Game Problem With Castaway

[0-bake]

hi,

i have a question about a game, but i think, it isn't the game itself, it's because it is in high resolution.
the game (public domain, http://www.computerbase.de/lexikon/Bouncing_Bubbles) is called "bouncing Bubbles".
it's really fun and such a simple game, but loading it in castaway, the screen messes up and it isn't displayed properly

so are high-resolution games a general issue in castaway, or is there a trick to scale the display or something else?

 

[skeezix]

I don't think I ever bothered to add a high res mode; its doable, but would look pretty nasty (scaling down from 640x400 to 320x200). Try getting the screenshot and shrink it in both dimensions by 50% and let us know how it looks; if it looks any good, I could look into adding it.

jeff

 

[0-bake]

thanks, okay, i didn't knew that.
i had a ST for about 2 years or so (many years ago, of course), but i just had a black/white monitor, so i really don't know any color games. and i play just some simple PD games, like the mentioned bouncing bubbles.
but some of those games have so simple graphics that a scale won't look too bad. and the good thing is that the scale is 4:1 and not a strange ratio.

 

[DaveC]

Probably not worth bothering with. There was hardly any high-res games as the ST needed a separate monitor to display HR. Not to common.

 

[Matty Jetman]

Wasn't there a program that allowed you to use high res games / utils if you didn't have a high res monitor??

Maybe Castaway can use that?

Edit: Just found the program Sebra which you can download here :

Sebra.tos

Adios,
Matt

 

[lubidog]

Hi Skeezix,


The screen shots look amazing, my mouth is salivating, I'm ready to go, but wait... what is an st? I never had one, am completly new to emulating, but loving so much what I've got to run so far (it's amazing!!! )!

Could you point me to an idiots guide to using the ST loading system etc? I hate to ask cos I have asked so many qestions already (and recieved some amazing help ), but for a newbie like me it's all so new. I have read your readme guide, and am almost there, but when I use castaway, i get a message saying that there is nothing loaded. Have I downloaded bad files? (not that I did download any files....cof cof).

Blimey, I hate to ask.....

Thanks


Lubi

 

[0-bake]

@matty jetman

what should i do with this file? i packed it into a disk image, but after i double-clicked it, it just says "extracting sebra.doc" and thats it. there's a file called "sebra.doc" after that.

any suggestions ???

 

[skeezix]

There were a few utilities that would fake a high res display on a medium res one (they did the 2:1 switch for you), though they tended to be crazy slow. I was lucky enough to have both monitors when i was a kid though, and was good at switching back and forth

I can look into a high res mode, just need to keep reminding me I was sure I implemented one, too, at some point.. ah well

jeff

 

[0-bake]

cool, sounds great thanks!