Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    There was a mention of the game in Amazing Computing.  They said
    that the game has been floating around for quite a while, but this
    is the first time that it has appeared with DIRECTIONS.  One comment
    said that it is the closest thing to a drug experience he has ever
    seen on a computer.
    
    

    I have MindWalker and have played it for about 2 months.
    
    The trick to grabbing the green doors is getting the
    hands centered both virtically and horizontally and
    this is fairly easy once you get used to the fact the
    the hands 'move' exactly opposite to the way you move
    the joy stick.
    
    You should be able 'see' yourself in the brain.
    I remember hearing this problem before. I think it had
    something to do with not enough memory for the sprites.
    Try making sure that MindWalker is the only thing running
    (i.e. delete all other windows).
    
    As far as I know there is no edge to the universe (at least I
    haven't found it either).  I often take advantage of this
    when reaching the square of clear thought(?) would take
    too many form changes and there is a lack of pyrimids in
    the area (which is often).
    
    I don't know how the game works internally but I do know
    that with practice it can be beat (my room mate did it)
    It took about 6 trips into the brain to gather enough
    shards of sanity to solve the puzzle.
    
    In my opinion its a great game. Plus its not copy protected
    and it keeps a list of high scores.
    
    Enjoy,
    
    Dan.

    I've got 512K and MindWalker is the only thing on the machine.
    Should I pull MindWalker out of the disk's window, then close the
    window, *then* run MindWalker?

    I grab the doors just as you describe; as far as I can tell,
    even when I'm "centered", only about half of them get "caught".
    Since the hands are positioned at the bottom of the screen, when
    the doors are right near them, it's impossible to see the bottom
    of the door; hence, maybe I'm not centered vertically?
    
    Is it possible that you and I have different versions of the game?
    
    len.
    

    Hmm,
    
    Pulling MindWalker out of the disks window shouldn't be
    necessary (I've never had to do it).
    
    Patience is key when grabbing the green doors, don't get
    hyped if you miss the first couple (the music and graphics
    tend to speed up and its easy to panic).
    
    I would sugest bringing your copy back to the dealer and
    trying it on his machine to eliminate either the game or
    your machine (very doubtful that its your machine).
    
    Good luck,
    
    		Dan
    

    Well, I took my copy of Mindwalker around to a bunch of Amigas,
    and so far 2 out of 4 display the figure and the other 2 don't.
    Thus, it is clearly my Amiga that's at fault, but it's not the only
    one that behaves that way.  The dealer's best guess was that there
    was some subtle change made during production.  My Amiga works
    fine in all other respects (at least as far as I can tell).
    I guess I get to play "take the problem to Commodore" now.
    
    len.
    

    I wonder if this has anything to do with the change in graphics
    chips.  Some were shipped with 'Extra Halfbright Mode' and some
    weren't.  Maybe there were other side effects...
    
    

    I have extra half bright mode - the PD test is obvious.  I think
    this is an animation bug, rather than a graphics bug.  I am checking
    this on a few other Amigas, to see if there's any correlation with
    serial number.  One of the ones that it worked on also had extra
    half bright mode, so I don't think that's the cause.
    
    len.
    

    I picked up a copy of the game this weekend.  It's great.  The sound,
    in stereo, is quite nice.  The different screens really showcase
    the Amiga's outstanding graphics capabilities (not just the game
    screens, but the "hall of fame" screens, etc...really beautiful)
    
    Another nice thing, for sloppy players like me, is that it gives
    you several chances per life, and three lifes.  As a result, I can
    get a little farther into the game without getting killed in the
    first few moves.  For fun though, move the difficulty indicator
    all the way to the right, and watch what happens!
    
    Nice Game.  Nice to watch.  Nice to listen to.  Nice to play.
    

    Well, the mystery is finally solved.  My Mindwalker was bitten by
    the sprite bug related to the positioning of the window via Preferences.
    
    I got another Workbench with a copy of Grabbit, and ran Mindwalker
    before screwing around with Preferences and everything worked fine.
    
    len.
    

    Let's turn the clock way, way back...
    
    I have installed this game on the hard disk of my A2000.  The now
    has problems when you are in the second level of the brain, similar
    to those mentioned in earlier replies.  Your character is not
    displayed, only your shield.  One of the virus sprites is scrambled,
    creating a vertical bar of noise on the screen.
    
    Does anyone know if there is anything I can run to eliminate this?
    I have an old demo called Oing (several small bouncing balls) that
    has the same problem on the 2000.  Any clues?  Maybe some kind of
    memory patch?
    
    Randy
    

    
    I'm not sure, but wasn't this something about having the screen
    too far to the left or right?  Try going into preferences and moving the
    screen more toward the center.  Also, morerows can cause you sprite
    problems...
    
    - steve

    I think .11 explains the one time I had this problem with MindWalker.
    I'd gotten ahold of a field test copy of 1.1 (or was it 1.2?), and
    had the screen shoved so far over to the left that it couldn't DMA
    the sprite.

    You were right. On mine, the screen has to be moved almost all the
    way to the right.  That fixes the problem.
    
    I created a 'click first' icon that uses asetprefs to set up the
    proper settings for the game.
    
    All is well (except in the scientist's mind).
    
    Randy