Artic ZX Galaxians - now with ZONX support (and Chroma81 & UDG)

[Moggy]

Looking at the advertisement for the memory chip it supports HGR8 not WRX Hi-Res.

[mrtinb]

Not that I have ever heard of HRG8 before.

That's them although I bought the machine with this installed, along with the vla81 chip upgrade.

Anyone know if this is why the Spave Invaders won't run on my machine? Been an interestin thread this, and thanks to everyone for their input.

So are you using the standard text-mode version or the Chroma/UDG version?

The standard text-mode should work, however the Chroma/UDG version needs at least UDG.

[Moggy]

Me neither, G007, Memeotech and WRX I have heard of but not HGR8.

Just tried Space invaders via emulation and it only works with WRX.

G007 and Memotech causes a whiteout which leads me to think that the RAM upgrades HGR8 compatibility (whatever it is) is your problem.

[Its1982again]

Not that I have ever heard of HRG8 before.

That's them although I bought the machine with this installed, along with the vla81 chip upgrade.

Anyone know if this is why the Spave Invaders won't run on my machine? Been an interestin thread this, and thanks to everyone for their input.

So are you using the standard text-mode version or the Chroma/UDG version?

The standard text-mode should work, however the Chroma/UDG version needs at least UDG.

Solved!!!

As I typed Vla81 I actually rememberd it is programmable. I was able to switch it from 16k - 48k and enable 8k -40k.

Working perfectly aoing withx sound. I've isncluded an image of the mod done while I had the machine opened.

[BarryN]

Not that I have ever heard of HRG8 before.

That's them although I bought the machine with this installed, along with the vla81 chip upgrade.

Anyone know if this is why the Spave Invaders won't run on my machine? Been an interestin thread this, and thanks to everyone for their input.

So are you using the standard text-mode version or the Chroma/UDG version?

The standard text-mode should work, however the Chroma/UDG version needs at least UDG.

Solved!!!

As I typed Vla81 I actually rememberd it is programmable. I was able to switch it from 16k - 48k and enable 8k -40k.

Working perfectly aoing withx sound. I've isncluded an image of the mod done while I had the machine opened.

The pic is a little blurry and could you describe what you did more?

[1024MAK]

It looks like the 32k byte RAM upgrade is having the ‘extra 16k’ controlled by the vLA81 board. See here for more details.

Mark

[Its1982again]

It looks like the 32k byte RAM upgrade is having the ‘extra 16k’ controlled by the vLA81 board. See here for more details.

Mark

It is...well was. Simple switch over and it uses 8k to 40k so everythjng loads and runs as it should.
Every day's a school day eh.

[Its1982again]

Not that I have ever heard of HRG8 before.



So are you using the standard text-mode version or the Chroma/UDG version?

The standard text-mode should work, however the Chroma/UDG version needs at least UDG.

Solved!!!

As I typed Vla81 I actually rememberd it is programmable. I was able to switch it from 16k - 48k and enable 8k -40k.

Working perfectly aoing withx sound. I've isncluded an image of the mod done while I had the machine opened.

The pic is a little blurry and could you describe what you did more?

I simply switched to Vla81 to use 8k to 40k memory rather than 16k to 48k as in the instructions for the chip as it was mentioned the the game ran on that memory set up.

That's as involved as I get unfortunately.

[kmurta]

New versions with ZXpand joystick support available for download in first post

[bola_dor]

New versions with ZXpand joystick support available for download in first post

Great