Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2023-09-13, 22:09

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by VirtuaIceMan

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So, does anyone know if any of this works at all? I was having a tinker earlier, using hex editor to change references of .avi to .wmv or .mp4 inside LB.EXE but nothing really worked (Win 10). I also wonder if there's a way to hack out the videos altogether, so the game doesn't exit trying to load …

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Re: CyberSpeed (Mindscape) - how to install manually on Windows 98, Windows XP & Windows 7 (32bit & 64bit)

Posted on 2023-08-14, 22:32

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Hmm just came back to this and discovered when you try saving progress, it can't! So I've added the final missing step to my original post 😀

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-16, 00:23

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I've redone ZAXXON to touch on the PCjr version too! https://youtu.be/oqLROKkXTMw I'm not planning to redo Frogger just yet, would prefer to crack on and do some other games instead 😀

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-09, 00:46

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Zaxxon on PCjr I tested it in DOSBox and the colours are stronger (as they seem to be for games like Congo Bongo too), not that I want to evaluate every graphics mode for every game (for example Out Run in Hercules vs CGA vs EGA vs Tandy could become rather lengthy, so I'll likely stick to EGA vs …

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-09, 00:43

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I looked at my footage and the original captures are actually a bit different. It's possible one was captured using DOSbox with CGA and one maybe not. Or perhaps one used DOSBox vanilla and one DOSBox Staging version (which does a good stab at CGA Composite, as used by Super Zaxxon. The pedant in me …

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-08, 19:50

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by VirtuaIceMan

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There's some footage of the PCjr running Zaxxon here, it sounds fairly similar https://youtu.be/iN3-fKqmOo4

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-08, 18:49

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I had a look at Frogger, looks like the colour shifts between two captures I made, not sure why!

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Re: Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-08, 17:23

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Thanks, I'll look into Zaxxon on PCjr. There were a lot of ways to run games back then! Not sure on Frogger, will double check...

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Congo Bongo CGA Composite version

Posted on 2022-11-07, 16:42

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I'm (slowly!) comparing Sega arcade games to their PC ports, over here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYDobL0b26ug-pOoGrDO7jZSKW9KbLfxZ Next up I'm covering Super Zaxxon, and managed to get hold of a copy with the CGA RGB content present (unlike the version available in most places, which only …

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Re: Super Zaxxon - is standard CGA mode possible?

Posted on 2022-11-05, 12:11

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Turns out it's a different dump, which I'll aim to cover! Apparently Congo Bongo also has an undumped CGA Composite version too.

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Re: Super Zaxxon - is standard CGA mode possible?

Posted on 2022-11-01, 17:28

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I wonder where the pixel perfect images of the CGA RGB version I linked above came from then 😒

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Super Zaxxon - is standard CGA mode possible?

Posted on 2022-11-01, 12:57

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I'm soon going to be comparing the arcade and PC port of Super Zaxxon. The commonly available dump of the IBM PC game seems to be locked into Composite CGA only. My questions are: 1. What's the best DOSbox version to run the game? The main one shows graphic breakup if using Composite CGA. It's a bit …

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-09-19, 18:23

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Thanks! I've paused the rally game comparison, to catch up on F1 games. But I'm about to launch something completely new related to Sega on PC. Regarding your other points, I'm not very electronics minded so I'm a bit lost really.

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-09-19, 14:38

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Yeah, when using NVIDIA NV1. When I use a different graphics card there is no artifacting

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-09-19, 14:30

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by VirtuaIceMan

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I'm just using VGA out to a flat screen LCD monitor at the moment

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-09-19, 12:04

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by VirtuaIceMan

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Interesting, but on mine the interference lines are diagonal across the whole screen. And if I swap cards they're not there with the same cable hence me thinking something is amiss on the card.

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 09:54

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by VirtuaIceMan

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No, I asked someone who fixes electronics but they never go back to me. It's for a project I haven't started yet so it's a while until I need it. If you find out anything yourself, please let us know 🙂

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2022-05-18, 08:09

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by VirtuaIceMan

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DVI is fine, but the Nvidia NV1 and Matrox M3D only have a VGA port

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-05-04, 14:53

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by VirtuaIceMan

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So is there anything I can check/look for with a multimeter? Just to diagnose what might need replacing?

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Re: Strange artifacts on NV1 card... that go away when I touch it?

Posted on 2022-04-17, 20:40

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by VirtuaIceMan

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So I got my hands on a Schneider Electric IMT23001 Analogue Multimeter. It does support Ohms, so what would I be looking for and what would show something's not right?

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