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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4332.0. "Cartridges." by KIRKTN::IJOHNSTON () Thu Dec 06 1990 08:17

    Has anyone tried running the Commodore games cartridges on their Amiga?
    A friend of mine tells me that they run on the Amiga as well as the 64.
    If they do what sort of quality are we talking? Are they on par with
    the Sega?
    
    Ian.
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4332.1Wow a breakthrough!SHARE::DOYLEThu Dec 06 1990 08:3714
    ??????????????????????????
     I don't see how they could, as far as I know it's impossible to fit a
    c64 game cartridge on an amiga.
     Also an Amiga is a different processor than the c64. Making a
    cartridge that ran on both would be highly unlikely.
     Unless your friend bought the "Ronco C64 Cartridge Strecher"
     to let them run on the A500 buss or the "The Physical C64 Emulator"
    from "Nunsuch Technology". :')
     As for the graphics, I'm sure that if you're friend succeeds in
    actually inserting a c64 game cartridge in an amiga, the Sega graphics
    will most likely win. (It ain't hard to beat a blank Screen ;')
    
    						All in good fun.. Ed
4332.2hmmmmmm!KIRKTN::IJOHNSTONThu Dec 06 1990 08:443
    Just asking. Thought it sounded a bit odd.
    
    Ian.
4332.3VMSNET::WOODBURYMon Dec 10 1990 20:585
	I would not be surprised if someone was playing fast and loose with
    the terminology again.  I've heard both cartridges and diskettes called
    'tapes'.  This could be more of the same.  Using the emulator, you can
    run diskettes from a C64 on the Amiga, so that could be the grain of 
    truth buried under all the inaccuracy.