Wizard / Ultimate Wizard

[cronos]

I have trouble running "Wizard" (the "Jumpman"-style platform game by Progressive Peripherals and Software). Whenever I select 'play the game' I get an error saying:

Disk Error
Check disk and press space to retry

This error persists. Have not been able to get beyond it. Can someone be of assistance please?

[Stuart Toomer]

Probably a corrupt image - download another version of the game.

[cronos]

Thanks for your reply, Stu.
I downloaded several different versions, the last two of which from arnold.c64.org. One of them worked partly on my C64 DTV, but neither of them worked on CCS64... I fear it may be an emulator setting (but the default settings also caused the image not to work).
Do you have a working version?

[Stuart Toomer]

I'm afraid I don't. Also try different versions of the 1541/Kernel ROMs, available from Patrick Van Der Poel's web-site. I know it's a pain, but normally it is something ROM-specific. Then, try to load the game using Load (Normal), not the default of Load (Fast), since some games don't like to be fast-loaded.

[cronos]

Load (normal) did it. Thanks!

[cronos]

After a while of inactivity I tried playing "Wizard" again. Previously there was a "Load (slow)" option but the latest version...well...it seems not to have it anymore? I tried to switch off "Maximum 1541 Speed" in the options, but that doesn't prevent the error from occurring.

So I am back at that disk error...

[Stuart Toomer]

There never was an option called "Load (Slow)". I think you're getting confused with "Load (Normal)" (see your reply above). Try the option named "Boot (Normal)" or "Run (Normal)" instead, if there isn't a "Load (Normal)" option available.