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Re: Pandora Directive error

Posted on 2009-02-06, 23:39

Instead of copying the discs and mounting the folder, what happens when you use the original discs and mount them? The only thing I can suggest is to make sure you have the proper volume label on the mounted drive. Access Software always used disc Volume Labels on their games, though usually you …

Re: Western Digital 2TB drives are out!

Posted on 2009-01-31, 01:22

I recently got a 1 TB Western Digital drive with money I got for Christmas. I have used Seagate for years, but with their recent firmware problems I wasn't wanting to take a chance. I have had WD drives in the past and had good luck with them. The only downside is that a 2 TB drive is going to take …

Re: MANUALS for installing games via DOSBox

Posted on 2009-01-27, 00:32

I usually don't have trouble figuring out how to install a DOS game, but for people that never used real DOS it might be a bit of a challenge. What might be handy is some specifics for each game, but not a complete step by step example that might differ depending on each person's setup. For example …

Re: Why do modern video games suck so badly part two

Posted on 2009-01-22, 22:54

in Milliways
I think a lot of times we tend to forget the forgettable. I don't really think the ratio of treasure to trash is that much out of proportion to what it was years ago. The Atari ST and Amiga were saturated with scrolling shooters, other than a few gems I can't even remember the names of most of them …

Re: Abandonware - Make it legal.

Posted on 2008-12-14, 02:18

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The problem I see is that the current laws only benefit a few. I suspect that most copyrighted works make very little money; only a small percentage such as Mickey Mouse are still commercially viable after a few decades. Yet it is these few profitable works that are the driving force behind extended …

Re: Abandonware - Make it legal.

Posted on 2008-12-07, 14:54

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GOG is associated with CD Projekt. They do just what MiniMax said, repackage other's material with their consent. The one in house CD Projekt game that I am familiar with, The Witcher, used a license of the Aurora Engine from Neverwinter Nights 2. I would guess that the license is for development. …

Re: GTA 4 DRM FAQ

Posted on 2008-11-29, 01:09

At least they aren't limiting the number of installations which has been my biggest complaint with Securom. To be honest I haven't had any issues with Secrom itself so far. I have had it on my system since I bought Bioshock the day of launch and didn't know about the new form of DRM it had. A …

Re: Abandonware - Make it legal.

Posted on 2008-11-22, 01:39

in Milliways
Copyright was intended to provide a limited monopoly for a brief period of time, then the work was supposed to go into the public domain allowing others to build upon it or creative derivative works. The term has become way too long, and is now stifling creation rather than encouraging it. Should …

Re: Abandonware - Make it legal.

Posted on 2008-11-20, 23:19

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Copyright terms are way too long these days. I think the original term was for 12 years. The main problem is that there are only a few that benefit from the increased length. For every Mario or Mickey Mouse franchise that is continuing to make money decade after decade, there are hundreds if not …

Re: Ultima 8 Mouse Problem

Posted on 2008-11-11, 14:58

A long shot, but have you tried a different mouse? I know on OS X that the standard Apple Mighty Mouse has trouble with right clicks or both buttons down when used with DOSBox, but I can hook up a regular USB mouse and it works properly. I believe this is probably because the Mighty Mouse is still …

Re: Why do my floppies keep going bad?

Posted on 2008-11-07, 11:50

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You are right, just using subst in most cases would work. However there were quite a few DOS games and applications that checked the volume label. Access Software (Links, Amazon), GEM applications, and others used that quite frequently. The install would fail if it didn't see the right volume label. …

Re: Why do my floppies keep going bad?

Posted on 2008-11-06, 23:54

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There are some alternate methods you might want to try as well where you might not need to use floppies at all. When I got my first CD burner in 1994 I zipped all of my floppies and put them on CD. Then on my DOS PC I used a utility called srdisk.exe which created a resizeable RAM disk and I would …

Re: Good Old Games

Posted on 2008-10-24, 02:26

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Good Old Games in now in open beta instead of closed, so anyone can create an account and purchase games. http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

Re: Confused..Old games + Mac = playable?

Posted on 2008-10-21, 17:18

in DOS
There are a few options, but since those are Windows games, DOSBox wouldn't be one of those options. VMWare Fusion allows you to run Windows in a virtual machine inside OS X. It works well for applications that I have tried such as Visio which does not have an OS X equivalent, but I haven't tried …

Re: Daggerfall Lags

Posted on 2008-10-19, 17:32

I have found that generally an older spec processor like a P4 will run games that were intended for a 386 under DOSBox, but once you get into the more demanding DOS games then you need to have a faster processor. Daggerfall was a game that was released in 1996, towards the end of DOS being the …

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