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Hi JOTD, love your conversions! Elevator Action is an all-time favorite!

Any chance this can work on THEA500 Mini? I've tried several different configs but haven't managed to get it working yet. Mostly getting Guru Mediation errors.

I have FS-UAE as a fallback at least :)

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So it occurred to me I did have a way to probably make it work, and it turns out I was correct. Using AMINIMIGAv1 and extracting the files form the LHA, I was able to launch it from Workbench on the Mini. So it CAN work, it may just be that the built-in config options on the Mini aren't enough.

It seems to play fine!

great! I don't know the mini but I know they took extra care of including a lot of licensed whdload installs. Other unknown whdload installs you have to manage yourself. That one requires a lot of memory, maybe that's the issue.

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I see, ya AMINIMIGA is (was?) an effort to bring WB to the Mini. I tried some configs with a lot of Fast RAM, including the max (2MB Chip, 8 Fast) and still get a GM Error (technically it says "Software Failure", but looks like a GM):

Error: 8000 0003
Task: 00217C20

I have found that some games work better/more stably when launched from WB, it probably allows for better detection of necessary resources etc.

Thanks again for your awesome ports! :)

This one is special: it only runs from whdload. The original exe isn't protected against direct run but it should, as it's not runnable.

I see, ya one of the secrets of AMINIMIGA is that it uses custom config files (so you can't use the Mini's Configurator features or it will overwrite them). It sets up several HD paths, and also relies pretty heavily on WHDLoad, so I assume it has a custom WHD setup. I also see it gives WB 16MB of Chipmem (0 Fast). So could be the mem, or the custom setup, or a combo thereof :)