#Defender of the Crown
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Is anyone out there playing Defender of the Crown and finding that they
inevitably get Guru errors. I am trying to determine if it is just my disks or
if the program is buggy. Thanks for replying.
Marc Baime 72105,1576
Marc;
I am a dealer, and that program has been on the screen at least twice
every day since it came in! So far it has never gone into Guru! So I
think the problem is in you disks. <This program sells alot of Amigas>
By the way: This week Mindscape announced that Defender Of the Crown
was one of their all time best selling programs on any computer and so
far it is only available on the AMIGA! Hey software companies does this
give you any ideas!!!
Ken
Ken,
Have you actually tried playing the game through or are you just showing it
off. If you ahve actually tried playing it through and have no problems perhaps
it's my disks(because every time I try to play through I guru)
Thanks,
Marc Baime
I also have Defender of the Crown, & I havent had any problems playing through
the game. The only thing I can figure is that your disks are slightly off,
because if you'll notice when the program enters each different phase of the
program it does some sort of error checking (For Copy Protection) so I would
bring the game back to the dealer you bought it from & get another. By the way
you can make backups of the disks, but the first time the program enters a
different phase you must replace the backups with the originals. Hope this
Helps.
<Barry>
Marc;
We probably just play the game through about 50% of the time (We've got two
kids working here who finnish it everytime they play). The point being that the
program gets a lot of use. You dealer should be able to exchange your disks
for you. We have sold over 80 copies of the game and none have come back.
Ken
Marc,
I and my kids have played the game to completion many times without ever
incurring a visit from the guru. It must be your machine or your disks.
Yes, I too have gotten a couple guru errors. They seem to have come when I am
well into the game. How old is your Amiga, I bought mine in Oct. 1985. That
might be it. My local dealer said to bring it back, but since it only happened
twice I think, I didn't bother. Besides, I quit playing the game after about
two days, when it became such a bore.
Yeh, Marc, we have seen several instances where Guru msg. come up. Our user
group, WAG, has 11 or 12 individuals that have experienced these problems.
Through a local dealer, we have passed info including Guru #, activities
engaged in, and other pertainent ifo to Master Design and Mindscape. So far,
their only response has been "thanks, that goes along with other reports we've
heard". Big help, uh?
I'm not speaking for Master Designer but I have been in touch with them.
My info on the Gurus is that the next shipment will correct a problem that got
past them the first time around. No info on updates, though.
By the way, did you realize that RJ Mical of Commodore/Amiga (formerly) fame
did most of the actual coding for Defender? It's hard to get a more thorough
Amiga authority than him.