OS compatibility list
A list of programs tested with the 65C816 ROM (version 2.10 dated 2.III.2006.). Notes:
- OK - the program works without noticeable issues
- NO - the program does not work
- FIXED - the program has been fixed and works
- RESOLVED - the system has been fixed and the program works
- PARTLY SOLVED - after the system has been fixed, the program works better, but not perfectly yet
- NOT SUPPORTED - the program does not work and I am not going to fix it
| Program | CPU compatibility | OS compatibility | Comments |
| System and system utilities | |||
| Atari DOS 2.0s (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | Conflict with new SIO resolved in OS v.2.10 |
| Atari DOS 2.5 (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | DISKFIX.COM issue resolved in OS v.2.10. |
| Atari DOS 2.5 / CP 3.08 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Atari DOS 3.0 (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | Issues that hadn't been noticed before have been fixed as of 2.10. |
| Atari DOS 4.0 (QDOS) (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | Issues that hadn't been noticed before have been fixed as of 2.10. |
| Atari DOS XE 1.0 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Chaos Loader (BD) | OK | NO | Bootstrap program for AtariDOS disks. Failure reason: illegal system calls. The program is not worth fixing, use XDIR instead. |
| Disk Communicator 3.2 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| DOS II+/D (BD) | OK | FIXED | Fixed version here, thanks Casper! |
| FDISK 1.40 + addons (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| IDE BIOS 1.x (ROM) | OK | OK | |
| MyDOS 4.50 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| MyDOS 4.53 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| SpartaDOS 3.2/3.3 + addons (BD) | OK | OK | |
| SpartaDOS Construction Set (BD) | OK | OK | |
| SpartaDOS X 4.2x + addons (C) | OK | OK | |
| SpartaDOS Toolkit (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| SysInfo 2.0x (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| TopDOS 1.5a (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Watson (DOS) | OK | NO | Illegal system calls. The program is not worth fixing, use DiskRX (from SpartaDOS Toolkit) instead. |
| XDIR (DOS) | OK | OK | Bootstrap program for SpartaDOS disks. Must be patched to boot properly from anything else than D1:, patched version here |
| XLFriend (DOS) | OK | NO | Works, but is unusable. Failure reason: direct references to the keyboard definition table, not using the vector |
| Programming | |||
| Atari BASIC rev. C (ROM) | OK | OK | |
| Bug Hunter 1.0 (DOS) | OK | OK | Surprise! |
| JBW's Quick unAssembler (DOS) | OK | FIXED | Fixed version here. |
| MAC/65 4.20 (DOS) | OK | OK | FP-related issue in earlier versions of the 65c816 ROM (resolved in 2.05) |
| MAE 1.1/1.2/1.3 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Quick Assembler 1.0 (DOS) | OK | NO | Failure reason: direct references to the keyboard definition table, not using the vector. The program is poor anyways, use MAE instead. |
| Turbo BASIC XL 1.5 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Turbo BASIC XL Compiler 1.1 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Turbo BASIC XL Runtime (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| UmonXL (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Application and utility programs | |||
| 1st XLEnt Wordprocessor 1.0 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| 1st XLEnt Wordprocessor 2.1 (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Atari Planetarium (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Black Magic Composer (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Earth Views (aka Widoki Ziemi aka Nasza Ziemia) (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Kleks (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Mad Designer (BD) | OK | NO | Illegal system calls. |
| Megafont II+ (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Mini Office II (DOS) | OK | OK | Program doesn't like to be started from anything else than D1: |
| Music Protracker 2.4 (DOS) | OK | NO | Failure reason: direct references to the keyboard definition table. The program suffers other problems as well, it f.e. doesn't run from hard disk and cannot be started from subdirectory under SpartaDOS. Fixed version here. |
| Page Designer (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Print Shop (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | Problem resolved as of v.2.10 of the OS. Still can't be loaded in turbo mode. |
| Print Shop Companion (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Robbo Konstruktor (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Rubber Stamp (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Saper Konstruktor (DOS) | OK | OK | |
| SID Player v.0.97 (DOS) | OK | OK | The program works OK, but it is distributed with DOS II+/D, which does not. You have to run the player under MyDOS or SpartaDOS X instead (or any other DOS, which works). |
| SoftSynth (BD/DOS) | OK | OK | |
| Syncalc+ (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Synfile+ (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Typesetter (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Trzmiel (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Games | |||
