing - you need a kickstart 1.3 image, renamed to "kick34005.A500")
Devs:Kickstarts/kick34005.A500.RTB (already included)

Devs:Kickstarts/kick40068.A1200 (missing - you need an A1200 kickstart 3.1 image, renamed to "kick40068.A1200")
Devs:Kickstarts/kick40068.A1200.RTB (already included)

[jono_747]

Oh i see what you mean, I actually DO have those files in the dev:kickstarts when i get this error...

[Graham Humphrey]

Have you tried any tooltypes? If you select Archon's icon and select Information in the Icon menu and put in "Nocache" in the tooltypes, try it then.

[jono_747]

thanks everyone for your help. I've tried the "nocache" as you suggested and still get the same error. oh well. again thanks for all your suggestions, I guess i'll leave it be for now.

[Demon Cleaner]

I didn't read the whole thread now, but if I remember right, you even have to use kickstart 1.2 to run Archon, it won't work with 1.3 (WinUAE).

[Harrison]

I tried to get Archon to work for him in WinUAE, but couldn't get it to start no matter what settings I tried. I even tried setting it up as an original 1.1 and 1.2 A1000 with 512KB ram, and even 256KB ram and it guru'd every time. Sometimes it will get to the developer's logo splash screen, but then crashes. And that is the furthest I've got it to load.

I hate being depeated though so will continue to try and make it work later tonight. Please post if anyone else here has managed to get it to run? I remember playing this game a lot when I first got a copy and really enjoyed it. Would be great to play it again.