Short: The Talisman (Graphic Adventure) Author: Paul Jenkinson Uploader: Andrew Barker Type: game/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos Info From The Author -------------------- This game only works on machines with 2 MB of memory or above. I apologise for this, but this was the only way to produce the game without long loads for the graphics. I could have loaded each location in as the game progressed, but it would have been far too slow to be enjoyed. I tried to load chunks of about 10 locations each at varying parts of the game, but apart from being a swine to program so it worked, it slowed the game down too much. I did manage to get it down to 3 loads, but after much messing about with locations and characters I still found that it needed 1.6m to run. After a lot of thought I decided to make it the game what it should be, and is. All locations are now loaded into ram first, so location movement is instant. The game can be played in 1 whole part instead of the 2 or 3 required to make it work on 1.6m. Because 2m is fast becoming the standard configuration, I think the game will be accessible to most people. More details can be found in the 'Instructions' text file in this archive. The game has been tested on the following systems; Amiga A500 with 0.5m chip ram and 2.5m fast. Amiga A500+ with 1m chip ram and 2m fast. Amiga A500 with GVP hard drive and 2m fast. Amiga A500+ with GVP hard drive and 2m fast. Amiga B2000 with 1m chip and 2m fast. Amiga A1500 with 1m chip and 2m fast. Amiga A1500 with GVP hard drive and 2m fast. Amiga B2000 with GVP hard drive, GVP 40mhz accelerator, 8m Fast. Amiga A600 with 2m chip. KS - 1.3, 2.04 and 2.05 ROMs. Note: I have nothing to do with this fabulous production, it is just coinsidence that one of the testers has the same name as myself. 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