| Action Biker (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Adax (F) | OK | OK | |
| Agent USA (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Airball (F) | OK | OK | |
| Alchemia (F) | OK | OK | |
| Alley Cat (F) | OK | - | A working version here |
| Another World (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Archon II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Ardeny (F) | OK | OK | |
| Arkanoid II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Around the Planet (F) | OK | OK | |
| Amaurote (F) | OK | OK | |
| Aurum (F) | OK | OK | |
| Axilox (F) | OK | OK | |
| Aztec (F) | OK | OK | |
| Battle of Shiloh (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Bang Bank (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Behind Jaggi Lines (F) | OK | OK | |
| Black Lamp (F) | OK | OK | |
| Blockout (F) | OK | OK | |
| Blue Team Bridge (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Boulder Dash (F) | OK | OK | |
| Boulder Dash II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Capture the Flag (F) | OK | OK | |
| Cavernia (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Chessmaster 2000 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Chimera (F) | OK | OK | |
| Chromatics (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Colossus Chess 3.0 (F) | OK | OK | Issue resolved in 2.07. |
| Colossus Chess 4.0 (F) | OK | FIXED | Fixed version. It continues to work normally on XL OS. |
| Contagion (F) | OK | OK | Issue resolved in 2.07. |
| Crumbles Crisis (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| Crusade in Europe (BD) | OK | RESOLVED | Problems fixed in OS v.2.10. |
| Crystal Castles (F) | OK | OK | |
| Czaszki (F) | OK | OK | |
| Deimos (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| Digi Duck (F) | OK | OK | |
| Draconus (F) | OK | OK | |
| Droga Wojownika (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Drop It (F) | OK | OK | |
| Drop Zone (F) | OK | OK | |
| Dwie Wieże (F) | OK | OK | |
| Eastern Front 1941 (F) | OK | OK | |
| Eidolon (BD/F) | OK | OK | |
| Excalibur (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Exploding Wall (BD) | OK | OK | |
| F-15 Strike Eagle (F) | OK | OK | |
| Feud (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fighter Pilot (F) | OK | OK | |
| Frank&Mark (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fred (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Frogger (F) | OK | OK | On KMK/JZ IDE you must hold down the SHIFT key when loading the game. |
| Gallahad (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| Ghostbusters (F) | OK | OK | |
| Global War (BD/F) | OK | OK | |
| Go (F) | OK | OK | Issue resolved in 2.07. |
| Grunwald (F) | OK | OK | |
| Hacker (F) | OK | OK | |
| Hans Kloss (F) | OK | OK | |
| Hawkmoon (F) | OK | OK | |
| Henry's House (F) | OK | OK | |
| Hero (F) | OK | OK | |
| Hydraulik (F) | OK | OK | |
| Imperium Galactum (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Indiana (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| Inside (F) | OK | OK | |
| Inspektor (BD) | OK | - | A working version here |
| International Karate + 102 (F) | OK | OK | |
| Jet Set Willy (F) | OK | OK | |
| Kabza (F) | OK | OK | |
| Karateka (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Kennedy Approach (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions, most probably |
| Kernaw (F) | OK | OK | |
| Keystone Kapers (F) | OK | OK | |
| Klątwa (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Labyrinths (F) | OK | OK | |
| Lasermania (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Last Starfighter (F) | OK | OK | Some people say that file version they have doesn't work on 65c816. This version works. |
| Leaderboard Golf (BD) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. Lots of them all around. The program is most probably unfixable. |
| Marios Desert World (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Master Head (F) | OK | OK | |
| Megablast (F) | OK | OK | |
| Microx (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Midnight (F) | OK | OK | |
| Miecze Valdgira (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Miecze Valdgira II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Mirax Force (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Misja (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Misja II (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Monstrum Demo (F) | OK | OK | |
| Montezuma's Revenge (F) | OK | OK | |
| Moon Patrol (F) | OK | OK | Issue resolved in 2.07. Bonus: "Moon Patrol" the game normally produces correct sound on 400/800 computers, and on XL/XE it doesn't do it correctly. The cause is that it relies on the Pokey state as initialized by the 400/800 OS, while on XL/XE computers the initialization is different. Here is a version that should play sound correctly on either 400/800 and XL/XE. |
| Mózgprocesor (BD) | NO | - | The program hangs under XL OS too, so this must be a CPU-related issue. |
| Mercenary: Escape from Targ (BD) | OK | OK | The program works OK. Problems were indicated here previously, but it turned over that I had a damaged copy of the game. |
