I've found copies of Tetris, Dosmine, Beast, DND1 and 2, but have yet to find anything else worth playing on here. Any suggestions?
I've found copies of Tetris, Dosmine, Beast, DND1 and 2, but have yet to find anything else worth playing on here. Any suggestions?
If your computer can take a memory upgrade card such as the AST sixpak plus you can try more games, they are about $20 on ebay.
Generally, games made up to 1987 did not use more than 384k, with 512k being the norm afterwards. Most booters don't use more than 128k, although there were some 256k ones like Pirates!, and at least one, Karnov, needed 512k.
Comp can be upgraded to 512K but I havent investigated what sort of card I need/where it goes/if its affordable. (Panasonic Sr. Partner)
Oh, this is the Partner? Then your best bet is to populate the motherboard fully all the way up to 512KB. The Partner is extremely cramped inside; I'm not sure if full-length boards can even go into it (it's been ages since I opened up mine).
You have an excellent memory! I thought I was the only one who knew Karnov was a 512K booter.
(It is, in fact, the only 512K booter I've ever run across.) There were only a handful of other booters that required more than 256K. A few (Sidewinder, Defender of the Crown) only required 384K when Tandy graphics modes were used, due to the memory layout of the machine.
In my experience, most games that require more than 256K/384K tend to run too slow on a stock 4.77MHz PC/XT. Games that require 640K should have something faster driving them.
Karnov is one game that doesn't fit that mold. It has a very fast engine that is completely playable at 4.77Mhz, and requires 512K. Another one is Interphase (amazing 3D engine for such a slow machine) and Vaxine, and those require 512k too.