[Rpcemu] Any fixes for certain games?

[Leigh Randle]

Hi

I’m a new user to RPCEmu and have been able to get some game ROMS to work. But one game I particularly wanted to work is 4th Dimension’s Apocalypse.

Currently it won’t run, regardless of the ROM I use or the settings I use for RPCEmu. First disk is fine, but I can’t get the second disk to load up.

However, I’ve seen this game working on YouTube with RPCEmu specifically, with the same RISK version but older version of RPCEmu.

Are there any solutions to this? Or perhaps any other places I can go to ask?

Best wishes 😊

Leigh.

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[Steffen Huber]

Hi
I’m a new user to RPCEmu and have been able to get some game
ROMS to work. But one game I particularly wanted to work is
4th Dimension’s Apocalypse.

For Gaming purposes, for classic games, it is often better to
use Arculator instead of RPCEmu. Not all classic games are
Risc PC compatible, some are timing-sensitive, and RPCEmu is
not cycle-exact.

However, I’ve seen this game working on YouTube with RPCEmu
specifically, with the same RISK version but older version of RPCEmu.

My guess would be that there are multiple versions of
Apocalypse out there, with a new version possibly patched to
work on a Risc PC, while the original version possibly only
worked on Archimedes/RISC OS 3.1 machines.

I know that a lot of 4th Dimension games have multiple
versions out there - often "RISC OS 3.1x only" vs. "Risc PC compatible"
vs. "StrongARM compatible".

Another possibility would be that someone used GameOn or
StrongGuard to get Apocalypse running on RPCEmu.

The StrongGuard Game database however
https://armclub.org.uk/products/strongguard/
does not mark Apocalypse as being made compatible.

Are there any solutions to this? Or perhaps any other places I can go to ask?

The Stardot forums are a good place to ask, also the JASPP forum.

Jon Abbott of JASPP will know if there are multiple versions of
Apocalypse floating around, he has catalgued every game in every
variant under the sun.

Have fun
hubersn