| Mercenary: The Second City (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Najemnik 2 (F) | OK | OK | |
| Neron (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Ninja (F) | OK | OK | |
| Ninja Commando (F) | OK | NO | The bootable version should work |
| Odin (F) | OK | OK | |
| Operation Blood (BD) | OK | NO | The program doesn't start, reason unknown |
| Ortografia (F) | OK | OK | |
| Outris (F) | OK | OK | |
| Pirates of the Barbary Coast (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Pitfall II (F) | FIXED | OK | It works by accident. Fixed version here |
| Pole Position II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Preliminary Monty 16k (F) | OK | OK | |
| Problem Jasia (BD) | OK | NO | The program basically works except that it displays some mess instead of the photo to be guessed (and this renders the game unusable). Reason: can't even imagine. |
| Raid over Moscow (F) | OK | OK | |
| Rebound (F) | OK | OK | |
| Renegade (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| River Raid (F) | OK | OK | |
| Road Race (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Robbo (F) | OK | OK | |
| Rucu (F) | OK | OK | Don't enable the added trainer (it is not compatible with the 65c816). |
| Saper (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Scorched Earth (F) | OK | OK | |
| Seksmisja AD 2044 (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Shanghai (F) | NO | - | Illegal 6502 instructions. |
| Ship (F) | OK | OK | |
| Silent Service (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Smuś (F) | OK | OK | |
| Snowball (F) | OK | OK | |
| Spindizzy (F) | OK | OK | |
| Spitfire 40 (F) | OK | OK | |
| Spy vs Spy (F) | OK | OK | |
| Spy vs Spy II | OK | OK | |
| Spy vs Spy III | OK | OK | |
| StarQuake (F) | OK | OK | |
| Stealth (F) | OK | OK | |
| Star Raiders II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Streets (F) | OK | OK | |
| Super Huey (F) | OK | OK | |
| Super Reversi (F) | OK | OK | |
| Technus (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Tomahawk (F) | OK | OK | |
| Trix (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Tusker (F) | OK | OK | |
| Ultima III (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Upiór (F) | OK | OK | |
| Vicky (BD/F) | OK | OK | |
| Warsaw Tetris (F) | OK | OK | |
| Warship (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Władcy Ciemności (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Włóczykij (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| World Karate Championsship (F) | OK | OK | |
| Zybex (F) | OK | OK | |
| Demos | |||
| Alf (F) | OK | OK | |
| Alien (F) | OK | NO | Under 65c816 OS a very spectacular crash occurs |
| Atari vs. Commodore (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Blue Monday (F) | Almost OK | NO | Hangs immediately after startup |
| Bonus II (F) | OK | OK | |
| Das Omen (F) | OK | NO | Hangs immediately after startup |
| Digital Dream (F) | OK | OK | |
| Ergo Bibamus (BD) | OK | NO | Hangs while attempting to load any part after the initial menu. This is not a question of serial routines, because the demo behaves exactly the same way when booted from hard drive. I have no clue why it doesn't work. |
| Falcon (F) | OK | OK | |
| Five to Five (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fucked Vocabulary (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fuji Bird (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fuji Boink (F) | OK | OK | |
| Fuji Robo (F) | OK | OK | |
| GCA Sound Collection (F) | OK | OK | |
| Halle Project (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Lamer/Quartet (F) | OK | NO | Crashes immediately after startup. Reason: illegal call JSR OUTPLT. |
| Landscape (F) | OK | OK | |
| Laser Demo (F) | OK | OK | |
| Nemesis (F) | OK | OK | |
| Numen (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Pierestrojka Demo (F) | FIXED | OK | Fixed version. It works on 65c816, and continues to work normally on 6502. |
| Problem Jasia Demo (F) | OK | NO | ? |
| Revenge of Magnus (F) | OK | OK | |
| Robocop (F) | At least starts (hangs later) | NO | ? |
| Sampler Demo (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Self Control Demo (F) | OK | OK | |
| STOP (F) | OK | PARTLY SOLVED |
The program starts, but the vector part does not work, and there are other problems as well. |
| The TOP 1 (F) | OK | NO | According to the author, the program relies on officially undocumented ROM locations. In 65c816 ROM these locations are not directly accessible or don't exist at all, thus the problem is unfixable. |
| The TOP 2 (F) | OK | NO | |
| The TOP 3 (BD) | OK | NO | |
| Total Daze (BD) | OK | OK | |
| Unity (F) | OK | OK | |
| Vicky Demo (F) | OK | OK | |
| Warhawk Soundtrack (F) | OK | OK | |
Program types:
- BD = Bootable Disk with proprietary filesystem format; note that program distributed as such may be - and often is - actually standard-DOS based; all of these were loaded from US Doubler compatible floppy disk drive (TOMS 720);
- C = Cartridge;
- DOS = program usable and tested under arbitrary DOS; for me this is SpartaDOS X 4.20; all of these were loaded from hard disk;
- F = File, loaded from demo/game bootstrap; all of these were loaded from hard disk;
