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[Atarinut365]

Can the 1040 STE play all the games and demos from the 1040 ST?

Thanks

[Guillaume Tello]

Post by Atarinut365
Can the 1040 STE play all the games and demos from the 1040 ST?
Thanks

It is not sure, but very few problems can occur in my opinion:

* the ROM address has changed between STF and STE, so programs that use
direct addressing (to read the ROM header for example) will hang.

* the same for joystick informations, the addresses have changed and if
you address them directly, you won't get the expected informations.

I remember that the STOS games had a table included that gave access to
addresses according to the TOS version. Even with an old STOS game, you
could edit this table to add your own informations, that's how I made
some games run on the TT long time ago.
I remember that then, a program was made to automatize this operation.

Guillaume.

[Ronald J. Hall]

Post by Atarinut365
Can the 1040 STE play all the games and demos from the 1040 ST?
Thanks

Mostly. Incompatibility isn't usually from the STe itself, but a higher
TOS version or more memory.

There are a couple of utilities that let you soft-boot an older version
of TOS and fake 1 meg of memory even with a 2-4 meg machine.

That usually takes care of most problems. Also, check Klaz's site and
Dbugs sites - they are constantly releasing "adjusted" software titles
that take advantage of newer TOS versions, more memory and will run from
hard drive!

http://dbug.kicks-ass.net/klaz/