--- Solveg--aol.com wrote:
> After reading more archived posts, I realized that
> the cracked version of AR
> made me vile and that's why everyone wanted to beat
> me up. Cool.
>
> Anyway, I finally got the Atari 800 version up and
> running on Mac OSX 10.3.8.
> My problem was that I was getting the ROMS wrong
> somehow. Having never used
> anything other than a mac, I didn't understand the
> history of each model and
> how it worked, and the ROMs were really, really hard
> to find. All the links were
> bad.
>
> The emulator I used was Atari800MacX v2. If it can
> run AR, than it rocks.
>
> I kind of miss the crisp B/W graphics of the
> original mac version, but I am
> really pleased with the complexity of the game. Am I
> right in thinking that the
> Atari 800 version has more going on in it than the
> mac version did? Or maybe
> I'm just old and my memory is failing.

I've tried emulating the original Mac version of the
City using Basilisk under Windows but apparently it
needs System 2.x which I couln't get to work. The 16
bit versions of the City have simplified combat but
allow you to do jobs to earn money, join guilds and
learn spells. I like the sound and music of the
original game but find it quite tough compared to some
of the 16 bit versions (I once found a Flamesword and
armour within a few moves of starting the ST version!)

> My next problem is that apparantly I can't leave
> banks without a joystick.
> Isn't that just a wee bit odd? So I ordered one, and
> can only hope that the
> emulator supports it. And I'm a little freaked at
> the Atari/Mac keyboard
> translation (I don't know how to bypass the long
> intro). But it otherwise looks like a
> go.

To pass the intro you need to press the Atari Start
key. On Atari 800Win Plus that I use this is the F4
key - may be different on your emulator.

Regarding leaving the Bank I've had the same problem
having just really started playing the original Atari
City. It hadn't occured to me that you might need a
joystick to leave but I'll try that as the emulator
will probably allow you to map keys to emulate the
joystick.

On a related note - can anybody tell me why I
sometimes enter a building, get the "Entering..." text
and then a few seconds later get the "Leaving..."
text?

Thanks,

Guilherme

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