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Re: Difficult games to get working

Posted on 2020-08-18, 19:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I agree about Turrican II I didn't succeed with Synnergist. I've never found how to run the game. Wing Commander 1&2 were such a pain with Pentium. Sam&Max CD can't work with general Midi and voices (floppy version is working). Legend entertainment games like Companion of Xanth or Super-hero League …

Re: Best sound setup for each LucasArts classic adventure?

Posted on 2020-08-07, 06:01

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Hello everybody ! Is-it normal that it's impossible to make Sam'N'Max Hit the Road CD works with MIDI ?

Re: Sam & Max Talkie CD General MIDI Crash Problem

Posted on 2020-07-26, 16:51

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hello, I've got the same problem. Config : Pentium 166 Mhz, 112Mo RAM, AWE64 + Roland MT32 + Roland SC88 Day of the tentacle, Indy & Fate of Atlantis or Sam&Max Floppy version run fine with soundblaster + General Midi. My game is patched with this one : https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3562/7/ …

Re: the Orion Conspiracy

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:02

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Is someone has any idea ?

Re: Show us your IBM Compatible PC games collection

Posted on 2020-04-27, 10:58

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I collect a lot of games on game consoles and old computers (Atari, Thomson, MSX, Amiga...). Nevertheless, I started taking a serious interest in retro gaming PC only since 2014. I don't have many boxed games:

Re: the Orion Conspiracy

Posted on 2020-04-12, 14:00

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I found the parameters but it didn't solve the graphic issue. /m mouse detection /h left-handed mouse button /j Joystick control /x XMS detection /a Audio soundtrack control /s Sampled sound control Sound card settings (follow with a/i/d/h for io/irq/dma/drq and then value) /@ audio soundtrack /$ …

the Orion Conspiracy

Posted on 2020-04-12, 04:41

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I got weird graphics display with the Orion Conspiracy. Video (Domark and introduction) display well but game itself show only 1/5 upper screen. I have a Matrox Mystique 2Mo as graphic card. I tried with UNIVESA drivers, but I was the same. As I had issue also with I have no mouth and I must scream …

Re: Any of you guys pushing a 430FX?

Posted on 2020-01-10, 10:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I fixed my BIOS issues about HDD size by changing CHS parameters manually. There is a bug in Phoenix BIOS that prevent to use more than 6Gb HDD if head parameter is set to 16. With head set at 15, a formatted Fat32 20Gb HDD or 32Gb CF Card works under DOS and Win98SE. My BIOS support LBA extension …

Re: The best PCI IDE controller?

Posted on 2019-12-20, 11:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for your help @feipoa Win98se boots from the internal IDE controller. In this case, the Hotrod100 card works with Win98SE. My motherboard is Socket7 PCI 2.0 Compliant So you think I should try other cards ? Don't you think it's strange I don't see any display of Adapter ROM on booting ?

Re: The best PCI IDE controller?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 15:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a Pentium 166Mhz based HP Vectra 500 model 562 (D3742A) (Intel Triton 430FX chipset - BIOS Phoenix v.GJ.07.18) I put a IDEtoCF adapter with two slot with a 4Gb CF card in each on the motherboard's IDE connector. It works flawlessly with DOS and Win98SE. Nevertheless, speed is not great (7.5Mb …

Re: HP Vectra 500 with Intel 430FX : Upgrade IDE Controller

Posted on 2019-12-18, 07:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

With the Hotrod 100 card, the PC beeps on boot with no message. BIOS beep codes I can't see any message from the BIOS Card. Win98SE detects the card and I've installed the driver. I can use a formatted CF Card on IDE adapter on the IDE port of the Hotrod 100 only with Win98SE. With DOS, the card is …

HP Vectra 500 with Intel 430FX : Upgrade IDE Controller

Posted on 2019-12-16, 13:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a Pentium 166Mhz based HP Vectra 500 model 562 (D3742A) (Intel Triton 430FX chipset - BIOS Phoenix v.GJ.07.18) PC Mag review here I put a IDEtoCF adapter with two slot with a 4Gb CF card in each. It works great with DOS and nice with Win98SE. Nevertheless, speed is not great (7.5Mo/s max 5Mo …

Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-09, 12:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got an eMac with PowerPC G4 1.25Ghz, 768 DDR RAM PC2700, DD 40 Go. The graphic card is an ATI 9200SE i think. I don't know a lot about Mac Gaming. Does someone has list of cool games like Monkey Island ? Does this machine performs in 3D Gaming ? What game can use all its power ?

Re: Any of you guys pushing a 430FX?

Posted on 2019-12-09, 08:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got an HP Vectra 500 series model 562 with Intel 430FX My father bought it for me in 1995. It had Pentium 75Mhz with S3Trio64 1Mb VRAM 8 Mb RAM and 1Gb HDD Now it's a Pentium 166Mhz with Matrox Matrox Mystique 220 2MB VRAM, 112Mb RAM, 256Ko SRAM, SoundBlaster AWE64 ISA PnP, Roland MT-32, Roland SC …

Re: List of Real Mode games that utilize MT-32/GM (for AWE emulation)

Posted on 2019-11-20, 10:06

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Innocent until caught is listed but I can't make it work with SB AWE64 and roland MT-32... neither SB AWE64 nor MT-32 alone I use CT-VOICE.DRV 06 OCT 1993 17.9 KB (18,386 bytes) Version 3.07.03

Re: Creative Labs Sound Blaster ISA Cards' Drivers Collection (Old Thread)

Posted on 2019-11-15, 11:46

in Milliways

in Milliways

The driver is not rejected by Innocent until caught but I have only adlid music and no digi-sound when the spaceship is landing (I checked on a youtube video). If I remove the adlib driver, the game don't work. I heard only adlib music but the game launch with blaster parameters. It's the same if …

Re: Creative Labs Sound Blaster ISA Cards' Drivers Collection (Old Thread)

Posted on 2019-11-13, 11:38

in Milliways

in Milliways

Thanks @jclampy for posting the CT-VOICE.DRV I am trying to make Innocent until caught play with SB sound and MT32 music and I hope this will help. I read many things about how to make it work with DOSBox but I didn't succeed to have sound with something other than Adlib on a real machine. I got a …

Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-06, 13:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

dr_st wrote: What to do? Absolutely nothing. Yep. Windows XP support had ended a long time ago and my Windows XP machine are working well. I got a E5-1650 based computer with dual boot (Win7pro 64bits & Win10pro 64bits) but I don't use Win10. I keep it in case some software would not support Win7 …

Re: SIGIL Megawad for DOOM by John Romero

Posted on 2019-06-23, 08:27

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Hello I succeed to use SIGIL with original ultimate DOOM DOS on real old hardware with soundblaster AND MIDI out music.< Thanks to ShadowHog, I found a modified version of the original DOOM.EXE that changes several game limits : limit : old * k = new …

Re: SIGIL Megawad for DOOM by John Romero

Posted on 2019-06-18, 11:03

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

I use my Pentium 166 Computer. I have Ultimate Doom and Doom II working good with soundblaster AWE64 digisound and midi out with SoundCanvas SC-88 I tryed to play with Ultimate Doom v1.9 under MS-DOS and after the beginning of the game, I got a Visplane overflow error. But sound and music were at …

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